PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yun Fat Chow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Nevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nevin has chosen Twin Atlantic - Free as his entrance music. Yun Fat Chow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fat Chow
vs
Nevin

188 cm
23
143 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
24
142 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yun Fat Chow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Nevin!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chow thows a body shot but no joy.
Chow looks to score with a jab to the body but Nevin is just out of range.
Nevin throws a shot from downtown. Chow moves away and avoids it.
Nevin connects with a leg kick. Chow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chow misses with a body shot.
Nevin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chow.
Chow checks a leg kick.
Chow checks a leg kick nicely.
Chow blocks a leg kick.
Chow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nevin feints and then cracks Chow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chow down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nevin.
Nevin lands a nice looking body shot.
Nevin cracks Chow with a good jab.
Nevin misses with a looping right.
A punch lands to the side of Chow 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nevin tries to land a leg kick but Chow saw it coming and moves away.
A left lands for Nevin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chow. That did some damage!

Chow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nevin, pushing him back against the cage.

Nevin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nevin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nevin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Chow moves into the clinch successfully.
Nevin digs a right hand underneath Chow's ribcage. Chow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chow really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Chow lands an elbow just above Nevin 's eye.
Chow pushes off an throws an elbow but Nevin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chow keeps control of Nevin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chow.
Chow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nevin is looking to break free of the clinch but Chow has double underhooks.
Nevin wants to get back to striking at distance but Chow won't allow it.
Chow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nevins head.
Chow prevents Nevin from breaking the clinch.
Nevin wants to get back to striking at distance but Chow won't allow it.
Nevin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nevin backwards.
Chow lands an elbow inside that Nevin shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chow creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nevin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chow keeps control of Nevin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nevin tries to break free but Chow pushes him back against the cage.
Nevin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chow has him pressed against the cage.
Nevin blocks an uppercut.

Nevin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nevin thumps Chow with a low kick.
Nevin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nevin clobbers Chow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nevin clobbers Chow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Chow throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nevin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nevin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nevin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chow doesn't manage to clinch there - Nevin circles away.
Nevin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chow is out of range and Nevin settles back down.

Nevin gets tackled into the cage by Chow. Chow maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chow avoiding damage as Nevin throws knees to the body.
Nevin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chow's elbow.
Chow keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nevin's efforts to push away.
Chow lands a left hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nevin wants to break the clinch but can't.

Nevin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nevin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chow.
Chow connects with a single shot there.
Nevin throws a leg kick
and Chow counters with a straight right hand.
Nevin catches Chow with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chow throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nevin counters with a straight right hand.
Nevin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chow.
Chow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nevin.
Chow is looking to wear down Nevin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Chow closes the distance and clinches.
Nevin lands with a short shot to the head.
Nevin blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chow misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Chow.
Nevin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nevin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nevin wants to break free but Chow has control.
Chow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nevin backwards.
Chow lands a left hand.
Nevin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chow lands an elbow inside.
Chow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chow misses with the head strike.
Nevin wants to get back to striking at distance but Chow won't allow it.
Chow creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nevin tries to break free but Chow pushes him back against the cage.
Chow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nevin lands with a left to the head.
Nevin avoids the elbow strike from Chow, against the cage.
Chow lands a shoulder strike.
Chow prevents Nevin from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bill Nevin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chow avoids the body shot from Nevin.
Nevin tries to work over Chow's front leg with a kick but Chow checks it.
Chow bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nevin's head backwards.
Nevin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Chow on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nevin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Chow checks a low kick from Nevin.
Good work by Nevin as he checks the leg kick.
Nevin lands with a right hand.
Chow avoids the body shot from Nevin.
Nevin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bill Nevin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Nevin.
Nevin thows a body shot but no joy.
Chow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chow scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chow slips a jab from Nevin.
Chow looks to score with a jab to the body but Nevin is just out of range.
Nevin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nevin manages to avoid it.
Chow throws a lazy right hand but Nevin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chow misses with a straight right.
Chow stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nevin.
Chow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nevin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chow misses with a wild body shot.
Chow doesn't manage to clinch there - Nevin circles away.
Nevin throws a leg kick that misses.
Nevin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bill Nevin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nevin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chow is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab from Nevin does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nevin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Chow throws an overhand right that lands on Nevin's shoulder, as Nevin tries to avoid the shot.
Chow misses with a body shot.
Nevin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nevin connects with a solid leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Chow.
Nice body punch from Chow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nevin's head.
Nevin tests Chow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nevin swats away the attempt to clinch by Chow.
Nevin throws a low kick but Chow avoids it.
Nevin cracks the inside of Chow's front leg.
Nevin scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chow misses the shot to the body.
Nevin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chow misses with a straight left.
Chow lands with a shot to the body.
Nevin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Chow has closed the distance and engaged Nevin in a clinch.
Chow lands a nice uppercut.
Yun Fat Chow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nevin's defenses.
A short left from Nevin.
Nevin is trying to break the clinch but Chow is controlling him.
Nevin wants to break free but Chow has control.
Chow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nevin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chow scores with a shoulder strike.
Nevin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chow lands an elbow that stopped Nevin in his tracks for a moment.
Chow lands an elbow just above Nevin 's eye.
Chow swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nevin avoids the elbow strike from Chow, against the cage.

Nevin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nevin slips a jab from Chow.
Chow slips a jab from Nevin.
Nevin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chow.
Nevin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nevin scores with a leg kick.
Nevin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chow.
A bone on bone clash there as Chow blocks the leg kick.
Chow misses with a double jab.
Chow throws a leg kick but Nevin checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nevin misses with a leg kick.
Chow tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nevin misses with a hook. Chow ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yun Fat Chow will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nevin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chow.
Chow misses with a body shot.
Nevin moves out of range of the strikes.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nevin.
Chow scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Chow scores with a jab. Nevin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chow swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nevin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nevin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chow eats them both and turns towards Nevin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Chow misses with a straight left.
Chow with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slow jab from Chow misses its intended target.
A bone on bone clash there as Chow blocks the leg kick.
Nevin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nevin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chow is looking to chop away at Nevin's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Chow does no damage.
Nevin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nevin lands a leg kick that knocks Chow off balance momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from Nevin.
Sloppy strikes from Nevin. Those never looked like landing.
Nevin misses with a right hand
and Chow counters with a left to the body.
Chow moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nevin is looking to score with low kicks.
Nevin misses with a two punch combination.
Nevin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chow checks a leg kick nicely.
Chow blocks a jab.
Nevin looks to land a left hand but Chow moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Nevin. That snapped Chow's head back.
Nevin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chow throws a body punch but Nevin moves out of range.
Chow tests Nevin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
Chow comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nevin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Chow misses.
Nevin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nevin lands with a good body shot.
Nevin lands a glancing blow to the side of Chow's head.
Sloppy strikes from Chow. Those never looked like landing.
Nevin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nevin throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chow scores with a leg kick.
Nevin connects with a body shot.
Chow checks a low kick from Nevin.
Chow checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd cheers as Nevin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chow doesn't seem phased though.
Chow swinging wildly here.
A leg kick checked by Chow.
Chow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nevin.
Chow checks a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Nevin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nevin.
Nevin misses with a leg kick
and Chow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nevin can pounce on him.
Nevin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chow takes a step back to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nevin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nevin throws a front kick aimed at Chow's knee but Chow avoids it well.
Chow lands with an uppercut that bounces Nevin off the cage and back into range.
Chow has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nevin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chow misses with a straight left.
Nevin throws a leg kick that misses.
Nevin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nevin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chow moves in looking to clinch but Nevin pushes him off.
Nevin misses with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Chow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nevin throws a leg kick but Chow moved away.
No joy there for Chow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nevin wants to slow Chow down by chopping away at his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bill Nevin.
I think Nevin 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bill Nevin!
Post fight, Bill Nevin took to the microphone: 'Love you mum!'.