PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Villegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bosh
vs
Villegas

194 cm
37
202 lbs
29 - 20 - 0

184 cm
33
192 lbs
12 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Bosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fabio Villegas!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villegas gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Fabio Villegas has been cut.
Bosh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Villegas.
Villegas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Villegas tries to move into range but Bosh moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Bosh waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Villegas. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Villegas to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Villegas is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Villegas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bosh defends well.
Villegas is still in real trouble! Can Bosh finish him?
Bosh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Villegas seems to have recovered his senses.
Villegas has momentary wrist control but Bosh slips an elbow through the middle.
Bosh passes into half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Bosh is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Villegas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bosh scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bosh tries to pass the half guard into mount. Villegas knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bosh is taking a breather. Villegas says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Bosh is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Villegas has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bosh is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bosh has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Villegas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Bosh is looking for a kimura here.

Villegas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bosh pulls his head out easily.

Bosh is trying to work for a kimura but Villegas is defending well.
Bosh is looking to take a break and control but Villegas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Bosh is working for a submission of some sort.

Bosh is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Villegas sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Villegas looking for submissions off his back.
Villegas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Villegas has hold of Bosh's hands but Bosh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Villegas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Bosh is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Villegas sees it coming and defends easily.

Bosh is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Villegas manages to get to full guard.
Bosh looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bosh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bosh drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bosh jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Villegas working for a triangle but Bosh defends it easily.
Bosh sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Villegas's guard.

Bosh is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Villegas sees it coming and defends easily.

Villegas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Villegas wants to improve his position but Bosh is controlling well.
Bosh is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ground and pound from Bosh.
Bosh seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Villegas actively working from the bottom here.

Bosh is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Villegas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bosh.
Bosh takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Villegas actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Bosh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Bosh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fabio Villegas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bosh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Villegas manages to avoid it.
Villegas looks to score with a jab to the body but Bosh is just out of range.
It looked like Bosh wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Villegas lands a nice looking body shot.
Bosh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Villegas can do to turn this around?

Bosh throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Villegas was covering up waiting for the punch and Bosh finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bosh wants to control from the top but Villegas keeps moving.
Bosh slips nicely into half guard.
Villegas tries to get to full guard but Bosh has control of the leg.

Villegas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosh seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Villegas tries to get to full guard but Bosh has control of the leg.
Bosh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bosh tries to pass the half guard into mount. Villegas knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bosh is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Villegas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bosh controlling the pace.
Villegas is trying to stand up here but Bosh is controlling him well.
Bosh controlling the action here.
Ground and pound from Bosh.
Bosh content to control rather than advance.

Villegas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Bosh is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Villegas sees it coming and defends easily.
Bosh controlling the action here.
Villegas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosh looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Villegas tries to roll over but Bosh keeps him under control.
Bosh not doing much here.
Bosh tries to pass to full mount but Villegas defends it.
Bosh controlling the pace.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bosh tests Villegas's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosh lunges at Villegas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Villegas's hand.
Villegas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Villegas tries to move into range but Bosh moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bosh fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Villegas on the side of the head.
Villegas just misses with a punch to the body.

Bosh shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bosh was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Bosh wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Villegas, who protects the arm well.
Bosh controls the position.
Villegas is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bosh off and has taken his back!
Bosh trying to control the hands but Villegas won't let him.
Bosh manages to reverse the position and now he's in Villegas's guard. Nice work there by Bosh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosh wants to control from the top but Villegas keeps moving.
Bosh postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bosh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Villegas keeping moving, preventing Bosh from controlling successfully.
Bosh is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Chris Bosh is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Bosh gets a double leg takedown into Villegas's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Bosh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fabio Villegas's cut.
That's time! Bosh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Villegas fails to land with a series of punches.
Bosh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Villegas moves out of range as Bosh strikes.
Bosh moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bosh's corner calls for a 1-2. Bosh obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bosh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villegas.
Bosh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Villegas.
Chris Bosh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villegas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bosh.

Bosh drops Villegas with a big left hand and mounts him. Villegas is in big trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bosh postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Villegas badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Bosh around the waist but Bosh pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Bosh is the winner by TKO! Bosh jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Bosh!
During a confident post fight interview, Chris Bosh thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.