PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chavez Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Nobriga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nobriga is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Queen's We Will Rock You. Max Nobriga is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Chavez
vs
Nobriga

180 cm
21
181 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chavez Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Nobriga!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Nobriga misses.
Chavez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nobriga throws an off balance right hand
and Chavez counters with a slapping leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chavez.
Nobriga throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chavez misses with a low kick as Nobriga jumps back.
Chavez moves to clinch but Nobriga breaks away
and Nobriga counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A leg kick checked by Nobriga.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chavez, right into the meat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nobriga.
Chavez tries to clinch up but Nobriga circles away and keeps his distance.
Chavez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nobriga looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nobriga throws out a loose jab but Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chavez moves away from the strike by Nobriga.
Nobriga misses with the combination.
Chavez slips a straight right by Nobriga.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Nobriga.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez scoring well with a low kick there.
Chavez scores with a leg kick.
Chavez misses with a low kick.
Chavez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chavez is looking to score with low kicks.
Chavez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nobriga is out of range and Chavez settles back down.
Chavez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Nobriga tries to keep at a distance but Chavez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nobriga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chavez lands an elbow that stopped Nobriga in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chavez throws an elbow but misses.
Chavez lands an elbow that stopped Nobriga in his tracks for a moment.
Nobriga blocks an elbow strike.
Nobriga trying to control the position but instead, Chavez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nobriga into the cage.
Nobriga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chavez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nobriga blocks an elbow strike from Chavez.
Nobriga lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez throws an elbow but it misses.
Nobriga can't get the takedown.
Chavez lands an elbow just above Nobriga 's eye.
Nobriga misses with the head strike.
Nobriga working aggressively here.
Nobriga is trying to stall.
Nobriga drops down looking for an ankle pick but Chavez pulls his leg out and moves away.

Chavez has Nobriga up against the cage in a clinch.
Nobriga's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nobriga looking to slow down the pace here.
Nobriga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chavez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chavez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chavez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nobriga's brow.
Chavez throws an elbow but it misses.
Nobriga blocks the elbow strike.
Nobriga lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nobriga's efforts to push away.
Chavez blocks a body shot from Nobriga.
Nobriga lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chavez is pressed up against the cage. Nobriga has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chavez down to the mat. Chavez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Chavez Chavez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Nobriga.
Chavez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nobriga manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chavez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Nobriga.
Nobriga avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chavez tries a low kick but Nobriga avoids it.
Nobriga jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chavez throws a leg kick but Nobriga checks it.
Chavez tries to clinch up
and Nobriga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chavez Chavez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nobriga loads up on a big right hand but Chavez slips the punch.
Nobriga will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chavez tries to clinch there but Nobriga circles away.
Chavez motions for Nobriga to come forward. Chavez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Chavez clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chavez.

Nobriga manages to break the clinch.
Max Nobriga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chavez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chavez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nobriga throws a right hand that Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Chavez also avoids with ease.
Chavez slips a jab and a cross from Nobriga.
A low kick from Chavez misses
and Nobriga counters with a nice uppercut.
Nobriga lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nobriga looks to score with a jab to the body but Chavez is just out of range.
Nobriga fails to land with a series of punches.
Chavez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chavez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Nobriga scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nobriga moves nicely into side control.
Nobriga working the head with strikes.
Chavez can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chavez Chavez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nobriga throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Chavez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nobriga lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nobriga swinging wildly here.
Nobriga looks to land a combination but Chavez avoids it well.
Donk. Nobriga catches Chavez right on the button with a cross.
Chavez throws a leg kick but Nobriga sees it coming and moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chavez.
Nobriga lands with a right hand.
Nobriga rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nobriga throws a good cross that connects.
Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nobriga.
Nobriga misses with the combination.
Chavez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some bone on bone action there as Nobriga checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobriga loads up on a big right hand but Chavez slips the punch.
Chavez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nobriga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chavez Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Nobriga swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chavez.
Nobriga throws a series of punches but Chavez moves out of range.

Chavez moves into the clinch.
Nobriga blocks an elbow strike.

Nobriga escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chavez tried to score with a low kick but Nobriga checks it.
Nobriga lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nobriga.
Nobriga stuns Chavez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chavez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nobriga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nobriga scores with a jab to the jaw.

Nobriga scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nobriga in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chavez keeps working.
Nobriga throws an elbow but Chavez slips to the side and avoids it well.
The strikes coming from Nobriga are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Chavez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nobriga on the ground.
The strikes coming from Nobriga are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Nobriga throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Nobriga throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Chavez wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nobriga is working Chavez over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nobriga in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nobriga scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nobriga throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Nobriga throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Nobriga works to advance to full mount. Chavez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga landing punches.
Nobriga scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chavez?

Chavez is rocked!

Nobriga looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Oh Chavez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big strike lands for Nobriga! That's really hurt Chavez and he's turned his back - Nobriga keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Nobriga jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Nobriga!