PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fook yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). yu comes to the cage accompanied by MegaDeth- This Day We FIGHT!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

yu
vs
Brock

164 cm
26
157 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

171 cm
19
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fook yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eddie Brock!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brock lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
yu avoids a punch combination nicely.
yu fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No luck for yu with that takedown attempt.
Brock misses with an uppercut.
yu shoots in looking for a takedown but Brock manages to keep the fight standing, pushing yu's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fook yu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
yu shoots in looking for a takedown but Brock manages to keep the fight standing, pushing yu's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
yu tries to close the distance and clinch but Brock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
yu shoots in but Brock avoids the takedown attempt easily.
yu is looking to clinch but Brock is avoiding it.
yu lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brock lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

yu takes the fight into the clinch.
Brock stops a takedown attempt from yu.
Brock gets underhooks to prevent yu's takedown attempt.
yu wants a takedown but no success here.
Brock wants to break free but yu has control.
Brock blocks the elbow strike.
yu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brock's efforts to push away.
yu has Brock pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brock manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
yu prevents Brock from breaking the clinch.
yu is working for takedown but Brock is calmly controlling the position for now.
yu looking for a takedown.

yu is trying to trip Brock. He has hold of a leg but Brock is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. yu persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Brock is trying to keep yu in close.
yu stands up over Brock, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brock working a defensive guard here.
Brock utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
yu chips away with some ground and pound.
Brock really doesn't want to stay on the ground with yu. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
yu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
yu thows a big elbow that misses.
yu throws a big right hand that misses.
Brock wants to sweep but no luck.
yu with a nice head shot there.

Brock throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
yu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
yu working some strikes from top position.
yu has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
yu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
yu lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
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!
yu throwing strikes from guard but Brock blocks nicely.
yu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
yu passes Brock's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
yu moves nicely into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
yu landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fook yu dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - yu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
yu shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brock but Brock pushes him off and we're back to square one.
yu shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brock defends it nicely.
yu lands with a cross.
Fook yu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
yu drops his hands momentarily and Brock takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
yu fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fook yu. That's going to take a lot out of him.

yu throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Brock was covering up waiting for the punch and yu finishes the takedown easily into guard.
yu won't allow Brock to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
yu is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
yu is pushing down on Brock's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brock is fighting to maintain full guard but yu has managed to sneak the leg through.
yu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fook yu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
yu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

yu seems to be looking for submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
yu slips a nice elbow through Brock's hands, connecting with Brock's forehead.
yu scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brock is trying to defend against the ground and pound but yu scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brock is looking for a sweep. yu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brock is trying to defend against the ground and pound but yu scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from yu.

Brock is rocked!
yu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brock with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brock is still in real trouble! Can yu finish him?
yu moves nicely into side control.
Brock on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
yu in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Brock looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! yu turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fook yu!