PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wan Iaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pano Chudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Chudo's choice of entrance music: El Rey. Pano Chudo will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Iaton
vs
Chudo

173 cm
25
162 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

175 cm
28
160 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

:: Happy Pills ::
[JMFC] 160!

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wan Iaton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pano Chudo!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iaton misses with a body shot
letting Chudo counter with a right hand.
Chudo throws a big shot that misses.
Iaton misses with a wild body shot.
Chudo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Iaton gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Chudo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Iaton misses with a jab to the body
and Chudo counters with a nice body shot.
Chudo misses with a low kick.
Chudo scores with a jab to the jaw.
A low kick from Iaton is predictable there
letting Chudo counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iaton swings away with a body shot that misses
and Chudo counters with a nice leg kick.
Iaton checks a low kick from Chudo.
Iaton scores with a decent looking hook.
Pano Chudo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Iaton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chudo's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Iaton. Chudo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chudo misses with a jab to the body
and Iaton counters with a left to the body.
Iaton misses with an uppercut
and Chudo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Iaton is looking to wear down Chudo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chudo misses with a body punch
letting Iaton counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iaton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chudo takes a swing at Iaton's ribcage but misses.
Chudo drops his hands momentarily and Iaton takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Iaton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chudo at a distance.

Iaton closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Iaton content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Chudo looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iaton slows the pace down in half guard.
Chudo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Iaton.
Iaton stalling.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Iaton working Chudo over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Iaton throwing shots but Chudo is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Iaton lands with a punch from half guard.
Iaton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Iaton controlling the pace.
Chudo wants to get back to his feet.
Chudo is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Chudo is looking to get back to is feet but Iaton passes into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Wan Iaton will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Chudo misses with a left hand
and Iaton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Iaton connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Iaton just misses with a punch to the body.

Iaton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Chudo!
Iaton raining down shots from the mount!
Iaton unloads with some shots from mount but Chudo bucks and avoids them well.
Chudo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iaton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chudo?
Iaton looking to finish with strikes here!
Iaton landing shots from mount.
Iaton throwing strikes here but Chudo is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Iaton looking to finish with strikes here!
Iaton misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iaton punishing his opponent with strikes.

Iaton goes for an armbar but Chudo turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Chudo.
Iaton wants to sweep here but Chudo controlling him for the moment.
Chudo wants to stand and escape but instead Iaton has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Chudo keeping moving, preventing Iaton from controlling successfully.
Iaton 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iaton throws a big right hand that misses.
Iaton showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Iaton wants to pass the guard but Chudo is keeping the position.
Iaton is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Iaton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chudo keeping moving, preventing Iaton from controlling successfully.
Iaton looking to sit in guard and control but Chudo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Iaton looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Chudo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Iaton is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wan Iaton dominated that second round.
That's time! Iaton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Iaton with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Iaton avoids the body shot from Chudo.
Decent striking displayed by Chudo there.
Chudo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chudo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Iaton checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Chudo just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chudo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chudo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chudo lunges at Iaton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Iaton's hand.
Chudo misses with a left hand

and Iaton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Iaton is just content to waste time from the top position. Chudo takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Chudo keeping moving, preventing Iaton from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Iaton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wan Iaton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iaton passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Chudo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Iaton connects with a decent elbow.
Iaton wants to control but Chudo is keeping him busy.
The referee asks Iaton politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Iaton prefers to stall for the moment though.
Chudo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Chudo is not content to let Iaton control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Iaton is trying to get an arm triangle but Chudo is defending well.
Wan Iaton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chudo prevents Iaton from improving position.
Iaton is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Chudo's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Iaton wants to control but Chudo is keeping him busy.
Iaton misses with the ground and pound.
Iaton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Iaton trying to control the action but Chudo is working from the bottom.
Iaton is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Chudo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Pano Chudo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Wan Iaton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Iaton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wan Iaton!