PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Gold (ranked 5862 p4p, 5367 weight class) and San Chhay (ranked 191 p4p, 182 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gold
vs
Chhay

200 cm
21
290
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
270
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, San Chhay!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold misses with a two punch combination.

Gold looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gold not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gold is taking a breather. Chhay 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.

Gold is looking for a kimura but Chhay is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gold to get the leverage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gold controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold passes the guard and advances to mount!
A nice elbow there by Gold.
Gold takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold lands a big elbow.
Chhay is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gold controlling from mount.
Chhay is controlling an arm, preventing Gold from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

Gold swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Chhay is now in Gold's guard. A big mistake from Gold there, giving up the dominant position!
Gold wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Chhay avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chhay wanted to stand there but Gold had control of the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chhay being controlled here momentarily.
Gold looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chhay is one step ahead there.

That's four 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.
Gold is controlling Chhay's posture.
Gold bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chhay's guard.

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chhay is wriggling around but Gold manages to pass to half guard.

Gold is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Gold dominated that round.
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.

Gold closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chhay throws a punch but it's blocked by Gold.
Chhay trying to control the position but instead, Gold has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chhay into the cage.
Chhay trying to control the position but instead, Gold has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chhay into the cage.
Chhay is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Gold has denied him.
Gold looking to slow down the pace here.
Gold is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chhay can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chhay defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gold.

Gold lands a left and a right that send Chhay crashing to the mat, dazed. Gold thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like San Chhay has been cut.
Chhay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gold throwing a counter right hand but Chhay manages to avoid it.
Gold tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Chhay to counter with a crisp jab.
San Chhay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chhay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chhay connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chhay wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chhay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chhay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Terry Gold has been cut.
Chhay lands with a good body shot.
Gold shoots in for a takedown but Chhay shows good takedown defense.
Gold walks into a left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chhay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chhay lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Gold lands but Chhay takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gold is looking to clinch but Chhay is avoiding it.
Gold takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chhay fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Terry Gold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chhay scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gold doesn't seem bothered though.
Chhay lands with a straight right. Gold didn't see that one coming.
San Chhay seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Chhay cracks Gold with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Chhay has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Gold to stand back up!

Gold is rocked!
BAM! Chhay delivers a spinning backfist that drops Gold like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). San Chhay!
After winning the bout, San Chhay thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.