PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackie Chun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renato Sobral has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sobral
vs
Chun

186 cm
22
188 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Sobral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jackie Chun!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chun shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Sobral clinches up against the cage.

Sobral pulls Chun into guard.
Chun lands a couple of elbows.
Chun throws a big right hand that misses.
Sobral trying to control the position.
Chun distracts Sobral with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chun pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sobral is keeping the position for now.
Sobral throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Chun thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Chun with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Chun throwing strikes but missing.
Chun tries to free his leg and advance position but Sobral is retaining full guard.

Sobral is looking for a triangle but Chun pushes his legs off easily.
Chun throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chun scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chun forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Chun throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chun lands strikes from half guard.
Sobral punching from the bottom.
Chun throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chun frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sobral in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sobral is looking to improve his position but Chun isn't that keen on the idea.
Sobral is in a horrible position here. Chun smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chun cracks Sobral with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sobral keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Chun.
Sobral throwing hammer fists to the chest of Chun. What's that going to do exactly?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral is looking to get to half guard.
Chun postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sobral looks a forlorn figure.
Chun scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Chun fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chun cracks Sobral with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sobral is trying desperately to improve position.
Chun cracks Sobral with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chun lands a heavy elbow.
Chun lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Chun postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sobral looks a forlorn figure.
Chun with shots to the head and body - Sobral looks very uncomfortable down there.
Chun scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chun cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Chun looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral working to try and regain half guard.
Chun looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Chun working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sobral has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Chun lands a heavy elbow.
Sobral gets back to half guard.
Sobral striking from half guard on the bottom.
Chun looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sobral with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sobral manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Chun scoring with some ground and pound.
Sobral has momentary wrist control but Chun slips an elbow through the middle.

Sobral is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Chun is aware though and is defending well.
Chun postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sobral has momentary wrist control but Chun slips an elbow through the middle.
Sobral striking off his back but it's not causing Chun any problems.
Chun working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chun scoring with punches to the head and body.

Sobral had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chun defends it easily.
Chun lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Chun stands up over Sobral, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sobral manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sobral blocks Chun's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sobral throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sobral looking to finish with strikes here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chun sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sobral is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sobral keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jackie Chun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobral scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chun in his tracks.
Sobral keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chun fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sobral scores with a jab.
Chun ducks right into an uppercut from Sobral.
Sobral throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chun gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chun takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sobral scores with a jab. Chun acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chun takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sobral leaves Chun with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Renato Sobral has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackie Chun.
Sobral scores with a hook to the body. Chun takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab, jab by Sobral - just one landing.
Chun is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral scores with a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chun.
Sobral lands the left hand.
Chun shoots in for a takedown but Sobral shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sobral darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sobral connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chun. Chun circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sobral connects with a nice looking jab.
Sobral uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chun has time to react.
Chun shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sobral tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chun swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sobral slaps away a takedown attempt from Chun, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sobral lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chun at a distance.

Sobral moves into the clinch successfully.
Sobral makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sobral throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Sobral pulls guard.

Sobral is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chun defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sobral is looking for a triangle but Chun pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chun missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chun trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sobral manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sobral pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Chun is working to get back to half guard.
Sobral landing strikes, looking to finish!
Chun is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral dominating with strikes here.
Chun keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chun is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sobral landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sobral raining down shots from the mount!
Chun can't escape the position.
Sobral scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chun?
Chun wants to control but Sobral is having none of it.
Sobral with shots to the head and body - Chun looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral blocks Chun's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Chun tries to hold on but Sobral postures up.
Sobral postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Chun badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Sobral around the waist but Sobral pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Sobral is the winner by TKO! Sobral jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renato Sobral!