PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacky Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LeBron James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eminem - Lose yourself kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Chan
vs
James

210 cm
25
275 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

225 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacky Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, LeBron James!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan tries to clinch there but James circles away.
James circles away from the clinch attempt

and James counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Chan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.
Chan wants to get back to his feet.
James landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James winds up and cracks Chan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
James thows a huge punch but Chan dodges it nicely.
James looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
James lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chan blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.
James scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan wants to get back to his feet.
James missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
James seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from James there.
James working Chan over with strikes.
Chan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
James thows a huge punch but Chan dodges it nicely.
Chan is breathing heavily.
James working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
James lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chan blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James winds up and cracks Chan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
James works his foot free and advances to mount.
Chan is trying to stand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
James landing strikes, looking to finish!
James lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
James with good strikes from the mount here!
James with a couple of short strikes.
James punishing his opponent with strikes.
James lands a big shot to the head and Chan winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). LeBron James!
A very excited looking LeBron James made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.