PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiji Numa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chelios comes to the cage accompanied by In Waves. Numa has chosen Ladies and Gentlemen as his entrance music. Keiji Numa told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Chelios
vs
Numa

175 cm
25
200 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

169 cm
31
188 lbs
14 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Powerful

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Chev Chelios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keiji Numa!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chelios moves into the clinch.

Numa has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Chelios uses from the top position.

Numa is working an open guard so Chelios takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Numa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Numa throws a leg kick which misses Chelios's front leg but catches the back leg as Chelios tries to avoid it.
Chelios swings for the body but Numa moves out of range.
Chelios misses with a straight right.
Numa throws a series of strikes that have Chelios backpedaling.
Sloppy strikes from Numa. Those never looked like landing.
Chelios takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Numa shoots in for a takedown but Chelios shows good takedown defense.
Chelios misses with a body kick.
Numa misses with a head kick.
Numa tried to score with a low kick but Chelios checks it.
Numa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chelios's waist but Chelios gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Numa off to one side.
Chelios goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Keiji Numa has been cut.
Numa misses with a head kick.
Numa gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Chelios gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Numa is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chev Chelios!
In his post fight interview, Chev Chelios started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.