PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Milos Kallisterez (ranked 3001 p4p, 2969 weight class) and Wei Chen (ranked 286 p4p, 283 weight class). Wei Chen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kallisterez
vs
Chen

176 cm
19
162
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
170
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Milos Kallisterez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wei Chen!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, John Mangel and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Chen shoots in and bounces Kallisterez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Chen passes Kallisterez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Chen working over Kallisterez with some ground and pound. Kallisterez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chen is trying to control the action in half guard but Kallisterez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kallisterez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Chen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chen lands with a punch from half guard.
Chen working Kallisterez over with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kallisterez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kallisterez.
Kallisterez wants to sweep but no luck.
Chen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kallisterez wants to sweep here but Chen controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Chen scoring with some ground and pound.
Chen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Chen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kallisterez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Chen gets full guard.

Kallisterez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Chen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kallisterez's guard.

Kallisterez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Chen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Kallisterez working for a triangle but Chen defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kallisterez keeping moving, preventing Chen from controlling successfully.
Chen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Chen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kallisterez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Chen wants to sweep but no luck.
Chen trying to strike off his back.
Chen wants to sweep but no luck.
Chen controlling the position.
Kallisterez trying to control the position from guard on top but Chen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kallisterez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kallisterez tries to free his leg and advance position but Chen is retaining full guard.
Chen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kallisterez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chen is adopting a defensive guard.
Chen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Chen keeping full guard, as Kallisterez tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kallisterez postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Chen lands a lovely overhand right.
Chen slaps away a takedown attempt from Kallisterez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kallisterez shoots in for a double leg but Chen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chen feints the counter takedown.

Kallisterez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kallisterez showed some decent athleticism there.
Chen wants to improve his position but Kallisterez is controlling well.
Chen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kallisterez is working away from the top position though.
Chen gets full guard.
Kallisterez throwing strikes but missing.
Chen controlling Kallisterez's posture.
Kallisterez trying to control the position from guard on top but Chen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wei Chen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Chen misses with a double jab.

Chen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kallisterez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kallisterez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wei Chen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kallisterez is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kallisterez tries to bench press Chen off him but Chen keeps the position.

Chen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kallisterez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Chen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kallisterez taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kallisterez tries to strike but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Chen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kallisterez is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kallisterez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kallisterez tries to get out of the position.
Chen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kallisterez to see if he's OK.
Chen grinds an elbow into Kallisterez's temple.
Chen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kallisterez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Chen's best efforts.
Chen is nestled in close to Kallisterez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kallisterez wants to improve his position but Chen is controlling well.

Kallisterez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kallisterez taking some punishment here, with Chen in his half guard.

Chen is looking for a kimura but Kallisterez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Chen to get the leverage.
Kallisterez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kallisterez!
Chen working Kallisterez over with strikes here.
Kallisterez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Chen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kallisterez to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kallisterez shrugs it off.
Kallisterez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Chen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kallisterez hang on?

Kallisterez is rocked!
Chen with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh Kallisterez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen lands a big elbow - Kallisterez is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Kallisterez is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Wei Chen!
Wei Chen thanked the fans post fight for their support.