PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Laudrup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrel Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laudrup comes to the cage accompanied by U2- Zoo Station. Sackett is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Highway to Hell. 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.

Laudrup
vs
Sackett

194 cm
28
217 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

185 cm
29
215 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Milwaukee's Best 160
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hans Laudrup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrel Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laudrup rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sackett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A slow jab from Sackett misses its intended target.
Nice cross by Laudrup.
Laudrup sizes up Sackett with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sackett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sackett throws the left hand but Laudrup avoids the punch easily.
Sackett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laudrup does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Laudrup blocks the body kick.
Laudrup tries to bum rush Sackett with a series of wild strikes but Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sackett misses with an uppercut. Laudrup saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Sackett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Laudrup, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice cross by Laudrup.
Laudrup takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Laudrup missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sackett misses with an uppercut. Laudrup saw that one coming.
Laudrup connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sackett dodges the punch combination from Laudrup.
Laudrup smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sackett misses with a hook. Laudrup ducked under it nicely.
Laudrup just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab lands there for Laudrup.
Laudrup steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
Laudrup is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sackett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sackett goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sackett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laudrup throws a hook to the side of Sackett's head but Sackett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laudrup throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Laudrup.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Laudrup throwing strikes but Sackett manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Laudrup is looking to regain half guard here but Sackett keeps moving and retains side control.

Sackett is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Laudrup knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Sackett is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Laudrup is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sackett scoring with punches and elbows.
Laudrup is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Laudrup is trying to control but can't.
Laudrup controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Sackett is keen to just control but Laudrup is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sackett.
Laudrup wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laudrup regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sackett.
Laudrup tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sackett throws a big elbow that misses.
Sackett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sackett landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sackett is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hans Laudrup will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sackett moves out of range of the body kick.
Sackett swings for the body but Laudrup moves out of range.
Laudrup throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Sackett does no damage.
Sackett throws a head kick but Laudrup moves out of range.
Sackett throws a hook to the side of Laudrup's head but Laudrup sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sackett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laudrup swings for the body but Sackett moves out of range.
Laudrup is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Sackett closes the distance and clinches.
Sackett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Laudrup's efforts to push away.
Sackett looking to slow down the pace here.
Laudrup blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laudrup creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sackett's defenses.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sackett managing to block the knees to the body from Laudrup.

Laudrup's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laudrup takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Laudrup throws a push kick but Sackett slaps the foot to one side.
Hans Laudrup is winning the standup battle so far.
Sackett throws the kick towards the body but Laudrup avoids it.
Laudrup looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Laudrup fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Laudrup tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Laudrup.
Sackett tries to clinch up but Laudrup circles away and keeps his distance.

Sackett darts in and clinches Laudrup up against the cage.
Laudrup is looking to control Sackett's arms but Sackett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Laudrup has his back to the cage.
A short left from Laudrup.
Sackett tries to circle away but Laudrup has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sackett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sackett blocks an elbow strike.
Sackett lands a left hand.
Sackett lands a body punch in the clinch.
Laudrup tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sackett is looking to break free of the clinch but Laudrup has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Sackett fails to land.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackett prevents a body shot from Laudrup.
Laudrup prevents a body shot from Sackett.
Sackett pushes Laudrup back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sackett struggles to land a body shot inside as Laudrup controls his hands.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laudrup blocking some punches.
Sackett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sackett looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sackett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laudrup scores with a shot to the side of Sackett's head.
Laudrup tries a body shot but Sackett blocks it.
Knees to the body from Laudrup.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Laudrup.
Sackett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laudrup backwards.
Laudrup tries to throw a body punch but Sackett avoids it by throwing Laudrup back against the cage.
Sackett tries to stall but Laudrup uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Laudrup is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Laudrup can't find room to land a body shot as Sackett controls the action.
Sackett tries to work over Laudrup's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Laudrup manages to break the clinch.
Sackett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Laudrup in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Laudrup has time to react.
Sackett keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sackett walks into a straight right hand from Laudrup.
Sackett misses the shot to the body.
Sackett misses with a combination
enabling Laudrup to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice takedown defense from Sackett. No joy for Laudrup on that attempt.
Sackett misses with a few strikes there.
Sackett takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Laudrup blocks a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Laudrup does it's job there.
Sackett's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Laudrup connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sackett scrambles back to his feet.

Sackett is rocked!
Sackett scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tyrel Sackett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laudrup moves away.
Nice shot by Sackett.
Sackett connects with a single shot there.
Laudrup uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sackett.
Sackett throws a hook but Laudrup avoids it easily.
Sackett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sackett looks to land a right hand but Laudrup moved out of range.
Sackett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laudrup blocks a head kick by Sackett.
Sackett lands with a straight right. Laudrup didn't see that one coming.
Sackett misses with a straight left.
Laudrup throws the left hand but Sackett avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Laudrup misses with a body kick.
Sackett throws out a loose jab but Laudrup uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett wants to clinch up but Laudrup keeps it at a distance.
Sackett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laudrup.
Laudrup is looking to score with low kicks.
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but Laudrup is just out of range.
Laudrup throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sackett on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sackett misses with an uppercut. Laudrup saw that one coming.
Sackett connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Laudrup momentarily.
Laudrup ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sackett tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett misses with a hook. Laudrup ducked under it nicely.
Laudrup takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Laudrup fails to land with a series of punches.
Laudrup moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sackett misses with a straight left.
Sackett throws a body punch but Laudrup moves out of range.
Laudrup tries to work over Sackett's front leg with a kick but Sackett checks it.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
Laudrup avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laudrup tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Laudrup.
Laudrup misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup keeps the fight on the outside.
Sackett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laudrup misses with a looping right.
Sackett scores with a shot to the body.
Sackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laudrup manages to avoid it.
Sackett takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Laudrup will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laudrup ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sackett moves away.
Sackett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Laudrup throws a looping overhand right but Sackett ducks down to avoid it.
Sackett moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Laudrup does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laudrup throws a head kick but Sackett moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sackett takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laudrup uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sackett.
Sackett feints and then cracks Laudrup's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laudrup down.
Sackett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Laudrup's hands.
Sackett walks into a jab.
Sackett jabs Laudrup to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sackett scores with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sackett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laudrup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sackett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Laudrup motions for Sackett to come forward. Laudrup throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrel Sackett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sackett has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrel Sackett!
During a confident post fight interview, Tyrel Sackett thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.