PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Struggle Jennings (ranked 4524 p4p, 5211 weight class) and Chaikka Chai (ranked 0 p4p, 543 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jennings
vs
Chai

189 cm
18
205
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Struggle Jennings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chaikka Chai!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Chai connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
Jennings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chai manages to avoid it.
Struggle Jennings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai slips a straight right by Jennings.
Jennings misses with a right hand
and Chai counters with a nice body shot.
Chai tests Jennings's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chai's corner calls for a 1-2. Chai obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Chai connects with a right hand. Jennings shakes it off.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jennings.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chai lands a nice looking body shot.
Jennings misses with an uppercut
and Chai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennings dips to his left and cracks Chai with an uppercut!
Chai gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Chaikka Chai has been cut.
Jennings swings for the body but Chai moves out of range.
Chai throws a shot to the body.
Jennings throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai moves out of range as Jennings strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings throws out a loose jab but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jennings ducks right into an uppercut from Chai.
Chai takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chai goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jennings misses with a hook
and Chai counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chai slips under a jab from Jennings.
Jennings misses with a straight right.
It seemed like Chai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jennings takes one to the chin there.
Chai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jennings uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chai has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Jennings.
Chai moves forwards but Jennings connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jennings swings widly with a right hand
and Chai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jennings throws the left hand but Chai avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Chai.
A big right from Jennings misses.
Chai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jennings throws out the jab.
Chai appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Jennings.
Jennings throws out a loose jab but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jennings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chai was well out of range. Poor timing from Jennings.
Chai scores with a decent looking hook.
Jennings misses with an uppercut.
Chai scores with a nice head shot.
Chai lands with a straight right. Jennings didn't see that one coming.
Jennings pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jennings fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A combination from Chai does no damage.
Jennings misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Jennings throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jennings throws out a loose jab but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jennings's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chai connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jennings scrambles back to his feet.
Jennings is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jennings throws a hook but Chai avoids it easily.
Chai cracks Jennings with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chai ducks right into an uppercut from Jennings.
Jennings looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Chai. Those never looked like landing.
Jennings looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jennings throws an overhand right that lands on Chai's shoulder, as Chai tries to avoid the shot.
Jennings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jennings misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Jennings throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jennings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chai manages to avoid it.
Jennings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chai was well out of range. Poor timing from Jennings.
Good standup being displayed there by Chai as he connects with a hook.
Jennings throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
Jennings misses with a looping right.
Jennings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jennings rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chai moves away from the strike by Jennings.
Chai let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jennings shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice jab there from Chai.
Jennings misses with a straight left.
Chai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jennings throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jennings throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings throws an off balance right hand
enabling Chai to counter with a crisp jab.
Jennings throws a hook to the side of Chai's head but Chai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jennings.
Jennings misses with a body shot.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chai lunges at Jennings with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jennings's hand.
Chai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jennings throws out the jab.
Chai cracks Jennings with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jennings throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jennings throws an overhand right that lands on Chai's shoulder, as Chai tries to avoid the shot.
Chai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chai connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jennings momentarily.
Jennings waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chai.
Nice cross by Chai.
Chai lands a glancing blow to the side of Jennings's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chai lunges at Jennings with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jennings's hand.
Jennings misses with a looping right.
Chai lands a really nice looking cross but Jennings seems unphased.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jennings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chai was well out of range. Poor timing from Jennings.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chaikka Chai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chaikka Chai's cut.
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.

A slow jab from Jennings misses its intended target.
Jennings swings for the body but Chai moves out of range.
Jennings takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chai cracks Jennings with an open hand slap.
Jennings throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Chai counter with a right hand.
Chai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jennings.
Jennings pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jennings misses with a looping left.
Chaikka Chai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jennings takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chai.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chai.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jennings looks to throw the jab but Chai is out of range.
Chai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jennings misses with an uppercut
and Chai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jennings throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chai throws out a counter right but Jennings avoids it with no problem.
Chai slips under a jab.
Chai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jennings.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai throws out a counter right but Jennings avoids it with no problem.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jennings tries to move into range but Chai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot by Chai.
Jennings throws a body shot but no joy.
Jennings misses with a looping right.
Jennings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jennings throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Chai counter with a right hand.
Chai slips a jab from Jennings.
Chai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jennings.
Chai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jennings looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jennings might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Jennings misses with a left hand
and Chai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chai throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jennings stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jennings misses with a straight left.
Jennings throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
Jennings jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jennings waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chai.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chai digs a good hook to Jennings's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings needs to keep his hands up - Chai had a free shot at his head there.
Jennings lands with an uppercut that bounces Chai off the cage and back into range.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jennings.
Jennings throws an overhand right that lands on Chai's shoulder, as Chai tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chai! But no joy.
Jennings throws a hook to the side of Chai's head but Chai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jennings misses the shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Jennings 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jennings misses with a hook.
Jennings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chai manages to avoid it.
Jennings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chai slips a jab from Jennings.
Chai uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jennings has time to react.
Jennings misses the shot to the body.
Jennings throws out a loose jab but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jennings looks to land a right hand but Chai moved out of range.
Jennings loads up on a big right hand but Chai slips the punch.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
Jennings pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jennings. Chai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chai scores with a decent looking hook.
Chai with a jab.
Chai works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jennings misses with an uppercut.
Jennings swings widly with a right hand
enabling Chai to counter with a crisp jab.
Chai lunges at Jennings with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jennings's hand.
Jennings misses with a looping right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chai.
Jennings throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai lands an overhand right.
Chai staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Chai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chai punishes Jennings's body with a nice straight punch.
Chai lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai connects with a right hand. Jennings shakes it off.
Jennings misses with a lunging right hand
and Chai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chai lands a really nice looking cross but Jennings seems unphased.
Jennings misses with a hook. Chai ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai lands a really nice looking cross but Jennings seems unphased.
Jennings with a jab.
Jennings swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Jennings misses.
Jennings misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Chai.
Jennings throws a big shot that misses.
Jennings misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
Jennings looks to land a right hand but Chai moved out of range.
Chai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jennings.
Chai looks to land a combination. Jennings sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jennings throws a right hand that misses
and Jennings takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chai moves out of range as Jennings strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai scores with a nice head shot.
Chai blocks a jab.
Jennings scores with a decent looking hook.
Chai comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab lands there for Chai.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chaikka Chai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chaikka Chai's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Chai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jennings in his tracks.
Chai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Chai misses.
Jennings misses the jab.
Nice straight punches there by Chai. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Chai.
Chai goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jennings connects with a jab.
Chai moves out of range as Jennings strikes.
Jennings takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jennings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chai manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai scores with a body shot.
Jennings waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chai.
Jennings misses with a hook. Chai ducked under it nicely.
Chai moves out of range as Jennings strikes.
A lazy left from Chai finds it's target.
Jennings takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chai.
Jennings misses with a straight right.
Jennings misses with a straight left.
Chai connects with a looping right hand.
Jennings takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chai staying out of range there.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Jennings.
Jennings misses with a body shot.
Chai takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jennings misses with a left hand
and Chai counters with a nice uppercut.
Chai throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jennings stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chai dips to his left and cracks Jennings with an uppercut!
Chai slips under a jab from Jennings.
Chai fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chai misses with the combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennings scores with a jab to the head.
Struggle Jennings has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Jennings misses.
Chai moves out of range as Jennings strikes.
Jennings darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jennings tries to move into range but Chai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jennings throws a body shot but no joy.
Jennings takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jennings lands a right hook to the body.
Jennings throws a body punch but Chai moves out of range.
Jennings has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jennings takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chai throws a combination that misses

and Jennings counters with a crisp right hand that drops Chai! Jennings lets Chai back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Chai is rocked!
Jennings swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chai is still on wobbly legs! Can Jennings finish him?
Chai defending well as Jennings loads up on a big left hand.
Jennings throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Jennings misses the target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
Chai drops his hands momentarily. Jennings doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Chai staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Chai doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Struggle Jennings!