PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Haiki Masatupo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cung Lau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Masatupo
vs
Lau

180 cm
34
158 lbs
18 - 20 - 0

180 cm
31
155 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Haiki Masatupo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cung Lau!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masatupo dives in and grabs Lau's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lau pushes down on Masatupo's head and hops out.

Masatupo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lau!
Lau wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Masatupo wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Lau is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Masatupo wants to take his opponent's back but Lau doesn't allow it.
Lau trying desperately to get to his feet.
Masatupo wants to control the pace but Lau is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Lau that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Masatupo moves to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lau is trying to get back to his feet but Masatupo has full control of the position and if anything, Lau has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Masatupo tightening his grip on Lau, looking for the choke.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Masatupo tightening his grip on Lau, looking for the choke.
Masatupo lands a shot to the body.
Lau is trying to stand back up.
Masatupo 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.

Masatupo patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lau looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Lau is trying to defend against the choke here but Masatupo has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Masatupo Tightens the hold and Lau taps out furiously! Masatupo displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Haiki Masatupo!
Haiki Masatupo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.