PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Gonzaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chiwawa Chagaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzaga's entrance music is Danzig - Mother. A fine choice. Gabriel Gonzaga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gonzaga
vs
Chagaev

189 cm
27
265 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
254 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Gonzaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chiwawa Chagaev!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzaga slips a jab and a cross from Chagaev.
Chagaev tries to clinch
and Gonzaga counters with a two punch combo.
Chagaev moves away from the strike by Gonzaga.
Gonzaga shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chagaev sprawls well. Chagaev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gonzaga gets slowly back to his feet.
Chagaev needs to keep his hands up - Gonzaga had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Gonzaga misses.
Chagaev is looking to clinch but Gonzaga is avoiding it.
Gonzaga misses with a wild body shot.
Chagaev misses with a low kick.
Chagaev tries a head kick but it misses.
Gonzaga takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chagaev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzaga looks for the body kick but Chagaev saw that one coming.
Chiwawa Chagaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chagaev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzaga.
Chagaev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gonzaga at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chagaev lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gonzaga backs up against the cage.
Chagaev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chagaev lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chagaev throws a lazy right hand but Gonzaga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gonzaga scores with a hook.
Chiwawa Chagaev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzaga misses with a straight right.
Chagaev tries to clinch up.
Nice sprawl there from Chagaev as Gonzaga shoots in.
Gonzaga throws a sloppy head kick and Chagaev moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Chagaev, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzaga lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chagaev circles away quickly and effectively.
Gonzaga's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gonzaga duly obliges.
Gonzaga throws a looping overhand right but Chagaev ducks down to avoid it.
Gonzaga misses with a wild combination.
Gonzaga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chagaev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzaga.
Chagaev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chagaev misses with a head kick.
Chagaev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chagaev tries to clinch up.
Chagaev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Chagaev moves into the clinch.
Chagaev is pushing Gonzaga up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Chagaev is looking to break free of the clinch but Gonzaga has double underhooks.

Chagaev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzaga moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A combination from Chagaev does no damage.
Chagaev jabs at Gonzaga's body.
Chagaev misses with the combination.
Chagaev misses with a double jab
and Gonzaga connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chagaev on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gonzaga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chagaev misses with an uppercut. Gonzaga saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chagaev looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzaga throws a leg kick but Chagaev sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gonzaga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gonzaga is looking to clinch.
Gonzaga throws a sloppy head kick and Chagaev moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chagaev lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzaga lands the left hand.
Chagaev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gonzaga lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chagaev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chagaev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chagaev needs to keep his hands up - Gonzaga had a free shot at his head there.
Chagaev fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chagaev scores with a nice body kick.
Gonzaga needs to keep his hands up - Chagaev had a free shot at his head there.
Gonzaga moves out of range of the body kick from Chagaev.
Chagaev throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gonzaga's head.
Gonzaga connects with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gonzaga checks a leg kick.
Gonzaga blocks a head kick by Chagaev.
Gonzaga misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chiwawa Chagaev will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gonzaga takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Chagaev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chagaev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzaga.
Good work by Gonzaga as he checks the leg kick.
Gonzaga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chagaev.
Chagaev misses with a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chagaev looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as Chagaev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gonzaga doesn't seem phased though.
Chagaev throws a hook but Gonzaga avoids it easily.
Gonzaga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chagaev.
Chagaev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonzaga misses the target.
Chagaev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chagaev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gonzaga slips a straight right by Chagaev.
Chagaev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chagaev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chagaev moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gonzaga shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chagaev sprawls well. Chagaev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gonzaga gets slowly back to his feet.
Chagaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzaga moves away.
Some wild striking there from Chagaev.
A low kick from Gonzaga misses
and Chagaev counters with a body kick that stops Gonzaga in his tracks momentarily.
Chagaev throws a series of punches but Gonzaga avoids them all with ease.
Gabriel Gonzaga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chagaev throws a nice looking combination but Gonzaga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gonzaga scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A good leg kick by Gonzaga.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gonzaga closes the distance and pushes Chagaev back into the cage.
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!
Chagaev is trying to maintain a safe position but Gonzaga gets an underhook and turns Chagaev into the cage.
Gonzaga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chagaev is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzaga is defending well for now.
Gonzaga is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Chagaev is defending well.
Gonzaga is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Gonzaga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chagaev prevents the takedown attempt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gonzaga as Chagaev tries to tie him up.
Chagaev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gonzagas head.
Chagaev tries a body shot but Gonzaga blocks it.
Chagaev tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonzaga avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzaga takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chagaev displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gonzaga up against the cage.

Gonzaga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonzaga misses with a few strikes there.
Gonzaga misses with a wild body shot.

Chagaev drives through and clinches with Gonzaga against the cage.
Chagaev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gonzaga has clasped his hands together around Chagaev's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Gonzaga postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Gonzaga thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzaga is working Chagaev over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gonzaga landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzaga in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Gonzaga has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Chagaev is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Gonzaga yanks on the arm and Chagaev is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Gonzaga.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gabriel Gonzaga!