PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tito Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aldrin Caraan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caraan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: bebot. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chavez
vs
Caraan

160 cm
20
130 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Granite 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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tito Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aldrin Caraan!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Caraan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Chavez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Caraan sprawls well. Caraan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chavez gets slowly back to his feet.
Caraan closes the distance and clinches up with Chavez, looking for a takedown. Caraan pushes Chavez against the cage but Chavez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Caraan shoots and misses
and Chavez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Chavez wants to clinch.
Caraan tries to clinch there but Chavez circles away.
Chavez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Caraan is fending him off so far but Chavez persists. Nope, Caraan circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Chavez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caraan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chavez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Caraan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Caraan winds up and cracks Chavez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Caraan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Caraan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chavez pushes Caraan off looking to stand but Caraan dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez is trying to get back to full guard.
Caraan blocks the strikes from Chavez.
Caraan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Caraan 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.
Chavez is breathing heavily.
Chavez gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Caraan stands up over Chavez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Caraan works over Chavez with some ground and pound from guard.
Chavez looking for a sweep. Not yet Chavez, not yet.
Caraan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez wants to get back to his feet but Caraan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chavez working a defensive guard here.
Caraan landing with the ground and pound.
Caraan postures up and lands a big shot to Chavez's brow.
Caraan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Caraan stopping the sweep attempt from Chavez.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Caraan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Caraan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chavez's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caraan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Caraan postures up.
Caraan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Caraan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Caraan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Chavez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Caraan lands a couple of digs.
Caraan stands up over Chavez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Chavez trying to control the position.
Caraan connects with a couple of short punches.
Caraan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

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.
Chavez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Caraan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chavez trying to strike off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Caraan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Caraan thows a big elbow that misses.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Caraan tries for a takedown but Chavez circles away easily

and Chavez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Chavez working over Caraan with some ground and pound. Caraan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Caraan trying to control from the bottom.
Caraan lands with a few short shots to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez uses his free foot to push down on Caraan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Caraan.
Chavez looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldrin Caraan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Caraan fails with the takedown.
Chavez looks for a takedown but Caraan sprawls well.
Chavez has his takedown stuffed

and Caraan counters with a shoot takedown. Chavez fights it but they end up in guard.
Caraan lands a couple of elbows.
Caraan lands a couple of digs.

Chavez looking for a guillotine here but Caraan defends easily.
Caraan tries to free his leg and advance position but Chavez is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caraan postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Caraan cracks Chavez with a solid left hand.
Caraan scoring with some ground and pound.
Caraan throwing strikes but missing.

Chavez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Chavez working a defensive guard here.
Caraan postures up and lands a big shot to Chavez's brow.
Caraan connects with a couple of short punches.
Chavez wants to stand up but Caraan is controlling him.
Chavez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Caraan throws a strike but Chavez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Caraan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chavez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chavez passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Chavez is thwarting Caraan's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chavez wants to free his trapped foot but Caraan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Chavez not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Caraan shoots and misses

so Chavez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Caraan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Caraan trying to strike off his back.
Chavez wants to control from the top but Caraan keeps moving.

Caraan has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Chavez doesn't defend quickly enough and Caraan has managed to lock this one up! Can Chavez escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Caraan on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Aldrin Caraan!