PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jhay Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saigon Chaia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jhay Vera has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Vera
vs
Chaia

175 cm
22
159 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

188 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jhay Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saigon Chaia!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vera throws a jab when Chaia was well out of range.
Vera throws a jab when Chaia was well out of range.
Chaia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chaia throws a hook but Vera blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Chaia.
Chaia defending well as Vera loads up on a big left hand.
Vera takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chaia looks to land a combination but Vera avoids it well.
Chaia misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera misses the jab.
Vera ducks under a wild hook from Chaia.
Chaia misses with a looping right.
Saigon Chaia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chaia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vera.
Vera misses with a straight left.
Chaia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chaia misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a straight left.
Vera is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Chaia's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Chaia takes a swing at Vera's ribcage but misses.
Chaia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chaia swings for the body but Vera moves out of range.
Vera takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a looping right.
Chaia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vera.
Vera misses with a looping left.
Chaia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vera.
Chaia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vera circles away quickly and effectively.
Chaia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vera dodges the punch combination from Chaia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chaia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vera lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Chaia misses the target.
A slow jab from Chaia misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saigon Chaia dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Chaia.
Vera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Chaia is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Chaia throws the left hand but Vera avoids the punch easily.
Saigon Chaia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chaia just misses with a punch to the body.
Saigon Chaia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chaia jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Chaia. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chaia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chaia swings widly with a right hand
enabling Vera to counter with a crisp jab.
Chaia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Chaia counter with a right hand.
Chaia looks to score with a jab to the body but Vera is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaia misses with a double jab
and Vera counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chaia throws the left hand but Vera avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Chaia misses.
Nice defenses there by Vera.
Nice jab there from Vera.
A swing and a miss from Vera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaia throws a right and a left that Vera avoids nicely.
Vera misses with an uppercut
and Chaia counters with a nice uppercut.
Vera misses with a looping left.
Vera throws a poor cross that misses
and Chaia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vera missing with a left hand there. Chaia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera slips under a jab.
Chaia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Chaia loads up on a big right hand but Vera slips the punch.
Chaia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chaia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vera on the side of the head.
Vera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chaia throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saigon Chaia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Vera avoids the body shot from Chaia.
Chaia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vera circles away quickly and effectively.
A big left from Vera misses.
Chaia misses with a wild combination.
Vera throws a jab but it's blocked by Chaia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vera throws a shot from downtown. Chaia moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chaia.
Vera throws a right hand that misses
enabling Chaia to counter with a crisp jab.
Chaia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chaia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vera throws out the jab.
Chaia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vera.
Chaia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vera is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chaia.
A swing and a miss from Vera.
Vera lands with a cross.
A slow jab from Vera misses its intended target.
Vera misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Vera misses.
Chaia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chaia looks to land a right hand but Vera moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Chaia misses the target.
Chaia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vera was well out of range. Poor timing from Chaia.
Chaia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera moves out of range of the strikes.
Chaia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chaia ducks under a wild hook from Vera.
Chaia throws a lazy uppercut
and Vera counters with a straight right hand.
Vera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saigon Chaia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chaia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saigon Chaia!