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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexi Laiho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laiho has chosen Cold Sweat/ Thin Lizzy as his entrance music. Alexi Laiho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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193 cm
26
212 lbs
18 - 8 - 0 |
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190 cm
29
225 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Blade! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexi Laiho! The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Blade just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as Blade lands an impressive looking overhand right. Laiho doesn't seem phased though. Blade moves out of range of the strikes. Jake Blade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Blade takes one to the side of the head.
Laiho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blade looks to land a right hand but Laiho moved out of range. Laiho moves out of range of the strikes. Blade takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Laiho misses with an uppercut. Blade saw that one coming. Blade is looking to counter the offense by Laiho and move into the clinch. Blade doesn't manage to clinch there - Laiho circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Laiho keeps the fight on the outside. Blade wants to clinch. Laiho throws a jab but it's blocked by Blade.
That's one minute gone in the round. Laiho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Blade pinned against the cage. Blade gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Blade was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Blade slaps away a takedown attempt from Laiho, before circling back to the center of the mat. Laiho bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Blade is pushing Laiho's head away, looking to escape. Laiho manages to hold on to the position though. Laiho sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Blade is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Blade is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Laiho is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Blade looks calm but he's in trouble here. Laiho gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Blade is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Laiho lets go of the hold and Blade can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexi Laiho! After the big win, Alexi Laiho made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Amped Performance and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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