PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Rand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan comes to the cage accompanied by Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chan
vs
Rand

178 cm
27
180 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

181 cm
27
182 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Chan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Rand!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan is looking to clinch but Rand is avoiding it.
Chan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rand moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Chan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chan ducks under a wild hook from Rand.
Rand misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Chan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Rand misses
and Chan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rand steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chan.
Rand connects with a right hand. Chan shakes it off.
Rand lands a really nice looking cross but Chan seems unphased.
Chan blocks a jab.
Rand tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chan was well out of range. Poor timing from Rand.
Rand uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chan.
Chan falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Rand to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rand takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chan works the jab nicely.
Chan slips a jab from Rand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rand. Chan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Rand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rand is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
Rand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chan manages to avoid it.
Chan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rand lands with a cross.
Rand slips a straight right by Chan.
Rand throws a hook but Chan blocks it.
A combination from Rand does no damage.
Rand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rand.
A jab from Chan finds it's way through Rand's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rand defending well as Chan loads up on a big left hand.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rand moves away.
Rand keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Rand misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rand moves away from the strike by Chan.
Chan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rand was well out of range. Poor timing from Chan.
Rand uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chan.
Chan loads up on a big right hand but Rand slips the punch.
A head kick by Chan misses
and Rand counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chan connects with a body shot.
Rand cracks Chan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rand pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rand jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rand ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rand misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Rand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
Chan misses the shot to the body.
Rand comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chan manages to avoid it.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Rand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rand throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Chan to counter with a crisp jab.
Chan misses with a straight right.
Chan takes a swing at Rand's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chan throws a jab when Rand was well out of range.
Chan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Chan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Chan cracks Rand with an open hand slap.
Chan throws the left hand but Rand avoids the punch easily.
Chan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rand misses with a body shot.
Chan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan lands a lovely overhand right.
Chan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
Rand avoids the body shot from Chan.
Chan cracks Rand with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan throws a looping overhand right but Rand ducks down to avoid it.
Rand fails with a takedown attempt.
Rand displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chan throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Rand misses the target.
Rand misses with a jab to the body
and Rand takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rand takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rand staying out of range there.
Chan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rand was well out of range. Poor timing from Chan.
Chan tries to clinch there but Rand circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan wants to clinch.
Rand digs a good body shot into Chan's ribs.
Johnny Chan is winning the standup battle so far.
Rand loads up on a big right hand but Chan slips the punch.
Rand walks into a straight right hand from Chan.
Chan misses with a hook. Rand ducked under it nicely.
Chan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rand.
Rand looks to clinch

and Chan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A right hand to the body from Chan.
Rand misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to work over Rand's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chan struggles to land a body shot inside as Rand controls his hands.
Chan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rand tries to throw a body punch but Chan avoids it by throwing Rand back against the cage.
Chan tries to work over Rand's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chan takes a shot to the head.

Rand's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Rand is predictable there
and Chan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rand slips a straight right by Chan.
Rand takes one to the chin there.
Rand thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chan takes a swing at Rand's ribcage but misses.
Chan jabs Rand right on the nose. Rand blinks but takes it well.
Chan throws a body punch but Rand moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rand misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rand does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Rand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rand misses with a body punch
and Chan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chan wants to clinch but Rand slips to the side
and Rand counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rand.
Chan tries to clinch there but Rand circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Chan there.
Rand throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Chan misses.
Rand bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chan's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Chan misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Rand to counter with a crisp jab.
Chan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rand manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Chan misses its intended target.
Johnny Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan catches Rand with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chan ducks under a wild hook from Rand.
Chan misses with a looping left.
Chan misses with a hook.
Rand fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan throws a body punch but Rand moves out of range.
Chan throws a lazy right hand but Rand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chan misses with a straight left.
Rand connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rand misses with a combination
and Chan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rand misses with a straight left.
Chan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chan misses with a body shot.
Chan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Chan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Chan misses.
Rand throws a combination that misses
and Chan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chan lands a nice shot to the body.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rand thows a body shot but no joy.
Rand ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rand doesn't manage to clinch there - Chan circles away.
Chan tries to clinch but Rand is having none of it.
Chan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chan tries to clinch but Rand moves out of range.
Chan misses with a straight left.
Rand throws a hook but Chan avoids it easily.
Chan misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Rand.
Chan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rand has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Chan.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rand paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rand misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Rand.
Chan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rand scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chan doesn't seem bothered though.
Chan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Chan throws a hook but Rand blocks it.
Chan misses with a jab to the body
and Rand counters with a right hand to the body.
Chan takes a swing at Rand's ribcage but misses.
Rand bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan scores with a nice right hand.
The fighters circling - Chan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chan connects with the punch.
Chan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rand.
Chan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rand at a distance.
Chan looks to throw the jab but Rand is out of range.
Chan clinches but Rand breaks the clinch
and Rand counters with a right hand to the body.
Chan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rand sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rand counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rand slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Chan clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chan throws a jab when Rand was well out of range.
Chan tries to clinch but Rand moves out of range.
Chan throws a jab but it's blocked by Rand.
Rand throws a body punch but Chan moves out of range.
Chan lands an overhand right.
Rand misses the jab.
Chan throws a looping overhand right but Rand ducks down to avoid it.
Rand moves away from the strike by Chan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Chan. Beautiful body shot.
Rand lands with a cross.
Chan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rand takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rand lands with a shot to the body.
Chan works the jab nicely.
Chan misses with a hook to the body
and Rand counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chan digs a good body shot into Rand's ribs.
Rand defending well as Chan loads up on a big left hand.
Chan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rand counters with a stiff right hand.
Rand walks into a straight right hand from Chan.
A telegraphed right hand from Chan misses the target.
Rand is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chan.
Chan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rand counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a double jab
and Rand counters with a two punch combo.
Chan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rand counters with a one-two to the body.
Chan looks to throw the jab but Rand is out of range.
Chan scores with a shot to the body.
Chan throws a good cross that connects.
Rand wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Rand.
Rand keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chan throws a looping overhand right but Rand ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rand moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rand.
Chan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chan ducks under a wild hook from Rand.
Rand misses the jab.
Rand looks to score with a jab to the body but Chan is just out of range.
Chan misses the jab.
A big right from Rand misses.
Rand on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rand throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Rand misses
and Chan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
No luck for Rand with that takedown attempt.
Chan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rand.
Rand throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rand counters with a nice uppercut.
Rand stalks Chan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chan's face. Chan staggers backwards, shaken.
Rand throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rand throws a nice looking combination but Chan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rand swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chan counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Chan had his way with Daniel Rand in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Rand staying out of range there.
Chan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chan lands the left hand.
Rand finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rand takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rand moves away.
Chan clinches but Rand breaks the clinch
and Rand counters with a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Rand misses
and Chan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chan throws a shot from downtown. Rand moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rand slips under a jab from Chan.
Chan misses with a straight left.
Rand takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rand swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Rand.
Rand digs a good body shot into Chan's ribs.
Chan misses the jab.
Chan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rand.
Chan staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rand. Rand circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chan throws a jab but it's blocked by Rand.
Chan scores with a nice strike.
Chan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rand sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chan moves out of range of the strikes.
Rand connects with a looping right hand.
Chan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rand uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chan.
Rand lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Johnny Chan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rand misses the jab.
Chan throws a body punch but Rand moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Chan.
Daniel Rand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A shot to the body from Chan misses
and Rand counters with a nice uppercut.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Rand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rand stuns Chan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rand swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chan dodges the punch combination from Rand.
Rand tries to move into range but Chan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rand throws a shot from downtown. Chan moves away and avoids it.
Chan lands a nice hook to Rand's body. Rand takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Chan misses.
Rand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
Chan lands a nice shot to the body.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Rand gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Chan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 50:45
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Chan!
Johnny Chan retains his welterweight title!