PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Seery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dang Sai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dang Sai has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Seery
vs
Sai

175 cm
23
150 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
145 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Patrick Seery!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dang Sai!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sai misses with a jab to the body
and Seery counters with a left to the body.
Sai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seery.
Sai takes a swing at Seery's ribcage but misses.
Seery misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sai.
Seery stuns Sai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Seery as he connects with a hook.
Seery misses with a body shot.
Seery misses with a wild body shot.
Sai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sai misses with an uppercut
and Seery counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sai misses with a straight left.
Seery just misses with a punch to the body.
Seery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Seery is looking to wear down Sai with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sai tries to clinch but Seery moves out of range.
We've been informed that Sai 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.
Seery swings for the body but Sai moves out of range.
It seemed like Sai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Seery blocks a jab.
Sai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seery to score with a decent uppercut.
Sai throws a hook but Seery blocks it.
Seery swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Sai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seery blocks an elbow strike.
Seery misses with some punches.
Seery controlling the action here for a moment.
Seery avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Seery's defenses.
Sai lands an elbow inside that Seery shrugs off.
Seery lands a hook that snaps the head of Sai backwards.
Seery wants to get back to striking at distance but Sai won't allow it.
Seery takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Patrick Seery has been cut.
Seery lands a shot to the body.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
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!
Seery has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seery avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Seery struggles to land a body shot inside as Sai controls his hands.
Sai is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Seery struggles to land a body shot inside as Sai controls his hands.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sai lands an elbow just above Seery 's eye.
Sai lands an elbow that stopped Seery in his tracks for a moment.
Seery scores with a hook to the body.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Sai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Seery's defenses.
Come on Seery - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Seery blocks the elbow strike.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice left hand lands by Seery.
Sai lands an elbow inside.
Seery avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Seery's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seery misses with a punch to the body.
Seery wants to break free but Sai has control.
Sai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Seery lands a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Seery tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Seery dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Seery working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Seery lands a hook that snaps the head of Sai backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sai as Seery tries to tie him up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Seery takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Seery lands a shoulder strike.
Seery lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sai backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Sai lands an elbow just above Seery 's eye.
Sai has Seery pressed against the cage, preventing Seery from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Seery doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Seery's brow.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Seery definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seery trying to control the position but instead, Sai has worked for underhooks and has pushed Seery into the cage.
Sai lands an elbow just above Seery 's eye.
Seery blocks an elbow strike.
Seery avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Sai lands a damaging elbow.

Patrick Seery's cut is getting worse.
Seery avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Seery tries to work over Sai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Seery wants to stall.
Seery blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dang Sai will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Seery's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Seery works the jab nicely.
Patrick Seery is winning the standup battle so far.
Seery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sai manages to avoid it.
Seery misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sai.
Seery throws a body shot but no joy.
Seery ducks under a wild hook from Sai.
Seery throws a series of punches but Sai moves out of range.
Seery takes a swing at Sai's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Seery.
Seery lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sai throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seery counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sai misses with an uppercut. Seery saw that one coming.
Seery swings for the body but Sai moves out of range.
Sai throws a jab when Seery was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seery defending well as Sai loads up on a big left hand.
Sai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sai misses with an uppercut. Seery saw that one coming.
Seery connects with a nice looking jab.
Sai tries to clinch but Seery is having none of it.
Sai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seery was well out of range. Poor timing from Sai.
Seery digs a good body shot into Sai's ribs.
Seery throws a lazy right hand but Sai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sai scores with a nice head shot.
Sai misses with an uppercut
and Seery makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Seery fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seery jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seery.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seery looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sai tries to clinch up.
Seery lands a jab to the nose.
Sai throws a body shot but no joy.
Sai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seery lands a jab to the head.
Sai throws a body shot but no joy.
Seery swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sai swinging wildly here.
A counter left hand to the body from Seery misses its target.
The crowd cheers as Seery lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sai doesn't seem phased though.
Seery misses the shot to the body.
Sai misses with a wild body shot.
Sai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seery ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sai moves away.
Sai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seery.
Sai throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Seery wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seery stuns Sai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Seery throws out a powerful jab.
Sai moves to clinch but Seery breaks away

and Seery counters with a crisp one two that drops Sai! Seery thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Sai to his feet! Sai is in big trouble!

Sai is rocked!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Seery has cracked Sai with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Seery lands another huge swinging hook and Sai tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Sai, before Seery can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Patrick Seery!
Patrick Seery retains his featherweight title!
Patrick Seery seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.