PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Evil Ryu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ni Hao Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ni Hao Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ryu
vs
Hao Jr

175 cm
29
148 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

170 cm
24
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Evil Ryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ni Hao Jr!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryu tries to clinch there but Hao Jr circles away.

Hao Jr drives through and clinches with Ryu against the cage.
Hao Jr tries to work over Ryu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hao Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ryu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hao Jr cracks Ryu with a nice body shot.
Ryu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ryu blocks the elbow strike.
Ryu avoids the elbow strike from Hao Jr, against the cage.
Ryu takes an elbow to the temple.
Hao Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hao Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Ryu tries to land knees in the clinch but Hao Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Ryu tries to circle away but Hao Jr has him pinned against the cage.
Ryu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hao Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ryu's hands.

Hao Jr drives through and clinches with Ryu against the cage.
Hao Jr misses with a knee to the head.
Hao Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryu.
Ryu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hao Jr lands an elbow inside that Ryu shrugs off.
Our sources have told us that Ryu has been working on his elbows in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ryu has had enough of the clinch but Hao Jr keeps him there for the moment.
Ryu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao Jr.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ryu obliges.
Knees to the body from Ryu.
Ryu avoids the elbow strike from Hao Jr, against the cage.
Hao Jr scores with a shot to the side of Ryu's head.

Ryu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ryu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hao Jr, pushing him back against the cage.
Hao Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hao Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Hao Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ryu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hao Jr backwards.
Hao Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ryu avoids it.
Ryu lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryu managing to block the knees to the body from Hao Jr.
Ryu lands a nice knee to the body.
Ryu is trying to push Hao Jr away but Hao Jr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hao Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ryu is defending well for now.
Ryu lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hao Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hao Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Ryu is blocking nicely.
Hao Jr looks winded!
Hao Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ryu pushes Hao Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hao Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Ryu struggles to land a body shot inside as Hao Jr controls his hands.
Ryu throws a punch but it's blocked by Hao Jr.
Hao Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hao Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hao Jr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ryu blocks an elbow strike from Hao Jr.
Hao Jr throws an elbow but it misses.
Ryu avoids a wild elbow strike from Hao Jr.
Hao Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ryu avoids it.
Ryu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ryu tries a knee to the head but Hao Jr blocks it.
A knee to the head by Ryu.
Hao Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ryu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hao Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
Hao Jr missing with knees to the body.
Ryu misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryu scores with a shot to the side of Hao Jr's head.
Ryu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ryu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ryu blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Ryu breaks the clinch.
Ryu tries to clinch but Hao Jr moves out of range.
Hao Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hao Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ryu wants to clinch.
Hao Jr works the jab nicely.
Ryu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ryu doesn't manage to clinch there - Hao Jr circles away.
Ryu wants to clinch.
Hao Jr misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hao Jr throws the kick towards the body but Ryu avoids it.
Hao Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Ryu.
Hao Jr throws a series of punches but Ryu avoids them all with ease.
Ryu tries to clinch up.
Hao Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ryu moves out of range of the body kick from Hao Jr.
Ryu doesn't manage to clinch there - Hao Jr circles away.
Hao Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ryu wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hao Jr lands a high kick!
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!
Hao Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ni Hao Jr will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hao Jr clinches with his opponent.
Hao Jr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ryu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ryu looking to throw knees to the head but Hao Jr is blocking nicely.
Hao Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hao Jr lands an elbow that stopped Ryu in his tracks for a moment.
Ryu looking to throw knees to the head but Hao Jr is blocking nicely.
Ryu with a knee to the head.
Hao Jr digs a right hand underneath Ryu's ribcage. Ryu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hao Jr landing knees to the head.
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!
Ryu managing to block the knees to the body from Hao Jr.
Hao Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hao Jr pushes off an throws an elbow but Ryu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hao Jr connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ryu's face.

Ryu is rocked!
Hao Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Ryu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ryu avoiding damage as Hao Jr throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hao Jr.
A knee to the head by Ryu.
Ryu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ryu landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hao Jr lands a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Hao Jr.
Hao Jr tries a knee to the head but Ryu blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao Jr landing knees to the body.
Hao Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hao Jr landing knees to the head.
Hao Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
Ryu can't find room to land a body shot as Hao Jr controls the action.
Hao Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ryu avoids it.
Ryu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ryu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hao Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ryu's defenses.
Ryu blocks the elbow strike.
Hao Jr prevents a body shot from Ryu.
Ryu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ryu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ryu scores with a shot to the side of Hao Jr's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hao Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ryu avoids it.
Hao Jr lands an elbow just above Ryu 's eye.
Hao Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryu.
Hao Jr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hao Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryu.
Ryu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ryu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ryu avoids the elbow strike from Hao Jr, against the cage.
Hao Jr lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Hao Jr.
Hao Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ryu avoids a wild elbow strike from Hao Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hao Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Ryu is blocking nicely.
Hao Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryu misses with a body punch.
Ryu blocks the elbow strike.
Ryu avoids a wild elbow strike from Hao Jr.
Hao Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ryu tries to land knees in the clinch but Hao Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Ryu scores with a hook to the body.
Ryu seems to have got his legs back now.
Hao Jr misses with some punches.
Ryu lands with a right to the head.
Hao Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Ryu blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Hao Jr.
Ryu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hao Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Ryu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao Jr.
Hao Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryu.
Ryu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ryu misses with an elbow over the top.
Hao Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Ryu is blocking nicely.
Hao Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryu.
Hao Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hao Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Ryu blocks with his arms.
Hao Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Ryu is blocking nicely.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Evil Ryu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hao Jr misses with a leg kick
and Ryu counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ryu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Hao Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ryu lands a nice uppercut.

Ryu breaks from the clinch.
Ryu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hao Jr lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ryu will feel that in the morning.
Ryu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hao Jr can pounce on him.
Ryu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hao Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Ryu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ryu closes the distance but Hao Jr moves to the side
and Hao Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hao Jr tries to bum rush Ryu with a series of wild strikes but Ryu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ni Hao Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hao Jr lands with a nice body kick.
Hao Jr misses with a kick to the body
and Ryu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hao Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hao Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ryu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ryu is looking to clinch but Hao Jr is avoiding it.
Ryu throws a head kick that misses
and Hao Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hao Jr wants to clinch up but Ryu keeps it at a distance.

Hao Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Ryu as the two fighters clinch.
Hao Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ni Hao Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Ryu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ryu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hao Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Ryu is looking to clinch but Hao Jr is avoiding it.
Ryu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hao Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ryu.
Hao Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ryu tries to clinch but Hao Jr moves out of range.
Ryu wants to clinch.
Hao Jr looks to throw the jab but Ryu is out of range.
Hao Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ryu moves in looking to clinch but Hao Jr pushes him off.
Hao Jr plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hao Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Hao Jr. That snapped Ryu's head back.
Ryu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ryu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ryu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ryu tries to clinch up.
Hao Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ryu moves out of range as Hao Jr strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ryu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ryu has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hao Jr.
Hao Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ryu tries to close the distance and clinch but Hao Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ryu tries to clinch up
and Hao Jr counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hao Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ryu tries to close the distance and clinch but Hao Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hao Jr throws a low kick but Ryu moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ryu.
Ryu moves out of range as Hao Jr throws a body kick.
Hao Jr lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hao Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryu 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.
Hao Jr misses with a double jab.
Hao Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Ryu.
Ryu wants to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Hao Jr finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hao Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Ryu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hao Jr's knee momentarily.
Hao Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ryu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ryu tries to clinch but Hao Jr is having none of it.
Ryu tries to close the distance and clinch but Hao Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ryu wants to clinch but Hao Jr slips to the side
and Hao Jr counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ryu is looking to clinch.
Ryu ducks under a wild hook from Hao Jr.
Ryu tries to clinch there but Hao Jr circles away.

Hao Jr darts in and clinches Ryu up against the cage.
Hao Jr misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Hao Jr.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hao Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hao Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryu.
A short body shot lands from Hao Jr as the two fighters clinch.
Ryu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hao Jr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ryu managing to block the knees to the body from Hao Jr.
Ryu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hao Jr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hao Jr pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hao Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryu avoids the damage to the body.
Ryu lands an uppercut.
Ryu lands with a short shot to the head.
Ryu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hao Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ryu has a couple of punches blocked by Hao Jr.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hao Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ryu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Ryu.
Hao Jr missing with knees to the body.
Evil Ryu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ni Hao Jr is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hao Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ryu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ni Hao Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hao Jr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ni Hao Jr!
Post fight, an emotional Ni Hao Jr said 'I want to thank my Mom and my Dad, Ni Hao Sr I love you Dad! Thanks for teaching me how to beat these guys up. My opponent was a very talented fighter tonight but I am always superior and I will KO YOU!'.