PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Escobar Chavez (ranked 622 p4p, 979 weight class) and Chu Ho Soon (ranked 76 p4p, 120 weight class). Escobar Chavez comes to the cage accompanied by Buena Vista Social Club - Hasta Siempre. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Escobar Chavez
vs
Ho Soon

179 cm
39
150
32 - 10 - 4

175 cm
26
145
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

PWNAGE
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 10 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Escobar Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar Chavez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ho Soon lands a jab to the nose.
Escobar Chavez dips to his left and cracks Ho Soon with an uppercut!
Escobar Chavez scores with a decent looking hook.
Chu Ho Soon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ho Soon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Escobar Chavez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Escobar Chavez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Escobar Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Ho Soon slips the punch.
Ho Soon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice shot by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ho Soon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar Chavez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar Chavez throws out a loose jab but Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho Soon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Escobar Chavez avoids it easily.
Ho Soon moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Ho Soon does it's job there.
A cross from Escobar Chavez lands.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Escobar Chavez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ho Soon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon throws a jab when Escobar Chavez was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escobar Chavez throws a low kick, looking for Ho Soon's leg but Ho Soon calmly moves out of range.
Ho Soon fakes the leg kick and cracks Escobar Chavez in the body.
Escobar Chavez slips under a jab.
Escobar Chavez 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.
Escobar Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Escobar Chavez throws a head kick that misses.
Escobar Chavez lands the left hand.
Ho Soon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Escobar Chavez lands with an overhand left.
Escobar Chavez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Escobar Chavez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Soon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon connects with a crisp jab.
Ho Soon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ho Soon looks to land a right hand but Escobar Chavez moved out of range.
Escobar Chavez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ho Soon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Escobar Chavez blocks a jab.
A jab from Escobar Chavez misses.
Ho Soon throws a jab when Escobar Chavez was well out of range.
Escobar Chavez slips a straight right by Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez avoids the body shot from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon tries to score with a low kick but Escobar Chavez moves his leg out of the way.
A big right from Ho Soon misses.
Ho Soon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big left from Ho Soon misses.
Escobar Chavez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho Soon swings for the body but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Ho Soon misses with a straight left.
Escobar Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Escobar Chavez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ho Soon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Escobar Chavez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ho Soon throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon tries to land a front kick but Escobar Chavez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ho Soon misses with a looping right.
Escobar Chavez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escobar Chavez looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Escobar Chavez slips a straight right by Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Ho Soon gets tackled into the cage by Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez maintains the clinch.
Escobar Chavez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ho Soon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ho Soon staying out of range there.
Escobar Chavez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho Soon throws out the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Ho Soon blocks the leg kick.
Escobar Chavez lands with a hook. Ho Soon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Escobar Chavez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ho Soon under the eye.
Escobar Chavez looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Ho Soon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ho Soon throws a solid leg kick but Escobar Chavez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez throwing a counter right hand but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Ho Soon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar Chavez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ho Soon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Escobar Chavez scrambles back to his feet.
Escobar Chavez lands an overhand right.
Ho Soon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ho Soon throws a chopping leg kick but Escobar Chavez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ho Soon ducks under a wild hook from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Escobar Chavez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ho Soon throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Escobar Chavez counter with a right hand.
Ho Soon tries to land a front kick but Escobar Chavez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Escobar Chavez jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Escobar Chavez checks it.
Escobar Chavez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Escobar Chavez swings for the body but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Ho Soon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Escobar Chavez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ho Soon misses with a body shot.
Escobar Chavez blocks a leg kick.
Escobar Chavez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Escobar Chavez blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Soon was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez throws a body punch but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Escobar Chavez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Escobar Chavez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Escobar Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ramon Escobar Chavez will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Ho Soon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ramon Escobar Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar Chavez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ho Soon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar Chavez staying out of range there.
Ho Soon throws a shot from downtown. Escobar Chavez moves away and avoids it.
Escobar Chavez checks a leg kick nicely.
Escobar Chavez throws a lazy right hand but Ho Soon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Escobar Chavez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Escobar Chavez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut. Escobar Chavez saw that one coming.
Ho Soon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Escobar Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Escobar Chavez's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Soon was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Escobar Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
Ho Soon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escobar Chavez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Soon staying out of range there.
Escobar Chavez staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez throws out a powerful jab.
Ho Soon misses the jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Escobar Chavez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Escobar Chavez moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Ho Soon looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar Chavez is just out of range.

Escobar Chavez has closed the distance and engaged Ho Soon in a clinch.
Escobar Chavez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escobar Chavez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ho Soon backwards.
Escobar Chavez working aggressively here.
Escobar Chavez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Escobar Chavez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Escobar Chavez has a couple of punches blocked by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon blocking some punches.
Escobar Chavez lands a nice uppercut.
Ho Soon slows down the pace here.
Escobar Chavez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Escobar Chavez scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon can't break the clinch.
Escobar Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ho Soon can do to turn this around?
Ho Soon misses with the head strike.
Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Ho Soon avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage.
Escobar Chavez throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Soon.

Ho Soon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ho Soon connects with a right hand. Escobar Chavez shakes it off.
Escobar Chavez misses with a looping right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws out a counter right but Escobar Chavez avoids it with no problem.
A nice leg kick from Escobar Chavez, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escobar Chavez throwing a counter right hand but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
A big right from Escobar Chavez misses.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Escobar Chavez is out of range.
Escobar Chavez throwing a counter right hand but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut. Escobar Chavez saw that one coming.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Escobar Chavez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Escobar Chavez tests Ho Soon's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon loads up on a big right hand but Escobar Chavez slips the punch.
Escobar Chavez throws an overhand right that lands on Ho Soon's shoulder, as Ho Soon tries to avoid the shot.
Escobar Chavez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ho Soon. Ho Soon obviously looking to wear him down.
Ho Soon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Escobar Chavez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Escobar Chavez avoids it easily.
Escobar Chavez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Escobar Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Soon was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar Chavez.
A jab from Escobar Chavez misses.
Ho Soon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escobar Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho Soon moves away.
Escobar Chavez throws a good cross that connects.
Escobar Chavez throws a push kick but Ho Soon slaps the foot to one side.
Escobar Chavez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ho Soon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Escobar Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez avoids the head kick by Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ho Soon under the eye.
Escobar Chavez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Soon misses with a hook to the body
and Escobar Chavez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho Soon just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon throws a looping overhand right but Escobar Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ho Soon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook but Ho Soon blocks it.
Escobar Chavez scores with a nice head shot.
A big left from Escobar Chavez misses.
Escobar Chavez misses with an uppercut
and Ho Soon counters with a nice leg kick.
Escobar Chavez checks the leg kick.
It looked like Escobar Chavez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Escobar Chavez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ho Soon misses with a straight right.
A counter left hand to the body from Escobar Chavez misses its target.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar Chavez manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon throws the left hand but Escobar Chavez avoids the punch easily.
Ho Soon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ho Soon throws a push kick but Escobar Chavez slaps the foot to one side.
Ho Soon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez throws a shot to the body.
Escobar Chavez blocks a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Escobar Chavez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Escobar Chavez throws the left hand but Ho Soon avoids the punch easily.
Good leg kick by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Ho Soon tries a low kick but Escobar Chavez avoids it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Escobar Chavez. Ho Soon shrugs it off though.
Escobar Chavez slips a straight right by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ho Soon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Escobar Chavez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar Chavez manages to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Escobar Chavez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon throws a low kick, looking for Escobar Chavez's leg but Escobar Chavez calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho Soon slips under a jab.
Ho Soon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Escobar Chavez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ho Soon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Escobar Chavez clobbers Ho Soon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Escobar Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez drops his hands momentarily and Ho Soon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slow jab from Ho Soon misses its intended target.
Ho Soon motions for Escobar Chavez to come forward. Ho Soon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon misses with a head kick.
Escobar Chavez misses with a looping left.
A leg kick checked by Escobar Chavez.
Nice defenses there by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Escobar Chavez's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Escobar Chavez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Escobar Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar Chavez manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon misses with a body kick.
Ho Soon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Escobar Chavez at a distance.
Escobar Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range as Ho Soon throws a body kick.
It looked like Escobar Chavez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon lands a nice hook to Escobar Chavez's body. Escobar Chavez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chu Ho Soon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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!
Escobar Chavez digs a good body shot into Ho Soon's ribs.
Escobar Chavez connects with a solid leg kick.
Ho Soon looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar Chavez is just out of range.
Escobar Chavez misses the jab.
Ho Soon thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Escobar Chavez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Escobar Chavez throws an overhand right that lands on Ho Soon's shoulder, as Ho Soon tries to avoid the shot.
Escobar Chavez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Escobar Chavez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Escobar Chavez moves into the clinch.

Ho Soon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar Chavez is looking to slow Ho Soon down with leg kicks.
Escobar Chavez cracks Ho Soon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ho Soon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escobar Chavez connects with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Escobar Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Ho Soon is just out of range.
Ho Soon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar Chavez throws out the jab.
Ho Soon lands with a straight right. Escobar Chavez didn't see that one coming.
Escobar Chavez jabs Ho Soon right on the nose. Ho Soon blinks but takes it well.
Escobar Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Ho Soon slips under a jab from Escobar Chavez.
Ho Soon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ho Soon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escobar Chavez thuds a left hand into Ho Soon's body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ho Soon.
Ho Soon tests Escobar Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Escobar Chavez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar Chavez wants to land a leg kick but Ho Soon is out of range.
Escobar Chavez blocks a head kick by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick which misses Escobar Chavez's front leg but catches the back leg as Escobar Chavez tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ho Soon.
Ho Soon scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Escobar Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Escobar Chavez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ramon Escobar Chavez has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Ho Soon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar Chavez with a nice cross.
Escobar Chavez lands with a straight right. Ho Soon didn't see that one coming.
Ho Soon throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar Chavez moves out of range easily.
Escobar Chavez throwing a counter right hand but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Escobar Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ho Soon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ho Soon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho Soon.
Escobar Chavez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ho Soon on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ho Soon misses with a hook.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Escobar Chavez moved away.
Escobar Chavez throws a quick inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ramon Escobar Chavez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Escobar Chavez 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Escobar Chavez!
Ramon Escobar Chavez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.