PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fong Sai Yuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

John
vs
Sai Yuk

210 cm
24
300 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
300 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Big John!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fong Sai Yuk!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John looks to score with a jab to the body but Sai Yuk is just out of range.
Sai Yuk throws a lazy right hand but John sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sai Yuk misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Sai Yuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut there from John.

It looks like Fong Sai Yuk has been cut.
Sai Yuk ducks under a wild hook from John.
John throws the left hand but Sai Yuk avoids the punch easily.
Sai Yuk takes one to the chin there.
Sai Yuk throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
John looks to throw the jab but Sai Yuk is out of range.
John rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sai Yuk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sai Yuk has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sai Yuk takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Big John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Sai Yuk misses with an uppercut. John saw that one coming.
John misses with a hook. Sai Yuk ducked under it nicely.
John lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai Yuk closes this distance looking for a takedown but John circles away.
John throws a right and a left that both miss.
John jabs Sai Yuk right on the nose. Sai Yuk blinks but takes it well.

That has opened up Fong Sai Yuk's cut even more.
John rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sai Yuk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Sai Yuk throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. John was covering up waiting for the punch and Sai Yuk finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Sai Yuk advances position into side control!
John parries the strikes from Sai Yuk easily there. Sai Yuk is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable John to escape.
John is looking to regain half guard here but Sai Yuk keeps moving and retains side control.
Sai Yuk tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on John's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
John tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sai Yuk wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sai Yuk lands a few punches from side control.
John is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sai Yuk creates some space and throws a big elbow, but John sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
John is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sai Yuk throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
John is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sai Yuk sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but John is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
John is trying to get back to his feet.
John managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sai Yuk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John can't do much from the bottom here.
Sai Yuk working the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Sai Yuk seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
John tries to buck Sai Yuk off but Sai Yuk is having none of it.
John is working hard here to advance position.
John is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sai Yuk connects with a decent elbow.
Sai Yuk cracks John with a big elbow.
John struggling a bit here.
Sai Yuk tries to move into full mount but can't pass John's legs.
John taking punishment in the form of punches.
John is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
John knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sai Yuk on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sai Yuk lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
John is looking for a sweep.
John parries the strikes from Sai Yuk easily there. Sai Yuk is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable John to escape.
Sai Yuk tries to score with some ground and pound. John controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
John on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if John tries to get out of the position.
Sai Yuk in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sai Yuk throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Check out the look on Sai Yuk's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sai Yuk moves into full mount!
Sai Yuk sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sai Yuk putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sai Yuk lands a heavy elbow.
Poor strikes thrown by Sai Yuk there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sai Yuk working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fong Sai Yuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fong Sai Yuk's cut.
That's time! John's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sai Yuk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by John.
Sai Yuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John misses with a wild combination.
Sai Yuk shoots in for a takedown but John shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
John loads up on a big right hand but Sai Yuk slips the punch.
Sai Yuk slips under a jab from John.
Sai Yuk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. John sees it coming and avoids it easily.
John is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John scores with the left hand. Sai Yuk knows he should have avoided that one.
Sai Yuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai Yuk slips a jab from John.

Sai Yuk shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches John napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sai Yuk throwing shots but missing, from side control.
John wants to control but Sai Yuk postures up.
John on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
John defending against the ground and pound.
John takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sai Yuk prevents John from escaping the position.
You can see the frustration on John's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sai Yuk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sai Yuk tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sai Yuk tries to score with some ground and pound. John controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sai Yuk throws a strike aimed at the side of John's head but John avoids it well.
Fong Sai Yuk has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John is looking to reverse the position.
John parries the strikes from Sai Yuk easily there. Sai Yuk is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable John to escape.
John is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sai Yuk connects with a decent elbow.
Sai Yuk misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sai Yuk tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
You can see the frustration on John's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
John prevents Sai Yuk from improving position.
John tries to improve position but can't.
Sai Yuk working away.
John is trying to improve his position.
Sai Yuk throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
John throws a hook to the side of Sai Yuk's head but Sai Yuk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sai Yuk fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sai Yuk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from John.
A jab from Sai Yuk does it's job there.
John steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sai Yuk.
John jabs Sai Yuk right on the nose. Sai Yuk blinks but takes it well.
John throws a shot from downtown. Sai Yuk moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from John misses the target.
John throws a hook but Sai Yuk blocks it.
John is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
John scores with a nice right hand.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sai Yuk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai Yuk working the ground and pound from side control.
John is looking for a sweep.
An elbow from Sai Yuk crashes against the mat.
John managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sai Yuk.
Sai Yuk postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
John avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sai Yuk.
Sai Yuk lands a decent elbow from side control.
John defending against the ground and pound.
John tries to improve position but can't.
John avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sai Yuk.
John tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fong Sai Yuk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fong Sai Yuk's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sai Yuk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sai Yuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John misses with a straight left.
Sai Yuk slips a jab and a cross from John.
John fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
John throws a big shot that misses.
Sai Yuk misses with a hook.
Sai Yuk throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
John misses the jab.
John scores with a nice head shot.
John lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Big John is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sai Yuk.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sai Yuk.
Sai Yuk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as John throws out the jab.
John looks to land a left hand but Sai Yuk moved out of range nicely.
John fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Big John is winning the standup battle so far.
John misses with a straight right.
John steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sai Yuk.
John looks to throw the jab but Sai Yuk is out of range.
John displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sai Yuk throws out the jab.
Sai Yuk ducks under a wild hook from John.

Sai Yuk drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
John avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai Yuk thows a big elbow that misses.
Sai Yuk tries to free his leg and advance position but John is retaining full guard.
Sai Yuk postures up.
Sai Yuk pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. John is keeping the position for now.
Sai Yuk postures up and lands a big shot to John's brow.
Sai Yuk preventing the sweep.
Sai Yuk cracks John with a solid left hand.
John preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sai Yuk is pushing down on John's leg trying to pass to half guard. John is fighting to maintain full guard but Sai Yuk has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sai Yuk moves into full mount! John won't be happy about that!
Sai Yuk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sai Yuk scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish John?
John tries to hold on but Sai Yuk postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sai Yuk throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
BOOM! Sai Yuk connects with a massive shot to the dome!
John is wriggling around trying to escape.
John takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sai Yuk is landing with some decent strikes but John is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
John is trying desperately to improve position.
Sai Yuk unloading with bombs!
Sai Yuk breaks from John's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sai Yuk lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sai Yuk lands with some strikes.
Sai Yuk thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai Yuk scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish John?
Sai Yuk putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sai Yuk thowing shots but they're missing.
A nice elbow there by Sai Yuk.
John is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Sai Yuk.
A nice elbow there by Sai Yuk.
John is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns John that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fong Sai Yuk really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fong Sai Yuk's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sai Yuk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sai Yuk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from John.
Sai Yuk slips a straight right by John.
Sai Yuk looks to throw the jab but John is out of range.
Sai Yuk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from John.
Sai Yuk misses with an uppercut. John saw that one coming.
Sai Yuk thows a left - swing and a miss!
John misses with a hook. Sai Yuk ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Sai Yuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sai Yuk misses with a straight right.
John lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai Yuk avoids the body shot from John.

Sai Yuk shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
John keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sai Yuk thows a huge punch but John dodges it nicely.
Sai Yuk wants to free his trapped foot but John is holding on for dear life with his legs.
John is pressing down on Sai Yuk's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
John looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sai Yuk is one step ahead there.
Sai Yuk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai Yuk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sai Yuk forces his way into half guard.
Sai Yuk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed John's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sai Yuk connects with a nice short shot to John's temple.
Sai Yuk lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sai Yuk is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Sai Yuk is pressing down on John's thigh, looking to free his foot. John is holding on for now.
John avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sai Yuk.
John is looking to control Sai Yuk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can John avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sai Yuk.
Sai Yuk looks to land a strike but John avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
John working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sai Yuk.
Sai Yuk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
John will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John slips a jab from Sai Yuk.
Sai Yuk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but John manages to avoid it.
John avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
John misses with a straight left.
Sai Yuk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from John.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
John uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sai Yuk.
John will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from John misses.
A big left from Sai Yuk misses.
John ducks under a wild hook from Sai Yuk.
The fighters circling - Sai Yuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sai Yuk misses with a hook.
Sai Yuk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sai Yuk throws a hook to the side of John's head but John sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sai Yuk connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fong Sai Yuk dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Fong Sai Yuk's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

John punishes Sai Yuk's body with a nice straight punch.
John comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sai Yuk is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
John misses with a wild combination.
John moves out of range of the strikes.
Sai Yuk moves out of range as John strikes.
John looks to score with a jab to the body but Sai Yuk is just out of range.
Sai Yuk throws a shot from downtown. John moves away and avoids it.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sai Yuk manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Sai Yuk misses its intended target.
Sai Yuk misses with a hook. John ducked under it nicely.
Sai Yuk throws a jab but it's blocked by John.
Sai Yuk ducks under a wild hook from John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai Yuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
John lands with an overhand left.
John cracks a nice hook into Sai Yuk's ribs.
Sai Yuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sai Yuk ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
John misses with a two punch combination.
Sai Yuk lands a jab to John's midsection.
A combination from John does no damage.
Sai Yuk defending well as John loads up on a big left hand.
John moves out of range as Sai Yuk strikes.
John throws the left hand but Sai Yuk avoids the punch easily.
Sai Yuk missing with a left hand there. John was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John moves out of range of the strikes.
Sai Yuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sai Yuk scores with a decent looking hook.

Sai Yuk shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sai Yuk showed some decent athleticism there.
Sai Yuk wants to pass to mount but John is defending the position.
John is looking to improve his position.
Sai Yuk not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
John is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sai Yuk thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
John taking some punishment here, with Sai Yuk in his half guard.
Sai Yuk is looking to advance position but John won't allow it.
Sai Yuk landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Big John has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sai Yuk is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Sai Yuk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. John defending well though.
John is trying to control but can't.
Sai Yuk prevents John from standing back up.
Sai Yuk drops an elbow to the side of John's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John is in trouble now - Sai Yuk has advanced to mount!
Sai Yuk looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
John taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Sai Yuk connects with a massive shot to the dome!

John is rocked!
Sai Yuk looking to finish John with some ground and pound. This is bad for John!
Oh John is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooh a big shot lands for Sai Yuk! John is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Fong Sai Yuk! Fong Sai Yuk retains his super heavyweight title!