PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Chinatown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alec Ibarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chinatown's entrance music is Cocaine in my brain - Dillinger. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chinatown
vs
Ibarra

183 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Lightning Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charlie Chinatown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alec Ibarra!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chinatown shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Chinatown showed some decent athleticism there.
Chinatown thows a huge punch but Ibarra dodges it nicely.
Ibarra has hold of Chinatown's hands but Chinatown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Chinatown works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ibarra tries to reverse the position but Chinatown maintains control.
Ibarra is squirming around, avoiding Chinatown's attempts to control the action.
Ibarra is trying desperately to improve position.
Chinatown working the ground and pound effectively.
Chinatown lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinatown lands a heavy elbow.
Chinatown trying to control but Ibarra is having none of it.
Ibarra is in all sorts of trouble here.
Chinatown is landing with some decent strikes but Ibarra is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ibarra gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ibarra avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chinatown.
Chinatown is nestled in close to Ibarra, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Chinatown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chinatown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ibarra regains full guard. Nicely done.

Ibarra working for a triangle but Chinatown defends it easily.
Chinatown working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown with a flurry of punches that miss.

Ibarra looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ibarra looks gassed!
Chinatown in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chinatown content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Chinatown loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chinatown postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Chinatown scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chinatown postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chinatown trying to control the position from guard on top but Ibarra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ibarra has momentary wrist control but Chinatown slips an elbow through the middle.

Ibarra working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chinatown doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chinatown manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Chinatown stands and steps away. Ibarra gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Chinatown shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ibarra's guard.
Chinatown trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chinatown forces his way into half guard.
Ibarra is looking to escape.
Chinatown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ibarra keeps working.
Chinatown working the head and body with strikes.
Chinatown wants to control but Ibarra is keeping him busy.
Chinatown keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Chinatown working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra has hold of Chinatown's hands but Chinatown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Chinatown working the head and body with strikes.
Ibarra trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Ibarra working to try and regain half guard.
Chinatown with a couple of short strikes.
Chinatown tries to control but Ibarra wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chinatown is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Chinatown landing strikes from the mount.
Chinatown fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Chinatown 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.

Chinatown drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Chinatown wants to control but Ibarra is keeping him busy.
Chinatown taking a break here but Ibarra is having none of it and regains half guard.
Ibarra taking some punishment here, with Chinatown in his half guard.
Ibarra is trying to get back to full guard.
Ibarra trying to control but Chinatown postures up.
Chinatown is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ibarra!
Ibarra is breathing heavily.
Chinatown lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Chinatown lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibarra is working to get back to half guard.
Chinatown landing strikes, looking to finish!
Chinatown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chinatown lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Chinatown landing shots from mount.
Ibarra takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Chinatown working the ground and pound effectively.
Ibarra is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ibarra manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Chinatown is looking to take a break and control but Ibarra is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Charlie Chinatown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Chinatown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ibarra's head.
Chinatown perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Chinatown trying to control from half guard but Ibarra is working away.
Chinatown winds up and cracks Ibarra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chinatown stalling.
Ibarra is not content to let Chinatown control the position.
Chinatown throws a strike but Ibarra avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chinatown wants to control from the top but Ibarra keeps moving.
Chinatown lands a couple of digs.

Ibarra has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chinatown can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Chinatown trying to control the position from guard on top but Ibarra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Charlie Chinatown just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Chinatown shoots in and bounces Ibarra off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Ibarra is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chinatown keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ibarra's head.
Chinatown trying to control but Ibarra is working from the bottom.
Chinatown won't allow Ibarra to sweep him here.
Chinatown sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Chinatown trying to control but Ibarra is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Chinatown dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Chinatown closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Chinatown lands in his opponent's guard.
Chinatown trying to control the position from guard on top but Ibarra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ibarra 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.

Ibarra looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chinatown cracks Ibarra with a solid left hand.
Chinatown preventing the sweep.
Chinatown scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ibarra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chinatown with a nice head shot there.
Chinatown working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinatown landing with the ground and pound.
Chinatown not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chinatown trying to control but Ibarra is working from the bottom.
Chinatown is really struggling to control Ibarra but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Chinatown controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Charlie Chinatown just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Chinatown drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Chinatown trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Ibarra is looking for a triangle but Chinatown pushes his legs off easily.

Ibarra looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Chinatown passes into side control.
Ibarra tries to improve position but can't.
Chinatown landing strikes.
Ibarra taking punishment in the form of punches.
Chinatown working the body and head with strikes.
Ibarra struggling a bit here.
Chinatown trying to control the position but Ibarra is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra is trying to escape the position but Chinatown is controlling the position.
Chinatown grinds an elbow into Ibarra's temple.
Chinatown lands an elbow.
Chinatown trying to control the action but Ibarra is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Ibarra's face as Chinatown controls the position.
Chinatown lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Chinatown lands a nice forearm strike.
Ibarra is not content to let Chinatown control the position.
Ibarra is working to avoid the ground and pound but Chinatown connects with a decent elbow.
Alec Ibarra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chinatown wants to control but Ibarra is keeping him busy.
Chinatown tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ibarra is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Chinatown off and has taken his back!
Chinatown turns into Ibarra and is now in his guard.
Ibarra is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ibarra wants to pass the guard but Chinatown is defending well.
Chinatown works his way to full guard. Good work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Chinatown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chinatown has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Chinatown!