PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Czyngis Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paez Paez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chan
vs
Paez

188 cm
18
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

225 cm
28
187 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Czyngis Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paez Paez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Paez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fighters circling - Chan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chan sizes up Paez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan misses with a wild body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chan.
Paez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
Good shot there by Chan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Paez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Chan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Paez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Paez. Paez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan loads up on a big right hand but Paez slips the punch.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
Chan throws a series of punches but Paez moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Chan.
Chan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Czyngis Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan throws a lazy right hand but Paez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Paez tries to move into range but Chan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Paez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chan throws a hook to the side of Paez's head but Paez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan throws a head kick that misses.
Paez swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chan misses with a wild body shot.
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!
Chan digs a good body shot into Paez's ribs.
Chan scores with a shot to the body.
Chan cracks Paez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Paez moves away from the strike by Chan.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Chan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Paez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chan looks to land a left hand but Paez moved out of range nicely.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan throws a series of punches but Paez moves out of range.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan moves in looking to clinch but Paez pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a head kick.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan is breathing heavily.
The fighters circling - Chan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paez.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chan wants to clinch up but Paez keeps it at a distance.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chan throws a right hand that Paez ducks under and follows up with a left that Paez also avoids with ease.
Chan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chan wants to clinch but Paez slips to the side
and Paez counters with a nice body kick.
Paez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Chan misses.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Chan misses with a straight right.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Chan takes a swing at Paez's ribcage but misses.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Nice uppercut lands for Chan. That snapped Paez's head back.
Chan misses with a series of wild punches.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
A head kick misses from Chan.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
Some wild striking there from Chan.
Paez counters with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
Chan swings for the body but Paez moves out of range.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Czyngis Chan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chan misses the shot to the body.
Good shot there by Chan.
Chan lands with an overhand left.
Paez slips a jab and a cross from Chan.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan fails to land with a series of punches.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan throws a right hand that Paez ducks under and follows up with a left that Paez also avoids with ease.
Chan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan misses with a few strikes there.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Paez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paez can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chan throws a hook to the side of Paez's head but Paez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chan.
Czyngis Chan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paez.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Chan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan misses with an uppercut. Paez saw that one coming.
Paez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chan.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Paez dodges the punch combination from Chan.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Paez.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan misses with a few strikes there.
Chan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chan.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
Chan is looking to chop away at Paez's legs.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan wants to clinch.
Chan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Paez.
Chan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chan tries to clinch but Paez is having none of it.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paez.
Chan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Paez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chan throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Chan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Chan throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan wants to land a leg kick but Paez is out of range.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Chan throws out a loose jab but Paez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chan.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Paez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Paez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan tries to clinch there but Paez circles away.
Chan misses with a low kick.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Paez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Paez might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Chan has got the better of the exchanges.
Chan throws an off balance right hand
and Paez counters with a solid body kick.
Czyngis Chan is winning the standup battle so far.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
Chan throws a right hand that Paez ducks under and follows up with a left that Paez also avoids with ease.
Paez counters with a body kick.
A jab from Chan misses.
Chan throws an overhand right that lands on Paez's shoulder, as Paez tries to avoid the shot.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Chan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chan tries to clinch up but Paez circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan throws a jab but it's blocked by Paez.
Chan is looking to score with low kicks.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
Chan misses the jab.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Paez blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Czyngis Chan dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Paez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chan.
Chan throws a lazy right hand but Paez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Chan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paez was well out of range. Poor timing from Chan.
A telegraphed right hand from Chan misses the target.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chan swings for the body but Paez moves out of range.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan misses with a wild combination.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paez ducks under a wild hook from Chan.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
Chan wants to slow Paez down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice jab there from Chan.
Paez avoids the body shot from Chan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chan misses with an uppercut. Paez saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Chan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Chan throws an overhand right that lands on Paez's shoulder, as Paez tries to avoid the shot.
Chan misses with a looping right.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Chan misses with a straight left.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Paez in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Paez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chan throws out the jab.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
An inside leg kick from Chan misses.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan misses with a looping right.
Chan misses with a body shot.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paez moves away.
Paez counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paez moves away from the strike by Chan.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
A big right from Chan misses.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan looks to score with a jab to the body but Paez is just out of range.
Paez counters with a body kick.
Chan throws a series of punches but Paez moves out of range.
Paez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chan.
Chan looks to land a left hand but Paez moved out of range nicely.
Chan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Paez counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Paez blocks a jab.
Paez slips a straight right by Chan.
Chan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Paez.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Chan misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Chan misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paez avoids the head kick by Chan.
Chan swinging wildly here.
Paez ducks under a wild hook from Chan.
The fighters circling - Chan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
Paez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chan throws out the jab.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
Chan throws a hook but Paez blocks it.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chan looks to land a combination but Paez avoids it well.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Chan looks to land a right hand but Paez moved out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chan 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 Paez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Paez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Paez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paez counters with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paez moves out of range as Chan strikes.
Paez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Chan blocks it well.
Paez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chan wants to clinch.
Chan misses with a looping left.
Chan misses the jab.
Paez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Paez staying out of range there.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chan tries to bum rush Paez with a series of wild strikes but Paez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paez is trying to counter with his kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chan motions for Paez to come forward. Chan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paez thinks about the counter body kick.
A swing and a miss from Chan.
Paez Paez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chan.
And Paez responds with a good body kick, but Chan manages to step out the way in time.
Chan misses with an uppercut. Paez saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Czyngis Chan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chan 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Czyngis Chan!
A very excited looking Czyngis Chan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.