PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Papi Chichilla (ranked 2593 p4p, 3163 weight class) and Ty Little (ranked 309 p4p, 363 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Chichilla
vs
Little

169 cm
20
163
4 - 3 - 0

174 cm
21
164
4 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Papi Chichilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ty Little!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chichilla misses with a body shot.
Chichilla swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chichilla ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Little scores with a nice right hand.
Chichilla gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Little.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Little!
Little misses with an uppercut. Chichilla saw that one coming.
Little has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Little there as he acknowledges the shot.
Chichilla throws an overhand right that lands on Little's shoulder, as Little tries to avoid the shot.
Ty Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Little misses with an uppercut
and Chichilla counters with a stiff right hand.
Chichilla looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Little steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chichilla.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Little jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chichilla was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Little is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chichilla.
Chichilla throws a body shot but no joy.
Chichilla throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Little sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Little is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chichilla with a body shot.
Little throws a body punch but Chichilla moves out of range.
Chichilla bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Little's head.
Little scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Little misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Little catches Chichilla right on the button with a cross.
Little throws a hook but Chichilla blocks it.
Chichilla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Little takes one to the chin there.
Chichilla blocks a jab.
Chichilla looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Little keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Chichilla.
Little misses with a takedown attempt
and Chichilla counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chichilla throws a jab but it's blocked by Little.
Little looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Little works the jab nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chichilla checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Little throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chichilla throws a body shot but no joy.
Little fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chichilla looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Little paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Little throws the left hand but Chichilla avoids the punch easily.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Chichilla.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little throws a big shot that misses.
Chichilla stuns Little with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Little misses with a hook.
Chichilla half committed to a counter leg kick.
Chichilla drops his hands momentarily and Little takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Chichilla displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Little throws out the jab.
Little thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chichilla on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Little works the jab nicely.
Little is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Chichilla had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Chichilla throws a body shot but no joy.
Little misses with a double jab.
Little throws a jab when Chichilla was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Chichilla misses the target.
Little circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chichilla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chichilla misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Little was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chichilla misses with a low kick.
Chichilla misses with a wild body shot.
Little takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chichilla fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Little has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Little fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chichilla looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Chichilla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Little.
Little staying out of range there.
Little throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chichilla.
Little throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chichilla sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chichilla looks to land a right hand but Little moved out of range.
Little clobbers Chichilla with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Chichilla walks into a left hand.
Little looks to land a left hand but Chichilla moved out of range nicely.
Chichilla looks to score with a jab to the body but Little is just out of range.
Little uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chichilla.
A little jabbing left from Little on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Little swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Little scores with a decent looking hook.
Chichilla moves away from the strike by Little.
A quick step to the side and Chichilla tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chichilla with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Little to score with a decent uppercut.
Chichilla looks to throw the jab but Little is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chichilla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Little.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little works Chichilla's body with a nice hook.
Little misses with a lunging right hand
and Chichilla counters with a nice uppercut.
Chichilla moves forwards but Little connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chichilla misses with a hook.
Little might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chichilla lands with a cross.
We've been informed that Little has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Little looks to land a left hand but Chichilla moved out of range nicely.
Chichilla fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Little on the side of the head.
Little misses with a right hand
and Little takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Little.
A counter left hand to the body from Chichilla misses its target.
Chichilla throws a one two combo.

It looks like Ty Little has been cut.
Little throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chichilla connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Little misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little throws a hook but Chichilla avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Little.
Little throws a leg kick
enabling Chichilla to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ty Little will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ty Little's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Chichilla lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Chichilla.
Chichilla uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Little.
Little throws a looping overhand right but Chichilla ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Chichilla.
Little shoots for a takedown but Chichilla saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Little swings for the body but Chichilla moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Little throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Little moves forwards but Chichilla connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Little moves out of range of the strikes.
Chichilla misses with a hook. Little ducked under it nicely.
Little misses with a jab to the body
and Chichilla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little misses with a straight left.
Little misses the jab.
Chichilla is looking to counter punch.
Little throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chichilla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Little misses with an uppercut.
Chichilla walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little lands the left hand.
Chichilla connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Little's hands.
Chichilla avoids the body shot from Little.
Little jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Little throws a poor cross that misses
and Chichilla counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Little scores with a jab. Chichilla acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chichilla throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Little scores with a shot to the body.
Chichilla throws a body punch but Little moves out of range.
Chichilla moves away from the strike by Little.
Chichilla tries to clinch but Little moves out of range.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Chichilla.
Little throws a leg kick but Chichilla sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chichilla throwing a counter right hand but Little manages to avoid it.
Chichilla missing with a left hand there. Little was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Little throws a jab but it's blocked by Chichilla.
Chichilla throws a body punch but Little moves out of range.
Chichilla loads up on a big right hand but Little slips the punch.
Little throws a lazy right hand but Chichilla sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Little throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Little ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chichilla moves away.
Chichilla moves out of range as Little strikes.
It looked like Chichilla was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Little.
Chichilla misses with a low kick.
Little throws a jab when Chichilla was well out of range.
Chichilla takes a swing at Little's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Little on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Little misses with a two punch combination.
Little pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chichilla digs a good hook to Little's body.
Little throws out a loose jab but Chichilla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chichilla on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Chichilla, as that shot connected.
Chichilla takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Little lands a really nice looking cross but Chichilla seems unphased.
Chichilla swings for the body but Little moves out of range.
Chichilla defending well as Little loads up on a big left hand.
Little throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chichilla throwing a counter right hand but Little manages to avoid it.
Chichilla 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.
Little throws a looping overhand right but Chichilla ducks down to avoid it.
Little thows a left - swing and a miss!
Little throws a leg kick but Chichilla moved away.
Chichilla with a hook.
Little scores with a nice head shot.
Chichilla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Little moves away.
Little tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chichilla was well out of range. Poor timing from Little.
Chichilla moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chichilla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chichilla throws a lazy right hand but Little sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chichilla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Little.
Little misses with a series of wild punches.
Chichilla connects with a right hand. Little shakes it off.
Chichilla swings for the body but Little moves out of range.
Chichilla takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chichilla slips a jab from Little.
Sloppy strikes from Little. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Little lands with a cross.
Little thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut there from Chichilla.
Chichilla wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Little misses with a wild combination.
Chichilla throws a body shot but no joy.
Ty Little seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Little avoids the body shot from Chichilla.
Little lands a really nice looking cross but Chichilla seems unphased.
Chichilla avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chichilla tried to counter with a leg kick but Little avoided it.
A jab from Little finds it's way through Chichilla's defenses.
Chichilla defending well as Little loads up on a big left hand.
Little misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Chichilla misses the target.
Chichilla moves out of range of the strikes.
Chichilla dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Little showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ty Little'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. This is the final round!

Little avoids the body shot from Chichilla.
Little lands a really nice looking cross but Chichilla seems unphased.
Little loads up on a big right hand but Chichilla slips the punch.
Chichilla on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chichilla misses with a straight right.
Chichilla misses with a wild body shot.
Little scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chichilla. Little does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chichilla throws the left hand but Little avoids the punch easily.
Chichilla lands a lovely overhand right.
Chichilla throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Little is looking for the big counter here.
The crowd cheers as Little lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chichilla doesn't seem phased though.
Chichilla throws a leg kick but Little sees it coming and moves out of range.
No joy there for Chichilla, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chichilla throws a hook but Little blocks it.
Chichilla shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chichilla tries to clinch up but Little circles away and keeps his distance.
Chichilla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chichilla is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Little misses with a lunging right hand
and Little takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chichilla on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Little misses with a lunging right hand
and Chichilla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Little thinking.
Chichilla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Little.
Chichilla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Little wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Little staying out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Little! But no joy.
Chichilla connects with a leg kick.
Little misses with a left hand
and Chichilla counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab by Chichilla.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little misses with a few strikes there.
Little misses with an uppercut
and Chichilla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Little misses with a right hand
and Chichilla cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That has opened up Ty Little's cut even more.
Little misses with a hook.
Chichilla moves out of range as Little strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chichilla misses the shot to the body.
Little throws a big shot that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Chichilla misses its target.
Little lands a jab to the head.
Little throws a hook to the side of Chichilla's head but Chichilla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Little throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circle momentarily. Little darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Little throws a leg kick that is checked
and Chichilla counters with an outside leg kick.
Little throws a shot from downtown. Chichilla moves away and avoids it.
Little looks to throw the jab but Chichilla is out of range.
Little misses with a hook. Chichilla ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Little misses.
Little misses with a few strikes there.
Chichilla swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chichilla lands with a shot to the body.
Little throws a looping overhand right but Chichilla ducks down to avoid it.
Little misses with a hook
and Chichilla cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Little throws a lazy right hand but Chichilla sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little misses with a hook. Chichilla ducked under it nicely.
Little lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chichilla circles away quickly and effectively.
Chichilla slips under a jab.
Chichilla looks to land a right hand but Little moved out of range.
An inside leg kick from Little misses.
A big left from Little misses.
Little throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Little throws a combination that misses
and Chichilla cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Papi Chichilla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Little takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Little lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chichilla goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Little lands a jab to the nose.
Little uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chichilla has time to react.
Chichilla lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Little at a distance.
Jab, jab by Chichilla - just one landing.
Little throws a series of punches but Chichilla moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Little avoids a kick to the body.
Chichilla gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little throws a looping overhand right but Chichilla ducks down to avoid it.
Chichilla appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Little throws the left hand but Chichilla avoids the punch easily.
Little swings for the body but Chichilla moves out of range.
Chichilla throws a shot from downtown. Little moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Chichilla misses.
Little throws a right hand that misses
and Chichilla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Little thinking.
A slow jab from Chichilla misses its intended target.
Chichilla lands a right hook to the body.
Chichilla slips a straight right by Little.
Little throws a big shot that misses.
Little is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chichilla swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Little looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ty Little is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chichilla throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chichilla takes a swing at Little's ribcage but misses.
Little slips a jab from Chichilla.
Chichilla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Little.

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 Papi Chichilla.
Well Little has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ty Little!
After the fight, Ty Little 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.