PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Banoch Brae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brae
vs
Sagat

208 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

204 cm
23
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Banoch Brae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tong Sagat!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brae punishes Sagat's body with a nice straight punch.

Brae closes the distance and clinches.
Brae lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sagat looking to throw knees to the head but Brae is blocking nicely.
Brae is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Brae lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sagat is trying to stall.
Brae blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brae lands a body shot.
Brae with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tong Sagat has been cut.
Brae softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brae lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sagat throws an elbow that misses.
Sagat trying to land knees to the body.
Sagat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brae as Sagat tries to tie him up.
Brae leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Brae for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brae keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sagat's efforts to push away.
Brae throws an elbow that misses.
Sagat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brae has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brae swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sagat just leaning against Brae, taking a breather.
Sagat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sagat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brae tries to land a knee to the head but Sagat blocks with his arms.
Brae misses with a punch on the inside.
Sagat wants to get back to striking at distance but Brae won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brae.
Brae throws a head punch that misses.
Brae wants to get back to striking at distance but Sagat won't allow it.

Brae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Banoch Brae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brae lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sagat tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Brae counters by clinching up.
Sagat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brae as Sagat tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brae lands an uppercut.
Sagat misses with a knee strike.
Brae lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Brae.
Brae stalling the fight.
A short body shot lands from Brae as the two fighters clinch.
Sagat scores with a shot to the side of Brae's head.
Brae will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sagat up against the cage.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brae is leaning against Sagat and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but Brae blocks it.
Sagat looks gassed!
Brae lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sagat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brae has Sagat pressed against the cage.
Brae lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sagat backwards.
Sagat avoiding damage as Brae throws knees to the body.

Brae breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brae moves into range and clinches up with Sagat.
Sagat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sagat misses with a knee strike.
Brae tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Brae breaks the clinch.
Sagat clinches but Brae breaks the clinch

and Brae counters by clinching up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brae lands a nice uppercut.
Brae lands a nice uppercut.
Sagat taking a breather.
Brae leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sagat looking to throw knees to the head but Brae is blocking nicely.
Brae is struggling to control the position.
Sagat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagat landing knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brae as Sagat tries to tie him up.

Brae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brae rushes Sagat and presses him up against the cage.
Sagat working hard to break the clinch.
Brae managing to block the knees to the body from Sagat.
Sagat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brae blocks it with crossed arms.
Brae pushes Sagat back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Sagat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sagat takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Brae works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brae has Sagat pressed against the cage, preventing Sagat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brae throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brae putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sagat in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brae taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Brae lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Banoch Brae dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tong Sagat's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brae wants to land a leg kick but Sagat is out of range.
Sagat tries to clinch

and Brae counters by moving into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brae lands a body shot in the clinch.

Brae breaks from the clinch.
Sagat wants to clinch but Brae slips to the side
and Brae counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brae throws out a leg kick but Sagat moves out of range and Brae only half commits.
Sagat tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brae cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That has opened up Tong Sagat's cut even more.
Banoch Brae is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Brae feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Sagat sprawling to the canvas! Sagat rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Brae finish him?!

Sagat is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Brae moves into the clinch.
Sagat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sagat is still on wobbly legs! Can Brae finish him?

The cut above Tong Sagat's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sagat is breathing heavily.
Brae effectively controlling the action here.
Sagat seems to have recovered his senses.
A right handed body shot lands from Brae.
Sagat lands a shoulder strike.
Brae working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Come on Brae - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat wants to break free but Brae has control.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brae.
Brae scores with a shot to the side of Sagat's head.
Brae lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sagat.
A short right from Brae.
Brae works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Brae.
Brae is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sagat can do to turn this around?
Sagat is looking to break free of the clinch but Brae has double underhooks.
Brae lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sagat or not.
A short body shot lands from Brae as the two fighters clinch.
Brae lands a shot to the body.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brae taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Brae throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Brae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brae will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brae throws a right hand that Sagat ducks under and follows up with a left that Sagat also avoids with ease.
Sagat checks a leg kick.

Brae has Sagat up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sagat looking to throw knees to the head but Brae is blocking nicely.
Brae avoiding damage as Sagat throws knees to the body.
Sagat letting Brae take a breather here.

Brae breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brae attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sagat displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brae throws out the jab.
Brae misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brae scores with a jab to the head.
Brae misses with a two punch combination.
Sagat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brae.
Brae lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big right from Brae misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brae works over Sagat's head and body with a nice combination.
Brae misses with an uppercut. Sagat saw that one coming.
Brae looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brae tries to clinch there but Sagat circles away.
Brae avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sagat looks to clinch
and Brae counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sagat closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brae counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sagat closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brae counters with a three punch combo that has Sagat backing up. Sagat nods at Brae to acknowledge the strikes.

Tong Sagat's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

Brae drops Sagat with a beautiful combination! Sagat stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Brae is looking for the KO!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Banoch Brae!