PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yut Han (ranked 1698 p4p, 2652 weight class) and Manja Sha (ranked 204 p4p, 288 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Han
vs
Sha

175 cm
26
163
3 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
158
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Brooklyn Apothecary

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Yut Han!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Manja Sha!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sha throws a combination that misses

and Han counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Han sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sha defending well though.
Sha wants to get back to full guard.
Han lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Han has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Han not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sha has hold of Han's hands but Han slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Han thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sha's head.
Sha taking some punishment here, with Han in his half guard.
Sha taking some punishment here, with Han in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Han thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sha's head.
Han tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sha knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Han thows a huge punch but Sha dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Han throwing shots but Sha is blocking nicely.
Han throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Han lands with a punch from half guard.
Han looks to land a strike but Sha avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Han distracts Sha with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Han is working Sha over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Han controlling from the top position.
Sha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Han landing with the ground and pound.
Han postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Han throwing strikes but missing.
Sha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Han. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Han lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Han with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Han is working Sha over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Han throws a big right hand that misses.
Han postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Han postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sha looking to hit a scissor sweep but Han is one step ahead there.
Sha controlling the position.
Han throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Han working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sha keeping moving, preventing Han from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sha can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sha being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Han postures up in Sha's guard and throws a big left but Sha blocks it.
Han postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Han accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Han shoots for a double leg takedown but Sha sprawls well. He's pushed Han's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sha throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yut Han dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sha misses with a lunging right hand

and Han counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Han slows the pace down in half guard.
Han landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sha is not content to let Han control the position.
Han throwing shots but Sha is blocking nicely.
Han is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sha can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sha is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Han scores with a couple of nice shots.
Han lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Han trying to control from half guard but Sha is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Han connects with a nice short shot to Sha's temple.
Han sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Han thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Han throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Han is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sha on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Han is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Yut Han overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Han winds up and cracks Sha with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Han sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sha defending well though.
Sha trying to control from the bottom.
Han not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Han lands with a punch from half guard.
Han takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sha is looking to control Han's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sha avoid being mounted?
Han throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Han is looking to take a break and control but Sha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sha moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Han stands up over Sha, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Han throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Han accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Han scoring with punches to the head and body.
Han scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Han is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Han.
Han works over Sha with some ground and pound from guard.
Han landing with the ground and pound.
Han stays in close to Sha's body and controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Han landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yut Han dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sha throws a right hand that misses

and Han counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Han.
Sha trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Han.
Han missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Han looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Han trying to control the action but Sha is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Han slips a nice elbow through Sha's hands, connecting with Sha's forehead.
Han not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Han not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Han throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sha to regain full guard.
Han throws an elbow that misses. Sha uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Han's guard. Nice move by Sha!

Han is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sha has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Han is proving hard to escape from.
Sha wants to control from the top but Han keeps moving.
Han controlling Sha's posture.
Manja Sha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Han looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sha is one step ahead there.
Han trying to control the position here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sha stopping the sweep attempt from Han.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sha connects with a body shot that sends Han's belly button to the back.
Manja Sha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Han fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sha stuffs the takedown.
Sha cracks Han with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Han has been working on his balance at ~T~ Troid - Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Sha.
Sha clobbers Han with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sha's coach down at The Pit was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sha's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sha looks to land a combination. Han sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Yut Han has been cut.
Sha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sha gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Han blocking some punches.
Sha misses with a punch on the inside.
Sha swings wildly with an uppercut but Han uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sha working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sha has a couple of punches blocked by Han.
Sha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Sha.
Sha throws a head punch that misses.
Han tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yut Han. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short body shot lands from Sha as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Sha.
Sha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Han backwards.
Sha working aggressively here.
Sha pushes Han back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sha throws a punch but it's blocked by Han.
Han is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sha pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yut Han is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manja Sha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Han has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yut Han!
A less than humble Yut Han misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.