PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andre Soares (ranked 2194 p4p, 221 weight class) and Zero Chance (ranked 2283 p4p, 230 weight class). Soares comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sabbath - Iron Man. The crowd seem to be enjoying Chance's choice of entrance music: Nikke Ankara - Aivotonta Räpätiräpää pt.6. Zero Chance told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Soares
vs
Chance

174 cm
29
155 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

170 cm
22
156 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andre Soares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zero Chance!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chance misses with a hook to the body
enabling Soares to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Zero Chance has been cut.
Soares tries to bum rush Chance with a series of wild strikes but Chance uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Chance rushes Soares and presses him up against the cage.
We've been informed that Chance has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Chance jumps guard but Soares turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Chance misses with a knee to the head.

Soares escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chance scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chance misses with the combination.
A left lands for Soares.
Soares avoids the head kick by Chance.
Soares missing with a left hand there. Chance was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Soares manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Chance on his heels. He'll look to pass Chance's guard now, I'm sure.

Chance has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Soares is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chance swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soares throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soares is looking for a takedown.

Chance escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soares gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Chance counters with a three punch combo that has Soares backing up. Soares nods at Chance to acknowledge the strikes.
Chance scores with a head kick.
Chance throws a sloppy body shot
and Soares counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Chance is rocked!
Soares throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chance is still on wobbly legs! Can Soares finish him?
Chance will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Soares connects with a superb combination that knocks Chance out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Soares before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Chance!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Andre Soares!
After the big win, Andre Soares made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Aspire Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.