PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donny Solade (ranked 24413 p4p, 2130 weight class) and Olyksandr Chai (ranked 0 p4p, 110 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Solade
vs
Chai

188 cm
29
270
8 - 12 - 0

188 cm
25
265
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Donny Solade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Olyksandr Chai!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Chai.
Solade shoots in for a takedown but Chai shows good takedown defense.
Chai bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donny Solade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Solade shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chai sprawls well. Chai wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Solade gets slowly back to his feet.
Solade with a lazy takedown attempt
and Chai counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donny Solade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Solade gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Chai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Solade with a poor takedown
and Chai counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Solade thinking.
Solade is breathing heavily.
Chai lands a nice hook to Solade's body. Solade takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Oooh a lovely combination from Chai sends Solade down but not out. Chai dives into side control looking to finish.

It looks like Donny Solade has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Chai has an Americana. Solade didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Chai is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Chai hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Olyksandr Chai!
Our winner, Olyksandr Chai, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.