PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Chatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and poo ping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chatum comes to the cage accompanied by The God That Failed. Matt Chatum has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Chatum
vs
ping

225 cm
23
147 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

150 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Chatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, poo ping!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ping slips a jab and a cross from Chatum.
Chatum throws a left that rocks ping and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Chatum dives into side control, looking to finish! Can ping regain composure!

ping is rocked!

It looks like poo ping has been cut.
Chatum working away.
ping should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
ping pushes Chatum away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chatum gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ping dodges the ground and pound from Chatum.
Chatum works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
ping regains half guard.
Chatum sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. ping defending well though.
Chatum really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
ping trying to control from the bottom.
ping regains full guard. Nicely done.
ping striking off his back but it's not causing Chatum any problems.
ping tries to land a sweep but no joy.
ping controls Chatum momentarily but Chatum frees himself.
ping utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Chatum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chatum waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract ping. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped ping to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
ping is still in real trouble! Can Chatum finish him?
Chatum has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Chatum trying to stand up but can't free himself from ping's guard.
Chatum landing some decent shots from guard.
ping seems to have recovered his senses.
ping wants to sweep but no luck.
ping lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Chatum!
Chatum really wants to buck ping off and get back to his feet.
Chatum is breathing heavily.
ping trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chatum tries to buck ping off but he can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chatum is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Chatum flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chatum throwing hammer fists to the chest of ping. What's that going to do exactly?

ping is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Chatum has managed to escape the submission attempt.
ping tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
ping dominating with strikes here.
ping in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Chatum tries to hold on but ping postures up.
ping lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chatum hang on?
ping scoring with strikes but Chatum is staying in there.
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.
ping trying to control but Chatum is having none of it.
ping is in the full mount, landing strikes.
You get the feeling that Chatum really doesn't like being in this position too much.
ping trying to control but Chatum is having none of it.

ping looking for a guillotine from mount but Chatum is having none of it.
ping wants to control the pace but Chatum is squirming around nicely.

ping gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Chatum throws a head kick but ping moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

ping gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
ping tries for a takedown. No joy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

ping breaks from the clinch.
Chatum punishes ping's body with a nice straight punch.

ping shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
ping lands with some strikes.
ping cracks Chatum with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
ping wants to control the pace but Chatum is squirming around nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ping lands a big elbow.
Chatum wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Chatum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on poo ping's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

ping tries to close the distance and clinch but Chatum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - ping looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
ping has a takedown stuffed.

ping closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Chatum wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

ping is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Chatum looks like he's trying to stand up.
ping not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chatum looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nice strikes from ping there.
ping trying to control from half guard but Chatum is working away.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
ping fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matt Chatum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
ping tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Chatum swivels and escapes.
Chatum throws a combination that misses

and ping counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

ping decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

ping shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
ping trying to control the position from guard on top but Chatum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chatum striking off his back but it's not causing ping any problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ping stands and throws Chatum's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Chatum is not content to let ping control the position.
ping connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chatum some visible discomfort.
ping has knee on belly and moves into mount.
ping has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
ping controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chatum is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
ping can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Chatum is looking to escape.
ping lands a heavy elbow.
Chatum has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
ping lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
ping is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Chatum. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

ping tightening his grip on Chatum, looking for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
ping scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Chatum is looking for a way out.

ping is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Chatum has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Chatum trying to get back to his feet but ping is in full control for now.
Chatum covers up after that shot from ping.
ping throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Chatum!

ping is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Chatum knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Chatum for a finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

poo ping showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on poo ping's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Chatum throws a shot from downtown. ping moves away and avoids it.
Chatum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
ping looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Chatum throws a head kick but ping moves out of range.
ping throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

ping feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
ping throwing strikes but missing.
ping trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chatum is looking to stand back up but ping counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Chatum.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
ping content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Chatum wants to stand back up but ping manages to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ping creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
ping landing strikes.
ping takes a little break here. Chatum wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

ping stands up and beckons Chatum to his feet.

ping closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Chatum is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

ping decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ping throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matt Chatum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ping misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
ping avoids the head kick by Chatum.
Chatum misses with a series of wild punches.

ping decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Chatum makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A punch combination from ping misses.
ping takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
ping avoids a kick to the body.
ping tries to bum rush Chatum with a series of wild strikes but Chatum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chatum keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Matt Chatum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of poo ping.
Chatum throws a series of punches but ping avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ping tries to clinch up.
ping avoids the head kick by Chatum.
ping shoots in for a takedown but Chatum shows good takedown defense.
ping tries to close the distance and clinch but Chatum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chatum waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract ping.
Chatum keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
ping looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chatum stuffs the takedown attempt from ping. ping gets slowly back to his feet.
Matt Chatum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
ping closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
ping shoots in looking for a takedown. Chatum tries to sprawl out of it but ping keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chatum manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
ping shoots in but Chatum avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Chatum catches ping with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chatum throws a head kick that misses.

Chatum gets caught flat footed, as ping shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
ping thows a big elbow that misses.
Chatum wants to get back to his feet but ping passes into half guard.
ping is trying to control the action in half guard but Chatum is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chatum wants to control the action here but instead ping manages to pass to full mount!
Chatum wants to get back to his feet.
Chatum flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
ping tries to control but Chatum wriggling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
poo ping comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think ping 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... poo ping!