PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kid Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ta Sau Yat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera comes to the cage accompanied by You are just a JOKE!. Sau Yat has chosen 周杰倫 - 青花瓷 as his entrance music. Kid Vera had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Vera
vs
Sau Yat

185 cm
26
192 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

183 cm
30
185 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kid Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ta Sau Yat!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vera misses with a two punch combination.
Sau Yat scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sau Yat does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sau Yat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vera to score with a decent uppercut.
Vera throws a head kick that misses.
Vera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vera throws a nice head kick!
Vera connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slow jab from Vera misses its intended target.
Sau Yat takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sau Yat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vera.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sau Yat waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sau Yat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vera misses with the combination.

Sau Yat drives through and clinches with Vera against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sau Yat working aggressively here.
Sau Yat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sau Yat lands a damaging elbow.
Sau Yat has a couple of punches blocked by Vera.
Sau Yat has a couple of punches blocked by Vera.
Vera blocking some punches.
Sau Yat misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sau Yat misses with a punch on the inside.
Vera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sau Yat has a couple of punches blocked by Vera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vera wants to get back to striking at distance but Sau Yat won't allow it.
Sau Yat lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vera backwards.
Vera prevents a body shot from Sau Yat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sau Yat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sau Yat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sau Yat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sau Yat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vera blocking some punches.
Sau Yat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sau Yat.
Sau Yat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sau Yat lands with a light punch inside.
Vera wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sau Yat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sau Yat softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Vera is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat has a couple of punches blocked by Vera.
Oh Vera is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sau Yat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sau Yat misses with a punch on the inside.
Sau Yat misses with some punches.
Sau Yat swings wildly with an uppercut but Vera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sau Yat misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sau Yat.
Vera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sau Yat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sau Yat throws a head punch that misses.
Sau Yat keeps control of Vera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Sau Yat fails to land.
Vera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vera.
Vera seems to have got his legs back now.

Vera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vera misses with a kick to the body
and Sau Yat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vera throws a lazy head kick
and Sau Yat counters with a stiff right hand.
Sau Yat defending well as Vera loads up on a big left hand.
Vera throws out a leg kick but Sau Yat moves out of range and Vera only half commits.
Vera misses with a head kick.
Sau Yat slips under a jab.
Sau Yat connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vera's hands.
No joy there for Vera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sau Yat looks to land a right hand but Vera moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera throws a shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Vera.
Sau Yat avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sau Yat blocks a head kick by Vera.
Vera throws a one two combo.
Sau Yat scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vera doesn't seem bothered though.
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice uppercut there from Vera.
A punch combination from Vera misses.
A cross from Sau Yat lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sau Yat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vera manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ta Sau Yat dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sau Yat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vera moves away from the strike by Sau Yat.
Vera throws a head kick but Sau Yat moves out of range.
Kid Vera is winning the standup battle so far.
Vera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat throws a jab but it's blocked by Vera.
Sau Yat tries to clinch there but Vera circles away.
Vera misses with a hook
and Sau Yat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vera bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sau Yat cracks Vera with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Vera falls to his knees and Sau Yat doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ta Sau Yat!
Ta Sau Yat thanked the fans post fight for their support.