PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chester Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spotted Cow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Man
vs
Cow

186 cm
28
181 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

180 cm
43
183 lbs
23 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Chester Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Spotted Cow!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cow takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cow.

Man takes the fight into the clinch.
Cow pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Man pushes Cow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cow slows down the pace here.
Man throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man tries to break free but Cow pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cow.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Man.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cow.
Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cow.
Cow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Man throws an elbow but misses.
Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man avoids the elbow strike from Cow, against the cage.
Cow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cow blocking some punches.
Cow dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Man takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cow misses with the head strike.
Man can't find room to land a body shot as Cow controls the action.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Chester Man has been cut.

Man breaks the clinch.
Man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cow slips a straight right by Man.
Cow swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cow throws a shot from downtown. Man moves away and avoids it.
Cow throws a head kick that Man semi-blocks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cow misses with a low kick.
Man looks to land a combination but Cow avoids it well.
Cow tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Man swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cow cracks a nice hook into Man's ribs.
Man with a hook.
Cow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Man chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cow feints and then cracks Man's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Man down.
Cow takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Man misses with a head kick.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cow throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
Spotted Cow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cow is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Chester Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.
Cow throws a chopping leg kick but Man manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Man avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Man swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cow missing with a left hand there. Man was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cow scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cow takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cow feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cow drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Man misses with a body shot.
Cow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Man lands a body shot.
Nice body kick there by Man.
Man cracks Cow with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Cow.
Man jabs Cow to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cow lands a leg kick that knocks Man off balance momentarily.
Man moves in looking to clinch but Cow pushes him off.
Man takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chester Man will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chester Man's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A jab from Man misses.
Man connects with the punch.
Man fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cow checks it well.
Cow moves away from the strike by Man.
Man punishes Cow's body with a nice straight punch.
Cow throws a looping overhand right but Man ducks down to avoid it.
Man misses with a kick to the body.
Man walks into a stiff left hand from Cow.
Cow lands a body shot.
Cow tests Man's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Man is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Cow slips the punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Man goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Man throws out a loose jab but Cow uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man thuds his shin into the meat of Cow's side.
Cow throws a head kick that Man semi-blocks.
Man scores with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cow, as that shot connected.
Cow throws out a loose jab but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man cracks Cow with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cow moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Man connects with a body shot that sends Cow's belly button to the back.
Cow throws out a powerful jab.
Cow takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cow is looking to score with low kicks.
Cow throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Man is looking to counter punch.

Cow moves into range and clinches up with Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cow misses with an elbow over the top.
Cow lands a nice elbow.
Man lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cow backwards.
Cow has Man pressed against the cage, preventing Man from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Cow fails to land.
Cow throws an elbow but it misses.
Man tries to work over Cow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man lands a body shot.
Man lands an uppercut.
Man throws a head punch that misses.
Man blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Man misses with an elbow over the top.

Man breaks from the clinch.
Cow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Man looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cow feints and then cracks Man's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Man down.
Man lands with a straight right. Cow didn't see that one coming.
Chester Man is winning the standup battle so far.
Man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Man blocks a head kick by Cow.
Man scores with a body shot.
Cow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cow wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.
Man swings for the body but Cow moves out of range.
Man is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Cow moves out of range easily.
Cow throws out a loose jab but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cow lands a lovely overhand right.
Man ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Man was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Man, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cow throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man throws a right and a left that Cow avoids nicely.
Man with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cow.
A good leg kick by Cow.
Cow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Cow misses.
Man throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Cow lands an impressive looking overhand right. Man doesn't seem phased though.
Man waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cow.
A jab from Man finds it's way through Cow's defenses.
Cow connects with a body shot.
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 Chester Man will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chester Man's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Man with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Man sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Man ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from Man.
Cow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Man misses with a shot to the body
and Cow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Man throws a head kick but Cow moves out of range.
Cow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Man lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cow lands with a shot to the body.
Man misses with a straight left.
Cow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Man tried to score with a low kick but Cow checks it.
Cow connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cow throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cow walks into a straight right hand from Man.
Sloppy strikes from Cow. Those never looked like landing.
Cow throws a poor cross that misses
and Man counters with a nice body shot.
Cow loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cow.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cow scores with a body shot.
Man throws out a leg kick but Cow moves out of range and Man only half commits.
Man is looking to clinch but Cow is avoiding it.
Cow appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cow misses with a straight right.
Man swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cow walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cow's calf.
Man pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cow is out of range and Man settles back down.
Cow looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Man scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Man wants to slow Cow down by chopping away at his legs.
Cow circles away from the clinch attempt.
That kick from Cow tenderised Man's leg. Man is trying to keep his angry face on.
Man swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cow connects with the punch.
Man bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cow's head.
Cow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cow fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Man has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good standup being displayed there by Man as he connects with a hook.
Cow tries to work over Man's front leg with a kick but Man checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cow throws out a leg kick but Man moves out of range and Cow only half commits.

Cow darts in and clinches Man up against the cage.

Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Man as he connects with a hook.
Cow throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
Man shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cow eats them both and turns towards Man to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Spotted Cow has been cut.
Man throws an off balance right hand
and Cow counters with a straight right hand.
Cow throws a body kick that misses.
Man is looking for a counter combo.
Cow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Man misses with a straight left.
Cow lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man moves away from the strike by Cow.
Cow digs a good body shot into Man's ribs.

Man clinches up with Cow and pushes him back against the cage.

Cow jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cow trying to control the position.
Man sitting in guard here, content to control.
Man being controlled here momentarily.
Spotted Cow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chester Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Man decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cow, up you get!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chester Man.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Man, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chester Man!
Chester Man retains his welterweight title!
Chester Man took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry (93%) for their support in the buildup to the fight.