PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Christopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Chavez
vs
Christopoulos

183 cm
31
212 lbs
20 - 20 - 0

185 cm
27
210 lbs
14 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Christopoulos!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christopoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Chavez misses the target.
Chavez throws a lazy right hand but Christopoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Chavez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Chavez lands in his opponent's guard.
Chavez postures up in Christopoulos's guard and throws a big left but Christopoulos blocks it.
Chavez throws a big elbow that misses.
Christopoulos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Christopoulos keeping moving, preventing Chavez from controlling successfully.
Chavez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Christopoulos has his foot on Chavez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Chavez works his way back into a safe position though.
Chavez trying to control but Christopoulos is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez is looking to work some ground and pound but Christopoulos has wrist control.
Chavez lands a couple of elbows.
Chavez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chavez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Christopoulos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Christopoulos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chavez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Christopoulos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chavez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chavez postures up in Christopoulos's guard and throws a big left but Christopoulos blocks it.
Chavez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chavez working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chavez lands a couple of digs.
Chavez throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chavez postures up.
Chavez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chavez won't allow Christopoulos to sweep him here.
Chavez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chavez throws a big right hand that misses.
Chavez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Christopoulos is keeping the position for now.
Chavez throws a big right hand that misses.
Chavez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Christopoulos is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Chavez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chavez with a nice head shot there.
Chavez advances position into side control!
Chavez working away.
Chavez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Chavez working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christopoulos is looking for a sweep.
Chavez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Christopoulos!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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!
Chavez scoring with strikes but Christopoulos is staying in there.

It looks like Jason Christopoulos has been cut.
A nice elbow there by Chavez.
Chavez cracks Christopoulos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Christopoulos working to try and regain half guard.

Chavez wants to finish this one by submission but Christopoulos is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Chavez.
Chavez punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christopoulos is in a horrible position here. Chavez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chavez is trying to control here but Christopoulos has managed to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Chavez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Christopoulos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Chavez throws a right hand that Christopoulos ducks under and follows up with a left that Christopoulos also avoids with ease.
Christopoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Christopoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chavez fails with a takedown attempt.
Christopoulos shoots in for a takedown but Chavez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Christopoulos fails with the takedown.
Chavez lands a nice shot to the body.
Chavez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That has opened up Jason Christopoulos's cut even more.
Chavez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Christopoulos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chavez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Christopoulos.
Chavez shoots for a takedown but Christopoulos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chavez lands a two punch combo.

The cut above Jason Christopoulos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chavez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Christopoulos misses the shot to the body.
Christopoulos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Juan Chavez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Christopoulos.
Christopoulos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chavez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chavez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Christopoulos.
Chavez cracks Christopoulos with a good jab.
Christopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chavez looks to throw the jab but Christopoulos is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christopoulos.
Christopoulos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chavez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christopoulos defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Chavez looks to land a right hand but Christopoulos moved out of range.
Chavez thuds a left hand into Christopoulos's body.
Chavez shoots in but Christopoulos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chavez shoots for a double leg takedown but Christopoulos sprawls well. He's pushed Chavez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christopoulos can do to turn this around?
Christopoulos defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Christopoulos throws a looping overhand right but Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Chavez thows a body shot but no joy.
Christopoulos is trying desperately to land a takedown but Chavez is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Christopoulos.
Christopoulos misses with an uppercut. Chavez saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a double jab.
Christopoulos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chavez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Christopoulos somewhat.
Christopoulos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chavez falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Christopoulos counter with a right hand.
Christopoulos throws a big shot that misses.
A left and a right from Chavez both land. Nice combination.

Jason Christopoulos's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Christopoulos digs a good body shot into Chavez's ribs.
Christopoulos shoots in but Chavez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chavez scores with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Chavez misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos misses with a hook.
Chavez clobbers Christopoulos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Christopoulos swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Christopoulos lands with a straight right. Chavez didn't see that one coming.
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!
Chavez dips to his left and cracks Christopoulos with an uppercut!
Chavez misses with the combination.
Christopoulos throws a series of punches but Chavez avoids them all with ease.
Chavez scores with a punch to the head.
Christopoulos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Chavez is fending him off so far but Christopoulos persists. Nope, Chavez circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christopoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christopoulos was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Christopoulos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chavez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Chavez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Christopoulos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Chavez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christopoulos. That did some damage!
Juan Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Christopoulos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chavez shoots in for a takedown but Christopoulos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chavez.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Christopoulos slips the punch.
Chavez looks to land a combination but Christopoulos avoids it well.
Chavez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Christopoulos gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christopoulos is chipping away with strikes.
Juan Chavez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christopoulos in side control, throwing shots but Chavez defends.
A control attempt from Chavez but he's now mounted!
Chavez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christopoulos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Chavez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Christopoulos scoring with strikes but Chavez is staying in there.
Christopoulos landing punches.
Chavez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Christopoulos lands a big elbow.
Christopoulos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chavez's face.
Chavez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Chavez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Christopoulos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez taking shots to the head.
Chavez is trying to escape the mount.
Christopoulos raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Christopoulos wants to control the pace but Chavez is squirming around nicely.
BOOM! Christopoulos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Christopoulos with a couple of short strikes.
Chavez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Chavez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Christopoulos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Christopoulos's back!
Chavez not allowing Christopoulos to control his hands.
Christopoulos is taking damage to the body and head.
The referee is taking a good look at Christopoulos as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Chavez!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jason Christopoulos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Juan Chavez!
An out of breath Juan Chavez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.