PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between joe blow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manolo Chingate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). joe blow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

blow
vs
Chingate

180 cm
25
165 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

187 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, joe blow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manolo Chingate!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

blow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Chingate is trying desperately to improve position.
blow looking to control and managing it successfully.
Chingate is desperately trying to improve his position but blow has a good base and remains in mount.
blow content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
blow avoids the attempt from Chingate to control.
Chingate is looking to get to half guard.
blow controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chingate tries to hold on but blow postures up.
Chingate is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chingate regains half guard.
Chingate trying to control here.
blow controlling the pace.
Chingate wants to get back to full guard but blow has mounted him!
Chingate is desperately trying to improve his position but blow has a good base and remains in mount.
Chingate is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
blow is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
blow tries to control but Chingate wriggling away.
Chingate regains half guard.
Chingate tries to roll over but blow keeps him under control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

joe blow dominated that round.
That's time! blow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Chingate throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crunch! Chingate slams his shin into blow's torso.
Chingate misses with a two punch combination.
Chingate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but blow moves away.
blow takes a kick to the side of the head.
Chingate moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from blow is defended easily by Chingate.
joe blow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chingate shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has blow pinned against the cage. blow gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Chingate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Chingate clinches.
Chingate just leaning against blow, taking a breather.
Chingate trying to land knees to the body.
Chingate working blow over with knees to the body.
Chingate missing with knees to the body.
blow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chingate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but blow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chingate missing with knees to the body.
Chingate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A bit of stalling here from Chingate.
Chingate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
blow tries to pull guard but Chingate won't allow it.
Chingate leaning against his opponent.
Chingate unloads a knee to the mid-section. blow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chingate has blow pressed against the cage.
Chingate prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for joe blow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chingate trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chingate just misses with a elbow thrown towards blow's brow.
blow fails to pull guard.
Chingate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. blow is defending well for now.
Chingate tries a knee to the head but blow blocks it.
blow tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Chingate just stands there and leans against the cage.
Chingate goes for a takedown in the clinch but blow prevents it.
blow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chingate has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chingate just misses with a elbow thrown towards blow's brow.
Chingate is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Chingate tries to land a knee to the head but blow blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Chingate breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from blow finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Good leg kick by Chingate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
blow walks forward, straight into a front kick from Chingate.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chingate.
blow misses with a wild body shot.
Chingate misses with a hook.
Chingate dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on blow. That did some damage!
Chingate feints and then cracks blow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow blow down.
blow stuffs the takedown.
Chingate lands with a slapping head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chingate slips a jab from blow.
Chingate connects with a high kick.
Chingate lands a head kick!
Chingate lands a nice looking kick to the body. blow takes a step back to recover.
Chingate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big left from Chingate misses.
blow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters circling a little - Chingate finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Chingate throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chingate.
blow walks forward, straight into a front kick from Chingate.
Chingate throws a jab when blow was well out of range.
Chingate delivers a nice body kick.
blow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chingate manages to avoid it.
Chingate feints and then cracks blow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow blow down.
blow misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chingate fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt blow.
Chingate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
blow will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Chingate pushes blow up against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chingate just misses with a elbow thrown towards blow's brow.
Chingate pushes off an throws an elbow but blow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chingate trying to land knees to the body.
Chingate tries a knee to the head but blow blocks it.
Chingate missing with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chingate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chingate throws an elbow but misses.
Chingate tries to land knees in the clinch but blow avoids the damage to the body.
blow is trying to break free.
Chingate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. blow is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chingate prevents blow from breaking the clinch.
Chingate keeps control of blow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chingate.
Chingate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chingate misses with a body punch.
Chingate looking to throw knees to the head but blow is blocking nicely.

blow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
blow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chingate throws a quick head kick that skims the top of blow's head.
Horrible takedown by blow or perhaps it was just good defense by Chingate which made him look bad.
blow slips a straight right by Chingate.

Chingate takes the fight into the clinch.
blow is trying to force a seperation but Chingate has the dominant position.
blow avoiding damage as Chingate throws knees to the body.
Chingate stalling.
blow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chingate has him pressed against the cage.
Chingate looking to throw knees to the head but blow is blocking nicely.
Chingate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from blow.
blow fails to pull guard.
Chingate looking to throw knees to the head but blow is blocking nicely.
Chingate keeps control of blow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manolo Chingate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Chingate throws a quick head kick that skims the top of blow's head.

blow has taken the fight to the clinch.
blow can't get the takedown.
Chingate is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
blow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chingate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but blow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on blow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chingate throws an elbow that misses.
blow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
blow fails to pull guard.
blow fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for joe blow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chingate scores with a knee to the head.
blow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
blow scores with a shot to the side of Chingate's head.

Chingate escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

blow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
blow preventing the sweep.
blow advances position into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chingate is looking for a sweep.
blow wants to control but Chingate is keeping him busy.
blow takes a little break here. Chingate wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
blow is looking to take a break and control but Chingate is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chingate tries to buck blow off but blow is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Chingate is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on blow's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
blow prevents Chingate from improving his position.
Chingate makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Chingate.
Chingate manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. blow manages to get himself to full guard.
Chingate in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chingate looking to pass the guard.
Chingate wants to control from the top but blow keeps moving.
Chingate controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Chingate looking to pass the guard.

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.
Chingate stays in close to blow's body and controls the position.
blow keeping moving, preventing Chingate from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chingate is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

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 joe blow.
I think blow 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!