PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wyatt Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wyatt Jennings acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Chapman
vs
Jennings

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyson Chapman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wyatt Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chapman loads up on a big right hand but Jennings slips the punch.
Jennings uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chapman.
Jennings misses with a wild combination.
Chapman misses with a looping left.
Chapman throws a big shot that misses.
Chapman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jennings counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jennings throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from Chapman misses.
Jennings looks to score with a jab to the body but Chapman is just out of range.
Chapman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jennings counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jennings misses with the combination.
Jennings steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chapman.
Chapman misses with a right hand
and Jennings counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jennings scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Chapman is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Jennings's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Jennings defending well as Chapman loads up on a big left hand.
Chapman misses with an uppercut.
Chapman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings looks to land a combination but Chapman avoids it well.

Chapman gets tackled into the cage by Jennings. Jennings maintains the clinch.
Chapman is trying to break the clinch but Jennings is controlling him.

Jennings breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Chapman does it's job there.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Jennings counters with a nice body shot.

Chapman moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Jennings goes down! Can Chapman finish him!?

It looks like Wyatt Jennings has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Chapman gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Chapman circles away.
Jennings moves out of range of the strikes.
Chapman misses with a hook
and Jennings counters with a left and a right that stings Chapman.
Chapman loads up on a big right hand but Jennings slips the punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A swing and a miss from Chapman.
Jennings misses with a few strikes there.
Jennings slips a straight right by Chapman.
Tyson Chapman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chapman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chapman misses with a hook
letting Jennings counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman misses with a hook. Jennings ducked under it nicely.
Jennings tries to bum rush Chapman with a series of wild strikes but Chapman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chapman throws a lazy right hand but Jennings sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chapman misses with a hook
and Jennings counters with a two punch combo.
Chapman misses with an uppercut.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Jennings counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.
A big left from Chapman misses.
Chapman throws a right hand that misses
and Jennings counters with a two punch combo.
Jennings is looking to clinch.
Jennings throws a series of punches but Chapman moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jennings looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice defenses there by Jennings.
Chapman looks to throw the jab but Jennings is out of range.
Chapman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jennings counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chapman misses with a hook.
Chapman misses with a right hand
and Jennings counters with a one-two to the body.
Jennings walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman misses with a hook. Jennings ducked under it nicely.
Chapman misses with an uppercut
and Jennings counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chapman lands with a hook. Jennings tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chapman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Jennings is rocked!
Jennings misses with the combination.
Jennings is still on wobbly legs! Can Chapman finish him?
Chapman throws a right hand that misses
and Jennings counters with a two punch combo.
Jennings slips under a jab.
Jennings is working the combinations to good effect here.
Chapman throws a poor cross that misses
and Jennings counters with a left to the body.
Chapman is breathing heavily.
Chapman throws a right hand that misses
and Jennings counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jennings seems to have recovered his senses.
Chapman throws a lazy uppercut

and Jennings counters by clinching up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chapman tries to break free but Jennings pushes him back against the cage.
Chapman is trying to break the clinch but Jennings has him pressed against the cage.
Chapman is trying to break free.
Chapman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jennings has Chapman pressed against the cage, preventing Chapman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chapman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chapman keeps control of Jennings as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Chapman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chapman misses with an uppercut. Jennings saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jennings counters with a left and a right that stings Chapman.
Jennings slips under a jab.

Jennings has closed the distance and engaged Chapman in a clinch.
Jennings prevents Chapman from breaking the clinch.

Chapman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jennings keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chapman.
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jennings with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chapman misses with an uppercut
and Jennings counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chapman misses with an uppercut
and Jennings counters with a nice body shot.
Chapman's corner calls for a 1-2. Chapman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jennings scores with a one two! Chapman had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Jennings 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chapman keeps the fight on the outside.
Jennings is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Chapman rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jennings slips a straight right by Chapman.
Chapman swings widly with a right hand

and Jennings moves into the clinch.
Chapman is trying to break the clinch but Jennings is controlling him.
Jennings is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Chapman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wyatt Jennings's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jennings tries to clinch up but Chapman circles away and keeps his distance.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chapman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyson Chapman is winning the standup battle so far.
Chapman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jennings moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jennings lands a body shot.
Jennings defending well as Chapman loads up on a big left hand.
Chapman misses with a right hand
and Jennings counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chapman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jennings lands a slapping body shot.
Jennings moves away from the strike by Chapman.
Chapman throws a lazy uppercut
and Jennings counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jennings lands with a nice body punch.
Jennings bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chapman throws a shot from downtown. Jennings moves away and avoids it.
Chapman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chapman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jennings misses with a double jab.
Jennings takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chapman misses with an uppercut.
Wyatt Jennings is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jennings uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chapman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman keeps the fight on the outside.
Chapman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jennings counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chapman throws a right hand that misses
and Jennings counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chapman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jennings counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chapman swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.
Jennings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chapman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chapman misses with an uppercut

and Jennings counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Chapman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jennings's efforts to push away.

Jennings breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jennings ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chapman throws an off balance right hand
and Jennings counters with a one-two to the body.
Jennings pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chapman back to the cage. Jennings follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Chapman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jennings's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chapman paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman throws a poor cross that misses
and Jennings counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jennings looks to land a combination. Chapman sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Chapman throws a lazy uppercut
and Jennings counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chapman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jennings.
Jennings lands a right hook to the body.

Jennings has Chapman up against the cage in a clinch.

Chapman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jennings works Chapman's body with a nice hook.
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jennings uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chapman.
Jennings goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Jennings counters with a left and a right that stings Chapman.
Decent striking displayed by Chapman there.
Chapman missing with a left hand there. Jennings was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Jennings counters with a three punch combo that has Chapman backing up. Chapman nods at Jennings to acknowledge the strikes.
Jennings tries to bum rush Chapman with a series of wild strikes but Chapman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chapman throws a lazy uppercut
and Jennings connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chapman misses with an uppercut. Jennings saw that one coming.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Jennings counters with a one-two to the body.
Chapman looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jennings ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jennings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chapman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chapman misses with a straight right.
Chapman misses with a left hand

and Jennings holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Chapman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jennings lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chapman backwards.
Chapman is trying to break the clinch but Jennings has him pressed against the cage.
Chapman working hard to break the clinch.
Chapman tries to circle away but Jennings has him pinned against the cage.

Chapman manages to break the clinch.
Chapman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jennings.
Jennings uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chapman.
Jennings throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings scores with a three punch combo!
Jennings is looking to clinch but Chapman is avoiding it.
Jennings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chapman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jennings blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Chapman misses the target.
Jennings closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chapman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jennings.
Jennings misses with a series of wild punches.
Chapman throws the left hand but Jennings avoids the punch easily.
Jennings closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jennings is looking to clinch but Chapman is avoiding it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chapman catches Jennings with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jennings wants to clinch up but Chapman keeps it at a distance.
Chapman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jennings counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wyatt Jennings will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Wyatt Jennings's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jennings scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jennings throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chapman throws a poor cross that misses
and Jennings counters with a nice body shot.
Jennings misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chapman misses with a left hand
and Jennings counters with a two punch combo.
Chapman throws a poor cross that misses
and Jennings counters with a left and a right that stings Chapman.
Chapman throws a right hand that misses
and Jennings counters with a two punch combo.
Jennings moves out of range of the strikes.
Chapman misses with a looping right.
Jennings fails to land with a series of punches.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Chapman circles away.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Jennings cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chapman misses with an uppercut
and Jennings counters with a left and a right that stings Chapman.
Chapman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jennings tries to clinch up but Chapman circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jennings swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chapman swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.
Chapman throws out a loose jab but Jennings uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chapman missing with a left hand there. Jennings was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Chapman does it's job there.
Chapman throws a looping overhand right but Jennings ducks down to avoid it.
Chapman misses with a looping left.
Chapman throws a shot from downtown. Jennings moves away and avoids it.
Chapman throws out a powerful jab.
Chapman loads up on a big right hand but Jennings slips the punch.
Jennings throws a right and a left that Chapman avoids nicely.
Chapman throws an overhand right that lands on Jennings's shoulder, as Jennings tries to avoid the shot.
Jennings is looking to clinch but Chapman is avoiding it.
Jennings shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chapman eats them both and turns towards Jennings to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jennings displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chapman throws out the jab.
Chapman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Chapman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Chapman misses.
Chapman misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jennings moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennings is trying to break the clinch but Chapman has him pressed against the cage.

Chapman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jennings closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jennings uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chapman.
Chapman misses with a right hand
and Jennings counters with a left and a right that stings Chapman.
Jennings throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chapman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jennings.
Chapman throws a right hand that misses
and Jennings counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chapman throws a big shot that misses.
Jennings tries to clinch there but Chapman circles away.
Chapman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jennings counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chapman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chapman throws the left hand but Jennings avoids the punch easily.
Chapman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chapman throws a jab but it's blocked by Jennings.
Chapman looks to land a right hand but Jennings moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings tries to clinch but Chapman moves out of range.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Jennings counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chapman lands with a hook. Jennings tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chapman misses with a left hand
and Jennings counters with a three punch combo that has Chapman backing up. Chapman nods at Jennings to acknowledge the strikes.

Jennings clinches with his opponent.

Chapman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chapman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jennings has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jennings slips under a jab.
Chapman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jennings slips a jab from Chapman.
Jennings comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jennings misses with a two punch combination.
Chapman misses with a hook
and Jennings counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jennings ducks under a wild hook from Chapman.
A jab from Chapman misses.
Chapman dodges the punch combination from Jennings.
Chapman circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman throws a looping overhand right but Jennings ducks down to avoid it.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Chapman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jennings scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chapman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chapman misses with a straight right.
Jennings tries to clinch but Chapman is having none of it.
Chapman throws a jab but it's blocked by Jennings.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Chapman circles away and keeps his distance.
Jennings is looking to clinch but Chapman is avoiding it.
Chapman throws out a loose jab but Jennings uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Chapman misses.
Nice shot by Chapman.
Chapman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jennings lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jennings.
Jennings avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wyatt Jennings.
I think Jennings 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wyatt Jennings!