PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Holger The Dane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maya Chigg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Dane
vs
Chigg

177 cm
30
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

178 cm
30
173 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Holger The Dane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maya Chigg!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dane misses with an uppercut.
The Dane tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Chigg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chigg throws a good cross that connects.
Chigg checks a low kick from The Dane.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Chigg - that will leave a mark!
The Dane throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The Dane throws a head kick but Chigg moves out of range.
That kick from Chigg tenderised The Dane's leg. The Dane is trying to keep his angry face on.
The Dane checks the leg kick nicely there.
The Dane throws a counter high kick but Chigg was just alert enough to avoid it.
Nice body kick from The Dane.
Chigg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chigg on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Dane wants to slow Chigg down by chopping away at his legs.
The Dane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chigg! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick from Chigg.
Chigg scoring well with a low kick there.
Chigg moves out of range as The Dane strikes.
The Dane blocks a head kick by Chigg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dane avoids the body shot from Chigg.
Chigg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chigg tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Dane explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A swing and a miss from Chigg.
The Dane quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
The Dane scores with a leg kick.
Chigg has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Chigg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Dane moves away.
Chigg swings widly with a right hand
and The Dane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Dane.
The Dane throws a front kick aimed at Chigg's knee but Chigg avoids it well.
Chigg misses with a body shot.
The Dane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chigg avoids the body shot from The Dane.
The Dane throws a right hand that Chigg ducks under and follows up with a left that Chigg also avoids with ease.
Chigg throws a right hand that misses
and The Dane counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Chigg throws a big shot that misses.
Chigg lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
Chigg's jab looks to have found its range, popping The Dane under the eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chigg misses with an uppercut.
Chigg throws a body shot but no joy.
And The Dane counters with a quick kick to the body but Chigg blocks it.
The Dane looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The Dane checks the leg kick.
Chigg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Dane moves away.
The Dane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chigg.
Chigg gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chigg keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chigg steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from The Dane.
Chigg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab by The Dane.
Good shot there by The Dane.
The Dane looks to score with a jab to the body but Chigg is just out of range.
A clash of legs there as Chigg blocks the low kick.
The Dane thumps Chigg with a low kick.
Chigg ducks under a wild hook from The Dane.
Chigg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from The Dane misses the target.
The Dane takes a swing at Chigg's ribcage but misses.

The Dane tries to keep at a distance but Chigg has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Dane using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chigg misses with a punch to the body.
Chigg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by The Dane.
The Dane misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Chigg.
Chigg scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Dane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chigg backwards.
The Dane lands a nice uppercut.
The Dane blocks a body shot from Chigg.
Nice body punch from Chigg - that landed with a thud.
The Dane blocks a body shot from Chigg.
Chigg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chigg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chigg presses The Dane against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Dane takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Dane.
Chigg struggles to land a body shot inside as The Dane controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chigg blocks an uppercut.
Chigg can't break the clinch.
Chigg struggles to land a body shot inside as The Dane controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chigg can't find room to land a body shot as The Dane controls the action.
Chigg has a couple of punches blocked by The Dane.
Chigg presses The Dane against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Dane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chigg.
Chigg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Dane tries to break free but Chigg pushes him back against the cage.
Chigg managing to block the knees to the body from The Dane.
The Dane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Dane can't break the clinch.
Chigg throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The Dane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chigg throws a right hand that misses
and The Dane counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The Dane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chigg.
The Dane is looking for a counter combo.
Chigg throws a low kick but The Dane moves out of range easily.
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 Holger The Dane will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Chigg thumps The Dane with a low kick.
Chigg looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chigg throws a low kick but The Dane moves out of range easily.
Chigg throws a leg kick that misses.
As Chigg backs away, The Dane returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The Dane fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chigg checks it well.
Nice uppercut lands for The Dane. That snapped Chigg's head back.
Chigg throws a body shot but no joy.
The Dane connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chigg ducks under a wild hook from The Dane.
The Dane throws a leg kick but Chigg sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chigg missing with a left hand there. The Dane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chigg misses with a hook
and The Dane counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice shot lands for The Dane.
The Dane moves out of range of the body kick from Chigg.
Chigg plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chigg 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Dane lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chigg looks to throw the jab but The Dane is out of range.
Chigg lands a nice looking body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Dane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dane scores with a body shot.
Holger The Dane is winning the standup battle so far.
Chigg throws a leg kick that misses.
Chigg misses with a body kick.
The Dane moves into range and connects with a jab.
The Dane ducks under a wild hook from Chigg.
Chigg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Dane manages to avoid it.
The Dane avoids the head kick by Chigg.
The Dane throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Some wild striking there from The Dane.
Chigg needs to keep his hands up - The Dane had a free shot at his head there.
The Dane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Dane. That's going to slow Chigg down.

The Dane clinches up against the cage.
The Dane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chigg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Dane trying to control the position but instead, Chigg has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Dane into the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for The Dane.
Chigg misses with a punch to the body.

Chigg manages to break the clinch.
The Dane 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.
The Dane lands a nice hook to Chigg's body. Chigg takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chigg throws a front kick aimed at The Dane's knee but The Dane avoids it well.
Chigg throws a front kick aimed at The Dane's knee but The Dane avoids it well.
Chigg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Chigg moves into the clinch.
Chigg lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chigg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Danes head.
A short right from Chigg.
The Dane tries to work over Chigg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Dane.
Chigg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chigg misses with a punch to the body.
The Dane wants to stall.
The Dane blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by The Dane.
The Dane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chigg.
Chigg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Dane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A body shot lands from Chigg.
Chigg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Dane misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Dane.
Chigg tries a body shot but The Dane blocks it.
Chigg swings wildly with an uppercut but The Dane uses good head movement to avoid it.

Chigg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chigg blocks a head kick by The Dane.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dane throws a front kick that sends Chigg stumbling back into the cage.
The Dane stalks Chigg and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chigg's face. Chigg staggers backwards, shaken.
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!
The Dane tries a head kick but it misses.
Chigg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Chigg misses its intended target.
The Dane looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Chigg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chigg avoids the head kick by The Dane.
Chigg looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chigg connects with a body shot.
The Dane thumps Chigg with a low kick.
The Dane misses with a body kick.
The Dane jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chigg swings for the body but The Dane moves out of range.
Chigg throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Dane on the side of the head.
Chigg rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and The Dane counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Dane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Chigg coming out on top.
The Dane moves out of range of the body kick.
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 Holger The Dane will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

The Dane misses with a looping right.
Chigg tries to counter by closing the distance.
The Dane looks for the body kick but Chigg saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chigg. The Dane does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Dane works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Dane misses with an uppercut.
Chigg looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chigg misses with a body kick.
Chigg checks a low kick from The Dane.
The Dane goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Dane throws out a powerful jab.
Chigg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chigg looks to land a right hand but The Dane moved out of range.
The Dane 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Chigg misses
and The Dane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chigg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Dane was well out of range. Poor timing from Chigg.
Chigg blocks a head kick by The Dane.
The Dane moves out of range as Chigg throws a body kick.
Chigg 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chigg scores with a jab to the body.
Chigg avoids the head kick by The Dane.
Chigg's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chigg moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chigg. The Dane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chigg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Dane throws out the jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chigg.
Chigg throws a head kick but The Dane moves out of range.
As Chigg backs away, The Dane returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Chigg as he connects with a hook.
The Dane throws a right and a left that Chigg avoids nicely.
The Dane scores with a punch to the head.
Chigg goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chigg thows a body kick. The Dane tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The Dane looks for the body kick but Chigg saw that one coming.
A slapping body kick lands there for Chigg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chigg tries to work over The Dane's front leg with a kick but The Dane checks it.
Chigg feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Dane's calf.
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!
Chigg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Dane looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Maya Chigg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dane scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chigg connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Dane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chigg moves away.
Chigg comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chigg avoids the head kick by The Dane.
Chigg takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The Dane throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Dane looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chigg throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Dane swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The Dane avoids the body shot from Chigg.
The Dane throws a body punch but Chigg moves out of range.
The Dane lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chigg throws a body kick that misses.
Chigg scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chigg closes the distance but The Dane moves to the side
letting The Dane counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chigg lands with an overhand left.
The Dane dips to his left and cracks Chigg with an uppercut!
Chigg throws a nice head kick!
Chigg scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Dane doesn't seem bothered though.
The Dane getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Chigg lands a high kick!

It looks like Holger The Dane has been cut.
The Dane throws a head kick that misses.
Chigg scores with a kick to the body.
The Dane pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chigg is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down The Dane rather than just go for the knockout.
The Dane missing with a left hand there. Chigg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Dane moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Dane misses with a straight right.
The Dane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chigg.
The Dane cracks the inside of Chigg's front leg.
The Dane swings for the body but Chigg moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chigg checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The Dane moves out of range of the body kick from Chigg.
The Dane keeps the fight on the outside.
Chigg just misses with a punch to the body.
The Dane thows a body kick. Chigg tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The Dane lands with a hook. Chigg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chigg avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick from Chigg lands but The Dane takes it in his stride.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chigg.
A shot to the liver by The Dane. Beautiful body shot.
Chigg with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling The Dane to score with a decent uppercut.
The Dane takes a swing at Chigg's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Dane moves out of range of the body kick from Chigg.
It looked like The Dane wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Dane keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Holger The Dane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chigg 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.
The Dane throws a front kick that sends Chigg stumbling back into the cage.

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 Holger The Dane.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Dane, 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holger The Dane!
Holger The Dane decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.