PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Chugman (ranked 865 p4p, 48 weight class) and Takayama Yataro (ranked 726 p4p, 39 weight class). Yataro is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Misoji Misaki. Takayama Yataro acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Chugman
vs
Yataro

150 cm
28
130 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

163 cm
22
143 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Sportivité

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 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Klaus Chugman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Takayama Yataro!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yataro dips to his left and cracks Chugman with an uppercut!
Yataro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chugman was well out of range. Poor timing from Yataro.
Yataro throws a jab when Chugman was well out of range.
Chugman closes the distance and clinches up with Yataro, looking for a takedown. Chugman pushes Yataro against the cage but Yataro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Chugman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yataro blocks a low kick nicely.
Yataro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chugman manages to avoid it.
Chugman ducks under a wild hook from Yataro.
A jab from Yataro misses.

Chugman manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Yataro on his heels. He'll look to pass Yataro's guard now, I'm sure.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yataro holds on and takes a little breather.
Yataro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yataro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yataro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yataro keeping moving, preventing Chugman from controlling successfully.
Yataro trying to keep a closed guard but Chugman is proving a slippery customer.
Chugman trying to control but Yataro is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Klaus Chugman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yataro on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some bone on bone action there as Yataro checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yataro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chugman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yataro misses with a hook. Chugman ducked under it nicely.
No luck for Chugman with that takedown attempt.
Chugman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chugman shoots and misses
and Yataro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Chugman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Chugman drives through with a takedown into Yataro's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chugman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Yataro throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Chugman escapes and throws Yataro's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Yataro is looking for a sweep.
The referee asks Chugman politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Chugman prefers to stall for the moment though.
Yataro looking for a sweep but Chugman has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Yataro defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Chugman.
Chugman controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yataro is desperately trying to improve his position but Chugman has a good base and remains in mount.
Yataro sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Yataro is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chugman is trying to control the action in half guard but Yataro is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chugman wants to pass the guard but Yataro is defending well.
Chugman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Yataro tries to get to full guard but Chugman has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yataro trying to control from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yataro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chugman.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chugman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yataro checks it well.
Yataro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chugman throws a hook but Yataro blocks it.
Yataro swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Chugman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klaus Chugman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yataro misses with an uppercut. Chugman saw that one coming.
Chugman swings for the body but Yataro moves out of range.

Chugman rushes Yataro and presses him up against the cage.
Yataro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yataro.
Chugman wants to take the fight to the mat but Yataro manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Chugman is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Yataro is defending well.
Yataro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yataro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chugman backwards.

Chugman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chugman doesn't manage to clinch there - Yataro circles away.
Yataro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chugman's head backwards.

Chugman fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Yataro to the ground. Chugman is now in Yataro's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yataro wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Yataro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chugman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chugman looking to sit in guard and control but Yataro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Yataro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yataro sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Chugman's guard.
Yataro seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Yataro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yataro not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chugman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yataro throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Chugman to regain full guard.
Chugman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yataro must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yataro trying to control the position from guard on top but Chugman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yataro throws a strike but Chugman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Yataro keeping moving, preventing Chugman from controlling successfully.
Yataro wants to control the position but Chugman says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Yataro is looking to improve his position.
Chugman is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yataro looking for submissions off his back.
Klaus Chugman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yataro is looking to improve his position.
Yataro is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Chugman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Yataro is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Chugman jumps into side control!

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.
Yataro is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Chugman controlling from side mount.
Yataro is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chugman happy to just control the position for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Takayama Yataro will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Chugman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yataro.
Chugman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chugman wants to clinch.
Chugman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yataro.
Yataro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good work by Yataro as he checks the leg kick.
Chugman tries to clinch but Yataro is having none of it.
Chugman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yataro as he jumps to the side.
Yataro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chugman.
Yataro slaps away a takedown attempt from Chugman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chugman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yataro.
Takayama Yataro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No luck for Chugman with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Chugman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yataro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yataro swings for the body but Chugman moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Yataro misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chugman looks to land a left hand but Yataro moved out of range nicely.
Chugman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yataro as he avoids it easily.

Yataro gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Chugman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Yataro wants to sweep but no luck.

Yataro working for submissions but it's allowed Chugman to get to half guard.
Chugman is taking a breather. Yataro says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Chugman prevents Yataro from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yataro moves into full guard.
Chugman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Chugman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Yataro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yataro pulls Chugman in to control the position.
Chugman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yataro is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Yataro looks to land a strike but Chugman avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chugman has his hands on Yataro's head, controlling the position.
Yataro throws a big right hand that misses.

Yataro throws a sloppy strike and Chugman has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Yataro is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Chugman!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Klaus Chugman!
Klaus Chugman made sure to mention his sponsor, IniTech Nutrition in his post fight interview.