PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gavin Huber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rey de Chocolate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huber comes to the cage accompanied by Boom Boom Pow. Rey de Chocolate has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gavin Huber's chin.

Huber
vs
de Chocolate

175 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Hell's Balls Fightwear

Demonic Drugs
Organic Peak Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gavin Huber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rey de Chocolate!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

de Chocolate fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Huber sprawls well initially but de Chocolate persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
de Chocolate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Huber defending well though.
Huber works his way to full guard. Good work.
de Chocolate postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
de Chocolate scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Huber throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
de Chocolate throwing strikes from guard but Huber blocks nicely.
de Chocolate working some strikes from top position.
Huber looking for a sweep. Not yet Huber, not yet.
de Chocolate chips away with some ground and pound.

Huber is rocked!
de Chocolate is in close to Huber's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Oh Huber is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
de Chocolate working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Huber's head.
de Chocolate really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Huber. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
de Chocolate with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
de Chocolate distracts Huber with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
de Chocolate must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
de Chocolate tries to free his leg and advance position but Huber is retaining full guard.
de Chocolate with a nice head shot there.
Huber keeping full guard, as de Chocolate tries to pass.
de Chocolate scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
de Chocolate postures up and lands a big shot to Huber's brow.
Huber has momentary wrist control but de Chocolate slips an elbow through the middle.
de Chocolate lands a couple of decent looking shots.
de Chocolate sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Huber's guard.

Huber manages to escape and get back to his feet!
de Chocolate avoids a punch combination nicely.
de Chocolate shoots in but no luck this time.
de Chocolate looks gassed!
de Chocolate throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Huber's waist but Huber gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing de Chocolate off to one side.
Jab by Huber.
de Chocolate shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Huber as he avoids it easily.
Gavin Huber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rey de Chocolate.
de Chocolate keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Huber dips to his left and cracks de Chocolate with an uppercut!
Huber stuffs the takedown attempt from de Chocolate. de Chocolate gets slowly back to his feet.
Huber shoots in but de Chocolate avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No luck for de Chocolate with that takedown attempt.
Huber seems to have got his legs back now.
Huber looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
de Chocolate stuffs the takedown.

Huber gets caught flat footed, as de Chocolate shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
de Chocolate wants to pass the guard but Huber is keeping the position.
de Chocolate trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Huber throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Chocolate stands up over Huber, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
de Chocolate is pushing down on Huber's leg trying to pass to half guard. Huber is fighting to maintain full guard but de Chocolate has managed to sneak the leg through.
de Chocolate lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
de Chocolate looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Huber slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
de Chocolate scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Huber is looking for a triangle but de Chocolate pushes his legs off easily.

Huber escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. de Chocolate gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
de Chocolate scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
de Chocolate scoring with punches to the head and body.
de Chocolate is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Huber is on top in guard.
de Chocolate looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
de Chocolate manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
de Chocolate connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
de Chocolate lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huber is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by de Chocolate.
Huber takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Huber is in all sorts of trouble here.
Huber takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
de Chocolate lands with some strikes.
de Chocolate scoring with strikes but Huber is staying in there.
de Chocolate lands a big shot there that rocks Huber but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
de Chocolate working the ground and pound effectively.
de Chocolate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
de Chocolate connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Chocolate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
de Chocolate blocks Huber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Huber wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
de Chocolate with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rey de Chocolate dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

de Chocolate shoots in looking for a takedown. Huber tries to sprawl out of it but de Chocolate keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Huber manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for Huber with that takedown attempt.

Huber has de Chocolate up against the cage in a clinch.
de Chocolate keeps control of Huber as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
de Chocolate drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Huber gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Huber decides to pull guard.
de Chocolate makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
de Chocolate lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Huber has momentary wrist control but de Chocolate slips an elbow through the middle.
Huber lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for de Chocolate!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Chocolate sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
de Chocolate missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate wants to improve his position but Huber is controlling well.
de Chocolate is pressing down on Huber's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if de Chocolate can do anything to dispel that myth.
de Chocolate tries to land a sweep but no joy.
de Chocolate trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
de Chocolate wants to sweep here but Huber controlling him for the moment.
Huber wants to pass the guard but de Chocolate is keeping the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
de Chocolate shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Huber but Huber pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gavin Huber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rey de Chocolate.

Huber bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Huber moves into full mount!
Huber scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish de Chocolate?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Huber gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

de Chocolate closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
de Chocolate looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Huber with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
de Chocolate working over Huber with some ground and pound. Huber looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
de Chocolate slips a nice elbow through Huber's hands, connecting with Huber's forehead.
Huber regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from de Chocolate.
de Chocolate throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
de Chocolate with a flurry of punches that miss.
Huber preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Huber has his foot on de Chocolate's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. de Chocolate works his way back into a safe position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Huber escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. de Chocolate gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Huber is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Huber can't keep his opponent in guard - de Chocolate advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huber tries to roll over but de Chocolate keeps him under control.
de Chocolate winds up and cracks Huber with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
de Chocolate drops an elbow to the side of Huber's head.
de Chocolate working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. de Chocolate lands a nice short elbow.
de Chocolate wants to free his trapped foot but Huber is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. de Chocolate lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Huber manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rey de Chocolate has got the better of the ground game so far.
Huber looking to hit a scissor sweep but de Chocolate is one step ahead there.
de Chocolate advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Huber looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
de Chocolate working over Huber with some ground and pound. Huber looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
de Chocolate seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Huber is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but de Chocolate pulls his head out easily.
de Chocolate working the head and body with strikes.
de Chocolate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from de Chocolate.
Huber looks like he's trying to stand up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

de Chocolate feints and as Huber raises his hands in defense, de Chocolate changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Chocolate trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
de Chocolate throwing strikes from guard but Huber blocks nicely.

Huber is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
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 Gavin Huber will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

de Chocolate shoots for a double leg takedown but Huber sprawls well. He's pushed de Chocolate's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Huber throws a combination. de Chocolate tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Huber changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. de Chocolate tries to avoid it but Huber manages to keep hold of a leg and drag de Chocolate to the ground. de Chocolate escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

de Chocolate shoots in and bounces Huber off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Huber looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
de Chocolate passes Huber's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Huber is trying to defend against the ground and pound but de Chocolate scores with a couple of nice shots.
de Chocolate lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
de Chocolate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Huber defending well though.
de Chocolate thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Huber's head.
de Chocolate thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Huber is pressing down on de Chocolate's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
de Chocolate connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huber has his foot on de Chocolate's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. de Chocolate works his way back into a safe position though.
de Chocolate passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Huber is looking for a sweep.
de Chocolate lands some shots froms side control.
de Chocolate scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ground and pound from de Chocolate seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
de Chocolate throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Huber avoids any damage from the ground and pound of de Chocolate.
Huber manages to get back to half guard.
Huber regains full guard. Nicely done.
de Chocolate looking to pass the guard.

Huber looking for a triangle here. de Chocolate is fighting it but it looks tight! Huber pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, de Chocolate is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Gavin Huber!