PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Borin Chim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathew Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Chim
vs
Smith

169 cm
19
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
26
158 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Borin Chim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mathew Smith!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith walks forward, straight into a front kick from Chim.
Smith looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chim. Chim obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chim's waist but Chim gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Smith off to one side.
Chim feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.

Chim moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Chim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Chim landing knees to the head.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chim scores a nice knee to the body.
Chim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chim connects with a knee to the head.
Chim avoiding damage.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chim landing knees to the body.
Chim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chim working Smith over with knees to the body.
Smith letting Chim take a breather here.
Chim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chim landing knees to the head.
Chim is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chim.
Chim pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Chim for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chim looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Chim tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith tries to work over Chim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Chim.
Chim lands a knee to the head.
Chim crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Chim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chim scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chim landing knees to the body.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chim - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Chim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chim obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chim lands a knee to the head.
Chim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Chim taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chim.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chim leaning against his opponent.
Chim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chim throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Chim.
Chim scores with a knee to the head.
Chim taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Borin Chim dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chim throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chim.
Mathew Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chim lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chim. Chim obviously looking to wear him down.
Chim scores with a push kick.
Chim thuds his shin into the meat of Smith's side.
Chim turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smith crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Chim - the referee stops the clock and Smith gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Chim. Smith manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith 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.
Chim delivers a nice body kick.
Borin Chim is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Chim lands a head kick. Smith smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mathew Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chim fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chim thuds his shin into the meat of Smith's side.
Chim fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Chim lands a nice looking body kick.

Chim fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.
Chim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chim with a knee to the head.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chim scores a nice knee to the body.
Chim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chim with a knee to the head.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chim stalling in the clinch.
Borin Chim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chim obliges.
Chim lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Chim taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Chim.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chim slowing the pace effectively.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chim.
Knees to the body from Chim.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chim connects with a knee to the head.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Chim tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chim lands a knee to the body.
Chim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chim misses with a knee to the head.
Chim lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Chim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chim lands a knee to the head.
Chim landing knees to the head.
Chim prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chim lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Chim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Borin Chim dominated that second round.
That's time! Chim's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Smith takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chim throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Smith has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chim.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Smith.
Smith walks forward, straight into a front kick from Chim.
Chim pushes Smith away with a front kick.
Chim delivers a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chim.
Chim goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Chim displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Smith.
Chim bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chim throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chim throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Smith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Chim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
Chim feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Borin Chim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chim lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Chim lands a head kick!
Chim explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Chim throws a head kick that Smith semi-blocks.
Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Borin Chim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mathew Smith.
Chim buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chim turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chim moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Chim lands a head kick. Smith smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Smith shoots in and drives through. Chim sprawls well.
Chim scores with a kick to the midsection.
Chim thumps Smith with a low kick.
Chim throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Chim scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chim.

Chim gets a clinch.
Chim connects with a knee to the head.
Chim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Chim controls the action.
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chim scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith tries to break free but Chim pushes him back against the cage.
Chim lands a knee to the head.
Chim lands a nice knee to the body.
Chim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chim unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chim scores a nice knee to the body.
Chim just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
Chim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chim is trying to stall.
Chim lands a knee to the body.
Chim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Chim.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Chim pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mathew Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Borin Chim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chim has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Borin Chim!