PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Falko Estrada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bosh
vs
Estrada

194 cm
24
214 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
215 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

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 12 - 4 - 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 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Falko Estrada!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estrada tests Bosh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Estrada throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bosh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Estrada.
Estrada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Estrada gets caught flat footed, as Bosh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bosh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bosh throwing strikes from guard but Estrada blocks nicely.
Bosh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bosh scoring with punches to the head and body.
Estrada has Bosh pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Estrada lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bosh!
Estrada tries to control but Bosh wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estrada looking to ground and pound but Bosh is blocking nicely.
Bosh slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bosh tries to get to full guard but Estrada has control of the leg.
Bosh is working hard here to advance position.
Estrada keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Estrada drops an elbow to the side of Bosh's head.
Estrada wants to control but Bosh is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estrada missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Estrada wants to control but Bosh is keeping him busy.
Estrada takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Estrada content to control rather than advance.

Estrada is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bosh is looking to improve his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bosh is refusing to be controlled, as Estrada sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estrada is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Estrada is keen to just control but Bosh is a slippery customer.
Estrada controlling the action here.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Falko Estrada wasn't active enough on the ground.

Bosh feints and as Estrada raises his hands in defense, Bosh changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Estrada wants to sweep but no luck.

Estrada looking for a guillotine here but Bosh defends easily.
Bosh throws a strike but Estrada rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrada wants to control from the top but Bosh keeps moving.
Estrada working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Estrada wants to control from the top but Bosh keeps moving.
Estrada forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Falko Estrada dominated that round.
That's time! Bosh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Estrada tries to bum rush Bosh with a series of wild strikes but Bosh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Estrada falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bosh counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bosh.
Bosh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bosh wants to control from the top but Estrada keeps moving.

Estrada has his foot on Bosh's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bosh works his way back into a safe position though.
Estrada working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bosh.
Bosh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bosh is working Estrada over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Estrada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bosh throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosh trying to control but Estrada is working from the bottom.
Bosh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Estrada looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Estrada preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bosh lands a couple of elbows.
Estrada not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bosh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bosh throws a big right hand that misses.
Bosh stops Estrada from standing up.
Bosh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Estrada wants to improve his position but instead Bosh has moved into half guard.
Estrada is trying to maintain the position but Bosh is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bosh seems to be looking for submissions.
Bosh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bosh throwing shots but Estrada is blocking nicely.
Estrada is trying to maintain the position but Bosh is very close to passing his half guard.
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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Estrada has hold of Bosh's hands but Bosh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bosh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Estrada with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bosh is thwarting Estrada's attempts to control the position.
Estrada won't allow Bosh to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estrada is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bosh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Estrada taking some punishment here, with Bosh in his half guard.
Bosh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bosh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bosh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bosh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Estrada's head.
Estrada tries to get to full guard but Bosh has control of the leg.
Estrada is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bosh's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bosh's back!
Bosh breaks Estrada's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Bosh with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosh stands up over Estrada, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Estrada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bosh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Estrada not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bosh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bosh preventing the sweep.
Bosh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Estrada wants to sweep here but Bosh controlling him for the moment.

Estrada has his foot on Bosh's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bosh works his way back into a safe position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bosh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bosh throwing strikes from guard but Estrada blocks nicely.
Estrada keeping moving, preventing Bosh from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Bosh dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Estrada throws an overhand right that lands on Bosh's shoulder, as Bosh tries to avoid the shot.
Estrada misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bosh lands a lovely overhand right.
Bosh shoots in for a takedown but Estrada shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Estrada misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Estrada.
Estrada will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bosh dives in and grabs Estrada's left leg, looking for a takedown. Estrada pushes down on Bosh's head and hops out.
Estrada scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estrada looks to land a combination. Bosh sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Estrada lands with a cross.
Estrada scores with a three punch combo!
Estrada lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Estrada throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bosh.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Bosh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bosh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bosh lands a really nice looking cross but Estrada seems unphased.
Estrada throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bosh counters with a shoot takedown. Estrada fights it but they end up in guard.
Bosh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Estrada preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bosh will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estrada utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bosh is looking to work some ground and pound but Estrada has wrist control.
Estrada keeping moving, preventing Bosh from controlling successfully.
Bosh postures up.
Bosh trying to control but Estrada is working from the bottom.
Bosh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Estrada manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bosh manages to get himself to full guard.
Bosh has a closed guard, preventing Estrada from standing up.
Estrada sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosh looking for a sweep. Not yet Bosh, not yet.
Estrada wants to pass the guard but Bosh is keeping the position.
Estrada scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bosh managing to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrada throws a big elbow that misses.
Estrada wants to stand but Bosh has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Estrada swings widly with a right hand

and Bosh counters with a shoot takedown. Estrada fights it but they end up in guard.
Bosh trying to control but Estrada is working from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Estrada working for a triangle but Bosh defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Falko Estrada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Estrada has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Falko Estrada!
Falko Estrada gave a mention to Blitzkrieg Formula 5000 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).