PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sailo Damtea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ng Mui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damtea kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ne Compare Pas (GSP Entrance Song). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Damtea
vs
Mui

191 cm
26
204 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
204 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sailo Damtea!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ng Mui!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damtea slips a straight right by Mui.
Mui throws a head kick but Damtea moves out of range.
Damtea takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
We've been informed that Mui has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Mui lands a leg kick that knocks Damtea off balance momentarily.
Mui fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damtea wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Damtea looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Damtea misses with a straight left.
Mui misses with a low kick.
Damtea slips a jab and a cross from Mui.
Damtea tries to clinch but Mui is having none of it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mui.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damtea misses with a hook. Mui ducked under it nicely.
Damtea connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Ng Mui has been cut.
Nice straight punches there by Damtea. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Damtea.
Damtea doesn't manage to clinch there - Mui circles away.
Mui just misses with a punch to the body.
Mui walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Damtea checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Damtea clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Damtea.
Damtea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damtea takes an elbow to the forehead.
Damtea working aggressively here.
Damtea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mui blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mui blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mui lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mui tries to land knees in the clinch but Damtea avoids the damage to the body.
Damtea blocks the elbow strike.
Damtea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mui lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mui tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damtea avoids it.
Damtea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damtea managing to block the knees to the body from Mui.
Mui blocking some punches.

Damtea breaks from the clinch.
Damtea stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mui.
Mui swats away the attempt to clinch by Damtea.
Mui misses the shot to the body.
Mui moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Damtea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mui paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damtea tries to clinch but Mui moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Mui throws a sloppy head kick and Damtea moves out of range easily.
Mui misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mui is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Damtea avoids the body shot from Mui.
Mui connects with a body shot that sends Damtea's belly button to the back.
Mui swings for the body but Damtea moves out of range.
Mui lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Damtea circles away quickly and effectively.

Damtea drives through and clinches with Mui against the cage.
Damtea softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mui with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Damtea creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mui throws an elbow but it misses.

Damtea breaks the clinch.
Mui misses with a double jab.
Mui wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mui fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mui throws an overhand right that lands on Damtea's shoulder, as Damtea tries to avoid the shot.
Damtea tries to close the distance and clinch but Mui swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mui throws a jab when Damtea was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Mui. Those never looked like landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mui misses with a series of wild punches.
Mui looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mui throws a shot from downtown. Damtea moves away and avoids it.
Mui drops his hands momentarily and Damtea takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Damtea takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Damtea darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mui fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mui blocks a head kick by Damtea.
Damtea checks a low kick from Mui.
Mui lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Damtea takes the fight into the clinch.
Mui using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damtea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mui takes a shot to the head.
Mui misses with a knee strike.
Damtea pushes Mui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Ng Mui's cut even more.
Mui misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mui just misses with a elbow thrown towards Damtea's brow.
Mui pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Damtea.
Damtea misses with a punch on the inside.
Mui tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Damtea breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Damtea moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Damtea catches Mui with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Damtea closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mui looking to throw knees to the head but Damtea is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mui throws an elbow but misses.
Mui blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damtea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mui throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damtea blocks it with crossed arms.

Damtea manages to break the clinch.

Damtea has managed to clinch.
Damtea dodges an elbow strike from Mui.
Mui looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Damtea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mui just misses with a elbow thrown towards Damtea's brow.
Mui is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damtea is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damtea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Damtea misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Damtea makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Damtea.
Mui tries a knee to the head but Damtea blocks it.
Damtea avoids a wild elbow strike from Mui.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sailo Damtea will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ng Mui'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.

Damtea clinches with his opponent.
Damtea lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Damtea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damtea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mui trying to land knees to the body.

Damtea manages to break the clinch.
Damtea fails in his attempt to clinch.

Damtea cracks Mui with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Mui looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Damtea finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damtea has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mui.
Mui missing with a left hand there. Damtea was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Damtea closes the distance and clinches.
Mui pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mui tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mui gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Damtea misses with some punches.
Damtea throws a punch but it's blocked by Mui.
Damtea on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mui throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Damtea.
Damtea misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mui throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damtea managing to block the knees to the body from Mui.
Damtea softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

The cut above Ng Mui's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mui is breathing heavily.
Damtea throws a punch but it's blocked by Mui.
Damtea avoiding damage as Mui throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mui.
Mui lands a damaging elbow.
Mui lands an elbow just above Damtea 's eye.
Damtea lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Damtea fails to land.
Mui tries a knee to the head but Damtea blocks it.
Mui blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Damtea breaks the clinch.
Sailo Damtea is winning the standup battle so far.
Damtea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mui.
Damtea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mui paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damtea is looking to clinch but Mui is avoiding it.
Damtea lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damtea doesn't manage to clinch there - Mui circles away.

Damtea closes the distance and pushes Mui back into the cage.
Damtea misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Mui.
Damtea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mui throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damtea lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Damtea breaks from the clinch.

Damtea clinches up with Mui and pushes him back against the cage.
Mui's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Ng Mui's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Damtea lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mui lands an elbow inside.
Damtea makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Mui is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ng Mui's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sailo Damtea!
Sailo Damtea is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Sailo Damtea thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.