PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taneli Hauki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Nesi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hauki comes to the cage accompanied by Kyuss - Green Machine. Nesi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Van Canto - Battery kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Hauki
vs
Nesi

188 cm
23
197 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
201 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Taneli Hauki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ed Nesi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hauki throws a lazy uppercut
and Nesi counters with a stiff right hand.
Hauki pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hauki misses the jab.
Hauki misses with an uppercut
and Nesi counters with an outside leg kick.
Hauki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nesi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hauki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nesi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hauki.
Nesi moves out of range as Hauki strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nesi throws a leg kick
and Hauki counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Hauki cracks Nesi with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Nesi looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hauki finish him?

It looks like Ed Nesi has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hauki misses with a hook
and Nesi counters with a nice uppercut.
Hauki throws a head kick that misses.
Nesi throws a hook but Hauki blocks it.
Hauki throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nesi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hauki.
Hauki throws a nice outside leg kick.
No joy there for Hauki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hauki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nesi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hauki misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Hauki misses its intended target.
Nesi walks into a stiff left hand from Hauki.
Nesi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Some bone on bone action there as Nesi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hauki thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nesi closes the distance and pushes Hauki back into the cage.
Hauki can't find room to land a body shot as Nesi controls the action.
Nesi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Hauki.
Hauki misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nesi.
Nesi blocks a body shot from Hauki.
A body shot lands from Nesi.
Hauki avoiding damage as Nesi throws knees to the body.
Nesi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hauki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nesi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nesi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nesi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nesi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hauki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nesi's elbow.
Hauki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The referee calls for Nesi to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nesi takes a shot to the head.
Nesi lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Nesi.
A nice left hand lands by Nesi.
Nesi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hauki avoids it.
Knees to the body from Nesi.
Nesi lands with a short shot to the head.
Nesi connects with a knee to the head.
Nesi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hauki is defending well for now.
Hauki has a couple of punches blocked by Nesi.
Hauki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nesi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hauki avoids it.
Nesi misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nesi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hauki backwards.
Hauki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nesi stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Taneli Hauki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ed Nesi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hauki connects with a leg kick. Nesi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hauki misses with a looping right.
Nesi throws a shot from downtown. Hauki moves away and avoids it.
Hauki throws a hook to the side of Nesi's head but Nesi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hauki - that will leave a mark!
Hauki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Nesi misses.
Hauki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Hauki.
Nesi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hauki.
Hauki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nesi.
Nesi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hauki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taneli Hauki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hauki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nesi's hands.
Hauki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nesi.
Hauki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nesi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hauki, pushing him back against the cage.
Nesi blocks an uppercut.
Nesi lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nesi lands with a light punch inside.
Ed Nesi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nesi missing with knees to the body.
Hauki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hauki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hauki misses with a punch on the inside.
Nesi blocking some punches.
Nesi blocks an uppercut.
Hauki swings wildly with an uppercut but Nesi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nesi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nesi.
Nesi lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nesi with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nesi.
Nesi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nesi.
Nesi lands a knee to the head.
Nesi lands a knee to the head.
Nesi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nesi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nesi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nesi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hauki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hauki prevents a body shot from Nesi.
Nesi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hauki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hauki can't find room to land a body shot as Nesi controls the action.
Hauki tries a body shot but Nesi blocks it.
Nesi lands a knee to the body.
Nesi with a knee to the head.
Nesi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hauki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nesi crunches a lovely knee into Hauki's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nesi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nesi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nesi obliges.
Nesi working Hauki over with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Nesi.
Nesi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nesi gets through Hauki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nesi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hauki has a couple of punches blocked by Nesi.
A knee to the head by Nesi.
Hauki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nesi cracks Hauki with a nice body shot.
Nesi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nesi looking to throw knees to the head but Hauki is blocking nicely.
Nesi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hauki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hauki managing to block the knees to the body from Nesi.
Nesi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ed Nesi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ed Nesi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nesi is looking to clinch but Hauki is avoiding it.
Nesi moves out of range as Hauki strikes.
Hauki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hauki misses with a head kick.
Hauki misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nesi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hauki.
Hauki scores with a head kick.
A punch combination from Hauki misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hauki gets tackled into the cage by Nesi. Nesi maintains the clinch.
Nesi is working Hauki over against the cage.
Hauki has a couple of punches blocked by Nesi.
Nesi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hauki avoiding damage as Nesi throws knees to the body.
Hauki throws a head punch that misses.
Hauki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hauki tries to throw a body punch but Nesi avoids it by throwing Hauki back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Nesi.
A right hand to the body from Nesi.
Nesi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nesi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nesi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nesi connects with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nesi.
Hauki tries to throw a body punch but Nesi avoids it by throwing Hauki back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nesi connects with a knee to the head.
Nesi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hauki.
Hauki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hauki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nesi.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nesi obliges.
Hauki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nesi scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Nesi.
Nice body punch from Nesi.
Nesi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Hauki fails to land.
Hauki can't find room to land a body shot as Nesi controls the action.
Hauki throws a punch but it's blocked by Nesi.
Nesi tries to throw a body punch but Hauki avoids it by throwing Nesi back against the cage.
Nesi lands with a left to the head.
Hauki scores with a shot to the side of Nesi's head.
Nesi crunches a lovely knee into Hauki's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nesi.
Nesi lands a good knee to the midsection. Hauki won't want to take too many of those.
Hauki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nesi lands a good knee to the midsection. Hauki won't want to take too many of those.
Nesi landing knees to the body.
Nesi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nesi lands a good knee to the midsection. Hauki won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nesi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nesi crunches a lovely knee into Hauki's ribcage.
Nesi taking a breather.
A short left from Nesi.
Nesi pushes Hauki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Nesi.
Hauki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nesi scores a nice knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hauki misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hauki misses with the head strike.
Hauki blocks a body shot from Nesi.
Hauki tries to throw a body punch but Nesi avoids it by throwing Hauki back against the cage.
Hauki prevents a body shot from Nesi.
Nesi blocks an uppercut.
Hauki swings wildly with an uppercut but Nesi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nesi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nesi is leaning against Hauki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hauki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hauki is trying to force a seperation but Nesi has the dominant position.
Hauki misses with the head strike.
Nesi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hauki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nesi.
Hauki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hauki misses with the head strike.
Hauki throws a punch but it's blocked by Nesi.
Hauki lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ed Nesi really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ed Nesi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nesi.
Hauki throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nesi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hauki.
Hauki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nesi to score with a decent uppercut.
Hauki throws a hook to the side of Nesi's head but Nesi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nesi scores with a jab to the body.
Hauki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nesis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A nice inside leg kick there by Nesi. That's going to slow Hauki down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hauki.
Nesi throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Hauki to counter with a crisp jab.
Nesi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hauki looks to land a right hand but Nesi moved out of range.
Nesi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nesi lands with a shot to the body.
Hauki lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nesi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nesi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nesi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hauki checks it well.
Hauki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nesi.
Nesi misses with a straight left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hauki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nesi's calf.
Nesi misses with a low kick.
Taneli Hauki is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hauki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nesi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nesi throws out a loose jab but Hauki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nesi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hauki.
Hauki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nesi.

That has opened up Ed Nesi's cut even more.
Nesi ducks under a wild hook from Hauki.
Nesi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hauki throws a hook to the side of Nesi's head but Nesi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nesi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hauki throws a leg kick but Nesi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nesi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hauki throws a poor cross that misses
and Nesi counters with a left to the body.
Nesi slips a straight right by Hauki.
Nesi misses with an uppercut. Hauki saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Nesi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hauki. Nesi does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Taneli Hauki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ed Nesi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nesi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hauki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nesi is able to avoid easily.
Nesi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hauki.
Hauki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nesi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hauki.
Nesi wants to clinch up but Hauki keeps it at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nesi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hauki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hauki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hauki lands with a slapping head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nesi forces Hauki back against the cage and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Nesi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hauki scores with a shot to the side of Nesi's head.
Hauki misses with some punches.
Nesi misses with a knee strike.
Hauki throws a head punch that misses.
Nesi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hauki can't find room to land a body shot as Nesi controls the action.
Hauki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nesi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hauki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nesi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hauki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nesi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hauki's face.
Nesi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nesi tries to land a knee to the head but Hauki blocks with his arms.
A short right from Hauki.
Nesi misses with a body punch.
Hauki swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Hauki breaks the clinch.
Nesi stuns Hauki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Nesi rushes Hauki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hauki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hauki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hauki throws a right hand that Nesi ducks under and follows up with a left that Nesi also avoids with ease.
Nesi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hauki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hauki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fighters circling - Hauki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hauki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nesi. Nesi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nesi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Nesi clinches up with Hauki and pushes him back against the cage.
Hauki misses with some punches.
Nesi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nesi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nesi tries a knee to the head but Hauki blocks it.
Hauki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hauki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nesi lands a nice shot to the body.
Nesi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hauki throws a punch but it's blocked by Nesi.
Hauki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nesi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hauki or not.
Nesi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hauki misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nesi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nesi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hauki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hauki struggles to land a body shot inside as Nesi controls his hands.
Hauki throws a head punch that misses.
Hauki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hauki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ed Nesi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nesi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 47:48
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 47:48
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ed Nesi!
Ed Nesi is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Ed Nesi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.