PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Big Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Javier Chavez Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Big Red looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Red
vs
Javier Chavez Jr

165 cm
18
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Big Red!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Miguel Javier Chavez Jr!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Chavez Jr looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Red misses with a takedown attempt - Chavez Jr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Red throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chavez Jr's waist but Chavez Jr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Red off to one side.
Chavez Jr throws a right and a left that Red avoids nicely.
Chavez Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Red darts in and clinches Chavez Jr up against the cage.
Chavez Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Red won't allow it.
Red trying to land knees to the body.
Red just leaning against Chavez Jr, taking a breather.
Red has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chavez Jr is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Red. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Red manages to break the clinch.
Chavez Jr tries to clinch there but Red circles away.
Red tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Chavez Jr swivels and escapes.
Chavez Jr misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Red tries for a takedown but Chavez Jr sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Chavez Jr stuffs the takedown.
Chavez Jr tries to bum rush Red with a series of wild strikes but Red uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Red, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chavez Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Red.
Chavez Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chavez Jr lands a jab-cross combination.
Chavez Jr works over Red's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Chavez Jr scores with a four punch combination!
Red shoots for a double leg takedown but Chavez Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Red's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Red avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Red closes the distance and clinches.
Red changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Chavez Jr fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Chavez Jr as Red shoots in.
Chavez Jr lands with a nice combination. Red backs away looking to recover.
Chavez Jr wants to clinch

and Red counters with a nice double leg into side control. Chavez Jr won't be happy with that.
Red trying to control the position but Chavez Jr is working away.

Red is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Chavez Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Red decides to stand back up.
Horrible takedown by Red or perhaps it was just good defense by Chavez Jr which made him look bad.
Chavez Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Chavez Jr is working the combinations to good effect here.
Chavez Jr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chavez Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chavez Jr looks to land a combination but Red avoids it well.
Red shoots in for a takedown but Chavez Jr shows good takedown defense.
Chavez Jr scores with a three punch combo!
Red shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Chavez Jr but Chavez Jr pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Miguel Javier Chavez Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chavez Jr stuffs the takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chavez Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Red takes the fight into the clinch.
Red scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chavez Jr is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chavez Jr gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Red.
Red manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Chavez Jr is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Chavez Jr gets underhooks to prevent Red's takedown attempt.
Red tries to pull guard but Chavez Jr holds him up against the cage and eventually Red drops back down to his feet.
Red tries to pull guard but Chavez Jr won't allow it.
Red tries to pull guard but Chavez Jr won't allow it.
Red drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Chavez Jr gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Red keeps control of Chavez Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four 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.

Red breaks the clinch.
Chavez Jr misses with the combination.
Chavez Jr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Chavez Jr throws a one two combo.
Chavez Jr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Red fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Red drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Red stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Chavez Jr tries to clinch up.
Chavez Jr misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Chavez Jr misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Red gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Red looking for a takedown.

Red breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Red shoots in but no luck this time.
Red shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chavez Jr as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Left hook, right uppercut from Chavez Jr.
Chavez Jr throws a right and a left that Red avoids nicely.

Red has Chavez Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Red has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chavez Jr is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Red tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Red breaks the clinch.
Red shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Red. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Red.
Red showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chavez Jr.
Chavez Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chavez Jr.
Chavez Jr swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Red counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Red decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Chavez Jr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chavez Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Red throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chavez Jr's waist but Chavez Jr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Red off to one side.
Big Red is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Red shoots in but Chavez Jr avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chavez Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chavez Jr.
Chavez Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.

Red shoots in and bounces Chavez Jr off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Red in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Red wants to pass the guard but Chavez Jr is keeping the position.
Red looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Red passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red is looking to take a break and control but Chavez Jr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Red happy to just control the position for now.
Red wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chavez Jr keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Red tries for a kimura but Chavez Jr is defending well.
Sloppy strikes there by Red.
Red trying to control the position but Chavez Jr is working away.
Red moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Red decides to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chavez Jr misses with a few strikes there.

Red scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Big Red overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chavez Jr wants to get back to his feet.
Red tries to pass to full mount but Chavez Jr defends it.
Chavez Jr looks like he's trying to stand up.
Chavez Jr is not content to let Red control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Red dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Red moves into range and clinches up with Chavez Jr.
Chavez Jr tries to break the clinch but Red is controlling the position.

Red manages to pull guard.
Chavez Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Red.
Red is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Red has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chavez Jr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Red is looking for a triangle but Chavez Jr pushes his legs off easily.

Chavez Jr gets to his feet. Red looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Chavez Jr lands a jab-cross combination.
Red shoots in for a double leg but Chavez Jr sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chavez Jr misses with a double jab.
Red fails with a takedown attempt.
Red fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Red. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Chavez Jr as Red shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez Jr lands with a nice combination. Red backs away looking to recover.
Red circles away from the clinch attempt

and Red counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Chavez Jr!
Chavez Jr avoids a series of strikes thrown by Red.
Red throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Red swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Chavez Jr is now in Red's guard. A big mistake from Red there, giving up the dominant position!

Red had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Chavez Jr is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Red Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Chavez Jr's back instead.

Chavez Jr fending off the submission attempt from Red.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez Jr is trying to get back to his feet but Red has full control of the position and if anything, Chavez Jr has just worked his way into a worse spot.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

Red working for a choke but Chavez Jr is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Red looking to hold on to the position here but Chavez Jr rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Red wants to control from the top but Chavez Jr keeps moving.

Red postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Chavez Jr is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Red, into his guard.
Chavez Jr would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Big Red showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Red, 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Big Red!