PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sher Shah Suri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zang Zhai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhai is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sampans. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shah Suri
vs
Zhai

180 cm
39
153 lbs
24 - 15 - 1

169 cm
27
146 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Voodoo Nutrition

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 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sher Shah Suri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Zang Zhai!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhai scores with a hook to the body. Suri takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zhai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zhai comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zhai walks into a straight right hand from Suri.
Zhai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suri looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Suri throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zhai.
A jab lands there for Zhai.
Suri falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zhai counters with a good, hard body kick but Suri shrugs it off.
Suri on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zhai tried to score with a low kick but Suri checks it.
Zhai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zhai throws the kick towards the body but Suri avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suri lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Suri misses
and Zhai counters with a solid body kick.
Suri connects with a solid leg kick.
Zhai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhai manages to avoid it.
Zhai throws a sloppy head kick and Suri moves out of range easily.
Suri blocks the body kick.
Zhai thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Suri if he has to take too many more of those.
Suri connects with a right hand. Zhai shakes it off.
Suri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhai tries a quick counter leg kick but Suri is wise to it.
Zhai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Zhai.
Zhai with a jab.
Suri moves out of range as Zhai strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suri connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zhai's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suri misses with a combination
and Zhai counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Suri gets tackled into the cage by Zhai. Zhai maintains the clinch.
Suri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Zhai.
Zhai lands a body shot.
Suri misses with some punches.
Suri has a couple of punches blocked by Zhai.
Suri misses with the head strike.
Zhai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Suri takes a shot to the head.
Zhai works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zhai lands a left hand.
Suri throws a punch but it's blocked by Zhai.
Zhai softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhai lands a nice uppercut.
Zhai lands a hook to the side of the head.

Suri is rocked!
Suri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zhai throws a punch but it's blocked by Suri.
Suri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zhai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A shot in the inside from Zhai.
Oh Suri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Suri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suri seems to have got his legs back now.
Zhai lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Suri fails to land.
Zhai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Suri.
Suri tries a body shot but Zhai blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suri.
Zhai lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zhai has a couple of punches blocked by Suri.
Suri blocking some punches.
Suri misses with the head strike.
Zhai digs a right hand underneath Suri's ribcage. Suri let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suri lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zhai or not.
Suri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Zhai breaks from the clinch.
Suri throws a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suri. Zhai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zhai appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zhai checks a low kick from Suri.
Suri tries to move into range but Zhai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zhai lands with a good body shot.
Suri throws a quick inside leg kick.
Suri throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhai looks to throw the jab but Suri is out of range.
Zhai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suri.
Suri appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A low kick from Suri is predictable there
and Zhai counters with a nice uppercut.
Suri thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zhai takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zhai has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zhai there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sher Shah Suri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suri misses with an uppercut
and Zhai counters with a stiff right hand.
Suri tried to score with a low kick but Zhai checks it.
Suri looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhai is just out of range.
Zhai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zhai fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Suri.
Zang Zhai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Suri rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zhai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Suri swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zhai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A low kick from Suri misses

and Zhai counters with a nice right hand that sends Suri toppling to the canvas! Suri scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zhai finish him?!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suri lands a leg kick that knocks Zhai off balance momentarily.
Suri is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Zhai misses with an uppercut. Suri saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zhai drives through and clinches with Suri against the cage.
Zhai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suri misses with the head strike.
Come on Zhai - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Suri throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zhais head.
Suri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zhai gets through Suri's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zhai scores with a shot to the side of Suri's head.
Zhai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suri blocks an elbow strike.
Suri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Suri has a couple of punches blocked by Zhai.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zhai - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Suri throws a punch but it's blocked by Zhai.
Zhai content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Suri blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Suri backwards.

Zhai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zhai misses with a looping right.
Suri was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Good work by Zhai as he checks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zhai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zhai misses with a low kick.
Suri throwing a counter right hand but Zhai manages to avoid it.
Zhai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suri.
Suri misses with a straight left.
Suri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Donk. Zhai catches Suri right on the button with a cross.
Zhai ducks under a wild hook from Suri.
Zhai was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Zhai wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suri throws a sloppy body shot

and Zhai counters with a nice right hand that sends Suri toppling to the canvas! Suri scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zhai finish him?!
A nice inside leg kick there by Suri. That's going to slow Zhai down.
The fighters circling - Zhai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zhai blocks a jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zhai ducks under a wild hook from Suri.
Suri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhai was well out of range. Poor timing from Suri.
Suri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zhai throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhai lands a lovely overhand right.
Suri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zhai.
Zhai throws out a counter right but Suri avoids it with no problem.
Suri misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Suri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suri misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zhai! But no joy.

Zhai sends Suri crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Zhai is motioning to the referee to let Suri up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
A slow jab from Suri misses its intended target.
Zhai scores with a spinning back kick!
Suri misses with a body shot.
Suri throws out a leg kick but Zhai moves out of range and Suri only half commits.
Suri connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zhai cracks Suri with an open hand slap.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhai throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot by Zhai.
A swing and a miss from Zhai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zang Zhai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Zhai lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Suri - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Zhai!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zang Zhai!
A relieved looking Zang Zhai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.