PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Nuclear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nuclear has chosen Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass as his entrance music. David Nuclear has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Richie Yang's chin.

Yang
vs
Nuclear

178 cm
32
193 lbs
23 - 26 - 0

188 cm
31
209 lbs
20 - 14 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 23 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richie Yang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, David Nuclear!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yang pushes Nuclear up against the cage in a clinch.
Yang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nuclear lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nuclear lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yang backwards.
Yang stalling the fight.
Yang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yang misses with a knee to the head.
Nuclear doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Nuclear.
Nuclear tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yang's elbow.
Nuclear looking to slow down the pace here.
Yang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yang lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yang lands a knee to the head.

Nuclear breaks the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yang.

It looks like David Nuclear has been cut.
Yang lands a slapping body shot.
Yang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nuclear circles away quickly and effectively.

Yang drives through and clinches with Nuclear against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuclear is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nuclear misses with a knee strike.

Nuclear breaks the clinch.

Yang closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nuclear scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Nuclear.
Nuclear lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yang throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nuclear blocks it with crossed arms.
Nuclear just leaning against Yang, taking a breather.
Yang with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Nuclear manages to break the clinch.
Yang throws a right and a left that Nuclear avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nuclear.
Yang taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from Nuclear.
Yang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nuclear has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nuclear tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yang's elbow.
Nuclear pushes Yang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Nuclear breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuclear.

Yang closes the distance and pushes Nuclear back into the cage.
Nuclear misses with some punches.
Yang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nuclear as Yang tries to tie him up.
Nuclear lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yang backwards.
Nuclear on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Nuclear manages to break the clinch.
Nuclear misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yang throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nuclear.
Yang is breathing heavily.

Nuclear takes the fight into the clinch.
Yang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nuclear.
Nuclear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nuclear has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nuclear connects with a knee to the head.
Yang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nuclear is defending well for now.
Yang is stalling here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nuclear escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nuclear manages to avoid it.
Yang misses with a few strikes there.
Nuclear doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nuclear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yang.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yang darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nuclear cracks a nice hook into Yang's ribs.
Yang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yang is looking to wear down Nuclear with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nuclear avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yang avoids the body shot from Nuclear.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yang throws an overhand right that lands on Nuclear's shoulder, as Nuclear tries to avoid the shot.
Yang throws a lazy right hand but Nuclear sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yang throws out a loose jab but Nuclear uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 Richie Yang will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Nuclear's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Richie Yang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yang has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nuclear finds it's way round the side to connect with Yang's head.
Nuclear swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yang takes a swing at Nuclear's ribcage but misses.
Yang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nuclear ducks under a wild hook from Yang.
Yang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nuclear backs up against the cage.
Richie Yang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nuclear manages to avoid it.
Yang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuclear.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nuclear manages to avoid it.
Yang throws a body punch but Nuclear moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang throws a right and a left that Nuclear avoids nicely.
Yang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yang just misses with a punch to the body.
Yang looks to score with a jab to the body but Nuclear is just out of range.
Yang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yang throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nuclear on the side of the head.
Yang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yang just misses with a punch to the body.

Nuclear gets tackled into the cage by Yang. Yang maintains the clinch.
Yang letting Nuclear take a breather here.
Nuclear works on Yang's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nuclear breaks from the clinch.
Yang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nuclear manages to avoid it.
Yang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yang misses with a few strikes there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Yang here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Yang takes one to the side of the head.

Yang is rocked!
Yang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuclear.
Yang misses with a body shot

and Nuclear counters with a crisp right hand that drops Yang! Nuclear lets Yang back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Yang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yang throws a body punch but Nuclear moves out of range.
Yang throws a body punch but Nuclear moves out of range.
Nuclear measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Yang! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). David Nuclear!
After the fight, David Nuclear was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.