PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Sheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger Sheck is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Po
vs
Sheck

189 cm
35
224 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

178 cm
30
205 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tong Po !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roger Sheck!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheck looks for a takedown but Po sprawls well.

Sheck gets tackled into the cage by Po . Po maintains the clinch.

Sheck ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sheck no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sheck wants to sweep but no luck.

Sheck is working an open guard so Po takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sheck has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Po is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Po looks to land a combination. Sheck sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Roger Sheck has been cut.
Sheck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sheck misses with a takedown attempt - Po sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Po is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Sheck.

Po closes the distance and clinches.
Po tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sheck's elbow.
Po 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Po .
Sheck goes for a takedown in the clinch but Po prevents it.
I was talking to Po 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tong Po has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Sheck.
Po can't find room to land a body shot as Sheck controls the action.
Po lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Po missing with knees to the body.
Sheck fails to pull guard.
Po working aggressively here.
Po trying to land knees to the body.
Sheck wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sheck has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Po is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Po tries to land knees in the clinch but Sheck avoids the damage to the body.
Po lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheck takes an elbow to the temple.
Sheck is looking for a takedown.
Po tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sheck is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sheck blocks an elbow strike.
Po gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sheck.
Sheck has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Po after a bit of a struggle.
Po looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Po just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sheck's brow.
Po throws an elbow but it misses.
Po lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sheck jumps guard and drags Po to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Po trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sheck's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheck is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Po seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sheck is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Sheck escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Po gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sheck looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sheck wants to stand and escape but Po is having none of it.

Po stands up from Sheck's guard - Po perhaps looking for a knockout.
Sheck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Po .

Sheck closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sheck lands in his opponent's guard.
Po is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Sheck wants to improve his position but Po is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tong Po dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger Sheck's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Po thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sheck shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Po pinned against the cage. Po gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sheck tries for a takedown but Po circles away easily

and Po counters with a head kick that drops Sheck to the mat! Sheck scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Po throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sheck is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Po ! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tong Po !
During a confident post fight interview, Tong Po thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.