PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chiwawa Chagaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Chiwawa Chagaev was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

White
vs
Chagaev

188 cm
26
255 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

200 cm
26
254 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chiwawa Chagaev!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chagaev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
Chagaev tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Chiwawa Chagaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chagaev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White looks to throw the jab but Chagaev is out of range.

White moves into range and clinches up with Chagaev.
Chagaev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chagaev throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chagaev misses with a knee to the head.
Chagaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chagaev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White is looking to take this one to the mat.
Chagaev missing with knees to the body.
Chagaev is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but White is keeping busy.
Chagaev tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.

Chagaev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chagaev lands a nice leg kick that just misses White's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Paul White has been cut.
White throws a lazy right hand but Chagaev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
Chiwawa Chagaev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chagaev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White throws a push kick but Chagaev slaps the foot to one side.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chagaev throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

White clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White managing to block the knees to the body from Chagaev.
White blocking some punches.

White is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Chagaev can't fight it off and eventually White manages to take the fight to the floor. Chagaev looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Chagaev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chagaev keeping full guard, as White tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
White trying to control but Chagaev is working from the bottom.

White stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Chagaev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chagaev misses the shot to the body.
White scores with a hook to the body. Chagaev takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chagaev takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A head kick misses from Chagaev.
Chagaev looks gassed!
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chagaev.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chagaev paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by White.
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chagaev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chagaev slips a straight right by White.
Chagaev explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
White jabs Chagaev right on the nose. Chagaev blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White shoots in for a takedown but Chagaev shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
White misses the shot to the body.
Chagaev tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chagaev throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
White shoots in but Chagaev avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White dodges the punch combination from Chagaev.
A big right from White misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chagaev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and White has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White misses with a straight right.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by White!
Chagaev misses with a wild combination.
A jab from White misses.
Chagaev keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chagaev throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Chagaev moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chagaev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
White feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chagaevs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Chagaev - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul White's cut.
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.

White cracks Chagaev with a right hand to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
Chagaev tries a head kick but it misses.
Chagaev misses with a combination
and White counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chagaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Chagaev.
Paul White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chagaev takes one to the side of the head.

Chagaev is rocked!
White lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul White!