PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ming T Chau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hursten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chau's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, PRIDE FC opening theme music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

T Chau
vs
Hursten

166 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Balco Boys - Hilo

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ming T Chau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Hursten!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chau keeps the fight on the outside.
Hursten just misses with a punch to the body.
Chau scores with a nice body kick.
Chau swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hursten.
Hursten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hursten tries to clinch but Chau is having none of it.
The crowd cheers as Chau lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hursten doesn't seem phased though.

Chau closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Chau not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Chau prevents Hursten from improving his position.
Hursten tries to kick Chau off but Chau keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hursten trying to hold on to Chau's head to control him but Chau postures up.
Chau misses with a head shot. Hursten uses the momentum to regain guard.
Chau lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chau working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hursten's head.

Hursten looking for a guillotine here but Chau defends easily.
Hursten looks gassed!
Hursten is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Chau is controlling him.
Chau missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chau has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Chau's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hursten looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chau is one step ahead there.
Chau cracks Hursten with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chau looking to pass the guard.
Chau thows a big elbow that misses.
Chau is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hursten keeping moving, preventing Chau from controlling successfully.
Chau throwing strikes from guard but Hursten blocks nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chau is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hursten is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chau wants to control from the top but Hursten keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hursten is trying to keep Chau in close.
Chau is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chau throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hursten works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chau throwing strikes from guard but Hursten blocks nicely.
Chau scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chau wants to control from the top but Hursten keeps moving.
Hursten has momentary wrist control but Chau slips an elbow through the middle.
Chau stands up over Hursten, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Chau throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hursten works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chau postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chau working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chau trying to control but Hursten is working from the bottom.

Chau avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Chau works over Hursten with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chau accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hursten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chau scores with a body shot.
Chau scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ming T Chau dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Chau digs a good hook to Hursten's body.

Chau closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Chau throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Chau working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hursten taking some punishment here, with Chau in his half guard.
Chau thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hursten's head.
Chau landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Chau trying to control from half guard but Hursten is working away.
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. Chau connects with a nice short shot to Hursten's temple.
Chau working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hursten is breathing heavily.
Chau throwing shots but Hursten is blocking nicely.
Hursten avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chau.
Chau throwing shots but Hursten is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chau controlling the action here.
Chau missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Chau seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Chau lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hursten wants to get back to full guard.
Chau stops Hursten from getting back to his feet.
Chau lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

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.
Chau wants to take a breather but Hursten is having none of it.
Chau lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hursten taking some punishment here, with Chau in his half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hursten can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chau stops Hursten from getting back to his feet.
Chau drops an elbow to the side of Hursten's head.
Chau prevents Hursten from improving his position.
Chau working the head and body with strikes.
Chau is keen to just control but Hursten is a slippery customer.
Hursten wants to control but Chau is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hursten blocking the ground and pound attempt from Chau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chau landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Chau throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chau is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Still in half guard, Chau seems content to control.
Chau lands with a punch from half guard.
Chau lands with a punch from half guard.
Hursten has hold of Chau's hands but Chau slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ming T Chau overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chau sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Chau missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hursten tries to roll over but Chau keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hursten is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Chau scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Chau.
Chau looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chau is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hursten wants to get back to his feet.
Chau working over Hursten with some ground and pound. Hursten looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Chau.
Chau slips a nice elbow through Hursten's hands, connecting with Hursten's forehead.
Chau stops Hursten from getting back to his feet.
Hursten on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hursten taking some punishment here, with Chau in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ming T Chau dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Chau looks to land a combination. Hursten sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hursten shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Chau pinned against the cage. Chau gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hursten has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chau finds it's way round the side to connect with Hursten's head.
Chau wants to clinch up but Hursten keeps it at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Chau.
Chau tests Hursten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chau avoids the body shot from Hursten.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chau can't get the takedown.
Chau has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hursten avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hursten misses with a punch to the body.

Chau has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hursten clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Chau lands punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chau throwing damaging strikes from the back! Hursten could be in trouble here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chau throwing damaging strikes from the back! Hursten could be in trouble here!
Hursten has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Hursten covers up after that shot from Chau.
Chau lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hursten wants to control his opponent's hands but Chau gets his hands free.
Chau looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Chau lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Chau throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hursten!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Chau's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chau cracks Hursten with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Hursten from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Chau connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hursten to escape the position.
Hursten just trying to survive but Chau is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Hursten is taking damage to the body and head.
Chau scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Hursten is looking for a way out.
Hursten is covering up but some of the strikes from Chau are getting through and doing damage.
Chau punishes Hursten with strikes from the back mount.
Chau controls the action.
Chau scores with strikes from the back.
Chau softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hursten trying to control the hands but Chau won't let him.
Chau lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Hursten covers up after that shot from Chau.
Chau scores with punches and elbows.
Chau is landing with strikes from the back.
Chau scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Chau has Hursten flattened out and is raining down punches.
Chau cracks Hursten with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Hursten from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hursten wants to control his opponent's hands but Chau gets his hands free.
Chau is hanging on to Hursten's back as he tries to escape.
Hursten is taking damage to the body and head.
Chau throwing damaging strikes from the back! Hursten could be in trouble here!
Mike Hursten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hursten has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Chau is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hursten can do to turn this around?
Chau lands a shot to the head.
Ming T Chau is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hursten is taking damage to the body and head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hursten takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Hursten holding both Chau 's hands and preventing any damage.
Chau lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ming T Chau showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chau has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:25
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ming T Chau!