PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pork Chop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pope John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Chop
vs
John

190 cm
25
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pork Chop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pope John!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chop cracks John with an open hand slap.
John tries for a takedown but Chop sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chop.
An inside leg kick lands from John.
Chop swings for the body but John moves out of range.
John throws a head kick but Chop moves out of range.
Chop swinging wildly here.
Chop misses with a wild body shot.
Chop tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
John chopping away at his opponent's legs.

John closes the distance and clinches.
Chop has a couple of punches blocked by John.
John keeps control of Chop as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from John.
John throws an elbow but it misses.
Chop takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Pork Chop has been cut.
Chop looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
John lands an elbow inside that Chop shrugs off.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chop.
John blocking some punches.
John is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chop gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Chop blocks an elbow strike from John.
Chop wants to break free but John has control.
John trying to land knees to the body.
Chop takes an elbow to the forehead.
John pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chop avoids a wild elbow strike from John.
Chop wants to break free but John has control.
Chop swings wildly with an uppercut but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chop working aggressively here.
John throws an elbow but it's blocked.
John looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chop throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
Chop avoids the elbow strike from John, against the cage.
Chop avoids a wild elbow strike from John.
John pushes off an throws an elbow but Chop leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
John creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
John keeps control of Chop as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
John can't find room to land a body shot as Chop controls the action.
Chop is trying to break the clinch but John has him pressed against the cage.
John misses with an elbow strike.
John throws an elbow that misses.
Chop is trying to force a seperation but John has the dominant position.
John lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chop.
John blocks an uppercut.
John has Chop pressed against the cage, preventing Chop from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
John fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from John.
Chop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johns head.
Chop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice glancing elbow lands by John.
John prevents a body shot from Chop.
John tries to land knees in the clinch but Chop avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from John.

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.
Chop avoids a wild elbow strike from John.
Chop working aggressively here.
John tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chop avoids it.
John pushes off an throws an elbow but Chop leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
John tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chop avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chop.
John keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chop's efforts to push away.
Chop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chop blocks the elbow strike.
Chop has had enough of the clinch but John keeps him there for the moment.
Chop avoids a wild elbow strike from John.
Chop takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by John.
John tries to score a body lock takedown but Chop shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pork Chop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pope John.
John looks gassed!
Chop is looking to break free of the clinch but John has double underhooks.
John is working for takedown but Chop is calmly controlling the position for now.
John blocks an uppercut.
John throws an elbow but it misses.
Chop has a couple of punches blocked by John.
John blocking some punches.
Chop working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
John pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
John misses with an elbow strike.
John throws an elbow but it misses.
John prevents Chop from breaking the clinch.
Chop is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chop managing to block the knees to the body from John.
Chop misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John lands an elbow that stopped Chop in his tracks for a moment.
John misses with an elbow over the top.
Chop has a couple of punches blocked by John.
Chop blocks the elbow strike.
Chop digs a right hand underneath John's ribcage. John let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Chop.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chop throws a head punch that misses.
Chop is trying to break free.
Chop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chop wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chop is trying to break the clinch but John is controlling him.
Chop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
John lands an elbow inside.
John looking for a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by John.
Chop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chop is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chop scores with a shoulder strike.
John has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Chop avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Chop lands a body shot.
Chop avoids a wild elbow strike from John.
Chop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, John just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chop's brow.
Chop lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Chop.
John prevents Chop from breaking the clinch.
Chop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chop lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, John throws an elbow but misses.
Chop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chop avoids a wild elbow strike from John.
A head punch on the inside from Chop fails to land.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head punch blocked on the inside by John.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chop.
John working aggressively here.
Chop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Chop scores with a nice short uppercut.
John blocking some punches.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
John tries for a takedown. No joy.
Chop lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
John throws an elbow but it misses.
John prevents Chop from breaking the clinch.
John blocking some punches.
Chop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chop throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
Chop misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by John.
John blocks an uppercut.
Chop tries to break the clinch but John is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pork Chop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pork Chop's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

John throws a sloppy head kick and Chop moves out of range easily.
Chop misses with a straight left.
Chop throws a nice looking combination but John bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pork Chop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
John pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chop cracks John with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice sprawl there from Chop as John shoots in.
Chop wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chop changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chop cracks John with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

John is rocked!
John walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Chop swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pork Chop!