PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chandler Bing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Easton West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). West is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Stick To Your Guns - Against Them All. Easton West is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bing
vs
West

185 cm
22
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

191 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

The Big Kabosh
Conquer

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chandler Bing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Easton West!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West lands a jab to the head.
West on the wrong end of a nice jab.
West throws a leg kick that misses.

West rushes Bing and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
West misses with an elbow over the top.
Bing avoids a wild elbow strike from West.
West is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bing avoids a wild elbow strike from West.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bing blocks it with crossed arms.
Bing goes for a takedown attempt but West pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bing takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bing tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting West counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bing.
West feints and then cracks Bing's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bing down.
Bing is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
West swings away with a leg kick that misses.
West attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice straight punches there by West. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of West.

Bing gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bing avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
Bing avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
West is pushing Bing up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bing drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chandler Bing. That's going to take a lot out of him.
West trying to land knees to the body.
Bing is trying to drag West to the mat but West just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
West crunches a lovely knee into Bing's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

West breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
West blocks a head kick by Bing.

West rushes Bing and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
West lands an elbow inside.
West gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bing.
Bing managing to block the knees to the body from West.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bing has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. West is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bing is looking for a takedown up against the cage. West gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Bing avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
Bing managing to block the knees to the body from West.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
West is defending well against a takedown attempt.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bing's defenses.

It looks like Chandler Bing has been cut.
West lands an elbow just above Bing 's eye.
Bing avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West pressing his opponent against the cage.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Easton West dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chandler Bing's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

West throws a head kick that misses.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Bing moves out of range easily.
Chandler Bing is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

West fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bing, pushing him back against the cage.
Easton West seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Bing manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bing keeping full guard, as West tries to pass.

Bing working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. West doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. West manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for West. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
West trying to control but Bing is working from the bottom.
Bing 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.
West looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing controlling West's posture.
West looking to pass the guard.

West got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bing has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, West has managed to get both his arms back between Bing's legs - danger averted.
West really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bing. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
West wanted to stand there but Bing had control of the position.
West forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bing has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. West is working away from the top position though.
Bing wants to control the action here but instead West manages to pass to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
West tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bing knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
West is thwarting Bing's attempts to control the position.
Bing is looking to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bing wants to control but West is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bing throws a combination but it was largely blocked by West.

Bing dives in and scores a takedown into West's guard.
Bing throws a big elbow that misses.
Bing postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
West looking to control.
West wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Bing is now in half guard.
West trying to control here.
West is refusing to be controlled, as Bing sits in half guard.
West is trying to get back to full guard.
Bing wants to lay and pray for a moment but West keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing throwing shots but West is blocking nicely.
Bing prevents West from improving his position.

Bing maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! West could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Bing has cracked it and West is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Bing!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chandler Bing!