PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eindria Chao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Trezeguet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Chao
vs
Trezeguet

195 cm
32
215 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

193 cm
43
220 lbs
29 - 60 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eindria Chao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 60 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Trezeguet!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trezeguet scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trezeguet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chao just misses with a punch to the body.
Trezeguet flicks out a counter leg kick but Chao steps away.

Trezeguet takes the fight into the clinch.
Trezeguet tries to land knees in the clinch but Chao avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Trezeguet.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Trezeguet.
Trezeguet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trezeguet taking a breather.
Trezeguet being controlled against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trezeguet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chao effectively controlling the action here.
Chao misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chao misses with some punches.
Chao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trezeguet is trying to pull guard but Chao turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chao - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Trezeguet blocks an uppercut.
Trezeguet stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Trezeguet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chao swings wildly with an uppercut but Trezeguet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chao taking a breather.
Chao stalling in the clinch but Trezeguet improves position.
Chao scores with a hook to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Trezeguet takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chao's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trezeguet lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chao is looking to control Trezeguet's arms but Trezeguet gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chao has his back to the cage.
Chao misses with some punches.
Chao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Trezeguet.
Trezeguet taking a breather.
Chao lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Trezeguet breaks the clinch.
Trezeguet lands with a thumping leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Chao blocks the low kick.
Chao misses with an uppercut
and Trezeguet counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trezeguet throws a leg kick
letting Chao counter with a right hand.
Chao throws a jab but it's blocked by Trezeguet.
Chao blocks a low kick nicely.

Chao forces Trezeguet back against the cage and clinches.
Trezeguet looking to stall.
The referee calls for Trezeguet to work.
A short right from Chao.
Trezeguet wants to stall.
Chao misses with a body punch.
Trezeguet's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trezeguet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Trezeguet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trezeguet closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trezeguet throws a low kick but Chao moves out of range easily.
Trezeguet swings widly with a right hand
and Chao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trezeguet manages to avoid it.
Trezeguet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trezeguet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chao throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chao scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eindria Chao dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trezeguet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Eindria Chao is winning the standup battle so far.
Trezeguet wants to slow Chao down by chopping away at his legs.
Trezeguet throws a lazy body kick
enabling Chao to counter with a crisp jab.

Chao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Chao - that landed with a thud.
Chao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trezeguet can do to turn this around?
Trezeguet stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trezeguet effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trezeguet letting Chao take a breather here.
Trezeguet is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chao prevents a body shot from Trezeguet.
Chao lands with a light punch inside.
Chao swings wildly with an uppercut but Trezeguet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trezeguet throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chaos head.
Chao struggles to land a body shot inside as Trezeguet controls his hands.
Chao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trezeguet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chao's elbow.
Chao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chao has a couple of punches blocked by Trezeguet.
Chao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trezeguet trying to stall but Chao improves his position.
Chao misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chao misses with a punch to the body.
Chao blocks a body shot from Trezeguet.
Still in the clinch, Chao scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trezeguet's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Trezeguet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chao avoiding damage as Trezeguet throws knees to the body.

Trezeguet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trezeguet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trezeguet gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chao.
Trezeguet takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Chao misses the target.
Trezeguet replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chao blocks it well.
Chao slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Chao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A clash of legs there as Chao blocks the low kick.
Chao is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Trezeguet.
Trezeguet throws a leg kick
letting Chao counter with a right hand.
Trezeguet scores with a decent looking hook.
Trezeguet takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Trezeguet is rocked!
Trezeguet takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trezeguet throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chao scores with a shot to the body.
Chao takes a swing at Trezeguet's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Trezeguet misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trezeguet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A shot to the liver by Chao. Beautiful body shot.
Chao takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Trezeguet throws a leg kick

and Chao counters by clinching up.
Trezeguet blocks an uppercut.

Trezeguet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chao 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.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trezeguet 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 Chao has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chao and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chao scores with a hook to the body. Trezeguet takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eindria Chao dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Chao pushes Trezeguet up against the cage in a clinch.
Chao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chao is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Trezeguet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Chao.
Chao misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chao.
A head punch on the inside from Chao fails to land.
Chao misses with a punch on the inside.
Trezeguet stalls.
Chao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trezeguet will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chao up against the cage.
Chao misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chao dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Trezeguet misses with a hook to the ribs.

Trezeguet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chao keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Trezeguet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chao manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Chao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trezeguet fails to land with a series of punches.
Chao throws out a loose jab but Trezeguet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trezeguet shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab lands there for Chao.
Chao takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Eindria Chao has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trezeguet thows a leg kick but Chao checks it
letting Chao counter with a right hand.
Trezeguet is still on wobbly legs! Can Chao finish him?
Chao drops Trezeguet with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Trezeguet! Chao dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eindria Chao!