PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Laamanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Burke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laamanen comes to the cage accompanied by Daft Punk - Da Funk/Daftendirekt. Brad Burke is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Laamanen
vs
Burke

183 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Laamanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brad Burke!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laamanen throws a nice inside leg kick.

Laamanen clinches up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Laamanen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Laamanen crunches a lovely knee into Burke's ribcage.
Laamanen tries to land a knee to the head but Burke blocks with his arms.
Come on Laamanen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Burke avoiding damage as Laamanen throws knees to the body.
Laamanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laamanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Burke looks gassed!
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!
Burke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laamanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laamanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laamanen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Laamanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laamanen is stalling here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Laamanen for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Burke takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laamanen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Laamanen crunches a lovely knee into Burke's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mirko Laamanen.

Laamanen gets a clinch.
Burke avoiding damage as Laamanen throws knees to the body.
Laamanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laamanen lands a knee to the head.
Laamanen lands a knee to the head.
Laamanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laamanen misses with an elbow strike.
Burke tries to score a body lock takedown but Laamanen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Laamanen lands a damaging elbow.
Laamanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Burke's face.
Laamanen missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laamanen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Burke.
Laamanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Burke is trying to break free.
Laamanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Come on Laamanen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Laamanen crunches a lovely knee into Burke's ribcage.
Burke is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Laamanen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mirko Laamanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Burke.
Burke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laamanen trying to land knees to the body.
Laamanen trying to control the position but instead, Burke has worked for underhooks and has pushed Laamanen into the cage.
Burke managing to block the knees to the body from Laamanen.
Laamanen stops a takedown attempt from Burke.
Laamanen landing knees to the body.
Laamanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laamanen controlling the action here for a moment.
Laamanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Burke fails to pull guard.
Laamanen lands an elbow inside.
Burke looking for a takedown.
Burke is working for takedown but Laamanen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Laamanen lands a knee to the body.
Laamanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laamanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laamanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Burke avoids the damage to the body.
Laamanen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Burke.
Burke tries to pull guard but Laamanen holds him up against the cage and eventually Burke drops back down to his feet.
Laamanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burke tries for a takedown. No joy.
Laamanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Laamanen missing with knees to the body.
Burke goes for a takedown attempt but Laamanen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Laamanen clinches with his opponent.
Laamanen just leaning against Burke, taking a breather.
Laamanen stops a takedown attempt from Burke.
Laamanen leaning against his opponent.
Laamanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burke wants a takedown.
Laamanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Burke avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Burke lands a takedown into guard.
Laamanen wants to stand and escape but Burke is having none of it.
Laamanen is trying to control the position but Burke postures up.
Burke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Laamanen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Laamanen fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laamanen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burke looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Laamanen is fending him off so far but Burke persists. Nope, Laamanen circles away and we're back to standing.

Laamanen takes the fight into the clinch.
Laamanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Burke goes for a takedown in the clinch but Laamanen prevents it.
Burke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Burke fails to pull guard.
Mirko Laamanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Burke.
Laamanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laamanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Laamanen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laamanen lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke drops down looking for an ankle pick but Laamanen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Burke shoots in but no luck this time.

Laamanen has closed the distance and engaged Burke in a clinch.
Burke has Laamanen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Laamanen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Laamanen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Burke is keeping busy.
Burke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laamanen is looking to control Burke's arms but Burke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Laamanen has his back to the cage.
Burke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burke fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Burke tries to score a body lock takedown but Laamanen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Laamanen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Burke is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Laamanen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Burke as Laamanen tries to tie him up.
Laamanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burke goes for a takedown in the clinch but Laamanen prevents it.
Laamanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burke.
Laamanen looking to slow down the pace here.
Burke goes for a takedown attempt but Laamanen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Burke avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laamanen.
Laamanen throws a head kick but Burke moves out of range.
Laamanen tries to clinch but Burke moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Laamanen tries to clinch there but Burke circles away.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Laamanen.
Laamanen tries to close the distance and clinch but Burke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laamanen fails to land with a series of punches.
Mirko Laamanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Burke shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Burke showed some decent athleticism there.
Burke passes to full mount!

Burke wants to finish this one by submission but Laamanen is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Burke.
Burke throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Burke thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Burke is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Laamanen is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Laamanen flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Burke anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Laamanen and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Burke slips an arm under Laamanen chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Burke has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Burke is squeezing on Laamanen like an anaconda would it's prey. Laamanen fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brad Burke!