PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elliot Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Chuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ness
vs
Chuki

191 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elliot Ness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Chuki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ness feints and as Chuki raises his hands in defense, Ness changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chuki wants to stand up but Ness is controlling him.

Ness stands and steps away. Chuki gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ness rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ness fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ness lands a nice looking body kick.
Bruce Chuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chuki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Chuki would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Chuki won't allow Ness to sweep him here.
Chuki wants to stand but Ness is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ness could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ness is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chuki is fighting to break Ness's control of his arms but Ness is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chuki tries to stand but Ness is controlling from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Chuki looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ness!
Chuki looks gassed!
Ness is squirming around, avoiding Chuki's attempts to control the action.
Ness is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ness is desperately trying to improve his position but Chuki has a good base and remains in mount.
Ness wants to control but Chuki is having none of it.

Chuki is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Chuki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ness counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Chuki or perhaps it was just good defense by Ness which made him look bad.
Ness fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ness turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ness looks to land a combination but Chuki avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chuki misses with a takedown attempt
and Ness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Elliot Ness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Chuki.
Ness tries to bum rush Chuki with a series of wild strikes but Chuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chuki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ness but Ness pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ness doesn't manage to clinch there - Chuki circles away.
Good leg kick by Ness there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ness closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chuki wants to get back to his feet.
Ness looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ness is trying to control the action in half guard but Chuki is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ness is nestled in close to Chuki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Chuki makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chuki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ness as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chuki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ness counters with a stiff right hand.
Ness is looking to clinch but Chuki is avoiding it.
Ness shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Chuki but Chuki pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Chuki drives through with a takedown into guard.

Chuki decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Chuki shoots in for a double leg but Ness sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chuki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ness as he avoids it easily.

Ness moves into the clinch successfully.
Chuki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ness misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Ness - that landed with a thud.
Ness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ness trying to land knees to the body.
Chuki has had enough of the clinch but Ness keeps him there for the moment.
Chuki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chuki's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness wants a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Chuki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ness trying to stall but Chuki improves his position.
Chuki has had enough of the clinch but Ness keeps him there for the moment.
Chuki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chuki working hard to break the clinch.
Chuki is working for takedown but Ness is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ness jumps guard but Chuki stands there with Ness around his waist. Ness gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Ness pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ness scores with a sloppy right hand. Chuki should have avoided that one.
Chuki misses with a takedown attempt - Ness sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ness throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ness is trying hard to land a takedown here. Chuki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ness throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chuki tries for a takedown but Ness circles away easily
and Ness counters with a nice kick to the body.
Chuki fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Ness dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ness misses with a two punch combination.
Chuki misses with a takedown
and Ness makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Chuki really felt that one!
Ness lands with a nice body punch.
Ness throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ness ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ness scores with a one two! Chuki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Ness misses.
Chuki shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ness sprawls well. Ness wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chuki gets slowly back to his feet.
Ness moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Chuki fails with the takedown.
Elliot Ness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Chuki.

Chuki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ness looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ness tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Chuki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Chuki stands up and beckons Ness to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chuki swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Ness gets caught flat footed, as Chuki shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Chuki wants to get up but he can't break Ness's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ness looking to control.

Ness is looking for a triangle but Chuki pushes his legs off easily.

Ness is working an open guard so Chuki takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Chuki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ness as he avoids it easily.

Ness changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chuki looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Chuki is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ness working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chuki is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Ness stands up.
Ness lands a nice shot to the body.
Chuki defending well as Ness loads up on a big left hand.
Chuki fails with a takedown attempt.
Chuki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ness swivels and escapes.
Chuki tries for a takedown but Ness sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Chuki slips a jab and a cross from Ness.
Ness shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chuki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Chuki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness misses the shot to the body.
Chuki misses with a takedown
and Ness makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Chuki really felt that one!
Chuki shoots in for a double leg but Ness sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ness misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chuki fails with the takedown.
Ness is looking to wear down Chuki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good shot there by Ness.
Ness stuffs the takedown attempt from Chuki. Chuki gets slowly back to his feet.
Chuki misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Ness to counter with a crisp jab.
Ness will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chuki takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Chuki shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ness manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Chuki won't allow Ness to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chuki wants to get up but he can't break Ness's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Chuki decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ness, up you get!
Ness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Chuki looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Chuki trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ness's guard.

Chuki gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Chuki closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ness to the mat! Ness manages to get full guard.
Chuki tries to stand but Ness is controlling from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ness controls Chuki momentarily but Chuki frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Chuki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Chuki.
Chuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ness.
Chuki misses with a takedown attempt
and Ness counters with a nice uppercut.

Ness takes the fight into the clinch.
Ness wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chuki tries to score a body lock takedown but Ness shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Elliot Ness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Chuki.
Ness trying to land knees to the body.
Ness misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ness.
Ness misses with some punches.
Chuki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ness is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chuki gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ness tries to land knees in the clinch but Chuki avoids the damage to the body.

Chuki manages to break the clinch.
Ness scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chuki fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ness avoids it really well and circles away.
Chuki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chuki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Chuki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chuki shoots for a takedown but Ness saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ness connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chuki. Chuki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ness shoots in but Chuki avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chuki shoots in for a double leg but Ness sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ness is defended easily by Chuki.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch but Chuki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chuki fails with the takedown.
Chuki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chuki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Ness.
Chuki fails with a takedown attempt.
Ness shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chuki as he avoids it easily.
Chuki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ness bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Chuki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ness connects with a solid leg kick.
Ness throws a combination. Chuki tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A combination from Ness does no damage.
Ness fails to land the takedown.

Chuki fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ness sprawls well initially but Chuki persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ness is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Chuki decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Ness tries to sprawl out of it but Chuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ness manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ness.
Ness swinging wilding here.

Chuki shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ness napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Chuki decides to stand back up.
Chuki with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Ness to counter with a crisp jab.

Chuki shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Chuki showed some decent athleticism there.
Chuki wants to get back to his feet.
Ness is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Chuki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Chuki's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chuki is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Ness has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Chuki.
Chuki trying to get back to his feet but Ness is in full control for now.
Bruce Chuki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ness punishes Chuki with strikes from the back mount.
Chuki is trying to stand back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ness lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Chuki hold on?!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bruce Chuki.
I think Chuki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Chuki!