PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Laak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laak has chosen Pain - Shut your mouth as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Eric Laak has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Esposito
vs
Laak

178 cm
35
180 lbs
42 - 15 - 0

180 cm
32
193 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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KAISER

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 42 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Laak!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Esposito there.
Laak moves out of range of the body kick from Esposito.
Laak lands a nice leg kick that just misses Esposito's sensitive parts.
Esposito is looking to chop away at Laak's legs.
Laak throws a head kick that misses.
Laak misses with a kick to the body.
Esposito misses with a body kick.
Laak throws a sloppy head kick
and Esposito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Esposito tries to clinch there but Laak circles away.
Esposito cracks Laak with an open hand slap.
Esposito thows a body kick. Laak tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Laak walks forward, straight into a front kick from Esposito.
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!
Jab, jab by Esposito - just one landing.
Esposito lands with a straight right. Laak didn't see that one coming.
Laak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Esposito.
Esposito throws a right and a left that Laak avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Laak tenderised Esposito's leg. Esposito is trying to keep his angry face on.
Esposito lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Esposito just misses with a punch to the body.

Esposito closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Laak takes a shot to the head.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Laak.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Laak misses with the head strike.
Laak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laak tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito pushes Laak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laak lands a shot to the body.
Laak working aggressively here.
Laak gets through Esposito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Esposito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laak.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Esposito.
Laak lands a hook to the side of the head.
Esposito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laak struggles to land a body shot inside as Esposito controls his hands.
Laak lands a body shot in the clinch.
Esposito stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Laak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Esposito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Frank Esposito has been cut.
A short uppercut from Laak.
Esposito lands a nice knee to the body.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Laak scores with a shoulder strike.
Laak has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Laak working aggressively here.
Laak lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Laak.
Laak lands a right hand.
Laak throws a punch but it's blocked by Esposito.
Esposito lands a body punch in the clinch.
Esposito misses with a punch on the inside.
Laak misses with a punch on the inside.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Esposito misses with a knee to the head.
Laak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Esposito - that landed with a thud.
Laak looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Laak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laaks head.
Esposito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laak.
Laak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito throws a head punch that misses.
Esposito lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laak misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Laak.
Laak takes a shot to the head.
Laak misses with the head strike.
Esposito slowing the pace effectively.
Laak lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laak prevents a body shot from Esposito.
Laak trying to land knees to the body.
Esposito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Esposito.
Esposito trying to control the position but instead, Laak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Esposito into the cage.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Laak blocks a body shot from Esposito.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Esposito.
Laak tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Esposito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Esposito'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.

Esposito with a hook.
Esposito lands the left hand.
A slow jab from Laak misses its intended target.
Laak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esposito was well out of range. Poor timing from Laak.
Esposito swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Esposito looks to land a body kick but Laak moved away.
Laak takes one to the chin there.
Esposito attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Esposito looks to score with a jab to the body but Laak is just out of range.
Laak misses with a low kick.
A big left from Esposito misses.
Laak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Esposito.
An inside leg kick lands from Esposito.
Esposito misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laak misses with a jab to the body
and Esposito counters with a nice low kick that buckles Laak's knee momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laak. Esposito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Esposito scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Esposito lands an overhand right.
Esposito throws a chopping leg kick but Laak manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laak swings away with a body shot that misses
and Esposito counters with a straight right hand.
A jab lands there for Esposito.
Laak takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laak throws a leg kick
and Esposito counters with a nice body kick.
Esposito misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito is looking to land body kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laak lands with a nice body punch.
Laak takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Esposito with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Frank Esposito is winning the standup battle so far.
Laak on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Esposito.
A low kick from Esposito is predictable there
and Laak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laak throws a jab but it's blocked by Esposito.

Esposito has Laak up against the cage in a clinch.
Esposito lands a hook that snaps the head of Laak backwards.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Laak controls the action.
Esposito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito wants to stall.
Laak lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Laak.
Esposito tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laak avoids it.
Esposito scores with a knee to the head.
Esposito is trying to maintain a safe position but Laak gets an underhook and turns Esposito into the cage.
Esposito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laak throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laak looking to slow down the pace here.
Esposito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Esposito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Esposito lands a nice shot to the body.
Laak lands a knee to the head.
Laak is working Esposito over against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laak misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Esposito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Frank Esposito has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laak avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laak.
Esposito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laaks head.
Laak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Esposito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laak misses with some punches.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Laak tries to land knees in the clinch but Esposito avoids the damage to the body.
Laak's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Esposito connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Eric Laak has been cut.
Laak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Esposito lands with a left to the head.
Esposito connects with a knee to the head.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee calls for Laak to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Laak.
Esposito tries to throw a body punch but Laak avoids it by throwing Esposito back against the cage.
A short right from Laak on the inside.
Esposito looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Esposito dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Esposito throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Good work by Laak as he checks the leg kick.
Esposito scores with a kick to the midsection.
It looks like Esposito has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Laak swinging wildly here.
Esposito throws a leg kick
and Laak counters with a slapping leg kick.
Laak buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laak ducks under a wild hook from Esposito.
Esposito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laak.
Esposito will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laak misses with a head kick.
Laak blocks a low kick nicely.
Esposito connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito misses with a body kick.
Esposito throws a front kick aimed at Laak's knee but Laak avoids it well.
Laak is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Esposito rather than just go for the knockout.
Esposito with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Esposito clinches up against the cage.
Esposito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Esposito.
Esposito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Esposito blocks it with crossed arms.
Laak lands an uppercut.
Esposito makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laak misses with a punch on the inside.
Esposito taking a breather.
Esposito misses with a knee to the head.
Esposito connects with a knee to the head.
Laak tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Laak back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esposito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Esposito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Esposito unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Esposito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Esposito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laak's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Esposito.
A hook to the body from Esposito.
Laak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
Laak managing to block the knees to the body from Esposito.
Eric Laak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laak tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Esposito pushes Laak back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Esposito presses Laak against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
Laak misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito tries to stall but Laak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Esposito works on Laak's body with a couple of short punches.
Laak tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Esposito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laaks head.
Esposito trying to control the position but instead, Laak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Esposito into the cage.
Laak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Frank Esposito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito lands a left hand.
Laak digs a right hand into Esposito's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Esposito's gas tank.
Laak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito misses with a punch on the inside.
Esposito gets through Laak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laak's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laak tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Laak back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Laak fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
Esposito connects with a knee to the head.

Laak is rocked!
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!
Laak has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Esposito tries a knee to the head but Laak blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Laak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Esposito's brow.
Laak wants to stall.
Esposito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laak is still on wobbly legs! Can Esposito finish him?
Laak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
Laak seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esposito misses with a knee to the head.
Esposito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Esposito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito lands with a short head shot on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Esposito showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Esposito has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Esposito!
Frank Esposito decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.