PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chu Ho Soon (ranked 1118 p4p, 559 weight class) and Caio Peieira (ranked 65 p4p, 35 weight class). Ho Soon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Carl Orff - O Fortuna. Chu Ho Soon has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Ho Soon
vs
Peieira

175 cm
32
145
20 - 9 - 2

163 cm
27
142
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

PWNAGE™

Vegan Gains

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 20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caio Peieira!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Steve Erwin and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peieira misses with a body shot.
Ho Soon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Peieira swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ho Soon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ho Soon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peieira was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Peieira missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho Soon throws out a powerful jab.
Ho Soon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ho Soon defending well as Peieira loads up on a big left hand.
Ho Soon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Peieira circles away quickly and effectively.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ho Soon misses with a straight left.
Peieira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peieira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Peieira dives in and scores a takedown into Ho Soon's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho Soon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ho Soon is working hard here to advance position.
Ho Soon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Peieira's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peieira keeping moving, preventing Ho Soon from controlling successfully.
Ho Soon throws a big right hand that misses.

Peieira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ho Soon defends well.

Peieira escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ho Soon gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ho Soon trying to control the position from guard on top but Peieira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ho Soon controlling from the top position.

Peieira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ho Soon defends it easily.

Peieira looking for a guillotine here but Ho Soon defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Peieira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ho Soon postures up in Peieira's guard and throws a big left but Peieira blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Peieira working for a triangle but Ho Soon defends it easily.
Peieira has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ho Soon has passed into side control.
Peieira taking punishment in the form of punches.
Peieira taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ho Soon is looking to take a break and control but Peieira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peieira is trying to get back to half guard.
Ho Soon controls the position from side control.
Ho Soon will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ho Soon is looking to take a break and control but Peieira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ho Soon controlling the position from side mount.
Peieira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ho Soon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

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.
Ho Soon trying to control the position but Peieira is working away.
Peieira managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Peieira is trying to get back to half guard.
Peieira is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Peieira is trying to control but can't.
Peieira manages to get to full guard.

Peieira is looking for a triangle here but Ho Soon uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ho Soon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peieira keeps working.
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 Chu Ho Soon will probably get the nod.
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.

Ho Soon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And Peieira tries to counter it with a takedown but Ho Soon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Peieira throws a body punch but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Ho Soon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Peieira thuds his right hand into Ho Soon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ho Soon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Peieira is out of range.
Peieira fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ho Soon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Peieira.
Peieira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Peieira swings widly with a right hand
and Ho Soon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Peieira avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peieira misses with a body punch
enabling Ho Soon to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho Soon moves away from the strike by Peieira.
Ho Soon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ho Soon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peieira can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peieira shoots in and gets a takedown into Ho Soon's guard.
Ho Soon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ho Soon keeping full guard, as Peieira tries to pass.
Ho Soon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Peieira's guard.

Peieira looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ho Soon stopping the sweep attempt from Peieira.
Chu Ho Soon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ho Soon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ho Soon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ho Soon wants to control from the top but Peieira keeps moving.

Peieira is looking for a triangle but Ho Soon pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Peieira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Peieira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Peieira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ho Soon can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Ho Soon got a little sloppy there for a moment and Peieira has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ho Soon has managed to get both his arms back between Peieira's legs - danger averted.
Peieira wants to sweep but no luck.
Ho Soon trying to control the position from guard on top but Peieira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ho Soon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Peieira is keeping the position for now.
Peieira wants to improve his position but instead Ho Soon has moved into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peieira moves into full guard.

Peieira is looking for a triangle here but Ho Soon uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Peieira sneaks back into half guard.
Ho Soon is thwarting Peieira's attempts to control the position.
Peieira wants to get back to full guard.

Ho Soon moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Peieira.

Ho Soon tries for a kimura but Peieira is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peieira tries to bench press Ho Soon off him but Ho Soon keeps the position.
Ho Soon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peieira keeps working.
Peieira is looking to regain half guard here but Ho Soon keeps moving and retains side control.
Peieira avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ho Soon.
Peieira is looking for a sweep.
Peieira manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ho Soon's best efforts.
Peieira works his way to full guard. Good work.

Ho Soon has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Peieira to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ho Soon is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Peieira pulls down on the head and he's put Ho Soon to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Caio Peieira!