PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Bistro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Wiley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiley has chosen Dashboard by Modest Mouse as his entrance music. Chuck Wiley has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bubba Bistro's chin.

Bistro
vs
Wiley

188 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bubba Bistro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Wiley!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bistro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wiley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bistro stuffs the takedown.
Bistro wants to clinch.

Bistro forces Wiley back against the cage and clinches.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.
Wiley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bistro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiley is trying to stall.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Wiley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wiley is looking to control Bistro's arms but Bistro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wiley has his back to the cage.
Wiley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bistro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bistro lands a knee to the head.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiley lands a knee to the head.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but Wiley blocks with his arms.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.
Wiley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bistro misses with a knee to the head.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bistro misses with a knee to the head.
Bistro is breathing heavily.
Wiley stalling in the clinch but Bistro improves position.

Wiley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bistro stuffs the takedown attempt from Wiley. Wiley gets slowly back to his feet.
Bubba Bistro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiley has a takedown stuffed.
Bubba Bistro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Wiley.
Wiley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bubba Bistro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiley misses with a takedown attempt - Bistro sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Bistro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bistro.
Bistro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiley misses with a head kick.
A head kick by Bistro misses

and Wiley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wiley.
Wiley avoiding damage as Bistro throws knees to the body.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Wiley.
Wiley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bistro landing knees to the head.
Wiley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bistro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bistro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bistro with a knee to the head.
Wiley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bistro misses with a knee to the head.
Wiley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Bistro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bistro misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bistro.
Bistro lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiley is stalling here.

Wiley breaks from the clinch.
Wiley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bistro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wiley finds it's way round the side to connect with Bistro's head.
Bistro darts in trying to clinch

and Wiley counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Bistro is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bistro manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bistro has control of Wiley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Wiley regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Wiley is squirming around, avoiding Bistro's attempts to control the action.
A nice elbow there by Bistro.
Wiley is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bistro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wiley is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Bistro has control of Wiley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Wiley regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Bistro jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Wiley is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Wiley and Bistro has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Bistro has knee on belly momentarily but Wiley bucks him off and regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bistro prevents Wiley from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bubba Bistro will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bistro thows a body kick. Wiley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bistro lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bistro misses with a head kick.
Bistro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bistro throws a sloppy head kick and Wiley moves out of range easily.

Bistro moves into the clinch successfully.
Bistro lands an elbow that stopped Wiley in his tracks for a moment.
Bistro scores with a knee to the head.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Bistro tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiley avoids the damage to the body.
Wiley controlling the action here for a moment.
Bistro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bistro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Bistro lands a damaging elbow.
Bistro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wiley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiley stalling in the clinch but Bistro improves position.
Bistro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bistro crunches a lovely knee into Wiley's ribcage.
Wiley is breathing heavily.
Bistro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wiley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Wiley.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bistro crunches a lovely knee into Wiley's ribcage.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiley avoiding damage as Bistro throws knees to the body.
Wiley managing to block the knees to the body from Bistro.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bistro's face.
A knee to the head by Bistro.
Bistro with a knee to the head.
Bistro landing knees to the head.
Bistro connects with a knee to the head.
Bistro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Bistro.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.
Bistro landing knees to the body.
Wiley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bistro.
Bistro tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiley avoids the damage to the body.
Bistro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bistro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wiley's face.
Wiley pushes off an throws an elbow but Bistro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley looking to throw knees to the head but Bistro is blocking nicely.
Bistro lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiley takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiley taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Bistro missing with knees to the body.
Wiley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro lands a nice knee to the body.
Bistro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.

Wiley breaks the clinch.

Bistro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bubba Bistro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bistro lands a nice knee to the body.
Bistro lands a knee to the body.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Bistro landing knees to the body.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bistro trying to stall but Wiley improves his position.
Bistro dodges an elbow strike from Wiley.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Wiley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bistro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bistro throws a head kick that misses

so Wiley counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Bistro is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wiley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bistro trying to keep a closed guard but Wiley is proving a slippery customer.
Bistro manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiley trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bistro trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bistro lands a big shot there that rocks Wiley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wiley wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bistro tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bistro landing punches.

Wiley somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
A big right from Bistro misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bistro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wiley throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Bistro dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bistro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wiley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bistro throws a head kick but Wiley moves out of range.
Wiley pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Wiley tries to keep at a distance but Bistro has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bistro lands an elbow inside that Wiley shrugs off.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but Bistro blocks with his arms.
Wiley tries to stall but Bistro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley misses with a knee to the head.
Wiley pushes off an throws an elbow but Bistro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Wiley.
Wiley pushes off an throws an elbow but Bistro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Wiley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wiley avoiding damage as Bistro throws knees to the body.
Wiley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bistro.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wiley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice elbow from Bistro.
Bistro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wiley's face.
Bistro lands a knee to the head.
Wiley managing to block the knees to the body from Bistro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiley managing to block the knees to the body from Bistro.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Bistro keeps control of Wiley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wiley looking to throw knees to the head but Bistro is blocking nicely.
Bistro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bistro misses with a knee strike.
Bistro creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wiley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Chuck Wiley has been cut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bistro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Wiley tries to stall but Bistro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wiley tries a knee to the head but Bistro blocks it.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bistro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiley is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Bistro.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Wiley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bistro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wiley throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiley scores with a knee to the head.
Bistro throws an elbow but it misses.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wiley landing knees to the body.
Wiley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bistro.
Wiley blocks an elbow strike from Bistro.
Bistro lands a knee to the head.
Wiley landing knees to the body.
Wiley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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!
Wiley trying to land knees to the body.
Bistro misses with an elbow strike.
Bistro lands a nice knee to the body.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but Wiley blocks with his arms.
Bistro lands a nice elbow.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Bistro scores a nice knee to the body.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiley.
Wiley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bistro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wiley lands a nice knee to the body.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bistro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bistro.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiley.
Bistro lands an elbow that stopped Wiley in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Wiley.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Wiley trying to land knees to the body.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Wiley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wiley stalling.
Wiley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Bistro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiley.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bistro lands an elbow that stopped Wiley in his tracks for a moment.
Bistro landing knees to the head.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Wiley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro avoiding damage as Wiley throws knees to the body.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but Wiley blocks with his arms.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but Wiley blocks with his arms.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wiley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bistro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bistro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bistro with a knee to the head.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bistro connects with a knee to the head.
Bistro misses with a knee to the head.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Wiley breaks the clinch.
Bistro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bistro, as that shot connected.
Bistro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bistro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bistro tries to clinch up but Wiley circles away and keeps his distance.
Bistro tries to bum rush Wiley with a series of wild strikes but Wiley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bistro clinches up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bistro crunches a lovely knee into Wiley's ribcage.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bistro lands an elbow that stopped Wiley in his tracks for a moment.
Chuck Wiley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Bistro.
Wiley tries to land knees in the clinch but Bistro avoids the damage to the body.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Bistro.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bubba Bistro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bistro, 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bubba Bistro!