PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Ayari (ranked 5957 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Chegwin (ranked 8703 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ayari
vs
Chegwin

186 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mohammed Ayari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keith Chegwin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chegwin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Chegwin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ayari is looking to reverse the position.
Chegwin looks up at the clock and then as Ayari takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Chegwin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Chegwin taking a breather here.
Ayari knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chegwin on the ground.
Chegwin's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chegwin advances nicely into full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chegwin breaks from Ayari's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Chegwin is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ayari can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Chegwin looking for a guillotine from mount but Ayari is having none of it.
Ayari tries to lock up and control but Chegwin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Chegwin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ayari wants to control but Chegwin is having none of it.
Chegwin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Chegwin lands a heavy elbow.
Ayari is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chegwin scoring with strikes but Ayari is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayari is looking to improve his position but Chegwin isn't that keen on the idea.
Chegwin tries to control but Ayari wriggling away.
Ayari tries to hold on but Chegwin pushes him away.
Chegwin with a couple of short strikes.
Ayari on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ayari tries to get out of the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Chegwin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Chegwin with good strikes from the mount here!
Ayari tries to reverse the position but Chegwin maintains control.
Ayari is bucking up trying to escape but Chegwin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ayari taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chegwin wants to control the pace but Ayari is squirming around nicely.
Chegwin raining down shots from the mount!
Chegwin looking to control but Ayari is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Chegwin lands a heavy elbow.
Ayari really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Chegwin breaks from Ayari's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ayari is in all sorts of trouble here.
Chegwin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Chegwin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chegwin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Chegwin looking to control but Ayari is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Chegwin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ayari's face.
Chegwin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ayari can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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!
Ayari is looking to get to half guard.
Ayari is working hard here to advance position.
Chegwin landing strikes from the mount and Ayari is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Chegwin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Chegwin ducks under a wild hook from Ayari.

Chegwin darts in and clinches Ayari up against the cage.
Chegwin misses with an elbow strike.
Ayari lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ayari tries a body shot but Chegwin blocks it.
Ayari misses with a body punch.
Chegwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ayari lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chegwin backwards.
Chegwin is trying to push Ayari away but Ayari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chegwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ayari.
Ayari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Ayari - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ayari tries to work over Chegwin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chegwin blocks an uppercut.
Ayari can't find room to land a body shot as Chegwin controls the action.
Chegwin tries to work over Ayari's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ayari lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chegwin backwards.
Chegwin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ayari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Chegwin.

Chegwin breaks the clinch.
Mohammed Ayari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ayari catches Chegwin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ayari misses with a left hand
letting Chegwin counter with a right hand.

Ayari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chegwin, pushing him back against the cage.
Ayari throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Chegwin.
Mohammed Ayari has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chegwin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ayari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Ayari fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Ayari.
Ayari tries to work over Chegwin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chegwin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ayari seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Chegwin can turn it around.
Ayari working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ayari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chegwin's elbow.
Ayari stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chegwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ayari backwards.
Ayari cracks Chegwin with a nice body shot.
Ayari throws a head punch that misses.
Ayari scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ayari.
Chegwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ayari blocking some punches.
Ayari lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ayari.
Chegwin is breathing heavily.
Ayari misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ayari misses with a body punch.
Ayari misses with some punches.
Chegwin working hard to break the clinch.
Chegwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Ayari controls his hands.
Ayari works on Chegwin's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayari stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ayari lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chegwin prevents a body shot from Ayari.
Chegwin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ayari scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ayari lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ayari lands a right hand.
Ayari lands a left hand.
Ayari tries a body shot but Chegwin blocks it.

Chegwin drags the fight down to the ground.

Chegwin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ayari wants to stand but Chegwin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ayari preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chegwin seems keen to control Ayari's posture.
Ayari has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Chegwin is proving hard to escape from.
Chegwin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ayari's guard.

Ayari controls Chegwin momentarily but Chegwin frees himself.
Chegwin wants to control from the top but Ayari keeps moving.
Keith Chegwin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chegwin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ayari is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed Ayari 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!

Ayari swats away the attempt to clinch by Chegwin.
Ayari cracks Chegwin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ayari misses with an uppercut
and Ayari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ayari cracks Chegwin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ayari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ayari throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chegwin wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chegwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Ayari swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Chegwin drives through with a takedown into Ayari's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Chegwin content to stall in guard here.
Chegwin works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chegwin working over Ayari with some ground and pound. Ayari looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chegwin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ayari knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ayari has hold of Chegwin's hands but Chegwin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Chegwin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ayari tries to get to full guard but Chegwin has control of the leg.
Ayari trying to control here.
Ayari is trying to get back to full guard.
Chegwin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ayari with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Chegwin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Chegwin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chegwin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chegwin controlling the action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chegwin lands a nice short elbow.

Chegwin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ayari defends it well.
Ayari is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayari wants to sweep but Chegwin has passed to side control!
Ayari can't do much from the bottom here.
Chegwin working the body and head with strikes.
Chegwin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ayari keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Ayari's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Chegwin lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chegwin is trying to get an arm triangle but Ayari is defending well.
Ayari can't do much from the bottom here.
Chegwin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ayari keeps working.
Chegwin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Chegwin working the ground and pound.
Chegwin wants to control but Ayari is keeping him busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
You can see the frustration on Ayari's face as Chegwin controls the position.
Ayari gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Keith Chegwin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chegwin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keith Chegwin!