PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Chewbacca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Serrano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chewbacca comes into the arena with Purple Rain blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Chewbacca
vs
Serrano

185 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
27
209 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Chewbacca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Serrano!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Serrano shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Chewbacca slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Serrano lands a couple of elbows.

Serrano avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Chewbacca is trying to control the position but Serrano postures up.
Serrano is in close to Chewbacca's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Serrano landing some decent shots from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chewbacca avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Serrano is looking to work some ground and pound but Chewbacca has wrist control.

Chewbacca has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Serrano can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Serrano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Serrano wants to get up but he can't break Chewbacca's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Serrano connects with a couple of short punches.
Chewbacca looking to hit a scissor sweep but Serrano is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serrano keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chewbacca's head.
Chewbacca is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Serrano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Serrano decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chewbacca, up you get!

Chewbacca shoots in and gets a takedown into Serrano's guard.
Serrano has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Chewbacca trying to move into half guard but instead Serrano has managed to sweep!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Serrano avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serrano missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Serrano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chewbacca wants to sweep here but Serrano controlling him for the moment.
Serrano postures up in Chewbacca's guard and throws a big left but Chewbacca blocks it.
Chewbacca avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chewbacca utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Serrano is looking to work some ground and pound but Chewbacca has wrist control.
Serrano is looking to work some ground and pound but Chewbacca has wrist control.
Serrano content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Chewbacca looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Serrano is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Chewbacca is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Serrano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Serrano is looking to work some ground and pound but Chewbacca has wrist control.

Serrano stands and steps away. Chewbacca gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Chewbacca ducks right into an uppercut from Serrano.
Brian Serrano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Serrano drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serrano lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Serrano scoring with punches from side control.
Chewbacca takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Serrano working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Serrano tries to score with some ground and pound. Chewbacca controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Who's going to make the next move?
Chewbacca manages to get back to half guard.
Chewbacca throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Chewbacca trying to control but Serrano postures up.
Serrano lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chewbacca is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Serrano scores with a couple of nice shots.
Serrano drops an elbow to the side of Chewbacca's head.
Serrano looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chewbacca with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chewbacca is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serrano working over Chewbacca with some ground and pound. Chewbacca looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Chewbacca actively working from the bottom here.
Chewbacca wants to improve his position but Serrano is controlling well.
Serrano missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Serrano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chewbacca trying to control here.
Chewbacca moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Serrano thows a big elbow that misses.
Chewbacca working a defensive guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chewbacca avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Serrano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Serrano preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Serrano dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Serrano scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Serrano scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Chewbacca is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Serrano can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Serrano!