PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Le Chung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Costa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Club Can't Handle Me ft. David Guetta-Flo Rida. The crowd seem to be enjoying Chung's choice of entrance music: Cypress Hill - Latin Thugs . Ryan Costa looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Costa
vs
Chung

182 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
155 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Le Chung!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chung throws a combination. Costa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Chung dives in and scores a takedown into Costa's guard.
Costa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Costa controls Chung momentarily but Chung frees himself.
Chung won't allow Costa to sweep him here.
Chung controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Chung throws a big elbow that misses.
Chung is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Chung lands a couple of elbows.

Costa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Costa wants to get back to his feet but Chung is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Costa is breathing heavily.

Costa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chung defends it easily.
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!
Costa wants to sweep here but Chung controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chung is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Chung scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chung not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chung content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Chung slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chung lands a couple of elbows.
Chung sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Chung really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Costa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chung lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Chung stands up over Costa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Costa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chung is one step ahead there.

Costa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chung defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chung is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Chung postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Chung must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Chung postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chung seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Chung stands up and waves to Costa to follow him.

Chung shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Costa napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa is trying to control Chung's posture but Chung avoids it.
Chung cracks Costa with a big elbow.
Costa is looking to reverse the position.

Chung has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Costa gets caught flat footed, as Chung shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Chung sitting in guard here, content to control.

Costa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Costa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chung sitting in guard here, content to control.

Le Chung has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Costa tries to keep at a distance but Chung has taken the fight into the clinch.
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!

Chung wants the takedown. Costa is fighting it off but Chung persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Costa's guard against the cage.
Chung lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Chung controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Chung is working Costa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chung postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Le Chung dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Costa tries to clinch up but Chung circles away and keeps his distance.

Chung closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Costa did well to prevent Chung getting side control.
Chung sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Le Chung has got the better of the ground game so far.
Costa regains full guard. Nicely done.

Costa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chung can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Costa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chung doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chung manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Chung slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Chung distracts Costa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chung lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Costa is working an open guard so Chung takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Chung closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Chung lands in his opponent's guard.
Chung sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Costa trying to strike off his back.
Chung slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Costa has his foot on Chung's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Chung works his way back into a safe position though.

Costa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Chung's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Le Chung hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Chung throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Costa was covering up waiting for the punch and Chung finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chung scoring with some ground and pound.
Chung is stalling in the full guard.

Costa looking for a guillotine here but Chung defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chung trying to control the position from guard on top but Costa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Costa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chung is one step ahead there.
Chung chips away with some ground and pound.
Chung stays in close to Costa's body and controls the position.
Costa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Costa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Chung controls the pace.

Le Chung has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Costa moves out of range as Chung throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chung looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Costa!
Chung unloading with bombs!
Chung tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Costa defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Chung.
Chung pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa wants to hold on but Chung pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costa is working to get back to half guard.
Chung content just to control the position here.

Chung looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Le Chung showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Chung scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Chung lands an elbow.
Costa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Chung wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Costa, who protects the arm well.
Chung lands a decent elbow from side control.
Costa is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chung content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa can't do much from the bottom here.
Chung lands an elbow.
The referee asks Chung politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Chung prefers to stall for the moment though.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Chung is trying to get an arm triangle but Costa is defending well.
Chung working the ground and pound.
Chung looks up at the clock and then as Costa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Chung smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Costa seems a little lost for a moment, as Chung dominates the positioning.
Costa isn't going anywhere.
Costa is looking to regain half guard here but Chung keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa can't do much from the bottom here.
Chung is putting a hurting on Costa here, landing some big shots from side control.
Chung lands an elbow.
Chung staying calm.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chung is staying tight to Costa's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Chung scores with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Costa's face as Chung controls the position.
Costa looks frustrated here - throwing a couple of shots from the bottom though.
Chung is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Costa's shoulder. That is not cool.
Chung scoring with punches and elbows.
Costa struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Chung is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Costa has escaped the position, nice work there.
Costa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chung looks up at the clock and then as Costa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Chung smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chung lands some shots froms side control.
Chung lands a decent elbow from side control.
Chung lands an elbow.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costa struggling a bit here.
Chung content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Costa is trying to buck Chung off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chung controls the position.
Ryan Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Le Chung comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chung has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Le Chung!
A pretty intense looking Le Chung took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.