PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ma Chao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Beaulieu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beaulieu is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Anonymus - Prosternez-vous. 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?

Chao
vs
Beaulieu

180 cm
19
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

182 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ma Chao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pat Beaulieu!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beaulieu throws a hook to the side of Chao's head but Chao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beaulieu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beaulieu. Chao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chao just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab lands there for Beaulieu.
Beaulieu misses with an uppercut.
Beaulieu lands with a good body shot.
Ma Chao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beaulieu scores with a nice strike.
Chao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beaulieu.
Beaulieu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chao scores with a decent looking hook.
Chao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beaulieu.
Beaulieu scores with a jab. Chao acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chao tries to move into range but Beaulieu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Beaulieu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chao on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chao misses with a few strikes there.
Beaulieu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Beaulieu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Beaulieu looks to throw the jab but Chao is out of range.
Chao tries to clinch there but Beaulieu circles away.
Beaulieu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chao was well out of range. Poor timing from Beaulieu.
Chao misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaulieu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chao throws a lazy right hand but Beaulieu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chao misses with a body shot.
Beaulieu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Beaulieu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beaulieu sizes up Chao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Beaulieu lands with an overhand left.
Beaulieu cracks Chao with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beaulieu lands with a shot to the body.
Chao misses with a two punch combination.
Chao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beaulieu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beaulieu throws a shot to the body.
Beaulieu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chao.
Chao throws a series of punches but Beaulieu avoids them all with ease.
Beaulieu digs a good hook to Chao's body.
Chao tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Beaulieu swats away the attempt to clinch by Chao.
Beaulieu works Chao's body with a nice hook.
Chao is looking to wear down Beaulieu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chao on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beaulieu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Beaulieu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Chao 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Beaulieu misses with a wild combination.
Chao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice straight punches there by Beaulieu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beaulieu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chao throws a series of punches but Beaulieu moves out of range.
Beaulieu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chao moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beaulieu connects with a crisp jab.
Beaulieu keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chao takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chao tries to bum rush Beaulieu with a series of wild strikes but Beaulieu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beaulieu scores with a sloppy right hand. Chao should have avoided that one.
Beaulieu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Chao had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Chao fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chao takes one on the button.
Beaulieu scores with a sloppy right hand. Chao should have avoided that one.
Chao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chao slips a jab from Beaulieu.
No joy there for Chao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beaulieu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chao.
Beaulieu scores with a hook to the body. Chao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Beaulieu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beaulieu lands a nice looking body shot.
Chao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beaulieu was well out of range. Poor timing from Chao.
Chao walks into a left hand.
Beaulieu throws a shot to the body.

Chao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beaulieu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chao throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Beaulieu.
Chao is breathing heavily.
Beaulieu lands a body shot.
Beaulieu scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beaulieu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beaulieu lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Beaulieu.
Chao misses with a punch on the inside.
Beaulieu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Beaulieu works on Chao's body with a couple of short punches.
Beaulieu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beaulieu lands a left hand.
Beaulieu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beaulieu lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Beaulieu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Beaulieu lands a hook that snaps the head of Chao backwards.
Beaulieu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Beaulieu.
A short right from Beaulieu.
Beaulieu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beaulieu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Beaulieu on the inside.
Beaulieu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beaulieu.

Beaulieu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beaulieu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Chao is rocked!
Beaulieu lands a nice looking body shot.
Beaulieu throws a shot to the body.
Chao looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Chao is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Beaulieu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Chao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Beaulieu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chao misses with a combination
and Beaulieu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Beaulieu thuds a left hand into Chao's body.
The crowd cheers as Beaulieu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chao doesn't seem phased though.
Chao doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Beaulieu scores with the left hand. Chao knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beaulieu connects with a solid leg kick.
Beaulieu scores with a hook to the body. Chao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Beaulieu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Beaulieu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beaulieu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Beaulieu connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Beaulieu dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Beaulieu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chao.
Chao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beaulieu counters with a right hand to the body.
Beaulieu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beaulieu manages to avoid it.
Beaulieu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chao in his tracks.
Chao clinches but Beaulieu breaks the clinch
and Beaulieu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chao darts in trying to clinch
and Beaulieu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chao misses with a combination
and Beaulieu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pat Beaulieu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chao has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Beaulieu finds it's way round the side to connect with Chao's head.
Beaulieu scores with a hook.
Beaulieu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Decent striking displayed by Beaulieu there.
Beaulieu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beaulieu thuds a left hand into Chao's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beaulieu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beaulieu counters with a nice uppercut.
Beaulieu lands with a straight right. Chao didn't see that one coming.
Chao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chao drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chao takes one to the side of the head.
Chao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Beaulieu counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beaulieu slips a jab and a cross from Chao.
Beaulieu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beaulieu tests Chao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Beaulieu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chao just misses with a punch to the body.
Chao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beaulieu counters with a nice body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chao ducks right into an uppercut from Beaulieu.
Ma Chao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Beaulieu.
Beaulieu scores with a spinning back kick!
Chao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chao needs to keep his hands up - Beaulieu had a free shot at his head there.
Chao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beaulieu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to de liver by Beaulieu. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beaulieu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beaulieu scores with a hook to the body. Chao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Beaulieu lands a nice looking body shot.
Beaulieu throws a solid leg kick but Chao takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Beaulieu.
A cross from Beaulieu lands.
Beaulieu lands with an uppercut that bounces Chao off the cage and back into rage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Beaulieu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Beaulieu lands a really nice looking cross but Chao seems unphased.
Beaulieu lands with a good body shot.
Chao closes the distance but Beaulieu moves to the side
and Beaulieu counters with a nice body shot.
Beaulieu scores with a nice head shot.
Beaulieu throws a leg kick but Chao moved away.
Beaulieu lands a nice hook to Chao's body. Chao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beaulieu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beaulieu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Beaulieu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Beaulieu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu scores with a jab to the jaw.
Beaulieu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beaulieu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beaulieu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chao's head backwards.
Beaulieu lands a right hook to the body.
Chao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beaulieu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chao on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Decent striking displayed by Beaulieu there.
Beaulieu lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Beaulieu as he connects with a hook.
Oh Chao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beaulieu drops Chao with a huge uppercut! Chao drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Beaulieu is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pat Beaulieu!