PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taiwei Neo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manfred Yuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Neo
vs
Yuri

190 cm
27
193 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

188 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Taiwei Neo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Manfred Yuri!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neo feints a jab promting Yuri to slip. Neo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yuri slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Neo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yuri on the side of the head.
Horrible takedown attempt by Yuri or perhaps it was just good defense by Neo, which made it look bad.
Neo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A punch combination from Neo misses.

Neo clinches up with Yuri and pushes him back against the cage.

Yuri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Neo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yuri eats them both and turns towards Neo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Neo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Neo connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Taiwei Neo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuri takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Yuri is rocked!
Yuri with a poor takedown

and Neo shoots in, scooping Yuri off his feet. Neo is holding his opponent over his shoulder. He slams Yuri to the mat and Yuri is in big trouble! Neo is landing strikes to his unconscious foe and the ref dives in to end the fight! Neo is celebrating with his corner and rightfully so.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Taiwei Neo!
In defeat, Manfred Yuri stepped up to the mic, saying 'Time to train harder'.