PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nerubian Assasin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Chen's choice of entrance music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjNAeELQ_Z8. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Assasin
vs
Chen

182 cm
21
185 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nerubian Assasin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Chen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assasin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Assasin throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Assasin misses.
Chen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Assasin.
Assasin swings for the body but Chen moves out of range.
Chen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Assasin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Assasin lands a jab to Chen's midsection.
Assasin swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assasin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Assasin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Assasin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chen.
Chen misses the jab.
Chen throws a jab when Assasin was well out of range.
Assasin misses with a straight left.
Assasin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Chen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two 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.
Chen missing with a left hand there. Assasin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Assasin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nerubian Assasin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assasin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Assasin looks to score with a jab to the body but Chen is just out of range.
Assasin thuds a left hand into Chen's body.
Assasin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen ducks under a wild hook from Assasin.
Assasin misses with a wild body shot.
Assasin lands with a good body shot.
Assasin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Assasin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Assasin thows a body shot but no joy.
Chen looks to land a left hand but Assasin moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen throws a hook but Assasin blocks it.
Assasin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Assasin thows a body shot but no joy.
Assasin thuds a left hand into Chen's body.
Assasin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice defenses there by Assasin.
Assasin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nerubian Assasin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Assasin looks to land a right hand but Chen moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Assasin.
The fighters circling - Chen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice body punch from Assasin.
Assasin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assasin takes a swing at Chen's ribcage but misses.
Assasin thows a body shot but no joy.
Chen moves out of range as Assasin strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assasin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Assasin takes a swing at Chen's ribcage but misses.
Assasin misses with the combination.
Assasin slips a straight right by Chen.
A combination from Assasin does no damage.
Assasin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chen.

That's two 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.
Assasin throws the left hand but Chen avoids the punch easily.
Assasin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chen.
Assasin missing with a left hand there. Chen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from Assasin.
The fighters circling - Assasin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Assasin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Assasin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assasin looks to score with a jab to the body but Chen is just out of range.
Assasin looks to score with a jab to the body but Chen is just out of range.
Assasin punishes Chen's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice jab there from Assasin.
Assasin is looking to wear down Chen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Assasin throws a shot from downtown. Chen moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Chen misses the target.
Assasin misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assasin throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Assasin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chen manages to avoid it.
Assasin misses the shot to the body.
Chen misses the jab.
Assasin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Assasin lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nerubian Assasin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Chen throws out a loose jab but Assasin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assasin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chen manages to avoid it.
Assasin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Assasin just misses with a punch to the body.
Assasin digs a good hook to Chen's body.
Assasin swings for the body but Chen moves out of range.
Chen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Assasin throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assasin scores with a jab to the body.
Assasin misses with a wild body shot.
Assasin lands with a right hand.
Assasin throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Assasin thows a body shot but no joy.
Chen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chen throws a looping overhand right but Assasin ducks down to avoid it.
Nerubian Assasin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assasin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chen drops his hands momentarily and Assasin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Assasin thows a body shot but no joy.
Assasin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chen avoids the body shot from Assasin.
Assasin scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assasin throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Chen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Assasin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Assasin cracks Chen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Assasin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Assasin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Assasin slips under a jab from Chen.
Assasin just misses with a punch to the body.
Assasin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chen.
Assasin looks to score with a jab to the body but Chen is just out of range.
Assasin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen moves out of range as Assasin strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Assasin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sam Chen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Assasin looks to land a combination but Chen avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nerubian Assasin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Assasin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:26
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nerubian Assasin!