PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nando De Leeuw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hai Shang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Leeuw
vs
Shang

181 cm
26
187 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

192 cm
28
198 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nando De Leeuw !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hai Shang!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shang cracks De Leeuw with a good jab.
De Leeuw looks to land a combination but Shang avoids it well.
De Leeuw swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shang counters with a stiff right hand.
De Leeuw tried to score with a low kick but Shang checks it.
Shang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Leeuw scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shang doesn't seem bothered though.
Shang misses with a straight right.
De Leeuw thinks about countering with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Shang.
Shang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Leeuw throws a low kick but Shang avoids it.
Shang works the jab nicely.
De Leeuw chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shang blocks the body kick.
De Leeuw misses with an uppercut. Shang saw that one coming.
De Leeuw throws a head kick but Shang moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as De Leeuw lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shang doesn't seem phased though.
Shang scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
De Leeuw blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Leeuw throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shang fails with the takedown.
Shang fails with a takedown attempt.
Shang throws a jab when De Leeuw was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from De Leeuw misses the target.
Shang takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Leeuw moves away.
De Leeuw tried to score with a low kick but Shang checks it.
De Leeuw stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shang.
De Leeuw throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Leeuw connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Shang gets the takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Leeuw takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
De Leeuw avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Shang.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shang tries to score with some ground and pound. De Leeuw controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Shang creates some space and throws a big elbow, but De Leeuw sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Shang scoring with punches and elbows.
De Leeuw wants to get back to his feet.
Shang working the ground and pound but De Leeuw is defending the strikes.
Shang laying and praying for a moment but De Leeuw takes advantage and regains half guard.
Shang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed De Leeuw 's head.
De Leeuw is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Butchers Scrap house, so we'll see if he gets out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shang looks to land a strike but De Leeuw avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Shang in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shang throwing strikes from guard but De Leeuw blocks nicely.
Shang stops De Leeuw from standing up.
Shang wants to control from the top but De Leeuw keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
De Leeuw misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Leeuw was well out of range. Poor timing from Shang.
Shang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Leeuw misses with a looping right.
Shang lands an overhand right.
Shang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shang misses with a takedown attempt - De Leeuw sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nando De Leeuw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hai Shang.

De Leeuw tries to sprawl but Shang drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Shang missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

De Leeuw kicks Shang off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shang goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
De Leeuw pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Leeuw throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Shang misses.
De Leeuw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Leeuw .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hai Shang will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Good work by De Leeuw as he checks the leg kick.
Shang throws a low kick, looking for De Leeuw 's leg but De Leeuw calmly moves out of range.
Shang scores with a spinning back kick!

De Leeuw drops Shang with a beautiful combination! Shang stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - De Leeuw is looking for the KO!

It looks like Hai Shang has been cut.
Shang blocks a low kick nicely.
Shang swings for the body but De Leeuw moves out of range.
De Leeuw is looking to counter with a body kick.
Shang sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Shang will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Shang throws a low kick, looking for De Leeuw 's leg but De Leeuw calmly moves out of range.
Shang has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Leeuw ducks under a wild hook from Shang.
Shang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shang blocks a leg kick.
De Leeuw with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shang with a lazy takedown attempt

and De Leeuw counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by De Leeuw .

De Leeuw 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shang throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shang sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
De Leeuw tries to bum rush Shang with a series of wild strikes but Shang uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shang swings for the body but De Leeuw moves out of range.
De Leeuw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shang moves away.
Shang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Leeuw misses with an uppercut.
Shang misses with a kick to the body.
De Leeuw looks to land a body kick but Shang moved away.
De Leeuw lands a leg kick that knocks Shang off balance momentarily.
De Leeuw lands a two punch combo.
Crunch! De Leeuw slams his shin into Shang's torso.
Shang is breathing heavily.
De Leeuw clobbers Shang with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Shang is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Leeuw misses with a series of wild punches.
Shang is still on wobbly legs! Can De Leeuw finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Leeuw .
Shang seems to have recovered his senses.
Shang changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Leeuw tries to avoid it but Shang manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Leeuw to the ground. De Leeuw escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Shang wants to stay close but De Leeuw steps back to make room for something. Shang seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from De Leeuw and Shang drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nando De Leeuw !
Nando De Leeuw was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.