PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alpa Chino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Chino
vs
Pedro

184 cm
24
209 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

176 cm
28
202 lbs
22 - 8 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Alpa Chino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Pedro!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedro tries to score with a low kick but Chino moves his leg out of the way.
Pedro tries to clinch but Chino moves out of range.
Pedro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chino counters with a stiff right hand.
Pedro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chino manages to avoid it.

Pedro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chino lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chino misses with a body punch.
Pedro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pedro misses with some punches.
Chino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro lands with a light punch inside.
Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chino looking to slow down the pace here.
Chino digs a right hand into Pedro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pedro's gas tank.

Pedro gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro is trying to control. Chino wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pedro works his way into full mount!
Pedro controlling his opponent.
Chino knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pedro on the ground.
Pedro looking to control but Chino is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pedro fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
You get the feeling that Chino really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pedro misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro thowing shots but they're missing.
Chino wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Chino is squirming around, avoiding Pedro's attempts to control the action.
Pedro looking to ground and pound but Chino is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Pedro there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pedro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pedro looking to control but Chino is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee warns Chino that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pedro content just to control the position here.
Chino wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pedro lands a heavy elbow.
Pedro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pedro landing shots from mount.
Pedro controlling the pace for now.
Pedro lands a nice shot to the head.
Pedro working Chino over with strikes here.
Pedro misses with a head shot.
Pedro thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pedro controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Chino is looking to escape.
Pedro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Chino's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Pedro looking to control but Chino is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chino really wants to buck Pedro off and get back to his feet.
Pedro tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
You get the feeling that Chino really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Pedro dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fighters circling - Pedro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pedro tries a low kick but Chino avoids it.
Pedro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pedro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That kick from Pedro tenderised Chino's leg. Chino is trying to keep his angry face on.

Pedro rushes Chino and presses him up against the cage.
Chino is working Pedro over against the cage.
Chino can't find room to land a body shot as Pedro controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pedro.
Pedro takes a shot to the head.
Chino tries a body shot but Pedro blocks it.
A short uppercut from Pedro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chino lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chino misses with a body punch.
Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Pedro as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Chino fails to land.
Chino goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chino can't find room to land a body shot as Pedro controls the action.
George Pedro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pedro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chino goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Pedro fails to land.
Chino can't find room to land a body shot as Pedro controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chino.
Chino takes a shot to the head.
Pedro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Chino scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chino tries to work over Pedro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pedro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chino displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pedro up against the cage.
Pedro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chino misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Pedro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chino looking to stall.
Chino is trying to stall.
Chino tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chino misses with the head strike.
Chino tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pedro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chino softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Pedro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chino.
Chino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chino misses with the head strike.
Chino misses with a punch on the inside.

Pedro is trying to trip Chino. He has hold of a leg but Chino is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Pedro persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Pedro lands a couple of elbows.
Pedro stands and throws Chino's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro trying to control the position but Chino is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pedro working the ground and pound but Chino is defending the strikes.
Pedro tries to move into full mount but can't pass Chino's legs.
Pedro lands a few punches from side control.
Pedro working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pedro lands an elbow.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chino defending against the ground and pound.
Chino is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Pedro's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Chino on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
An elbow from Pedro crashes against the mat.
Pedro trying to control the position but Chino is working away.
Chino parries the strikes from Pedro easily there. Pedro is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Chino to escape.
Pedro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chino keeps working.
George Pedro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chino is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pedro connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Pedro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Pedro scores with the left hand. Chino knows he should have avoided that one.
Pedro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chino counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pedro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pedro misses with an uppercut.
Pedro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pedro missing with a left hand there. Chino was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pedro misses with a wild body shot.
Pedro misses with a straight left.
Chino quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pedro misses with a low kick.
Chino is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro missing with a left hand there. Chino was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pedro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pedro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chino is out of range and Pedro settles back down.
Pedro jabs at Chino's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chino gets tackled into the cage by Pedro. Pedro maintains the clinch.
Pedro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pedro is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Pedro throws a head punch that misses.
Chino tries to work over Pedro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chino looking to stall.
Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pedro blocks an uppercut.
Chino looking to slow down the pace here.
Chino goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chino misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chino lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chino scores with a shot to the side of Pedro's head.
Pedro prevents a body shot from Chino.
Chino tries to work over Pedro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro lands with a left to the head.
Chino tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pedro's elbow.

Pedro lands a takedown into guard.
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!
Pedro postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chino utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pedro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Chino can't keep his opponent in guard - Pedro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Chino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pedro.
Pedro throwing shots but Chino is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro working the head and body with strikes.
Pedro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pedro is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pedro is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Alpa Chino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pedro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chino defending well though.
Chino is not content to let Pedro control the position.
Pedro trying to control from Chino's half guard. Chino has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Pedro wants to control from the top but Chino keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chino utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pedro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pedro trying to control but Chino is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Pedro scores with a nice strike.
Pedro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chino moves forwards but Pedro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chino takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Pedro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chino lands a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Pedro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pedro has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Pedro!