PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Chee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and esko Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). esko Gonzales will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Chee
vs
Gonzales

150 cm
22
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
23
280 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Osaka Niten Ichi - MMA Gear

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kim Chee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, esko Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chee scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gonzales wants to get back to his feet.
Chee wants to free his trapped foot but Gonzales is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gonzales taking some punishment here, with Chee in his half guard.
Gonzales is trying to stand.
Chee controlling the action here.
Gonzales is looking to escape.
Gonzales is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Chee is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzales on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chee sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chee is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Chee has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gonzales wants to get back to his feet.
Gonzales is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Chee scores with a couple of nice shots.
Chee winds up and cracks Gonzales with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gonzales looks gassed!
Chee with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Chee works his way into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Gonzales taking a bit of punishment here - Chee scoring with strikes.
Chee lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzales is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Chee working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chee is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gonzales will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Gonzales is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Chee is controlling him well.
Gonzales being controlled for a moment.
Gonzales takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gonzales pushes Chee away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chee gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
A lull in the action here as Chee stalls from top position.
Chee landing strikes.
Chee controlling the position.
Chee is chipping away with strikes.
Gonzales is working to avoid the ground and pound but Chee connects with a decent elbow.
Chee connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gonzales some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chee scoring with punches from side control.
Chee lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Chee tries for a kimura but Gonzales is defending well.
Chee lands an elbow.
Gonzales is working to avoid the ground and pound but Chee connects with a decent elbow.
Chee takes a little break here. Gonzales wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Gonzales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chee is staying tight to Gonzales's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Chee in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gonzales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chee in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chee in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Chee landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Chee is putting a hurting on Gonzales here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gonzales is letting Chee control him for a moment.
Chee landing a few strikes.
Chee landing strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Chee wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gonzales, who protects the arm well.
Chee working the head with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzales takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Chee lands a nice forearm strike.
Chee scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gonzales to see if he's OK.
Chee cracks Gonzales with a big right hand but Gonzales just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kim Chee dominated that round.
That's time! Chee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Chee takes a swing at Gonzales's ribcage but misses.

Chee shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gonzales is trying to defend but Chee finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Chee controlling the action here.
Chee is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chee scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chee working over Gonzales with some ground and pound. Gonzales looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gonzales is looking to escape.
Gonzales is in trouble now - Chee has advanced to mount!
Chee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonzales can do to turn this around?
Chee working Gonzales over with strikes here.
Chee controlling his opponent.
Chee cracks Gonzales with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chee sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gonzales is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chee with the ground and pound from mount.
Chee controlling the position easily from mount.
Gonzales trying desperately to get to his feet.
Chee lands with some strikes.
Chee working the ground and pound effectively.
Chee punishing his opponent with strikes.
Chee lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chee won't let Gonzales get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Chee lands a big shot there that rocks Gonzales but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Chee lands a big elbow.
Chee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Gonzales is rocked!
Chee is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gonzales is still in real trouble! Can Chee finish him?
Chee landing strikes from the mount.
Gonzales seems to have recovered his senses.
Chee lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chee landing strikes from the mount and Gonzales is in trouble!
Chee takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chee lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gonzales taking shots to the head.
Chee has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gonzales's face.
Gonzales is trying to stand up.
Chee controlling from mount.
Gonzales in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Chee lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Gonzales that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Chee unloading with bombs!
Chee controlling the pace for now.
Chee breaks from Gonzales's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chee landing punches.
Chee controlling his opponent.
Chee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Chee lands a heavy elbow.
Chee lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gonzales is bucking up trying to escape but Chee cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Chee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Chee with shots to the head and body - Gonzales looks very uncomfortable down there.
Chee pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gonzales is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Chee controlling from mount.
Chee landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzales's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Chee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Chee sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chee lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gonzales hang on?
Chee breaks from Gonzales's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gonzales is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Chee raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Chee connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chee lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gonzales hang on?
Chee controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kim Chee dominated that second round.
That's time! Chee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Gonzales stuffs the takedown attempt from Chee. Chee gets slowly back to his feet.
Chee throws a looping overhand right but Gonzales ducks down to avoid it.

Gonzales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gonzales prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chee drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Chee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonzales.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chee has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gonzales avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonzales.
Chee wants a takedown but no success here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gonzales scores with a knee to the head.
Gonzales throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chee has Gonzales pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gonzales manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chee wants a takedown but no success here.
Gonzales connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kim Chee has been cut.
Chee is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Chee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gonzales pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kim Chee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Chee moves out of range.
Chee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzales tries to clinch there but Chee circles away.

Chee feints and as Gonzales raises his hands in defense, Chee changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chee stops Gonzales from standing up.
Chee is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Chee is pushing down on Gonzales's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gonzales is fighting to maintain full guard but Chee has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chee working over Gonzales with some ground and pound. Gonzales looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chee lands with a punch from half guard.
Chee is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Chee stops Gonzales from getting back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Chee connects with a nice short shot to Gonzales's temple.
Gonzales wants to get back to his feet.
Kim Chee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chee is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Chee lands with a right hand.
Chee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonzales was well out of range. Poor timing from Chee.

Chee shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gonzales has hold of Chee's hands but Chee slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chee wants to free his trapped foot but Gonzales is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Chee stops Gonzales from getting back to his feet.
Chee looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Chee seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gonzales for as long as he can get away with.
Gonzales tries to kick Chee off but Chee keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Chee working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gonzales is trying to stand.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzales.
Chee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gonzales tries to clinch there but Chee circles away.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Chee is having none of it.

Chee shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gonzales is trying to stand up here but Chee is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chee working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gonzales is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Chee scores with a couple of nice shots.
esko Gonzales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gonzales is trying to stand.
Still in half guard, Chee seems content to control.
Chee lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Chee.
Chee lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Chee.
Chee working the head and body with strikes.
Kim Chee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chee is taking a breather. Gonzales 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kim Chee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chee, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kim Chee!