PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neil Sankar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cu Chulainn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cu Chulainn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sankar
vs
Chulainn

188 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Neil Sankar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cu Chulainn!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sankar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chulainn lands a left hand.
Chulainn misses with the head strike.
Chulainn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sankar backwards.
Sankar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chulainn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sankar scores with a shot to the side of Chulainn's head.
Chulainn is working Sankar over against the cage.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chulainn.
Sankar working aggressively here.
Chulainn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chulainn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chulainn can't find room to land a body shot as Sankar controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Chulainn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sankar tries to land a knee to the head but Chulainn blocks with his arms.
Sankar throws a punch but it's blocked by Chulainn.
Sankar prevents a body shot from Chulainn.
Sankar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chulainn is keeping busy.
Sankar misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chulainn pushes Sankar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sankar misses with some punches.
Sankar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chulainn gets through Sankar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sankar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chulainn pushes Sankar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sankar misses with some punches.
Sankar misses with the head strike.
Chulainn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chulainn lands a body punch.
Chulainn pushes Sankar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sankar is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chulainn misses with the head strike.

Chulainn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sankar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chulainn connects with a solid leg kick.
Chulainn jabs at Sankar's body.

Chulainn cracks Sankar with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Sankar looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Chulainn finish him?

Sankar is rocked!
Sankar walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Sankar limp body while Chulainn jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cu Chulainn!
Cu Chulainn seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.