PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jack Waller (ranked 779 p4p, 47 weight class) and Chad Repine (ranked 1701 p4p, 98 weight class). Waller's entrance music is Snoop Dogg - Murder Was the Case. A fine choice. Chad Repine told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Waller
vs
Repine

165 cm
24
142 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

168 cm
27
140 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hardcore Nutrition 160Q ($150)
Threads of HARDCORE

Sportivité
Threads of HARDCORE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Waller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chad Repine!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Repine cracks Waller with a right hand to the side of the head.
Repine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Repine throws a lazy uppercut
and Waller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Waller misses the body punch
and Repine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Waller has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite Underground Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Waller ducks under a wild hook from Repine.
Waller tries to move into range but Repine moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot lands for Repine.
Repine misses with a jab to the body
and Repine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Repine throws a shot from downtown. Waller moves away and avoids it.
Waller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Repine.
A little feinted left hand from Waller on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Waller moves out of range as Repine strikes.
Waller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Waller jabs Repine to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fighters circling - Waller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Repine throws a jab but it's blocked by Waller.
Waller on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Repine 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.
Waller slips a jab from Repine.
Waller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Repine.
Nice defenses there by Repine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waller takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Waller connects with a jab.
Repine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Repine takes one to the chin there.
Repine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waller manages to avoid it.
Repine misses with a looping right.
Waller takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A swing and a miss from Waller.

Repine clinches up with Waller and pushes him back against the cage.
Waller takes a shot to the head.
Waller working aggressively here.
Repine tries to work over Waller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Repine working aggressively here.
Repine lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waller blocks an uppercut.
Waller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Repine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waller looking to stall.
Repine pushes Waller back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Repine.
Repine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Repine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Repine drops his hands momentarily and Waller takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Waller lands a glancing blow to the side of Repine's head.
Repine scores with a jab to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Repine as he connects with a hook.
Repine throws a body shot but no joy.
Repine lands a right hook to the body.
Waller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Repine.
A swing and a miss from Repine.
Waller throws a sloppy body shot

and Repine counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Repine lands a left hand.
Waller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Repine's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Waller.
Waller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Waller just leaning against Repine, taking a breather.
Repine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Repine - that landed with a thud.
Repine cracks Waller with a nice body shot.
A short right from Repine on the inside.
Repine scores with a shoulder strike.
Waller tries to work over Repine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Repine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repine digs a right hand into Waller's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Waller's gas tank.
Repine tries to throw a body punch but Waller avoids it by throwing Repine back against the cage.
Repine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wallers head.
Repine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Repine lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Waller struggles to land a body shot inside as Repine controls his hands.
Repine scores with a shot to the side of Waller's head.
Repine prevents Waller from breaking the clinch.
Repine misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Repine.
Repine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Waller backwards.
Repine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Waller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Repine pushes Waller back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repine.
Nice body punch from Repine.
Waller tries to throw a body punch but Repine avoids it by throwing Waller back against the cage.
Waller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repine working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Repine.
Waller misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Waller breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Waller just misses with a punch to the body.
Waller misses with a straight left.
Repine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Repine misses with a wild body shot.
Repine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Waller on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Repine dominated that round.
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.

Waller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Repine.
Repine ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Waller moves out of range of the strikes.
Waller listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Waller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Repine.
Good exchange - Waller coming out on top.
Repine lands with a hook. Waller tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Waller throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Repine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Repine misses with an uppercut
and Waller counters with a straight right hand.
Waller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Waller throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Repine coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Repine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Waller lands a body shot.
Repine dips to his left and cracks Waller with an uppercut!
Waller takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waller misses with an uppercut.
Repine appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Repine throws a right hand that misses
and Waller counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chad Repine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waller takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Waller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Repine.
Repine misses with a shot to the body
and Waller counters with a right hand to the body.
Repine misses with a body shot.
A big left from Repine misses.
Waller takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Repine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Repine looks to throw the jab but Waller is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Repine darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Repine lands with a right hand.
Repine swings for the body but Waller moves out of range.
Waller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Repine throws out the jab.
Waller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Repine.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Repine takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waller misses with a wild body shot.
Waller swings widly with a right hand
and Waller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Waller stalks Repine and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Repine's face. Repine staggers backwards, shaken.

Repine gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repine.
Repine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Repine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Repine working aggressively here.
Repine lands a right hand.
Repine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Waller backwards.
Waller is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Waller taking a breather.
Repine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Repine as the two fighters clinch.
Waller misses with some punches.
Repine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repine throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Repine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Waller tries to work over Repine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Repine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wallers head.
Repine throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Repine.
Repine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wallers head.
Waller is trying to break free.
Waller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Repine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Waller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Repine lands with a left to the head.
Waller working aggressively here.
Repine throws a head punch that misses.
Repine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Repine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chad Repine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Repine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Waller scores with the left hand. Repine knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Repine scores with a sloppy right hand. Waller should have avoided that one.

Waller is rocked!
Chad Repine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waller throws a lazy right hand but Repine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Waller throws a hook but Repine blocks it.
Repine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Waller walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Oh Waller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Repine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Waller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Repine moves away.
Repine misses with a straight left.
Repine staying out of range there.
Repine lands a jab.
Waller misses with a body shot.
Repine scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Repine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Repine pounces like a tiger and cracks Waller with a vicious hook! Waller is down but not out! Repine follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chad Repine!
Chad Repine is the new bantamweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Chad Repine thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.