PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chiaki Aoki (ranked 4129 p4p, 4217 weight class) and Vini Chowkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Aoki
vs
Chowkin

164 cm
25
141
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
140
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chiaki Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vini Chowkin!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki darts in trying to clinch
and Chowkin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Aoki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aoki.
Aoki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chowkin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aoki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chowkin misses with the head strike.
Aoki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aoki missing with knees to the body.
Aoki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chowkin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Chowkin avoids the damage to the body.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chowkin avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Chowkin has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Chowkin blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Chowkin avoids the damage to the body.
Chowkin has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Chowkin avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Chowkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chowkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aoki obliges.
Aoki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chowkin is defending well for now.
Chowkin tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Chowkin.
Chowkin misses with a punch to the body.
A knee to the head by Aoki.
Chowkin misses with some punches.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chowkin is defending well for now.
Aoki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki scores with a knee to the head.
Chowkin misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chowkin misses with some punches.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chowkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chowkin is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aoki obliges.
Chowkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Chowkin's ribcage.
Chowkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chowkin lands a hook that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Chowkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Chowkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki lands a nice knee to the body.
Chowkin avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Chowkin throws a head punch that misses.
Aoki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chowkin is defending well for now.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Chowkin tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chowkin tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Chowkin.
Chowkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chowkin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chowkin throws a head punch that misses.
Aoki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chowkin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki scores a nice knee to the body.
Chowkin tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Aoki missing with knees to the body.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Aoki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Aoki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chowkin looks winded!
Chowkin lands an uppercut.
Chowkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Chowkin is blocking nicely.
Chowkin managing to block the knees to the body from Aoki.
Chowkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chowkin avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chiaki Aoki dominated that round.
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.

Aoki rushes Chowkin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Aoki lands a knee to the body.
Chowkin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Chowkin's ribcage.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Chowkin's ribcage.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chowkin's face.
Aoki landing knees to the body.
Chowkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chowkin's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Aoki.
Chowkin is breathing heavily.
Chowkin throws a head punch that misses.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chowkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chowkin tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Chowkin avoids the damage to the body.
Aoki lands a good knee to the midsection. Chowkin won't want to take too many of those.
Aoki missing with knees to the body.
Chowkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chowkin avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chowkin avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki working Chowkin over with knees to the body.
Chowkin misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Chowkin avoids the damage to the body.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chowkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Chowkin blocks it.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Chowkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Chowkin managing to block the knees to the body from Aoki.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Chowkin misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chowkin cracks Aoki with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chowkin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chowkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Chowkin.
Aoki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chowkin is defending well for now.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chowkin misses with the head strike.
Chowkin managing to block the knees to the body from Aoki.
A head punch on the inside from Chowkin fails to land.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chowkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chowkin avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chowkin avoids it.
Chowkin can't find room to land a body shot as Aoki controls the action.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Chowkin avoids the damage to the body.
Chowkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chowkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chowkin misses with some punches.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chiaki Aoki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chowkin misses with some punches.
Chowkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chowkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chowkin tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Chowkin back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Chowkin fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chowkin avoids it.
Chowkin misses with some punches.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chowkin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chiaki Aoki dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Chowkin scores with a decent looking hook.
Aoki tries to clinch but Chowkin moves away
and Chowkin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch but Chowkin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Aoki moves into range and clinches up with Chowkin.
Chowkin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chowkin avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Chowkin's ribcage.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Aoki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chowkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chowkin lands a body shot.
Chowkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aoki missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chowkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Aoki missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chowkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chowkin tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Chowkin back against the cage.
Chowkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chowkin pushes Aoki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chowkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chowkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki missing with knees to the body.
Chowkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
A head punch on the inside from Chowkin fails to land.
Chowkin working aggressively here.
Chowkin misses with the head strike.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Chowkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Chowkin fails to land.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Chowkin lands a left hand.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Chowkin avoids the damage to the body.
Chowkin gets through Aoki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Chowkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki lands a good knee to the midsection. Chowkin won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Chowkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Chowkin fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Chowkin fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Chowkin.
Chowkin throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Chowkin avoids the damage to the body.
Chowkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Chowkin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chowkin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chowkin has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Chowkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chowkin avoids it.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Chowkin.
Chowkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Chowkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Chowkin fails to land.
Chowkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Chowkin.
Chowkin misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chowkin misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chowkin.
Chowkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chowkin scores with a hook to the body.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chowkin avoids it.
Chowkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
Chowkin tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chowkin.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chowkin avoids it.
Chowkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chowkin.
Chowkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Vini Chowkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chiaki Aoki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chowkin avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vini Chowkin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Aoki 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chiaki Aoki!
Chiaki Aoki seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.