PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tam Yu Tai (ranked 19 p4p, 243 weight class) and Jesse Custer (ranked 2 p4p, 37 weight class). Yu Tai kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Invincible Pole Fighter. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Yu Tai
vs
Custer

182 cm
29
176
22 - 3 - 0

180 cm
32
180
23 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tam Yu Tai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesse Custer!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Custer lands an overhand right.
Custer throws a leg kick
and Yu Tai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Custer missing with a left hand there. Yu Tai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Custer tries to bum rush Yu Tai with a series of wild strikes but Yu Tai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Custer moves out of range of the body kick from Yu Tai.
Yu Tai darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Custer lands a leg kick that knocks Yu Tai off balance momentarily.
Custer lands a jab to Yu Tai's midsection.
Yu Tai takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Custer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yu Tai counters with a low kick, right behind Custer 's knee.
Yu Tai needs to keep his hands up - Custer had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Custer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yu Tai blocks the elbow strike.
Yu Tai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Custer throws a head punch that misses.
Custer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Yu Tai - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yu Tai tries to throw a body punch but Custer avoids it by throwing Yu Tai back against the cage.
A short left from Custer.
A nice right hand lands inside from Custer.
A head punch on the inside from Yu Tai fails to land.
Yu Tai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yu Tai struggles to land a body shot inside as Custer controls his hands.
Custer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Yu Tai - that landed with a thud.
Yu Tai can't find room to land a body shot as Custer controls the action.
Yu Tai throws a punch but it's blocked by Custer.
Yu Tai working aggressively here.
Custer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yu Tai misses with a punch on the inside.
Yu Tai throws a punch but it's blocked by Custer.
Custer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yu Tai backwards.
Custer blocks an uppercut.
Yu Tai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Yu Tai.

Custer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yu Tai lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yu Tai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Custer clinches up with Yu Tai and pushes him back against the cage.
Yu Tai prevents a body shot from Custer.
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Yu Tai.
Yu Tai can't find room to land a body shot as Custer controls the action.
Custer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yu Tai has him pressed against the cage.
Yu Tai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yu Tai tries to work over Custer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Custer working aggressively here.
Custer misses with the head strike.
Custer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yu Tai has a couple of punches blocked by Custer.
Custer throws a punch but it's blocked by Yu Tai.
Custer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yu Tai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Custer blocks an uppercut.
Yu Tai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Custer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yu Tai pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer misses with a punch on the inside.
Yu Tai misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Custer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yu Tai looks for the body kick but Custer saw that one coming.
Yu Tai swats away the attempt to clinch by Custer.
Yu Tai tried to counter with a leg kick but Custer avoided it.
Yu Tai misses with a right hand
and Custer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yu Tai looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yu Tai slips a jab and a cross from Custer.
Yu Tai looks for the body kick but Custer saw that one coming.
Custer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Custer misses with a lunging right hand
and Yu Tai counters with a nice kick to the body.
Yu Tai cracks Custer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Custer throws a front kick aimed at Yu Tai's knee but Yu Tai avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Custer clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yu Tai.
Yu Tai lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yu Tai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Custer gets through Yu Tai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Yu Tai.
Custer throws a head punch that misses.
Yu Tai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Custer.
Yu Tai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Custer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yu Tai backwards.
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Yu Tai.
A shot in the inside from Yu Tai.
Custer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yu Tai throws a punch but it's blocked by Custer.
Custer pushes off an throws an elbow but Yu Tai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Custer blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Custer.
Custer prevents a body shot from Yu Tai.
Custer misses with the head strike.
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Yu Tai.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Custer dominated that round.
That's time! Yu Tai's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Yu Tai misses with a body shot.
Custer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Custer swings for the body but Yu Tai moves out of range.
Custer punishes Yu Tai's body with a nice straight punch.
Yu Tai has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Custer.
Yu Tai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yu Tai takes one to the chin there.
Custer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Custer tries to close the distance and clinch but Yu Tai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Custer connects with a looping right hand.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Custer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Custer misses with a body shot.
Custer misses with a body punch
and Yu Tai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yu Tai scores with a sloppy right hand. Custer should have avoided that one.
Yu Tai on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jesse Custer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Custer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body kick there by Yu Tai.
Custer keeps Yu Tai at a distance using the push kick.
Custer throws a series of punches but Yu Tai moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Custer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A leg kick checked by Yu Tai.
Custer misses with a body kick.
Yu Tai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Custer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Custer! But no joy.
Jesse Custer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Custer throws a leg kick
and Yu Tai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Custer looks to land a body kick but Yu Tai moved away.
Custer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A telegraphed right hand from Yu Tai misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu Tai walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yu Tai attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yu Tai misses with a body kick.
As Yu Tai backs off Custer throws a huge counter combo but Yu Tai manages to avoid it all.
Good work by Yu Tai as he checks the leg kick.
Custer misses the jab.
Yu Tai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Custer. That did some damage!
Custer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Custer misses with a low kick.
Yu Tai blocks the body kick.
Custer throws a sloppy head kick
and Yu Tai counters with a nice low kick that buckles Custer's knee momentarily.
Nice body kick there by Custer.
Custer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Custer avoids a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer throws out a leg kick but Yu Tai moves out of range and Custer only half commits.
Custer misses with the combination.
Yu Tai cracks Custer with an open hand slap.
Yu Tai slips under a jab.
Custer lands a head kick!
Custer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Custer misses
and Yu Tai counters with a nice body kick.
Custer is breathing heavily.
Yu Tai lands an overhand right.
Custer tries to clinch up but Yu Tai circles away and keeps his distance.
Custer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yu Tai tries to score with a low kick but Custer moves his leg out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu Tai's jab looks to have found its range, popping Custer under the eye.
Yu Tai lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Custer thows a leg kick but Yu Tai checks it
and Yu Tai counters with an inside leg kick.
Custer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yu Tai jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A shot to the liver by Custer. Beautiful body shot.

Custer has managed to clinch.
Yu Tai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yu Tai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Custer misses with a punch to the body.
Yu Tai misses with some punches.
Custer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Custer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yu Tai backwards.
Yu Tai throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yu Tai tries a body shot but Custer blocks it.
Yu Tai lands with a light punch inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jesse Custer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Custer throws a leg kick
enabling Yu Tai to counter with a crisp jab.
Yu Tai circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yu Tai scores with a counter punch that sends Custer to the canvas! Yu Tai smells blood - he's punishing Custer with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Custer has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tam Yu Tai!
Tam Yu Tai retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Tam Yu Tai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.