PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leif Nygard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ta Sau Yat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nygard comes to the cage accompanied by Dread Zeppelin - Immigrant Song. Sau Yat has chosen 周杰倫 - 青花瓷 as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Nygard
vs
Sau Yat

182 cm
27
200 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

183 cm
31
185 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leif Nygard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ta Sau Yat!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nygard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sau Yat cracks Nygard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nygard throws a hook to the side of Sau Yat's head but Sau Yat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nygard throws a push kick but Sau Yat slaps the foot to one side.
Nygard takes a swing at Sau Yat's ribcage but misses.
Sau Yat takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sau Yat lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nygard looks to land a body kick but Sau Yat moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nygard, right into the meat.
Sau Yat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nygard throws a chopping leg kick but Sau Yat manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nygard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sau Yat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nygard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sau Yat lands a head shot.
Nygard is looking to chop away at Sau Yat's legs.
Sau Yat tries to score with a low kick but Nygard moves his leg out of the way.
Nygard throws the kick towards the body but Sau Yat avoids it.
Nygard throws a body punch but Sau Yat moves out of range.
Nygard moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sau Yat's corner calls for a 1-2. Sau Yat obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nygard swings for the body but Sau Yat moves out of range.
Sau Yat scores with a nice head shot.
Nygard thuds his shin into the meat of Sau Yat's side.
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!
Nygard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sau Yat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nygard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sau Yat cracks a nice hook into Nygard's ribs.
Nygard misses with a double jab.
Nygard is looking to wear down Sau Yat with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nygard scores with a spinning back kick!
Nygard lands with a nice body kick.
Sau Yat swings widly with a right hand
and Nygard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick from Nygard misses.
Sau Yat misses with a hook. Nygard ducked under it nicely.
Nygard misses with a wild body shot.
Nygard lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat misses with a straight left.
Nygard throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Leif Nygard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sau Yat walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sau Yat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sau Yat is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nygard.
Nygard thows a body shot but no joy.
Sau Yat paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nygard throws a head kick that Sau Yat semi-blocks.
Nygard lands with a kick to the ribs.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Sau Yat misses the target.
Sau Yat takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sau Yat might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nygard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nygard scores with a leg kick.

Sau Yat moves into range and clinches up with Nygard.
Sau Yat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sau Yat fails to land.
Sau Yat tries to stall but Nygard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sau Yat misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nygard.
Nygard tries to land knees in the clinch but Sau Yat avoids the damage to the body.
Nygard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sau Yat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nygard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sau Yat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nygard throws a head punch that misses.
Nygard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sau Yat avoids a wild elbow strike from Nygard.
Sau Yat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leif Nygard dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nygard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sau Yat manages to avoid it.
Sau Yat checks a leg kick.
Nygard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nygard feints and then cracks Sau Yat's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sau Yat down.
Sau Yat throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sau Yat has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nygard.
Nygard misses with a low kick.
Nygard lands a leg kick that knocks Sau Yat off balance momentarily.
Nygard lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sau Yat checks a low kick from Nygard.

Sau Yat has closed the distance and engaged Nygard in a clinch.
Sau Yat swings wildly with an uppercut but Nygard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sau Yat slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nygard lands a nice uppercut.
Sau Yat avoids a wild elbow strike from Nygard.
Sau Yat swings wildly with an uppercut but Nygard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nygard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sau Yat.
Nygard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nygard blocks an uppercut.
Sau Yat throws an elbow but it misses.
Sau Yat lands a hook that snaps the head of Nygard backwards.
Nygard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sau Yat gets through Nygard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nygard lands a good knee to the midsection. Sau Yat won't want to take too many of those.
Nygard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nygard tries to land a knee to the head but Sau Yat blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nygard lands an elbow just above Sau Yat 's eye.
Nygard working Sau Yat over with knees to the body.
Sau Yat is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sau Yat blocks the elbow strike.
Nygard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nygard lands an elbow just above Sau Yat 's eye.
Nygard misses with an elbow over the top.
Sau Yat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nygard.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nygard.
Sau Yat misses with some punches.
Nygard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sau Yat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nygard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sau Yat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nygard misses with an elbow strike.
Sau Yat pushes Nygard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sau Yat can't find room to land a body shot as Nygard controls the action.
Sau Yat blocks an elbow strike.
Sau Yat can't find room to land a body shot as Nygard controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sau Yat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nygard scores with a shot to the side of Sau Yat's head.
Nygard blocking some punches.
Sau Yat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sau Yat misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sau Yat working aggressively here.
Nygard blocking some punches.
Nygard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sau Yat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nygard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nygard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nygard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sau Yat avoids the elbow strike from Nygard, against the cage.
Sau Yat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sau Yat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sau Yat misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nygard pushes Sau Yat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nygard gets through Sau Yat'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 swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nygard 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.
Nygard tries a body shot but Sau Yat blocks it.
Sau Yat misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sau Yat struggles to land a body shot inside as Nygard controls his hands.
Sau Yat throws a head punch that misses.
Nygard pushes off an throws an elbow but Sau Yat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nygard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sau Yat has a couple of punches blocked by Nygard.
Nygard trying to land knees to the body.
Nygard lands a knee to the body.
Sau Yat has a couple of punches blocked by Nygard.
Nygard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nygard throws an elbow but it misses.
Sau Yat working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sau Yat misses with a punch on the inside.
Sau Yat avoiding damage as Nygard throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nygard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sau Yat's brow.
Nygard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leif Nygard dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Nygard throws a shot to the body.
Nygard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sau Yat blocks the body kick.
Sau Yat misses with a left hand
and Nygard counters with a stiff right hand.
Nygard lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sau Yat will feel that in the morning.
Sau Yat thows a body shot but no joy.
Nygard lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nygard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nygard misses with a hook.
Sau Yat motions for Nygard to come forward. Sau Yat throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nygard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sau Yat doesn't seem bothered though.
Sau Yat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nygard throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sau Yat counters with a stiff right hand.
Leif Nygard is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Sau Yat misses.
Nygard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sau Yat doesn't seem bothered though.
Nygard cracks the inside of Sau Yat's front leg.
Nygard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sau Yat.
Nygard lands the left hand.
Nygard misses with a wild body shot.
Nygard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nygard lands a right hook to the body.
Sau Yat takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nygard works Sau Yat's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Nygard. Beautiful body shot.
Nygard swings for the body but Sau Yat moves out of range.
Nygard takes a swing at Sau Yat's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Sau Yat.

Nygard tries to keep at a distance but Sau Yat has taken the fight into the clinch.
Leif Nygard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sau Yat misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nygard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sau Yat working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Sau Yat fails to land.
Nygard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sau Yat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nygard pushes Sau Yat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sau Yat.
Sau Yat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nygard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Ta Sau Yat has been cut.
Nygard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nygard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sau Yat's defenses.
Nygard lands a nice elbow.
Sau Yat misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Nygard.
Sau Yat prevents a body shot from Nygard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nygard.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nygard throws an elbow but misses.
Nygard blocks an uppercut.
Nygard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nygard tries a knee to the head but Sau Yat blocks it.
Sau Yat misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nygard lands a nice uppercut.
Sau Yat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nygard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nygard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sau Yat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nygard trying to land knees to the body.
Sau Yat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nygard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nygard scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Nygard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sau Yat swings widly with a right hand
and Nygard counters with a good low kick that Sau Yat was not able to check.
Nygard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nygard looks to throw the jab but Sau Yat is out of range.
Nygard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sau Yat looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ta Sau Yat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sau Yat walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nygard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sau Yat on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leif Nygard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nygard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leif Nygard!
Leif Nygard gave a mention to Syndicate Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).