PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dont Mess With Snorlax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dont Mess With Snorlax has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Chelios
vs
Mess With Snorlax

190 cm
20
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
284 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chev Chelios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dont Mess With Snorlax!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snorlax will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Snorlax waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chelios.
Chelios lands a nice looking body shot.
Snorlax looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Chelios scores with a three punch combo!

Snorlax fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chelios, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Snorlax - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Snorlax continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Chelios stalling in the clinch but Snorlax improves position.
Snorlax misses with an elbow strike.
Snorlax prevents Chelios from breaking the clinch.
Snorlax prevents Chelios from breaking the clinch.
Chelios wants a takedown but no success here.
Snorlax pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios is looking to break free of the clinch but Snorlax has double underhooks.
Snorlax tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chelios avoids it.
Chelios avoiding damage as Snorlax throws knees to the body.
Chelios is trying to maintain a safe position but Snorlax gets an underhook and turns Chelios into the cage.
Chelios jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Snorlax walks away with a smile on his face. Chelios gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Snorlax takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Snorlax throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chelios sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good shot there by Chelios.
Chelios misses the shot to the body.
Chelios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Snorlax.
Chelios misses with a straight right.
Chelios thows a body shot but no joy.
Chelios will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chelios moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Snorlax takes the fight into the clinch.
Chelios fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chev Chelios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Snorlax misses with a body punch.
Chelios is trying to break the clinch but Snorlax has him pressed against the cage.
Snorlax swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chelios jumps guard but Snorlax stands there with Chelios around his waist. Chelios gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Snorlax is struggling to control the position.
Chelios is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Chelios changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Snorlax fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Chelios throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Snorlax.
Snorlax missing with a left hand there. Chelios was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Snorlax avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Snorlax throws a hook to the side of Chelios's head but Chelios sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Snorlax needs to keep his hands up - Chelios had a free shot at his head there.
Chelios misses with the combination.
Chelios slips a jab from Snorlax.
Chelios swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Snorlax.
Chelios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Snorlax misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chelios staying out of range there.
Chelios misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chelios connects with a crisp jab.
Chelios stuffs the takedown.
Snorlax drops his hands momentarily and Chelios takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Chelios tests Snorlax's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chelios misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snorlax shoots in but Chelios avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Snorlax looks to throw the jab but Chelios is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chev Chelios dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chelios cracks a nice hook into Snorlax's ribs.
Chelios is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chelios lands a jab to Snorlax's midsection.
Chelios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Snorlax.
Chelios looks to land a combination but Snorlax avoids it well.
Chelios scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Chelios looks to land a combination but Snorlax avoids it well.
Snorlax is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Chelios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chelios's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Chelios duly obliges.
Snorlax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chelios.
Snorlax keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Chelios.
Chev Chelios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Snorlax.
Snorlax is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorlax takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chelios tries to bum rush Snorlax with a series of wild strikes but Snorlax uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Snorlax 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.
Snorlax takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Snorlax takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chelios avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chelios lands with an uppercut that bounces Snorlax off the cage and back into rage.
Chelios lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chelios.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Chelios here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Snorlax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chelios.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chelios.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chelios fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorlax avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chelios lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Chelios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Snorlax throws a jab but it's blocked by Chelios.
A big left from Snorlax misses.
Snorlax tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chelios paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Snorlax keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chelios.
Chelios misses with a series of wild punches.
Chelios fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snorlax manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios misses with a few strikes there.
Chelios comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chelios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snorlax.
Chelios waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Snorlax.
Chelios looks to land a combination but Snorlax avoids it well.
Snorlax shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Chelios defends it nicely.
Chelios ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snorlax moves away.
Snorlax looks to throw the jab but Chelios is out of range.
Chelios throws a series of punches but Snorlax moves out of range.

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.
Chelios avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Snorlax throws a jab when Chelios was well out of range.
Snorlax tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Chelios swivels and escapes.
Chev Chelios has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dont Mess With Snorlax.
Snorlax staying out of range there.
Snorlax fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Snorlax shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Snorlax fails to land the takedown.
Chelios misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snorlax takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chev Chelios dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Chelios throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chelios misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chelios just misses with a punch to the body.
Snorlax is trying desperately to land a takedown but Chelios is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Snorlax.

Snorlax clinches up against the cage.
Snorlax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chelios.
Snorlax misses with a short punch on the inside.
Snorlax looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chelios is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Snorlax pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Chelios tries to stall but Snorlax uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chelios wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Snorlax has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snorlax stalling.
Snorlax gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chelios.
Chelios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios tries to pull guard but Snorlax won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chev Chelios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The referee calls for Snorlax to work.
Snorlax misses with an elbow strike.
Chelios fails to pull guard.
Snorlax tries to land knees in the clinch but Chelios avoids the damage to the body.
Chelios avoiding damage as Snorlax throws knees to the body.
Snorlax is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chelios is defending well for now.
Chelios can't find room to land a body shot as Snorlax controls the action.
Snorlax swings wildly with an uppercut but Chelios uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chelios wants a takedown.
The referee calls for Snorlax to work.
Snorlax misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Snorlax throws a punch but it's blocked by Chelios.
Snorlax is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chelios tries for a takedown. No joy.
Snorlax tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chelios's elbow.
Snorlax dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Chelios is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snorlax.
Snorlax doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Snorlax dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Snorlax tries a knee to the head but Chelios blocks it.
Come on Snorlax - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snorlax managing to block the knees to the body from Chelios.
Snorlax pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chelios blocks an uppercut.
Snorlax misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chelios wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Snorlax has him pressed against the cage.
Chelios blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snorlax using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chelios has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chelios is working for takedown but Snorlax is calmly controlling the position for now.
Snorlax struggles to land a body shot inside as Chelios controls his hands.
Snorlax doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Snorlax takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chelios has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Snorlax avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Snorlax fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Snorlax with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chelios is trying to break the clinch but Snorlax has him pressed against the cage.
Chelios blocks an elbow strike.
Chelios tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Snorlax smiles and moves away.
Chelios moves out of range of the strikes.
Chelios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snorlax.
Chev Chelios is winning the standup battle so far.
Chelios moves out of range of the strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chelios moves out of range as Snorlax strikes.
Snorlax tries for a takedown but Chelios sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dont Mess With Snorlax has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chev Chelios is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chelios looks to land a combination but Snorlax avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dont Mess With Snorlax comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chelios 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chev Chelios!