PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rye Whiskey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bosh
vs
Whiskey

194 cm
19
214 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Bosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rye Whiskey!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bosh shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bosh showed some decent athleticism there.
Whiskey is pressing down on Bosh's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bosh throwing strikes from guard but Whiskey blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bosh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Whiskey manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Bosh shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Whiskey manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bosh throws a strike but Whiskey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiskey has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bosh is proving hard to escape from.

Whiskey thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bosh on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bosh tries to get out of the position.
Bosh trying to control the position.
Bosh tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Bosh is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Whiskey wants to stand but Bosh is controlling his posture from full guard.

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.
Whiskey preventing the sweep.
Whiskey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bosh is keeping the position for now.
Whiskey won't allow Bosh to sweep him here.
Bosh keeping moving, preventing Whiskey from controlling successfully.
Bosh bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Whiskey's guard.
Bosh preventing the sweep.
Bosh works over Whiskey with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosh postures up and lands a big shot to Whiskey's brow.
Bosh postures up in Whiskey's guard and throws a big left but Whiskey blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bosh cracks Whiskey with a solid left hand.
Whiskey has momentary wrist control but Bosh slips an elbow through the middle.
Bosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Whiskey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosh is really struggling to control Whiskey but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bosh looking to pass the guard.
Bosh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bosh wants to control from the top but Whiskey keeps moving.
Bosh with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Bosh 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.

Whiskey shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Whiskey was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Whiskey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bosh. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Whiskey prevents Bosh from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bosh manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Whiskey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bosh keeps working.
Bosh makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bosh.
Bosh is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bosh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bosh 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.
Bosh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Whiskey trying to hold on to Bosh's head to control him but Bosh postures up.
Bosh moves into full mount! Whiskey won't be happy about that!
Whiskey is breathing heavily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bosh cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bosh lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiskey tries to reverse the position but Bosh maintains control.
Bosh scoring with strikes but Whiskey is staying in there.
Bosh wants to control the pace but Whiskey is squirming around nicely.
Bosh has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Whiskey's face.
The referee warns Whiskey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Bosh.
Bosh scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bosh lands with some strikes.
Chris Bosh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Bosh connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Bosh is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Bosh!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Chris Bosh!