PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fatu Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Larsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tua kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Freak on a Leash by Korn. Larsen has chosen Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Dollars as his entrance music. Lars Larsen told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Tua
vs
Larsen

184 cm
30
269 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

195 cm
34
277 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Cynical Truth Vegas

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fatu Tua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lars Larsen!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Larsen.
Larsen slips a jab from Tua.
Larsen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tua takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Larsen motions for Tua to come forward. Larsen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tua avoids the head kick by Larsen.
Larsen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tua misses with a looping right.
Larsen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tua has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tua avoids the body shot from Larsen.
Larsen doesn't manage to clinch there - Tua circles away.
Tua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Larsen misses with a low kick as Tua jumps back.
Tua connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Lars Larsen has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larsen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tua wants to land a leg kick but Larsen is out of range.
Larsen moves in looking to clinch but Tua pushes him off.
Larsen misses with a wild body shot.
Larsen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Larsen duly obliges.
Tua dodges the punch combination from Larsen.
Larsen misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua thuds a left hand into Larsen's body.
Larsen slips a jab from Tua.
Larsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tua.
Lars Larsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larsen moves out of range as Tua strikes.
Larsen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tua blocks a leg kick.
Larsen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Larsen is looking to score with low kicks.
Tua throws a body kick that misses.
Larsen moves away from the strike by Tua.
Good work by Larsen as he checks the leg kick.
Larsen throws a hook but Tua blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Larsen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Larsen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tua paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Larsen closes the distance and pushes Tua back into the cage.
Tua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Tua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Larsen staying out of range there.
Larsen throws the left hand but Tua avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Larsen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tua swings for the body but Larsen moves out of range.
Larsen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larsen moves away from the strike by Tua.
Tua staying out of range there.
Larsen cracks Tua with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tua. Larsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tua will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Larsen misses with a low kick.
Larsen thows a body shot but no joy.
Tua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Tua misses.
Larsen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tua paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Larsen thows a body shot but no joy.
Tua checks a leg kick.
Larsen lands with a kick to the temple. Tua shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Larsen throws a sloppy head kick and Tua moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua scores with a hook to the body. Larsen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Larsen.
Larsen moves away from the strike by Tua.
Tua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tua moves out of range as Larsen throws a body kick.
Tua jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Larsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larsen throws a hook but Tua blocks it.
Larsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Larsen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Larsen misses with a low kick.
Tua misses with a straight left.
Larsen throws a leg kick which misses Tua's front leg but catches the back leg as Tua tries to avoid it.
Tua lands a right hook 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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Tua. Larsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larsen slips under a jab.
Larsen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Larsen scores with a kick to the body.
Tua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larsen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Tua.
Larsen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tua is out of range.
Tua just misses with a punch to the body.
Larsen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tua.
Larsen wants to clinch.
Larsen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tua throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Larsen on the side of the head.
Larsen slips a jab from Tua.
Larsen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Larsen ducks down to avoid it.
Larsen looks for the body kick but Tua saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Tua misses the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larsen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Larsen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tua is out of range.
Tua swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Larsen.
Larsen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Larsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lars Larsen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lars Larsen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tua misses the jab.
Larsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larsen throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Larsen.
Larsen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsen manages to avoid it.
Tua checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Larsen.
Larsen wants to clinch.
Tua avoids the head kick by Larsen.
Larsen fails to land with a series of punches.
Larsen looks to throw the jab but Tua is out of range.
Larsen throws a leg kick which misses Tua's front leg but catches the back leg as Tua tries to avoid it.
Larsen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tua checks it well.

Larsen closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Larsen throws an elbow but misses.
Tua avoids a wild elbow strike from Larsen.
Larsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Tua leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Tua avoids the damage to the body.

Tua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tua misses the shot to the body.
Lars Larsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Larsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tua chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tua connects with a single shot there.
Larsen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tua momentarily.
Larsen walks into a left hand.

That has opened up Lars Larsen's cut even more.
A head kick misses from Tua.
Larsen is looking to clinch but Tua is avoiding it.
Tua misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larsen scores with a kick to the body.
Tua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larsen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tua dips to his left and cracks Larsen with an uppercut!
Tua throws a hook but Larsen blocks it.
Tua throws a big shot that misses.
Larsen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Larsen.
Larsen tries a head kick but it misses.
Larsen misses with a head kick.
Tua lands a right hook to the body.
Larsen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Tua misses its intended target.
Tua looks to land a right hand but Larsen moved out of range.
Larsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tua misses with a low kick as Larsen jumps back.
Nice defenses there by Larsen.
Tua lands a jab.
Tua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larsen.
Larsen looks to land a left hand but Tua moved out of range nicely.
Larsen slips under a jab from Tua.
Larsen throws a wild body kick that Tua sees coming a mile off.
Larsen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Larsen throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larsen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larsen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tua misses the jab.
Larsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tua throws out the jab.
Tua connects with the punch.
Tua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Larsen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tua.
Tua is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tua swats away the attempt to clinch by Larsen.
Larsen misses with a jab to the body
and Tua counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The cut above Lars Larsen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Larsen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tua lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tua.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larsen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larsen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tua scores with a nice strike.

Lars Larsen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Larsen swings for the body but Tua moves out of range.
Larsen throws a hook but Tua avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Larsen.
Tua throws a sloppy head kick and Larsen moves out of range easily.
Larsen misses with a head kick.
Larsen motions for Tua to come forward. Larsen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Larsen throws a body punch but Tua moves out of range.
Larsen looks for the body kick but Tua saw that one coming.

Tua gets tackled into the cage by Larsen. Larsen maintains the clinch.
Tua blocks an elbow strike from Larsen.
Tua is trying to break the clinch but Larsen has him pressed against the cage.

Tua breaks from the clinch.
Tua throws a head kick but Larsen moves out of range.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tua lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good work by Tua as he checks the leg kick.
Larsen tries to close the distance and clinch but Tua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larsen.
Tua just misses with a punch to the body.
Larsen tries to clinch up but Tua circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fatu Tua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lars Larsen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Tua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larsen.
Larsen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tua's sensitive parts.
Tua throws a jab but it's blocked by Larsen.
Larsen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Larsen tries to clinch up but Tua circles away and keeps his distance.
Larsen blocks a jab.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Larsen ducks down to avoid it.
Tua misses with a hook. Larsen ducked under it nicely.
Larsen tries to clinch up.
Tua throws a right and a left that Larsen avoids nicely.
Larsen takes a swing at Tua's ribcage but misses.
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Larsen.
Tua misses with a low kick.
Larsen lands a nice looking body kick.
Tua throws the left hand but Larsen avoids the punch easily.
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua.
Tua throws an overhand right that lands on Larsen's shoulder, as Larsen tries to avoid the shot.
A clash of legs there as Tua blocks the low kick.
Tua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua scores with a hook to the body. Larsen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tua throws out a loose jab but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsen manages to avoid it.
Larsen throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larsen. Tua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Larsen ducks down to avoid it.
Larsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tua manages to avoid it.
Larsen moves out of range of the leg kick from Tua.
Tua throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tua misses the jab.
That kick from Tua tenderised Larsen's leg. Larsen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Larsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tua.
Larsen misses with a body kick.
Tua looks to score with a jab to the body but Larsen is just out of range.
Larsen ducks under a wild hook from Tua.
Larsen is looking to land body kicks.
Larsen throws a front kick aimed at Tua's knee but Tua avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Tua misses.
Larsen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Larsen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Larsen.
Tua lands with a straight right. Larsen didn't see that one coming.
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!
Tua misses with a looping left.
Larsen avoids the body shot from Tua.
Tua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Larsen.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsen scores with a one two! Tua had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Larsen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tua throws a low kick but Larsen avoids it.
A head kick misses from Larsen.

Larsen darts in and clinches Tua up against the cage.
Larsen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Tua breaks the clinch.
Tua lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tua misses.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larsen moves away.
Larsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tua.
Larsen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tua is out of range.
Larsen throws a low kick, looking for Tua's leg but Tua calmly moves out of range.
Tua will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Larsen scores with a head kick.
Tua changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Larsen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice defenses there by Larsen.
A telegraphed right hand from Tua misses the target.
Larsen throws the kick towards the body but Tua avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Larsen there.
Tua stuns Larsen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Larsen.
Larsen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tua.
Larsen tries to clinch but Tua moves out of range.
Tua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tua tries a low kick but Larsen avoids it.
Tua blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tua misses with a series of wild punches.
Larsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tua keeps the fight on the outside.
Tua misses with a looping right.
Tua looks to land a right hand but Larsen moved out of range.
Larsen throws a push kick but Tua slaps the foot to one side.
Tua misses with a low kick.
Larsen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Larsen wants to clinch up but Tua keeps it at a distance.
Tua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larsen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larsen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsen staying out of range there.
Larsen moves out of range of the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fatu Tua showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tua has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fatu Tua!
Fatu Tua was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.