PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Wells (ranked 5936 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Chash (ranked 6786 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wells
vs
Chash

174 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trevor Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Chash!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chash swinging wildly here.
Wells feinted with a counter takedown.
Chash goes for a double leg but Wells avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wells continues to drive forward.
As Chash looks to move away, Wells throws a big counter combo but Chash just gets out of the way.
Chash shoots in looking for a takedown. Wells tries to sprawl out of it but Chash keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wells manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Wells tries to keep at a distance but Chash has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wells lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wells not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wells thows a huge punch but Chash dodges it nicely.
Wells is nestled in close to Chash, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Chash is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wells scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chash desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Chash keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Chash can do anything to dispel that myth.

Wells seems to be working for a kimura but Chash defends the submission attempt.
Wells content to control rather than advance.
Wells takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Wells is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Chash pushes Wells off looking to stand but Wells dives back in and keeps control.
Wells thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chash's head.
Wells controlling the pace.
Wells working the head and body with strikes.
Wells content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wells wants to control but Chash is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chash has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wells is working away from the top position though.
Wells thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wells seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Chash keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wells has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wells sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chash defending well though.
Wells throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chash wants to get back to full guard.
Wells seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wells not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Wells is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wells thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chash's head.
Chash is trying is best to control the position here.
Wells is keen to just control but Chash is a slippery customer.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Chash gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Chash breaks from the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chash tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wells sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Chash somewhat.
Wells drops down looking for a counter takedown but Chash sprawls and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice takedown defense from Chash. No joy for Wells on that attempt.
Dmitry Chash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chash throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Chash.

Chash clinches.

Chash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Chash clinches with his opponent.
Chash wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chash gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wells.
Chash is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chash is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Wells gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chash throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Wells seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Chash does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Wells is working for a submission of some sort.
Wells is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chash can do to turn this around?
Wells thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chash is refusing to be controlled, as Wells sits in half guard.
Wells missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Wells is working for a kimura but Chash is defending it quite comfortably.
Wells throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ground and pound from Wells.
Chash avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wells.
Wells not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Chash keeping hold of Wells's head, controlling as best he can.
Chash is breathing heavily.
Chash keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wells sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chash defending well though.
Trevor Wells overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chash is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wells scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chash is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Wells jumps into side control!

Wells decides to stand back up. Wells steps back and let's Chash get back to his feet.
Chash shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Wells counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wells has had enough of the clinch but Chash keeps him there for the moment.
Chash is pressed up against the cage. Wells has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chash down to the mat. Chash avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Wells. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chash fails with a takedown attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Wells misses its target.
Some wild striking there from Chash.
Wells appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wells throws a head kick but Chash moves out of range.
It seemed like Chash was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chash shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wells defends it nicely.
Chash just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromWells.
Wells dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Wells dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Wells scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chash tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Wells defends well and Chash ends up having to push Wells into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
It looked like Wells was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Chash throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wells's waist but Wells gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Chash off to one side.

Chash takes the fight into the clinch.

Chash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chash will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Trevor Wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dmitry Chash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Chash moves into the clinch.
Chash takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Wells manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Chash wanted to stand there but Wells had control of the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wells is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wells keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chash's head.
Wells scoring with some ground and pound.
Wells trying to control the position from guard on top but Chash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wells in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chash working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wells.
Wells missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wells with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wells missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chash has momentary wrist control but Wells slips an elbow through the middle.
Wells lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wells's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wells distracts Chash with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wells working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wells lands a couple of digs.
Chash is striking off his back. Wells thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Chash is looking to control Wells's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chash avoid being mounted?
Wells winds up and cracks Chash with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wells slips a nice elbow through Chash's hands, connecting with Chash's forehead.
Wells trying to control from half guard but Chash is working away.

Wells is working for a kimura but Chash is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wells landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Chash tries to kick Wells off but Wells keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Chash really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wells. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chash tries to get to full guard but Wells has control of the leg.
Wells missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wells seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Chash does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wells takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wells is nestled in close to Chash, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wells sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chash defending well though.
Wells throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Wells is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Chash defends it well.
Wells throwing shots but Chash is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chash avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wells.
Wells controlling the action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wells lands a nice short elbow.
Dmitry Chash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trevor Wells is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chash is staying active underneath Wells, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trevor Wells showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wells, 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trevor Wells!