PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Wentworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Chan
vs
Wentworth

178 cm
22
162 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
165 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Al Wentworth!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wentworth throws a head kick that misses.
Chan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wentworth counters with a three punch combo that has Chan backing up. Chan nods at Wentworth to acknowledge the strikes.
Chan tries to clinch

and Wentworth counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wentworth.
Wentworth lands a knee to the body.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Wentworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chan is defending well for now.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks with his arms.
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wentworth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Wentworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wentworth pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chan blocks a head kick by Wentworth.
Wentworth throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chan's head.
Chan looks to clinch
and Wentworth counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Chan looks to clinch
and Wentworth counters with an inside leg kick.

Chan rushes Wentworth and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wentworth tries to land knees in the clinch but Chan avoids the damage to the body.
Chan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Chan.
Chan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wentworth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wentworth blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan prevents Wentworth from breaking the clinch.
Chan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Wentworth avoids the damage to the body.
Wentworth is trying to break free.
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wentworth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wentworth tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wentworth is defending well for now.

Wentworth breaks the clinch.

Chan moves into the clinch successfully.
Wentworth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wentworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wentworth avoids it.
Wentworth is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Chan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wentworth trying to land knees to the body.
Wentworth looks gassed!
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wentworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Wentworth managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Chan misses with a knee to the head.
Chan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wentworth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wentworth scores with a knee to the head.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wentworth has had enough of the clinch but Chan keeps him there for the moment.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chan avoids it.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wentworth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wentworth tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
Chan avoiding damage as Wentworth throws knees to the body.
Wentworth tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
Wentworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Wentworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chan is defending well for now.
Wentworth trying to land knees to the body.
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks it.
Wentworth landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Wentworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wentworth circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wentworth counters with a head kick.
Chan wants to clinch

and Wentworth counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Wentworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wentworth tries to land a body kick

and Chan counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wentworth is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Wentworth lands a knee to the body.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Wentworth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Wentworth instigates a clinch.
Wentworth has had enough of the clinch but Chan keeps him there for the moment.
Chan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wentworth blocks it with crossed arms.

Wentworth breaks from the clinch.
Wentworth is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chan.

Wentworth has closed the distance and engaged Chan in a clinch.
Chan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wentworth's face.
Wentworth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks with his arms.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Wentworth.
Wentworth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wentworth is defending well for now.
Wentworth wants to break free but Chan has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wentworth obliges.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks it.
Wentworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Chan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks it.
Wentworth avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.

Wentworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wentworth counters with a good, hard body kick but Chan shrugs it off.
Chan throws a poor cross that misses
and Wentworth counters with a big head kick but Chan shrugs it off.
Chan moves out of range of the body kick from Wentworth.
Chan looks to clinch
and Wentworth counters with a leg kick.
Chan darts in trying to clinch
and Wentworth counters with a good low kick that Chan was not able to check.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wentworth tries to clinch but Chan moves away
enabling Chan to counter with a crisp jab.
Michael Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wentworth instigates a clinch.

Wentworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chan looks to clinch
and Wentworth counters with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Wentworth dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Wentworth counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wentworth.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Chan misses with a knee to the head.
Wentworth landing knees to the body.
Wentworth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wentworth missing with knees to the body.
Chan misses with a knee to the head.
Chan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Chan avoiding damage as Wentworth throws knees to the body.
Chan keeps control of Wentworth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chan landing knees to the body.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wentworth.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Chan scores with a knee to the head.
Wentworth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wentworth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wentworth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Wentworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wentworth scores with a push kick.

Wentworth closes the distance and clinches.
Chan avoiding damage as Wentworth throws knees to the body.
Wentworth trying to land knees to the body.
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wentworth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wentworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks with his arms.
Chan lands a knee to the head.

Wentworth breaks from the clinch.

Wentworth rushes Chan and presses him up against the cage.

Wentworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wentworth.
Wentworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wentworth counters with an inside leg kick.
Wentworth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wentworth scores with a kick to the body.
Wentworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Wentworth counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wentworth.
Wentworth tries to land knees in the clinch but Chan avoids the damage to the body.
Chan lands a knee to the head.
Chan connects with a knee to the head.
Chan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wentworth is defending well for now.
Chan working Wentworth over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chan is defending well for now.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wentworth is defending well for now.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Wentworth.

Wentworth breaks the clinch.
Wentworth goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Chan misses with a hook
and Wentworth counters with a body kick that stops Chan in his tracks momentarily.
Chan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Wentworth counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wentworth.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks it.

Wentworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Chan gets tackled into the cage by Wentworth. Wentworth maintains the clinch.
Wentworth scores a nice knee to the body.
Chan has Wentworth pressed against the cage, preventing Wentworth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wentworth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chan misses with a knee to the head.
Wentworth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chan blocks it with crossed arms.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wentworth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Wentworth breaks from the clinch.
Chan wants to clinch but Wentworth slips to the side
and Wentworth counters with a head kick.
Wentworth swinging wildly here.
Chan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Wentworth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wentworth circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wentworth counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Chan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wentworth throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Chan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Chan.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wentworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Wentworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wentworth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wentworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wentworth breaks from the clinch.
Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wentworth counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wentworth feints and then cracks Chan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chan down.
Wentworth throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wentworth ducks under a wild hook from Chan.

Wentworth clinches.
Al Wentworth seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wentworth missing with knees to the body.
Wentworth trying to land knees to the body.
Wentworth tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Chan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wentworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Wentworth wants to get back to striking at distance but Chan won't allow it.
Wentworth can't break the clinch.
Wentworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chan avoids it.
A knee to the head by Chan.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks it.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks with his arms.

Wentworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Wentworth counters by moving into the clinch.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Wentworth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wentworth lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wentworth is looking to clinch but Chan is avoiding it.
Chan lands a nice shot that snaps Wentworth's head back.
Chan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wentworth counters with a low kick, right behind Chan 's knee.
Chan throws an overhand right that lands on Wentworth's shoulder, as Wentworth tries to avoid the shot.
Wentworth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wentworth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wentworth circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wentworth counters with a solid body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Chan clinches up against the cage.
Chan misses with a knee strike.

Wentworth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan misses with an uppercut
and Wentworth counters with a head kick.
Chan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wentworth counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wentworth misses with a body kick.
Chan keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wentworth counters with a nice body kick.
Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wentworth counters with a leg kick.
Chan misses with a hook. Wentworth ducked under it nicely.
Al Wentworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wentworth tries to score with a low kick but Chan moves his leg out of the way.

Chan darts in and clinches Wentworth up against the cage.

Wentworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Chan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth throws a leg kick but Chan sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Chan has Wentworth up against the cage in a clinch.

Wentworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wentworth throws a series of punches but Chan moves out of range.
Wentworth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wentworth throws a low kick, looking for Chan's leg but Chan calmly moves out of range.
Wentworth tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wentworth throws a series of punches but Chan avoids them all with ease.

Wentworth rushes Chan and presses him up against the cage.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Wentworth blocks it.

Wentworth breaks from the clinch.
Chan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Chan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Al Wentworth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wentworth throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chan closes the distance but Wentworth moves to the side
and Wentworth counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chan eats them both and turns towards Wentworth to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wentworth looks to clinch
and Chan counters with a three punch combo that has Wentworth backing up. Wentworth nods at Chan to acknowledge the strikes.
Chan wants to clinch but Wentworth slips to the side

and Wentworth moves into the clinch.
Chan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wentworth's face.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chan looking to throw knees to the head but Wentworth is blocking nicely.
Wentworth is trying to break the clinch but Chan is controlling him.
Chan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wentworth blocks it with crossed arms.
Chan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Chan.
Chan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan misses with a knee strike.

Wentworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chan looks to clinch
and Wentworth counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chan darts in trying to clinch
and Wentworth counters with a big head kick but Chan shrugs it off.
Al Wentworth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a body punch
and Wentworth makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Chan really felt that one!
Wentworth misses with a wild combination.
Chan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Wentworth holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Chan crunches a lovely knee into Wentworth's ribcage.
Wentworth is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Chan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wentworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chan avoids it.
Wentworth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chan looking to throw knees to the head but Wentworth is blocking nicely.
Wentworth tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Wentworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michael Chan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wentworth throws a right and a left that Chan avoids nicely.
Chan misses with a left hand

and Wentworth counters by moving into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Wentworth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wentworth winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Wentworth!