PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chu Ho Soon (ranked 954 p4p, 1617 weight class) and Ramon Escobar Chavez (ranked 109 p4p, 173 weight class). Escobar Chavez has chosen Buena Vista Social Club - Hasta Siempre as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Ho Soon
vs
Escobar Chavez

175 cm
27
145
10 - 4 - 1

179 cm
40
150
33 - 11 - 5

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

PWNAGE
Voodoo Nutrition

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 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 11 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Escobar Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar Chavez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ho Soon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon misses with a leg kick
and Escobar Chavez counters with a stiff right hand.
Escobar Chavez misses the shot to the body.
Escobar Chavez checks the leg kick.
Escobar Chavez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Escobar Chavez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Escobar Chavez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ho Soon throws a lazy right hand but Escobar Chavez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ho Soon connects with a solid leg kick.
Ho Soon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escobar Chavez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobar Chavez takes a swing at Ho Soon's ribcage but misses.
Ho Soon tests Escobar Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Escobar Chavez swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab from Escobar Chavez does it's job there.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar Chavez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Escobar Chavez checks a leg kick.
Ho Soon is looking to chop away at Escobar Chavez's legs.
Escobar Chavez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon misses with a hook.
Ho Soon staying out of range there.
Ho Soon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook. Ho Soon ducked under it nicely.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chu Ho Soon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar Chavez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Escobar Chavez thuds a left hand into Ho Soon's body.
Escobar Chavez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Escobar Chavez throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
Ho Soon looks to land a left hand but Escobar Chavez moved out of range nicely.
Ho Soon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ho Soon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ho Soon loads up on a big right hand but Escobar Chavez slips the punch.
Escobar Chavez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ho Soon counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ho Soon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar Chavez.
It looked like Ho Soon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ho Soon lands the left hand.
Ho Soon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ho Soon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Escobar Chavez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Good shot there by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez avoids the body shot from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Escobar Chavez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ho Soon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ho Soon thuds his shin into the meat of Escobar Chavez's side.
Ho Soon scoring well with a low kick there.
Ho Soon with the inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Escobar Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar Chavez misses the jab.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Escobar Chavez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ho Soon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Escobar Chavez misses with a leg kick.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Escobar Chavez closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez misses with the head strike.

Ho Soon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot.
Escobar Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Soon was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escobar Chavez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ho Soon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That kick from Ho Soon tenderised Escobar Chavez's leg. Escobar Chavez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Escobar Chavez throws a poor cross that misses
and Ho Soon makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Ho Soon blocks the leg kick.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Ho Soon.
A swing and a miss from Escobar Chavez.
A slow jab from Escobar Chavez misses its intended target.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the side of Ho Soon's head but Ho Soon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A good leg kick by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
A nice side step and Escobar Chavez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick
and Escobar Chavez counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Soon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar Chavez slips a jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Escobar Chavez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ho Soon. Ho Soon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ho Soon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ho Soon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Escobar Chavez counters with a nice body shot.
Ho Soon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut
and Escobar Chavez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escobar Chavez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ho Soon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A punch lands to the side of Escobar Chavez 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Escobar Chavez drives through and clinches with Ho Soon against the cage.
Ho Soon scores with a shot to the side of Escobar Chavez's head.
A head punch on the inside from Ho Soon fails to land.
Ho Soon throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ho Soon's elbow.
Escobar Chavez throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Soon.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escobar Chavez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Escobar Chavez lands with a short shot to the head.
Escobar Chavez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ramon Escobar Chavez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ho Soon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ho Soon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Ho Soon misses.
Escobar Chavez connects with the punch.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Escobar Chavez is out of range.
Escobar Chavez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ho Soon if he has to take too many more of those.
The fighters circling - Ho Soon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Escobar Chavez throws a push kick but Ho Soon slaps the foot to one side.
Ho Soon has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez throws a shot from downtown. Ho Soon moves away and avoids it.
Escobar Chavez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Escobar Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
Good leg kick by Ho Soon.
Nice body punch from Escobar Chavez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar Chavez wants to slow Ho Soon down by chopping away at his legs.
Escobar Chavez throws a jab but it's blocked by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Soon moves out of range of the body kick from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ho Soon is looking to chop away at Escobar Chavez's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez takes a swing at Ho Soon's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut there from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez misses with an uppercut. Ho Soon saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Ho Soon.
That kick from Escobar Chavez tenderised Ho Soon's leg. Ho Soon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ho Soon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Escobar Chavez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escobar Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Soon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobar Chavez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Escobar Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Escobar Chavez takes a swing at Ho Soon's ribcage but misses.
Ho Soon tries to work over Escobar Chavez's front leg with a kick but Escobar Chavez checks it.
Nice uppercut lands for Ho Soon. That snapped Escobar Chavez's head back.
Escobar Chavez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ho Soon misses the jab.
Escobar Chavez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Escobar Chavez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ho Soon momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon slips under a jab.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Escobar Chavez misses with a low kick.
Escobar Chavez connects with an inside leg kick.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar Chavez manages to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez swings for the body but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Ho Soon throws a wild body kick that Escobar Chavez sees coming a mile off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ho Soon.
A good leg kick by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon swings for the body but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Ho Soon dips to his left and cracks Escobar Chavez with an uppercut!
Escobar Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez thinks about the counter body kick.
Escobar Chavez throws a good cross that connects.
Ho Soon's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Escobar Chavez misses with a lunging right hand
and Ho Soon counters with a nice uppercut.
Ho Soon thuds a left hand into Escobar Chavez's body.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Escobar Chavez.
Chu Ho Soon is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon staying out of range there.
Ho Soon misses with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Escobar Chavez misses.
Ho Soon tries a low kick but Escobar Chavez avoids it.
Ho Soon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ho Soon checks a low kick from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon misses with a straight right.
Ho Soon connects with a body shot.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Escobar Chavez sizes up Ho Soon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ho Soon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Escobar Chavez blocks the leg kick.
Escobar Chavez misses with a straight left.
As Escobar Chavez backs away, Ho Soon returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Escobar Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Escobar Chavez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escobar Chavez misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Escobar Chavez is out of range.
Escobar Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon connects with a right hand. Escobar Chavez shakes it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Soon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Escobar Chavez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ho Soon misses with a left hand

and Escobar Chavez counters by clinching up.

Ho Soon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Escobar Chavez avoids it easily.
Escobar Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ho Soon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Escobar Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Escobar Chavez checks it.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Escobar Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar Chavez drops his hands momentarily and Ho Soon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot.
Ho Soon appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ho Soon looks to land a left hand but Escobar Chavez moved out of range nicely.
Escobar Chavez shapes to counter with a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chu Ho Soon will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ho Soon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escobar Chavez. That did some damage!
Escobar Chavez misses the shot to the body.
Escobar Chavez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Escobar Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Ho Soon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Escobar Chavez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar Chavez moves away.
Escobar Chavez throws a right hand that misses
and Ho Soon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Escobar Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Ho Soon looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Escobar Chavez blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho Soon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Ho Soon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar Chavez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ho Soon to score with a decent uppercut.
Escobar Chavez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon lands a nice looking body shot.
Escobar Chavez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Escobar Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
Ho Soon moves out of range as Escobar Chavez strikes.
Ho Soon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ho Soon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Escobar Chavez misses with an uppercut
and Ho Soon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Escobar Chavez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Escobar Chavez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ho Soon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ho Soon is looking to slow Escobar Chavez down with leg kicks.
Escobar Chavez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Escobar Chavez throws a front kick aimed at Ho Soon's knee but Ho Soon avoids it well.
Ho Soon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Escobar Chavez under the eye.
Escobar Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick which misses Escobar Chavez's front leg but catches the back leg as Escobar Chavez tries to avoid it.
Ho Soon blocks a low kick nicely.
Escobar Chavez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Soon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Ho Soon - just one landing.
Ho Soon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Escobar Chavez's sensitive parts.
A decent looking cross lands there for Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ho Soon is looking to chop away at Escobar Chavez's legs.
Danga de danga de dang - Ho Soon scores with a four punch combination!
A solid leg kick lands there for Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon takes one on the button.
Escobar Chavez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A low kick lands for Ho Soon.
Ho Soon clobbers Escobar Chavez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ho Soon moves forwards but Escobar Chavez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Escobar Chavez throws a solid leg kick but Ho Soon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon connects with a looping right hand.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez 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.
Escobar Chavez misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon takes one on the button.
Escobar Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ho Soon wants to land a leg kick but Escobar Chavez is out of range.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook. Ho Soon ducked under it nicely.
Ho Soon lands a really nice looking cross but Escobar Chavez seems unphased.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Escobar Chavez avoids it easily.
Escobar Chavez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ho Soon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez lands with a straight right. Ho Soon didn't see that one coming.
Escobar Chavez connects with a leg kick.
Ho Soon moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar Chavez lands a slapping body shot.
A shot to the liver by Escobar Chavez. Beautiful body shot.
A big right from Ho Soon misses.
Escobar Chavez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ho Soon tries a low kick but Escobar Chavez avoids it.
Escobar Chavez lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Soon just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon slips a jab from Escobar Chavez.
A thudding body kick lands there by Escobar Chavez!
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar Chavez moves away.
A cross from Ho Soon lands.
Escobar Chavez tries a head kick but it misses.
As Escobar Chavez backs away, Ho Soon returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Escobar Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Ho Soon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ho Soon. Ho Soon obviously looking to wear him down.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Ho Soon avoids it with no problem.
Escobar Chavez dips to his left and cracks Ho Soon with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Soon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Soon tried to counter with a leg kick but Escobar Chavez avoided it.
Ho Soon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Escobar Chavez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ho Soons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ho Soon misses with a leg kick
and Escobar Chavez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chu Ho Soon.
I think Ho Soon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chu Ho Soon!
After the fight, Chu Ho Soon 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.