PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conan The Bavarian (ranked 25382 p4p, 6842 weight class) and Christopher Chan (ranked 746 p4p, 705 weight class). Christopher Chan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Bavarian
vs
Chan

175 cm
25
205
0 - 3 - 0

188 cm
25
220
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Conan The Bavarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christopher Chan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Bavarian misses with a left hand
and Chan counters with a slapping leg kick.

The Bavarian closes the distance and pushes Chan back into the cage.
The Bavarian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Bavarian working hard to break the clinch.
Chan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Bavarian's efforts to push away.

The Bavarian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Chan moves into range and clinches up with The Bavarian.
The Bavarian is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
Chan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Bavarian definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Bavarian tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Bavarian is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Bavarian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The Bavarian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Bavarian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Bavarian tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bavarian can't break the clinch.
The Bavarian is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Bavarian wants to break free but Chan has control.
The Bavarian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Bavarian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chan misses with the head strike.
Chan can't break the clinch.
The Bavarian wants to break free but Chan has control.
The Bavarian tries to circle away but Chan has him pinned against the cage.
The Bavarian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Bavarian wants to break free but Chan has control.
The Bavarian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on The Bavarian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Bavarian is trying to force a seperation but Chan has the dominant position.
Chan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Bavarian's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The Bavarian is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Chan prevents The Bavarian from breaking the clinch.
The Bavarian is trying to force a seperation but Chan has the dominant position.

The Bavarian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The Bavarian takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Conan The Bavarian has been cut.
Chan lands with a thumping leg kick.
A left and a right from The Bavarian both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Christopher Chan has been cut.
Chan misses with a kick to the body.
The Bavarian half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Chan tries to clinch up but The Bavarian circles away and keeps his distance.
A little feinted left hand from The Bavarian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

The Bavarian moves into range and clinches up with Chan.
The Bavarian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Bavarian tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bavarian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chan prevents The Bavarian from breaking the clinch.
The Bavarian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Bavarian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on The Bavarian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chan keeps control of The Bavarian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chan can't break the clinch.
The Bavarian tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
Chan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Bavarian's efforts to push away.
The Bavarian tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
The Bavarian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Bavarian blocking some punches.

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.
A frustrated look appears on The Bavarian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Bavarian prevents Chan from breaking the clinch.
The Bavarian managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Chan keeps control of The Bavarian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chan wants to break free but The Bavarian has control.
The Bavarian working hard to break the clinch.
The Bavarian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Bavarian managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Chan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Bavarian's efforts to push away.

Chan manages to break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chan pushes The Bavarian away with a front kick.
Chan throws out a loose jab but The Bavarian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chan with the inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Chan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Chan dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

The Bavarian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Bavarian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Bavarian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Bavarian is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chan looks for the body kick but The Bavarian saw that one coming.
Chan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Bavarian takes a swing at Chan's ribcage but misses.
Chan lands a nice looking kick to the body. The Bavarian takes a step back to recover.
An inside leg kick lands from Chan.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Bavarian, as that shot connected.
Chan moves out of range of the strikes.
Chan with a nice calf kick.

The Bavarian shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The Bavarian decides to stand up.
Chan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bavarian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The Bavarian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Bavarian jabs at Chan's body.
Chan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Bavarian.
Chan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Bavarian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chan moves out of range as The Bavarian strikes.

The Bavarian has Chan up against the cage in a clinch.
The Bavarian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chan pressing his opponent against the cage.
The Bavarian is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bavarian tries to circle away but Chan has him pinned against the cage.
The Bavarian tries to circle away but Chan has him pinned against the cage.
The Bavarian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Bavarian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chan misses with the head strike.
Chan prevents The Bavarian from breaking the clinch.
The Bavarian is trying to break free.
Chan keeps control of The Bavarian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Bavarian is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Chan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Bavarian's efforts to push away.
The Bavarian tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bavarian misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Bavarian wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Bavarian tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
The Bavarian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Bavarian tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
The Bavarian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Bavarian is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
The Bavarian prevents Chan from breaking the clinch.

The Bavarian manages to break the clinch.
The Bavarian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chan.
Chan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A clash of legs there as Chan blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Bavarian. Chan does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Bavarian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Bavarian takes a swing at Chan's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from The Bavarian. Those never looked like landing.
Christopher Chan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bavarian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chan scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Chan.
Chan lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Bavarian's sensitive parts.
Chan tries to clinch there but The Bavarian circles away.
The Bavarian misses with a body shot.
The Bavarian throws an overhand right that lands on Chan's shoulder, as Chan tries to avoid the shot.
Chan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Chan, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Bavarian 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Bavarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Bavarian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chan manages to avoid it.
Chan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Chan throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Bavarian lands a jab.
Conan The Bavarian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan connects with an inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Conan The Bavarian will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Chan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Bavarian's head.
Chan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chan throws a head kick that misses
and The Bavarian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Bavarian misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab lands there for The Bavarian.
The Bavarian misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Chan.
Chan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Bavarian.
Chan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Bavarian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Bavarian missing with a left hand there. Chan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Bavarian throws a leg kick but Chan sees it coming and checks it nicely.

The Bavarian has managed to clinch.
Chan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Bavarian tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Chan prevents The Bavarian from breaking the clinch.
The Bavarian is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
The Bavarian is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
Chan keeps control of The Bavarian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

The Bavarian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Bavarian shoots in for a double leg but Chan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chan flicks out a counter leg kick but The Bavarian steps away.
The Bavarian goes for a double leg but Chan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Chan continues to drive forward.
As The Bavarian backs off Chan throws a huge counter combo but The Bavarian manages to avoid it all.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Bavarian blocks the elbow strike.
The Bavarian blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bavarian is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
The Bavarian tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
The Bavarian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chan wants to break free but The Bavarian has control.
The Bavarian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Bavarian is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
The Bavarian wants to break free but Chan has control.
Chan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Bavarian blocks it with crossed arms.
The Bavarian tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
The Bavarian can't break the clinch.
The Bavarian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chan has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bavarian tries to circle away but Chan has him pinned against the cage.
The Bavarian is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
The Bavarian tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Chan is trying to push The Bavarian away but The Bavarian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Bavarian is trying to break free.
The Bavarian is trying to force a seperation but Chan has the dominant position.
The Bavarian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but The Bavarian avoids the damage to the body.
The Bavarian is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Chan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Bavarian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chan's efforts to push away.
Chan prevents The Bavarian from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The Bavarian wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Bavarian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Chan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Bavarian is trying to break free.

Chan breaks the clinch.
Chan is looking to slow The Bavarian down with leg kicks.
The Bavarian throws a hook to the side of Chan's head but Chan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

The Bavarian closes the distance and clinches.
The Bavarian is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Bavarian is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Bavarian wants to get back to striking at distance but Chan won't allow it.
The Bavarian blocks an uppercut.
The Bavarian is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Bavarian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Conan The Bavarian.
I think The Bavarian has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Christopher Chan!