PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Hannu Haapana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cho Sing Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Haapana
vs
Sing Yu

169 cm
25
145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
148 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hannu Haapana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cho Sing Yu!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haapana throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sing Yu checks a leg kick.
Haapana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sing Yu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Haapana definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sing Yu tries to close the distance and clinch but Haapana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sing Yu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Haapana wants to clinch up but Sing Yu keeps it at a distance.
Sing Yu unleashes a big counter combination but Haapana bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sing Yu connects with a body shot that sends Haapana's belly button to the back.
Haapana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sing Yu lands a lovely overhand right.
Haapana takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Haapana fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sing Yu, pushing him back against the cage.
Sing Yu wants to get back to striking at distance but Haapana won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Sing Yu.
Haapana dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sing Yu is trying to push Haapana away but Haapana has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Haapana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sing Yu avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sing Yu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haapana pushes off an throws an elbow but Sing Yu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Haapana prevents a body shot from Sing Yu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Haapana creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haapana misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike from Haapana.
Haapana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sing Yu tries to land knees in the clinch but Haapana avoids the damage to the body.
Haapana is pushing Sing Yu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Sing Yu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haapana misses with a low kick.

Sing Yu tries to keep at a distance but Haapana has taken the fight into the clinch.
Haapana has Sing Yu pressed against the cage, preventing Sing Yu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haapana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike.
Sing Yu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haapana prevents a body shot from Sing Yu.
Haapana throws an elbow that misses.
Sing Yu tries to circle away but Haapana has him pinned against the cage.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sing Yu misses with a body punch.
Haapana throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Sing Yu breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sing Yu. Haapana does a little dance to reset his feet.

Sing Yu moves into the clinch.
Sing Yu is looking to control Haapana's arms but Haapana gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sing Yu has his back to the cage.
Haapana has Sing Yu pressed against the cage, preventing Sing Yu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sing Yu is trying to push Haapana away but Haapana has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sing Yu is trying to force a seperation but Haapana has the dominant position.
Sing Yu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haapana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haapana is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Haapana avoids the elbow strike from Sing Yu, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Haapana throws an elbow but misses.
Sing Yu tries to land knees in the clinch but Haapana avoids the damage to the body.
Haapana lands a body shot.
Sing Yu wants to break free but Haapana has control.
Sing Yu tries to work over Haapana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Sing Yu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sing Yu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sing Yu wants to break free but Haapana has control.
Haapana lands a left hand.
Haapana prevents a body shot from Sing Yu.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haapana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sing Yu's brow.
Sing Yu stalling in the clinch but Haapana improves position.
Haapana throws an elbow that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Sing Yu.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the temple.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haapana leaning against his opponent.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Sing Yu in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Cho Sing Yu has been cut.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sing Yu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haapana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sing Yu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Haapana has him pressed against the cage.
Sing Yu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haapana throws an elbow but it misses.
Sing Yu lands a body punch.
Haapana holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Haapana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haapana lands an elbow just above Sing Yu 's eye.
Haapana scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haapana blocks a body shot from Sing Yu.
Sing Yu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike.
Sing Yu can't break the clinch.
Sing Yu misses with some punches.
Sing Yu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haapana's elbow.
Sing Yu avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sing Yu letting Haapana take a breather here.
Haapana prevents Sing Yu from breaking the clinch.
Sing Yu avoids a wild elbow strike from Haapana.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short body shot lands from Sing Yu as the two fighters clinch.

Sing Yu breaks from the clinch.
Haapana misses with an uppercut.
Haapana tries to clinch there but Sing Yu circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haapana. Sing Yu does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Sing Yu clinches with his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haapana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sing Yu's brow.
Sing Yu is trying to break free.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike from Haapana.
Haapana lands an elbow just above Sing Yu 's eye.
Sing Yu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sing Yu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haapana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haapana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Sing Yu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haapana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haapana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sing Yu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Haapana lands an overhand right.
Sing Yu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haapana swings for the body but Sing Yu moves out of range.
Haapana lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hannu Haapana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sing Yu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Haapana swats away the attempt to clinch by Sing Yu.
Sing Yu throws a combination that misses

and Haapana moves into the clinch.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Sing Yu in his tracks for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sing Yu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Haapana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haapana pressing his opponent against the cage.
Haapana is trying to stall.
Sing Yu blocks the elbow strike.
Haapana tries to throw a body punch but Sing Yu avoids it by throwing Haapana back against the cage.
Sing Yu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sing Yu lands a body punch.
Sing Yu is leaning against Haapana and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A hook to the body from Sing Yu.
Sing Yu is trying to break the clinch but Haapana has him pressed against the cage.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Haapana misses with an elbow over the top.
Sing Yu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sing Yu misses with a body punch.
Sing Yu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Haapana has him pressed against the cage.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Sing Yu lands a nice shot to the body.
Sing Yu dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
Sing Yu is trying to break the clinch but Haapana has him pressed against the cage.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sing Yu dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
Haapana lands an elbow inside that Sing Yu shrugs off.
Haapana throws an elbow but it misses.
Haapana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sing Yu dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
Sing Yu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sing Yu is trying to break free.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haapana is looking to control Sing Yu's arms but Sing Yu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Haapana has his back to the cage.
Sing Yu is looking to break free of the clinch but Haapana has double underhooks.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike from Haapana.
Sing Yu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sing Yu tries to break free but Haapana pushes him back against the cage.
Sing Yu blocks the elbow strike.
Haapana tries to throw a body punch but Sing Yu avoids it by throwing Haapana back against the cage.
Sing Yu trying to land knees to the body.
Haapana lands a damaging elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sing Yu misses with a body punch.
Haapana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Haapana throws an elbow but it misses.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike.
Sing Yu tries to land knees in the clinch but Haapana avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Haapana.
Sing Yu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haapana.
Sing Yu is trying to break free.
Sing Yu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haapana can't find room to land a body shot as Sing Yu controls the action.
Haapana avoiding damage as Sing Yu throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haapana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sing Yu's brow.
Sing Yu tries a body shot but Haapana blocks it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Haapana lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Haapana avoiding damage as Sing Yu throws knees to the body.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Sing Yu dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
Haapana lands an elbow just above Sing Yu 's eye.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sing Yu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haapana is looking to chop away at Sing Yu's legs.
Haapana lands a slapping body shot.
Haapana keeps the fight on the outside.

Haapana closes the distance and clinches.

Sing Yu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Haapana moves into range and clinches up with Sing Yu.
Sing Yu missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sing Yu as Haapana tries to tie him up.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haapana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sing Yu trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannu Haapana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cho Sing Yu's cut.
That's time! Haapana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Haapana scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That kick from Haapana tenderised Sing Yu's leg. Sing Yu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sing Yu tries to close the distance and clinch but Haapana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hannu Haapana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sing Yu clinches up against the cage.
Haapana prevents Sing Yu from breaking the clinch.
Haapana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sing Yu blocks an elbow strike from Haapana.
Sing Yu wants to break free but Haapana has control.
A right hook to the body lands for Sing Yu.
Haapana throws an elbow that misses.
Hannu Haapana has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haapana wants to stall.
Sing Yu avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sing Yu avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Haapana misses with an elbow over the top.
Sing Yu digs a right hand underneath Haapana's ribcage. Haapana let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Haapana holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Haapana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haapana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sing Yu takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Sing Yu.
Sing Yu lands a body shot.
Haapana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sing Yu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sing Yu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Haapana.

Sing Yu manages to break the clinch.
Haapana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haapana throws a leg kick but Sing Yu moved away.
Sing Yu tries to clinch up but Haapana circles away and keeps his distance.

Sing Yu rushes Haapana and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sing Yu breaks from the clinch.
Haapana throws a front kick aimed at Sing Yu's knee but Sing Yu avoids it well.
Haapana throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sing Yu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Sing Yu pushes Haapana up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sing Yu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haapana throws an elbow that misses.
Haapana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Haapana letting Sing Yu take a breather here.
Haapana trying to stall but Sing Yu improves his position.
Sing Yu stalling the fight.
Haapana misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hand to the body from Sing Yu.
Sing Yu taking a breather.
Haapana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haapana throws an elbow but misses.
Haapana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sing Yu can do to turn this around?
Sing Yu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sing Yu lands a knee to the body.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Haapana pushes Sing Yu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Sing Yu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sing Yu defending well as Haapana loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Haapana moves into the clinch successfully.
Haapana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sing Yu's defenses.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Sing Yu.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haapana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sing Yu's brow.
Haapana taking a breather.
Sing Yu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Haapana slows down the pace here.
A short left from Sing Yu.
Nice body punch from Sing Yu.
Haapana lands an elbow inside that Sing Yu shrugs off.
Sing Yu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sing Yu dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
Sing Yu avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sing Yu throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sing Yu misses with a body punch.
Haapana is trying to stall.
Haapana misses with an elbow over the top.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sing Yu displaying some good clinch control by pressing Haapana up against the cage.
Sing Yu is trying to force a seperation but Haapana has the dominant position.
Haapana lands a damaging elbow.
Sing Yu is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sing Yu.
Sing Yu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hook to the body lands for Haapana.
Sing Yu prevents a body shot from Haapana.
Haapana misses with an elbow over the top.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Haapana keeps control of Sing Yu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sing Yu is trying to break free.
Sing Yu misses with a body punch.
Haapana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Sing Yu tries to throw a body punch but Haapana avoids it by throwing Sing Yu back against the cage.
Haapana lands an elbow inside.
Haapana trying to control the position but instead, Sing Yu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haapana into the cage.
Sing Yu avoids a wild elbow strike from Haapana.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sing Yu wants to get back to striking at distance but Haapana won't allow it.
Sing Yu misses with a knee strike.
Haapana lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Cho Sing Yu's cut even more.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.
Haapana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sing Yu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haapana working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sing Yu is looking to break free of the clinch but Haapana has double underhooks.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the temple.
Haapana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sing Yu's efforts to push away.

Sing Yu manages to break the clinch.

Sing Yu closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haapana has Sing Yu pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haapana throws an elbow but misses.
Haapana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Haapana lands an elbow inside.
Sing Yu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Haapana scores with a shot to the side of Sing Yu's head.

Sing Yu breaks from the clinch.
Cho Sing Yu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sing Yu wants to clinch up but Haapana keeps it at a distance.
Haapana will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sing Yu keeps the fight on the outside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Haapana moves in looking to clinch but Sing Yu pushes him off.
Sing Yu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Haapana can pounce on him.
Some wild striking there from Sing Yu.
Haapana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sing Yu.
Sing Yu throws a nice looking combination but Haapana bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sing Yu is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Haapana.
Haapana scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sing Yu doesn't seem bothered though.
Sing Yu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Haapana scoring well with a low kick there.
Sing Yu 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.
Sing Yu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sing Yu just misses with a punch to the body.
Haapana scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haapana with a hook.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sing Yu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haapana lands a glancing blow to the side of Sing Yu's head.

Sing Yu is rocked!
Haapana cracks Sing Yu with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Sing Yu is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Sing Yu is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Sing Yu could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hannu Haapana!