PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nolan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pika Chu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chu is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gotta Catch Em All. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sackett
vs
Chu

182 cm
26
200 lbs
18 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
193 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nolan Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Pika Chu!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett tries to land a front kick but Chu steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sackett.
Nice straight punches there by Sackett. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sackett.
Chu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chu misses with a left hand
and Sackett counters with a leg kick.
We've been informed that Chu has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sackett has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sackett there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sackett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sackett cracks the inside of Chu's front leg.
Sackett misses with a right hand
and Chu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sackett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett slips under a jab from Chu.
Sackett has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Broken Halo Vegas in the buildup to the fight.
Chu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chu tests Sackett's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sackett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good standup being displayed there by Chu as he connects with a hook.
Chu lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sackett scores with a leg kick.
Sackett cracks the inside of Chu's front leg.
Sackett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chu on the side of the head.
Sackett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sackett lands a nice hook to Chu's body. Chu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sackett.
Chu misses with an uppercut

and Sackett moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Chu.
Sackett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chu's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sackett.
Chu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chu misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Sackett.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by Chu.
Chu working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sackett.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Sackett tries to work over Chu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu blocking some punches.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Sackett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chu is defending well for now.
Sackett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chu blocks an uppercut.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sackett's elbow.
Sackett tries to land a knee to the head but Chu blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Chu fails to land.
Chu scores with a shot to the side of Sackett's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackett.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sackett tries to throw a body punch but Chu avoids it by throwing Sackett back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Sackett as the two fighters clinch.
Chu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Chu.
Sackett misses with a punch to the body.
Chu is looking to break free of the clinch but Sackett has double underhooks.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sackett lands a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sackett has Chu pressed against the cage, preventing Chu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.

Chu manages to break the clinch.

Sackett closes the distance and clinches.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as Chu controls the action.
Sackett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Sackett misses with the head strike.
Chu blocking some punches.
Chu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sackett has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu has a couple of punches blocked by Sackett.
Chu tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Chu tries to throw a body punch but Sackett avoids it by throwing Chu back against the cage.
Sackett pushes Chu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sackett pushes Chu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackett blocks a body shot from Chu.
Chu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chu misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Chu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sackett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chu working aggressively here.
Chu working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nolan Sackett dominated that round.
That's time! Sackett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sackett lands with a nice body kick.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Chu.
Sackett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sackett scores with a body shot.
Chu looks to land a left hand but Sackett moved out of range nicely.
Sackett scores with a shot to the body.
Chu lands an overhand right.
Sackett has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chu.
Sackett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett lets loose with a powerful body kick. Chu will feel that in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chu.
Nice shot by Sackett.
Chu swats away the attempt to clinch by Sackett.
Chu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu misses with a left hand
and Sackett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sackett staying out of range there.
Sackett throws a big counter combination but Chu scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Chu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Chu.
Sackett scores with a body shot.
Sackett tries to clinch up but Chu circles away and keeps his distance.
Sackett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sackett explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Chu is breathing heavily.
Sackett throws a leg kick which misses Chu's front leg but catches the back leg as Chu tries to avoid it.
Chu throws a jab when Sackett was well out of range.
A punch combination from Chu misses.
Chu takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Chu throws a body punch but Sackett moves out of range.
Chu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sackett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sackett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu misses the jab.

Sackett drops Chu with a left and a right! Oh, Chu is hurt - Sackett dives into side control looking to finish!

Chu is rocked!
Sackett in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Chu looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Sackett turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nolan Sackett!