PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cung Lau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying West's choice of entrance music: Cee Lo Green - F-bomb. 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.

Lau
vs
West

180 cm
31
155 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

190 cm
29
162 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cung Lau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robert West!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West checks a leg kick nicely.
Lau throws a low kick, looking for West's leg but West calmly moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lau counters with a slapping leg kick.
West throws a head kick but Lau moves out of range.
West is looking to clinch.
West slaps away a takedown attempt from Lau, before circling back to the center of the mat.
West checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lau shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A low kick from Lau is predictable there
and West connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
West tries to land a leg kick but Lau saw it coming and moves away.
West wants to clinch
enabling Lau to counter with a crisp jab.
No luck for Lau with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
West dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lau. That did some damage!
West checks a low kick from Lau.
West tries to clinch there but Lau circles away.
Lau circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West is looking to clinch.
West misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Lau.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lau misses with a leg kick.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Lau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.

West closes the distance and pushes Lau back into the cage.
West stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
West lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lau backwards.
Lau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lau connects with a nasty looking knee right to West's face.
West misses with a body punch.
Lau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lau avoiding damage.
West misses with a hook to the ribs.
West avoiding damage as Lau throws knees to the body.
West is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lau manages to break the clinch.

West has Lau up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert West dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lau swats him away and circles back towards the center.

West drives through and clinches with Lau against the cage.
Lau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West trying to land knees to the body.
West stalling in the clinch but Lau improves position.
Lau throws a knee to the head but misses.
West is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lau is keeping busy.
West avoiding damage as Lau throws knees to the body.
Lau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lau.
West is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lau connects with a nasty looking knee right to West's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lau stalling in the clinch but West improves position.
West taking a breather.
Lau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
West lands a nice shot to the body.
Lau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lau is trying to maintain a safe position but West gets an underhook and turns Lau into the cage.
Lau looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
West landing knees to the head.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lau looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
West is trying to stall.
West misses with a shot to the kidneys.
West trying to stall but Lau improves his position.
West has Lau pressed against the cage.
Lau missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lau missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
West misses with a body punch.
A short left from West.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lau misses with a knee to the head.
Lau blocks an elbow strike from West.
Lau looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
West landing knees to the head.
Lau misses with a knee to the head.
West lands a right hand.
West misses with a knee to the head.
Lau has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
West is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
West works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West lands a shoulder strike.
West is trying to stall.
Lau works on West's body with a couple of short punches.
Lau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and West avoids it.
Lau takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lau with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West presses Lau against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by West.
West stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
West lands with a light punch inside.
Lau misses with a knee to the head.
West lands with a short punch from the clinch.
West lands with a short punch from the clinch.
West makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as West takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and West avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lau misses with a knee strike.
West lands a body shot in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on West - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
West tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lau's elbow.
West pushes off an throws an elbow but Lau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
West stalling the fight.
West using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for West.
West is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert West showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

West misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

West sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Lau to the ground! West dives into full mount looking to finish!

Lau is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
West is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lau can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Lau is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
West controlling the position easily from mount.
Oooooh, big shot lands for West! Lau is hurt baaadly! West is firing away with more strikes - Lau is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert West!
Robert West decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.