PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Synephrine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perry comes to the cage accompanied by Cara Dillon vs. 2 Devine - Black Is the Colour (Coco & Green Remix). Synephrine has chosen Hammerfall - Hearts On Fire as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Perry
vs
Synephrine

177 cm
32
177 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

175 cm
24
171 lbs
6 - 14 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chuck Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Synephrine!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry throws a one two combo.

It looks like Sam Synephrine has been cut.
Perry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Synephrine moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perry misses with an uppercut.
A punch combination from Synephrine misses.
Synephrine slips a jab and a cross from Perry.
Synephrine avoids the body shot from Perry.
Synephrine throws a combination. Perry tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sloppy strikes from Synephrine. Those never looked like landing.
Synephrine avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perry. Synephrine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Synephrine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Synephrine lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Perry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Perry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Synephrine clinches with his opponent.
Perry is trying to push Synephrine away but Synephrine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Synephrine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Synephrine both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry misses the shot to the body.
Perry takes one to the chin there.
Synephrine misses with a lunging right hand
and Perry counters with a two punch combo.
Synephrine moves out of range of the body kick from Perry.

Synephrine moves into range and clinches up with Perry.
Perry tries to circle away but Synephrine has him pinned against the cage.

Synephrine breaks from the clinch.
Synephrine throws a body punch but Perry moves out of range.
Synephrine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Synephrine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Synephrine shoots in and drives through. Perry sprawls well.
Perry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Synephrine is fending him off so far but Perry persists. Nope, Synephrine circles away and we're back to standing.
Perry lands a slapping body shot.

Perry shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Synephrine manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Perry is one step ahead there.
Synephrine wants to improve his position but instead Perry has moved into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Perry is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Synephrine is just riding it out for now. Perry eventually gives up the hold.
Synephrine trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perry is looking for a kimura but Synephrine is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Perry to get the leverage.
Synephrine tries to get to full guard but Perry has control of the leg.

Synephrine makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Perry misses with a combination
and Synephrine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Synephrine throws a head kick that Perry semi-blocks.
Perry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Perry takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Synephrine.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Synephrine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice sprawl there from Synephrine as Perry shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck Perry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Synephrine throws a series of punches but Perry moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Synephrine.
Perry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Perry pushes Synephrine away with a front kick.

Synephrine forces Perry back against the cage and clinches.

Synephrine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Synephrine throws a nice looking combination but Perry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Synephrine misses with a head kick.
Synephrine connects with a body shot.
Sam Synephrine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Synephrine misses with a wild combination.
Perry circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Synephrine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Synephrine's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Perry misses with a few strikes there.
Perry shoots for a double leg takedown but Synephrine sprawls well. He's pushed Perry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Synephrine finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perry throws a predictable looking body shot
and Synephrine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perry moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice sprawl there from Perry as Synephrine shoots in.
Nice shot by Perry.

Perry gets caught flat footed, as Synephrine shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Perry looking to hit a scissor sweep but Synephrine is one step ahead there.
Perry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Perry jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Synephrine is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Synephrine and Perry has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Synephrine is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Synephrine wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Perry tries for a kimura but Synephrine is defending well.
Synephrine gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Perry trying to control from half guard but Synephrine is working away.
Synephrine moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Perry trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Synephrine is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Perry defends well.
Synephrine looking for a sweep. Not yet Synephrine, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine keeping full guard, as Perry tries to pass.

Synephrine is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Perry is aware though and is defending well.

Synephrine has his foot on Perry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Perry works his way back into a safe position though.

Perry drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Perry jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Synephrine looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Perry passes Synephrine's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Perry is thwarting Synephrine's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine is refusing to be controlled, as Perry sits in half guard.
Synephrine wants to improve his position but Perry is controlling well.

Perry wants to work for an arm triangle but Synephrine is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Perry looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Synephrine wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sam Synephrine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sam Synephrine's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Perry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Synephrine manages to avoid it.
Sam Synephrine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Synephrine.
Synephrine throws a right hand that Perry ducks under and follows up with a left that Perry also avoids with ease.
Perry shoots in looking for a takedown but Synephrine manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Perry's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Synephrine lands with a good body shot.
Perry stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Perry wants it to stay on the feet.
Synephrine tries to clinch there but Perry circles away.
Synephrine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perry.
Perry swinging wildly here.
Perry tries to score a power double leg takedown but Synephrine sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Perry somewhat.
Perry dodges the punch combination from Synephrine.
Perry misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Synephrine jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Synephrine doesn't manage to clinch there - Perry circles away.
Perry misses with a combination

and Synephrine counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Synephrine manages to break the clinch.
Perry throws a nice looking combination but Synephrine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Synephrine doesn't manage to clinch there - Perry circles away.
Synephrine tries to clinch there but Perry circles away.
Perry slips a jab and a cross from Synephrine.
Synephrine scores with a head kick. Perry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Donk. Perry catches Synephrine right on the button with a cross.
Synephrine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Synephrine throws a sloppy head kick and Perry moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine connects with a single shot there.
Synephrine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Synephrine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Synephrine misses with a straight right.
Synephrine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Synephrine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Synephrine misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice defenses there by Synephrine.
A decent looking cross lands there for Perry.
A head kick misses from Perry.
Perry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horrible takedown by Synephrine or perhaps it was just good defense by Perry which made him look bad.
Chuck Perry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Synephrine.
Perry throws a body punch but Synephrine moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Synephrine clinches with his opponent.

Perry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Synephrine moves into the clinch successfully.
Perry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Synephrine just stands there and leans against the cage.
Synephrine drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Perry jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Synephrine walks away with a smile on his face. Perry gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Synephrine misses with a kick to the body.
Synephrine is looking to clinch but Perry is avoiding it.
Perry swinging wildly here.
Chuck Perry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Synephrine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Perry checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chuck Perry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine tries to clinch but Perry moves out of range.
A head kick from Synephrine lands but Perry takes it in his stride.
Perry fails to land the takedown.
Perry lands a jab.
Perry misses with a left hand
and Synephrine counters with a body kick that stops Perry in his tracks momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Synephrine counters with a two punch combo.
Synephrine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Synephrine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Synephrine fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Perry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sam Synephrine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Synephrine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perry throws out the jab.
Synephrine tries a head kick but it misses.
Perry is looking to wear down Synephrine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Perry avoids the body shot from Synephrine.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Synephrine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Synephrine 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Synephrine!
Sam Synephrine took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent! for their support in the buildup to the fight.