PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seyran Zeynalabdinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rehti Ladi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zeynalabdinov comes to the cage accompanied by Saku. Ladi has chosen You Will Never Walk Alone as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zeynalabdinov
vs
Ladi

180 cm
28
204 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

195 cm
26
191 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seyran Zeynalabdinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rehti Ladi!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ladi closes the distance and pushes Zeynalabdinov back into the cage.
Ladi controlling the action here for a moment.
Zeynalabdinov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ladi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ladi lands a body shot.
Ladi lands a shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ladi.
Ladi misses with a punch on the inside.
Ladi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ladi tries to land a knee to the head but Zeynalabdinov blocks with his arms.
Ladi lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Zeynalabdinov.
Zeynalabdinov tries to throw a body punch but Ladi avoids it by throwing Zeynalabdinov back against the cage.
Ladi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ladi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zeynalabdinov can't get the takedown.
Ladi misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ladi breaks the clinch.
Ladi doesn't manage to clinch there - Zeynalabdinov circles away.
Zeynalabdinov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ladi misses with a head kick.
Ladi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ladi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ladi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zeynalabdinov is out of range and Ladi settles back down.
Ladi moves out of range of the body kick from Zeynalabdinov.
Rehti Ladi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ladi feints and then cracks Zeynalabdinov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zeynalabdinov down.
Ladi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ladi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zeynalabdinov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ladi just misses with a punch to the body.
Ladi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Zeynalabdinov misses with a left hand
and Ladi counters with a good, hard body kick but Zeynalabdinov shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ladi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rehti Ladi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ladi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zeynalabdinov slips a jab from Ladi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeynalabdinov avoids the head kick by Ladi.
Zeynalabdinov blocks a head kick by Ladi.
Zeynalabdinov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zeynalabdinov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ladi.
Zeynalabdinov shoots in for a takedown but Ladi shows good takedown defense.
Ladi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Ladi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ladi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zeynalabdinov backwards.
Ladi blocks a body shot from Zeynalabdinov.

Zeynalabdinov turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Zeynalabdinov throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ladi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Zeynalabdinov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zeynalabdinov lands a nice forearm strike.
Zeynalabdinov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ladi keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Zeynalabdinov.
Ladi manages to get back to half guard.
Zeynalabdinov throwing shots but Ladi is blocking nicely.
Ladi tries to roll over but Zeynalabdinov keeps him under control.

Zeynalabdinov is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ladi defends it well.

Zeynalabdinov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladi is refusing to be controlled, as Zeynalabdinov sits in half guard.

Zeynalabdinov is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ladi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zeynalabdinov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zeynalabdinov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ladi's head.

Ladi is defending against the submission attempts here by Zeynalabdinov.
Ladi regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Zeynalabdinov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rehti Ladi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zeynalabdinov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ladi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Seyran Zeynalabdinov has been cut.
Zeynalabdinov throws a jab but it's blocked by Ladi.
Zeynalabdinov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ladi lands with a hook. Zeynalabdinov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ladi throws a low kick, looking for Zeynalabdinov's leg but Zeynalabdinov calmly moves out of range.
Ladi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zeynalabdinov circles away quickly and effectively.
Ladi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ladi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ladi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Ladi.
Ladi connects with a single shot there.
Ladi just misses with a punch to the body.
Zeynalabdinov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ladi. That one must have hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ladi throws a wild body kick that Zeynalabdinov sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ladi rushes Zeynalabdinov and presses him up against the cage.
Ladi lands a damaging elbow.
Ladi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ladi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zeynalabdinov backwards.
Zeynalabdinov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zeynalabdinov lands a body punch in the clinch.

Zeynalabdinov breaks the clinch.
Zeynalabdinov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Ladi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ladi takes one to the side of the head.
Ladi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab lands there for Ladi.
Ladi throws a head kick but Zeynalabdinov moves out of range.
Ladi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zeynalabdinov thows a body shot but no joy.
Ladi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zeynalabdinov looks to land a right hand but Ladi moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladi wants to clinch but Zeynalabdinov slips to the side

and Zeynalabdinov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Zeynalabdinov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zeynalabdinov looking to pass the guard.
Ladi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zeynalabdinov wants to control from the top but Ladi keeps moving.
Ladi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zeynalabdinov scoring with punches to the head and body.

Ladi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeynalabdinov postures up in Ladi's guard and throws a big left but Ladi blocks it.
Zeynalabdinov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zeynalabdinov throws a strike but Ladi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Zeynalabdinov isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ladi stacks Zeynalabdinov on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ladi!
Zeynalabdinov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ladi is working Zeynalabdinov over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ladi working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeynalabdinov tries to improve position but can't.
Zeynalabdinov gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ladi raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zeynalabdinov is trying to escape the mount.
Ladi with the ground and pound from mount.
Zeynalabdinov tries to reverse the position but Ladi maintains control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ladi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ladi dominating with strikes here.

Zeynalabdinov is rocked!
Ladi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zeynalabdinov's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rehti Ladi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Seyran Zeynalabdinov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Zeynalabdinov.
Oh Zeynalabdinov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ladi misses with a body shot.
Zeynalabdinov seems to have got his legs back now.
Ladi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Ladi instigates a clinch.
Ladi misses with some punches.
Ladi swings wildly with an uppercut but Zeynalabdinov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zeynalabdinov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zeynalabdinov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ladi working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zeynalabdinov.
Ladi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Ladi.
Zeynalabdinov is trying to maintain a safe position but Ladi gets an underhook and turns Zeynalabdinov into the cage.
Zeynalabdinov jumps guard but Ladi stands there with Zeynalabdinov around his waist. Zeynalabdinov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladi can't find room to land a body shot as Zeynalabdinov controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Ladi.
Ladi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zeynalabdinov misses with a knee to the head.
Ladi lands a nice uppercut.

Zeynalabdinov breaks the clinch.
Zeynalabdinov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ladi.
Ladi tries to clinch there but Zeynalabdinov circles away.
Ladi connects with a right hand. Zeynalabdinov shakes it off.
Ladi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zeynalabdinov.
Zeynalabdinov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ladi lands a nice shot that snaps Zeynalabdinov's head back.
Zeynalabdinov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeynalabdinov looks to land a left hand but Ladi moved out of range nicely.
Seyran Zeynalabdinov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zeynalabdinov.
Zeynalabdinov throws a series of punches but Ladi avoids them all with ease.
Ladi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zeynalabdinov finds it's way round the side to connect with Ladi's head.
Zeynalabdinov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zeynalabdinov misses with a hook
and Ladi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zeynalabdinov's knee momentarily.
Ladi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zeynalabdinov on the side of the head.
Ladi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zeynalabdinov. That did some damage!
Zeynalabdinov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ladi scores with a kick to the body.
Ladi throws a nice looking combination but Zeynalabdinov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zeynalabdinov swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Zeynalabdinov swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladi.
Ladi scores with a sloppy right hand. Zeynalabdinov should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeynalabdinov throws a right and a left that both miss.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ladi.
Ladi scoring well with a low kick there.
Zeynalabdinov throws a hook but Ladi blocks it.
Ladi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ladi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ladi tries to bum rush Zeynalabdinov with a series of wild strikes but Zeynalabdinov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zeynalabdinov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ladi avoids the body shot from Zeynalabdinov.
Ladi lands a high kick!
Ladi jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zeynalabdinov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ladi moves away.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Ladi! Zeynalabdinov is out on his feet! Ladi rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Zeynalabdinov is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Zeynalabdinov is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rehti Ladi!
Post fight, an emotional Rehti Ladi said 'Yeah, it is the belt! Now fuck off and let me be, please!'.