PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alpa Chino (ranked 9159 p4p, 620 weight class) and TJ Guillard (ranked 5284 p4p, 520 weight class). Guillard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Duran Duran-White Lines. The key to victory for Alpa Chino has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Chino
vs
Guillard

187 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
188 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alpa Chino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, TJ Guillard!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guillard misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Guillard. Those never looked like landing.
Guillard misses with a series of wild punches.
Chino lands a nice looking body kick.
TJ Guillard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chino tries to clinch but Guillard moves out of range.
Guillard misses with a double jab.
Guillard throws a body punch but Chino moves out of range.
Guillard throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from Chino lands but Guillard takes it in his stride.
Chino tries for a takedown but Guillard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Guillard tries to counter with a clinch but Chino shakes him off and moves away.
Guillard stuffs the takedown attempt from Chino. Chino gets slowly back to his feet.
Chino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Guillard throws a head kick that misses.
Chino dives in and grabs Guillard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Guillard pushes down on Chino's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alpa Chino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chino takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Guillard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chino.
Chino fails with a takedown attempt.
Chino blocks a jab.
Chino thumps Guillard with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Guillard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chino doesn't manage to clinch there - Guillard circles away.
Guillard throws the left hand but Chino avoids the punch easily.
It appears Chino was looking to counter with a kick there.
Chino throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Guillard as Chino shoots in.
Chino will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Guillard has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

Guillard shoots in and gets a takedown into Chino's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chino wants to hit a switch here but Guillard passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Chino there!
Guillard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chino's face.
Guillard unloading with bombs!
Guillard controlling the pace for now.
Chino is looking to get to half guard.
Guillard with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillard controlling from mount.
Chino is looking to improve his position but Guillard isn't that keen on the idea.
Guillard is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Chino tries to hold on but Guillard pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Guillard cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Chino gets back to half guard.
Guillard seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chino trying to get back to full guard but Guillard takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Guillard with good strikes from the mount here!
Chino tries to hold on but Guillard pushes him away.
Guillard working the ground and pound effectively.
Guillard working Chino over with strikes here.

Chino is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guillard lands a big shot to the head and Chino winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). TJ Guillard!
An intense looking TJ Guillard took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I am the best of all time'.