PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Riseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ta Sau Yat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sau Yat's choice of entrance music: 周杰倫 - 青花瓷. Ta Sau Yat is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Riseman
vs
Sau Yat

189 cm
29
186 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

183 cm
28
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
CEC Nutrition Q159

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Riseman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ta Sau Yat!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Riseman drives through and clinches with Sau Yat against the cage.
Riseman trying to land knees to the body.
Riseman blocks a body shot from Sau Yat.
Riseman prevents a body shot from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sau Yat works on Riseman's body with a couple of short punches.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Sau Yat is blocking nicely.
Sau Yat lands a hook that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Riseman takes a shot to the head.
Sau Yat avoids a wild elbow strike from Riseman.
Sau Yat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riseman's elbow.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sau Yat blocks it with crossed arms.
Sau Yat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sau Yat crunches a lovely knee into Riseman's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sau Yat is defending well for now.
Sau Yat has a couple of punches blocked by Riseman.
Sau Yat scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sau Yat lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Sau Yat blocks it.
Sau Yat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riseman's elbow.
Riseman tries to stall but Sau Yat uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sau Yat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sau Yat tries to work over Riseman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riseman blocks an uppercut.
Riseman takes a shot to the head.
Sau Yat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Sau Yat blocks it.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sau Yat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Sau Yat is blocking nicely.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sau Yat avoids it.
Riseman is trying to stall.
Riseman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sau Yat's face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riseman.
A short uppercut from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sau Yat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riseman blocks a body shot from Sau Yat.
Riseman prevents a body shot from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riseman's elbow.
A body shot lands from Sau Yat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat tries a body shot but Riseman blocks it.
Sau Yat letting Riseman take a breather here.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but Sau Yat blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sau Yat.
Sau Yat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sau Yat lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Sau Yat.
Sau Yat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riseman is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riseman throws an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Sau Yat scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sau Yat lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sau Yat.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sau Yat throws an elbow but misses.
Sau Yat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.
Sau Yat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sau Yat takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sau Yat.
Riseman is breathing heavily.
Riseman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Sau Yat is blocking nicely.
Sau Yat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sau Yat tries to work over Riseman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riseman trying to control the position but instead, Sau Yat has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riseman into the cage.
Riseman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sau Yat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riseman prevents a body shot from Sau Yat.
A right hand to the body from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Sau Yat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sau Yat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sau Yat is leaning against Riseman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sau Yat lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Sau Yat's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sau Yat throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat can't find room to land a body shot as Riseman controls the action.
Sau Yat dodges an elbow strike from Riseman.
Sau Yat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sau Yat lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sau Yat.
Riseman prevents a body shot from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riseman's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sau Yat seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Sau Yat lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.
Sau Yat throws a punch but it's blocked by Riseman.
Sau Yat scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sau Yat lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sau Yat.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sau Yat blocks it with crossed arms.
Sau Yat scores with a shot to the side of Riseman's head.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ta Sau Yat dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Riseman moves into the clinch.
Riseman stalling in the clinch but Sau Yat improves position.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riseman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.
Sau Yat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Sau Yat blocks it.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sau Yat avoids it.
Sau Yat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sau Yat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sau Yat misses with the head strike.
Sau Yat lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sau Yat.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Sau Yat is blocking nicely.
Riseman blocks an uppercut.
Sau Yat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riseman avoids it.
Sau Yat softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman lands a knee to the head.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat pushes Riseman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.
Sau Yat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Sau Yat.
Ta Sau Yat seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riseman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Sau Yat.
Sau Yat lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Sau Yat presses Riseman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sau Yat avoids it.
Sau Yat cracks Riseman with a nice body shot.
Sau Yat tries a body shot but Riseman blocks it.
Sau Yat misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Sau Yat.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Sau Yat blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riseman takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat lands a left hand.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sau Yat lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sau Yat is working Riseman over against the cage.
Sau Yat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sau Yat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riseman's elbow.
Sau Yat tries to throw a body punch but Riseman avoids it by throwing Sau Yat back against the cage.
Sau Yat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riseman's elbow.
Sau Yat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sau Yat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sau Yat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sau Yat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Riseman blocks a body shot from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sau Yat misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat tries a body shot but Riseman blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Sau Yat.
Sau Yat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Sau Yat - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Sau Yat.
Sau Yat lands with a right to the head.
Sau Yat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sau Yat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sau Yat lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sau Yat gets through Riseman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sau Yat tries to work over Riseman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Sau Yat - that landed with a thud.
Sau Yat struggles to land a body shot inside as Riseman controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Sau Yat scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sau Yat tries to land knees in the clinch but Riseman avoids the damage to the body.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Sau Yat is blocking nicely.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat tries to throw a body punch but Riseman avoids it by throwing Sau Yat back against the cage.
Sau Yat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sau Yat lands a shoulder strike.

Riseman is rocked!
Sau Yat lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Riseman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Riseman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sau Yat's brow.
Sau Yat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sau Yat.
A shot in the inside from Sau Yat.
Sau Yat throws a big uppercut that drops Riseman! More strikes from Sau Yat and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Riseman lies dazed against the cage as Sau Yat celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ta Sau Yat!
Ta Sau Yat gave a mention to CEC Nutrition Q159 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).