PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Chaize (ranked 2216 p4p, 254 weight class) and Samuel Boom (ranked 1986 p4p, 234 weight class). Boom is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Boom. Samuel Boom will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Chaize
vs
Boom

170 cm
27
160 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

181 cm
27
168 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Sportivité
Condemned

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jacques Chaize!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Samuel Boom!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chaize ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chaize slips a straight right by Boom.
A swing and a miss from Boom.
Chaize throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chaize has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio in the buildup to the fight.
Chaize takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Boom lands a nice shot that snaps Chaize's head back.
Chaize wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chaize shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boom swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chaize. Boom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chaize connects with a body shot that sends Boom's belly button to the back.
Boom thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom misses with a looping right.
Boom takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chaize manages to avoid it.
It looked like Chaize was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Boom.
Chaize throws a lazy right hand but Boom sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boom swinging wildly here.
Boom misses the jab.
Samuel Boom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaize works Boom's body with a nice hook.
Boom misses with a lunging right hand
and Chaize counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Boom misses with an uppercut
and Chaize counters with a nice uppercut.
Boom misses with the combination.
Chaize keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Boom tries to keep at a distance but Chaize has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chaize using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Chaize's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chaize throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chaize cracks a nice hook into Boom's ribs.
Boom misses with a left hand

and Chaize counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Chaize.
A short right from Chaize on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Boom fails to land.
Chaize looking to throw knees to the head but Boom is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for Chaize to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom misses with some punches.
Boom is trying to force a seperation but Chaize has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boom.
Chaize lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boom backwards.
Chaize scores with a hook to the body.
Boom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chaize lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chaize with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Samuel Boom has been cut.

Chaize breaks from the clinch.
Boom takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Boom on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chaize displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boom throws out the jab.
Chaize swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom throws a looping overhand right but Chaize ducks down to avoid it.
Boom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Boom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chaize.
Sloppy strikes from Boom. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaize slips under a jab.
Chaize tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Boom manages to circle out of the way.
A decent looking cross lands there for Boom.
Chaize misses with a straight left.
A combination from Boom does no damage.
Chaize's corner calls for a 1-2. Chaize obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Boom swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chaize ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chaize misses the jab.
Chaize misses with a shot to the body
and Boom counters with a left and a right that stings Chaize.
Chaize displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boom throws out the jab.
Chaize throws a series of punches but Boom moves out of range.
Boom missing with a left hand there. Chaize was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chaize throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chaize takes one on the button.
Boom slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Chaize scores with a shot to the body.
Boom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boom looks to land a left hand but Chaize moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaize throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chaize lands with a hook. Boom tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chaize lands a nice looking body shot.
Chaize misses with a wild body shot.
Chaize throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom misses with a double jab.
Chaize ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boom throws a left and a right that both miss

and Chaize counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chaize.
Chaize is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boom is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Chaize - that landed with a thud.
Boom lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chaize landing knees to the body.
We've been informed that Boom has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Boom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chaize is looking to wear down Boom with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chaize slips under a jab.
Boom misses with a hook. Chaize ducked under it nicely.
Chaize tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Boom manages to circle out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jacques Chaize will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Samuel Boom'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.

Chaize takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boom throws a shot from downtown. Chaize moves away and avoids it.
Boom is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Boom misses the jab.
A right-left combo lands from Chaize.
Chaize takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Chaize darts in and clinches Boom up against the cage.
Chaize lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Chaize.
Boom is trying to break free.
Boom swings wildly with an uppercut but Chaize uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chaize goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chaize can't find room to land a body shot as Boom controls the action.
Jacques Chaize has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Chaize on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom misses with some punches.
Chaize lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chaize is working Boom over against the cage.
A knee to the head by Chaize.
Chaize blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom wants to get back to striking at distance but Chaize won't allow it.
Chaize lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chaize is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boom can do to turn this around?
Chaize lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chaize lands a body shot.
Chaize lands with a light punch inside.

Chaize escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chaize bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Boom's head.
Boom looks to score with a jab to the body but Chaize is just out of range.
Chaize jabs at Boom's body.
Chaize throws a body shot but no joy.
Boom throws a hook to the side of Chaize's head but Chaize sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boom takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Boom throws a hook to the side of Chaize's head but Chaize sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Chaize instigates a clinch.

Chaize manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Chaize moves into the clinch.
Boom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chaize backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaize effectively controlling the action here.
Chaize lands a knee to the body.
Boom is breathing heavily.

Chaize's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A left lands for Chaize.
Boom looks to land a left hand but Chaize moved out of range nicely.

Chaize has managed to clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chaize.
Chaize stalling against the cage.
Chaize lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boom backwards.
Chaize tries to land knees in the clinch but Boom avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Chaize.
Boom has a couple of punches blocked by Chaize.
Chaize lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chaize gets through Boom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chaize pressing his opponent against the cage.
Boom misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaize scores with a shot to the side of Boom's head.
Chaize scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boom throws a punch but it's blocked by Chaize.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Chaize presses Boom against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Come on Chaize - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Chaize has Boom pushed against the cage.
Chaize tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chaize is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chaize works on Boom's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaize scores with a hook to the body.
Chaize with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boom working aggressively here.
Boom misses with a punch to the body.
Chaize tries to throw a body punch but Boom avoids it by throwing Chaize back against the cage.
Boom wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chaize lands a shoulder strike.
Boom scores with a shoulder strike.

Boom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Chaize.
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!
Chaize uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boom.
Chaize throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boom looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chaize dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chaize misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chaize lands a slapping body shot.

Chaize darts in and clinches Boom up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Chaize dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Boom's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice shot by Chaize.
Chaize misses with a body shot.
Boom throws a series of punches but Chaize avoids them all with ease.
Chaize misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boom.
Chaize moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A left lands for Chaize.
Boom throws a series of punches but Chaize moves out of range.
Boom walks into a jab.
Boom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom takes one to the chin there.
Boom walks into a left hand.
Boom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chaize.
Boom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chaize moves in looking to clinch but Boom pushes him off.
Chaize ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boom moves away.
Boom throws a counter combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom throws a right hand that Chaize ducks under and follows up with a left that Chaize also avoids with ease.
Boom looks to land a left hand but Chaize moved out of range nicely.
Chaize lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boom circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Boom! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom looks to throw the jab but Chaize is out of range.
Chaize swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chaize connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Boom connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chaize's hands.
Jab by Chaize.
Chaize works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Boom walks into a stiff left hand from Chaize.
Boom swings widly with a right hand

and Chaize holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Boom working hard to break the clinch.
Boom working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Chaize breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boom misses the body punch
enabling Chaize to counter with a crisp jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chaize lands with a right to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Chaize blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaize using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chaize prevents Boom from breaking the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chaize.
Chaize lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Chaize.
Boom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chaize throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Booms head.
Boom swings wildly with an uppercut but Chaize uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chaize lands with a left to the head.
Boom has a couple of punches blocked by Chaize.
Chaize is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boom is defending well for now.
Boom takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chaize keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boom's efforts to push away.
Boom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chaize throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chaize unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chaize tries to throw a body punch but Boom avoids it by throwing Chaize back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaize doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boom lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Chaize.
Chaize lands a hook that snaps the head of Boom backwards.

Chaize pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boom looks to land a combination but Chaize avoids it well.
Boom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Chaize has managed to clinch.
Chaize throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Chaize.
Chaize lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chaize lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Boom.
Chaize stalls.
Chaize lands a shoulder strike.
Chaize lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chaize slowing the pace effectively.
Chaize lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boom backwards.
Boom throws a head punch that misses.
Boom looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Chaize.
Samuel Boom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chaize.

Chaize pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Boom.

Chaize rushes Boom and presses him up against the cage.
Boom prevents a body shot from Chaize.
Chaize working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chaize is working Boom over against the cage.
Chaize lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chaize makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chaize is leaning against Boom and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Chaize.
Jacques Chaize is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A short uppercut from Chaize.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Chaize showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chaize has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Chaize!