PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duane Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and eduardo braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chapman comes to the cage accompanied by Dog the Bounty Hunter. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Chapman
vs
braga

198 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duane Chapman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, eduardo braga!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
braga throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chapman's waist but Chapman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing braga off to one side.

Chapman rushes braga and presses him up against the cage.
Chapman stops a takedown attempt from braga.
Come on Chapman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Chapman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Chapman.

It looks like eduardo braga has been cut.
braga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chapman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Duane Chapman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of eduardo braga.
braga jumps guard but Chapman stands there with braga around his waist. braga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
braga tries for a takedown. No joy.
braga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Chapman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and braga avoids it.
braga drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Chapman gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Chapman gets underhooks to prevent braga's takedown attempt.
braga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chapman stops a takedown attempt from braga.
braga looks gassed!
braga blocks the elbow strike.
braga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Chapman walks away with a smile on his face. braga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Chapman has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chapman.
braga is working for takedown but Chapman is calmly controlling the position for now.
braga managing to block the knees to the body from Chapman.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
braga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Chapman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chapman throws a punch but it's blocked by braga.
Chapman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
Chapman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chapman lands a body shot.
Chapman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chapman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chapman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from braga.
Nice body punch from Chapman - that landed with a thud.
A bit of stalling here from Chapman.
Chapman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chapman lands a body punch.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and braga avoids it.
Chapman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt braga or not.
Chapman slows down the pace here.
Chapman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with braga's elbow.
Chapman tries to land knees in the clinch but braga avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Chapman.
Chapman taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Chapman.
braga can't get the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
braga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and braga avoids it.
Chapman effectively controlling the action here.
Chapman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
braga avoiding damage as Chapman throws knees to the body.
braga takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chapman connects with a nasty looking knee right to braga's face.
Chapman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chapman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chapman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A hook to the body from Chapman.
A right hand to the body from Chapman.
Chapman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from braga.
braga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
braga tries to score a body lock takedown but Chapman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Chapman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chapman scores a nice knee to the body.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
Chapman tries a knee to the head but braga blocks it.
Chapman cracks braga with a nice body shot.
braga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chapman smiles and moves away.
braga sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but braga was well out of range. Poor timing from Chapman.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Chapman. braga shrugs it off though.
The fighters circling - Chapman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
eduardo braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chapman throws a nice head kick!
Chapman scores with a leg kick.
Chapman lands a front kick.
Chapman throws a head kick that braga semi-blocks.
Chapman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Chapman takes the fight into the clinch.
Chapman can't find room to land a body shot as braga controls the action.
braga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Chapman missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Chapman fails to land.
Chapman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but braga blocks it with crossed arms.
braga blocks a body shot from Chapman.
braga wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice body punch from Chapman - that landed with a thud.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
braga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chapman has braga pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman lands a hook that snaps the head of braga backwards.
Chapman is pressed up against the cage. braga has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chapman down to the mat. Chapman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Duane Chapman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chapman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Chapman throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chapman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
braga stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chapman.
Nice body kick from Chapman.
braga takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Chapman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chapman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on braga if he has to take too many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chapman.
Chapman goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
braga takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chapman, right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Chapman pushes braga up against the cage in a clinch.
Chapman swings wildly with an uppercut but braga uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Chapman.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chapman just misses with a elbow thrown towards braga's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duane Chapman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on eduardo braga's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chapman stuffs the takedown.
Good leg kick by Chapman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chapman.
Chapman throws a nice head kick!
Chapman thuds his shin into the meat of braga's side.

Chapman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chapman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Chapman.
Chapman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that braga can do to turn this around?
Chapman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
braga has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chapman.
Chapman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
braga letting Chapman take a breather here.
Chapman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chapman struggles to land a body shot inside as braga controls his hands.
braga wants a takedown.
Chapman unloads a knee to the mid-section. braga lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
Chapman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
braga is breathing heavily.
Chapman misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chapman throws an elbow but misses.
Chapman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chapman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but braga blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman pushes off an throws an elbow but braga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
braga jumps guard but Chapman stands there with braga around his waist. braga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Duane Chapman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of eduardo braga.
braga tries to pull guard but Chapman holds him up against the cage and eventually braga drops back down to his feet.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
braga fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees to the body from Chapman.
A knee to the head by Chapman.
A right hand to the body from Chapman.
Chapman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chapman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A bit of stalling here from Chapman.
Chapman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chapman throws a knee to the head but misses.
braga dodges an elbow strike from Chapman.
braga is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Chapman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
braga takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chapman lands an uppercut.
Chapman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
braga is working for takedown but Chapman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Chapman's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. braga is defending well for now.
Chapman landing knees to the body.
Chapman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning braga up against the cage.
braga dodges an elbow strike from Chapman.
Chapman misses with a knee to the head.
Chapman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chapman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down braga.
Chapman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from braga.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chapman throws an elbow but misses.
braga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chapman misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chapman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
braga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
braga managing to block the knees to the body from Chapman.
braga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chapman misses with a punch to the body.
braga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chapman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chapman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
braga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
braga managing to block the knees to the body from Chapman.
Chapman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chapman works on braga's body with a couple of short punches.
Chapman swings wildly with an uppercut but braga uses good head movement to avoid it.
braga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Chapman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chapman landing knees to the head.
braga blocks an elbow strike.
Chapman is pushing braga up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Chapman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has braga in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
braga fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chapman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and braga avoids it.
Chapman is leaning against braga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chapman misses with a knee to the head.
Chapman unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Chapman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
braga fails to pull guard.
Chapman throws a head punch that misses.
Chapman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Chapman pushes off an throws an elbow but braga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chapman throws an elbow but it misses.
Chapman lands a left hand that snaps the head of braga backwards.
Chapman throws a punch but it's blocked by braga.
braga blocks a body shot from Chapman.
Chapman lands a shot to the body.
braga tries to land a knee to the head but Chapman blocks with his arms.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and braga avoids it.
Chapman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning braga up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Chapman.
Chapman tries to work over braga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
braga avoiding damage as Chapman throws knees to the body.
Chapman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Chapman lands with a light punch inside.
braga has Chapman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Chapman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chapman pushes braga back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duane Chapman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on eduardo braga's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Chapman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
braga on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! braga crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Chapman - the referee stops the clock and braga gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Chapman. braga manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Chapman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Chapman lands a high kick!
braga's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chapman throws a nice head kick!
A head kick from Chapman lands but braga takes it in his stride.
Duane Chapman is winning the standup battle so far.
Chapman lets loose with a powerful body kick. braga will feel that in the morning.
braga avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Chapman moves into the clinch.
Chapman throws a punch but it's blocked by braga.
braga dodges an elbow strike from Chapman.
braga tries for a takedown. No joy.
The referee calls for Chapman to work.
Duane Chapman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
braga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chapman gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Chapman misses with a knee strike.
braga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chapman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman tries to work over braga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
braga jumps guard but Chapman stands there with braga around his waist. braga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Chapman.
braga tries for a takedown. No joy.
Duane Chapman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of eduardo braga.
Chapman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
Chapman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chapman leaning against his opponent.
braga jumps guard but Chapman stands there with braga around his waist. braga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Chapman stops a takedown attempt from braga.
Chapman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
braga managing to block the knees to the body from Chapman.
Chapman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chapman tries to throw a body punch but braga avoids it by throwing Chapman back against the cage.
Chapman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chapman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from braga.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chapman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from braga.
braga is working for takedown but Chapman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Chapman effectively controlling the action here.
eduardo braga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Chapman tries to work over braga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Chapman.
braga managing to block the knees to the body from Chapman.
Chapman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chapman scores with a knee to the head.
Chapman is struggling to control the position.
braga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Chapman walks away with a smile on his face. braga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
braga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chapman.

Chapman rushes braga and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chapman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
Chapman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chapman misses with a punch on the inside.
braga tries to pull guard but Chapman won't allow it.
Chapman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chapman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
braga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman landing knees to the body.
Chapman tries to work over braga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chapman lands a shot to the body.
Chapman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
braga has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chapman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chapman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chapman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chapman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and braga avoids it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chapman.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chapman throws an elbow but misses.
braga fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chapman tries a body shot but braga blocks it.
braga prevents a body shot from Chapman.
braga wants a takedown but no success here.
A left hand lands to the body for Chapman.
braga drops down looking for an ankle pick but Chapman pulls his leg out and moves away.
Chapman thuds his shin into the meat of braga's side.
Chapman throws a front kick that sends braga stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
braga sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A head kick from Chapman lands but braga takes it in his stride.

Chapman moves into the clinch.
braga blocking some punches.
braga avoiding damage as Chapman throws knees to the body.
Chapman lands a nice knee to the body.
Chapman stalls.
Chapman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and braga avoids it.
Chapman is stalling here.
braga has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chapman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chapman presses braga against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
braga avoids the elbow strike from Chapman, against the cage.
Chapman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chapman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with braga's elbow.
braga tries for a takedown. No joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duane Chapman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chapman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:24
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:24
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duane Chapman!