PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stelios Xenos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chin Checka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Checka has chosen Ghetto Paradis as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Xenos
vs
Checka

187 cm
20
194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stelios Xenos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Chin Checka!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xenos throws a head kick but Checka moves out of range.
Checka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Xenos.
Xenos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Xenos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Checka.
Xenos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Checka moves out of range of the body kick.
Xenos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Checka is able to avoid easily.
Checka fails to land with a series of punches.
Checka has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Xenos finds it's way round the side to connect with Checka's head.
Checka scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Xenos misses with an uppercut.
Xenos tried to score with a low kick but Checka checks it.
Checka moves out of range as Xenos throws a body kick.
Xenos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Checka if he has to take too many more of those.
Checka looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xenos keeps Checka at a distance using the push kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Xenos. That snapped Checka's head back.
Checka takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Chin Checka has been cut.
Checka walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xenos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Checka avoids the head kick by Xenos.
Xenos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice leg kick lands there from Xenos.
Xenos scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Xenos, right into the meat.
Xenos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Checka's sensitive parts.
Checka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Xenos thumps Checka with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Xenos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xenos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Xenos is looking to slow Checka down with leg kicks.
Xenos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Checka manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xenos scores with a push kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Xenos.
Xenos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Xenos misses with a body kick.
Xenos thows a body kick. Checka tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Checka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Checka takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Xenos - that will leave a mark!
Checka takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Xenos scores with a spinning back kick!
Checka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Xenos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Checka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A left lands for Xenos.
Xenos throws a head kick but Checka moves out of range.
Xenos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos lands a front kick.
Checka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xenos can pounce on him.
Checka takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Xenos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Xenos throws a head kick that Checka semi-blocks.
Xenos looks for the body kick but Checka saw that one coming.
Xenos misses with a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Xenos.
Xenos scores with a leg kick.
Xenos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Xenos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xenos connects with a solid leg kick.
Checka has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Xenos.
Xenos looks for the body kick but Checka saw that one coming.
Checka takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xenos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Checka blocks a leg kick.
Xenos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xenos moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Xenos.
Xenos throws the kick towards the body but Checka avoids it.
Xenos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Checka.
A big right from Checka misses.
A good leg kick by Xenos.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Xenos - that will leave a mark!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A good leg kick by Xenos.
Xenos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Xenos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Xenos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stelios Xenos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chin Checka's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Xenos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Xenos.
Checka has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Xenos.
Checka moves out of range as Xenos throws a body kick.
Checka moves out of range of the body kick from Xenos.
Checka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Xenos.
A good leg kick by Xenos.
Xenos feints and then cracks Checka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Checka down.
Xenos lands a glancing blow to the side of Checka's head.
Xenos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Checka's sensitive parts.
Stelios Xenos is winning the standup battle so far.
Xenos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Checka on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Checka is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Checka takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
An inside leg kick lands from Xenos.
Xenos thuds his shin into the meat of Checka's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xenos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Checka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Xenos. Xenos obviously looking to wear him down.
Xenos is looking to slow Checka down with leg kicks.
Xenos is looking to slow Checka down with leg kicks.
Xenos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Checka throws a series of punches but Xenos avoids them all with ease.
Xenos scores with a push kick.
Xenos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Checka can do to turn this around?
Xenos scores with a body shot.
Xenos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Xenos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Checka walks into a stiff left hand from Xenos.
Xenos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Checka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xenos can pounce on him.
Xenos scores with a leg kick.
Checka throws a lazy right hand but Xenos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xenos is looking to chop away at Checka's legs.
Xenos lets loose with a powerful body kick. Checka will feel that in the morning.
Xenos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Checka ducks under a wild hook from Xenos.
Checka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Checka throws a hook but Xenos blocks it.
Xenos throws a sloppy head kick and Checka moves out of range easily.
Xenos feints and then cracks Checka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Checka down.
Checka takes a swing at Xenos's ribcage but misses.
Xenos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Checka has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Xenos.
Xenos thumps Checka with a low kick.
Chin Checka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Xenos scores with a spinning back kick!
A lazy left from Xenos finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Xenos!
Xenos scores with a head kick.
Xenos throws a wild body kick that Checka sees coming a mile off.
Xenos throws a head kick that half lands.
Xenos swinging wildly here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Xenos.
Xenos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Xenos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Checka's head backwards.
Xenos moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Checka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Checka there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Checka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Xenos throws a leg kick which misses Checka's front leg but catches the back leg as Checka tries to avoid it.
Xenos scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Xenos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Checka blocks the body kick.
Xenos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Xenos misses with a body kick.
Checka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Checka misses with a looping right.
Xenos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Xenos connects with a solid leg kick.
Xenos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Checka moves out of range as Xenos throws a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Xenos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Checka takes a step back to recover.
Checka defending well as Xenos loads up on a big left hand.
Xenos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Checka is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stelios Xenos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chin Checka's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Xenos throws a leg kick but Checka checks it.
Xenos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Xenos misses with a head kick.
Xenos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Xenos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Xenos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Xenos lands a head kick!
Checka checks a low kick from Xenos.
Checka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Xenos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Xenos thuds his shin into the meat of Checka's side.
Checka swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Xenos.
Checka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Checka thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xenos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Xenos swats away the attempt to clinch by Checka.
Xenos throws a wild body kick that Checka sees coming a mile off.
Xenos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Checka. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Xenos.
Xenos thumps Checka with a low kick.
Xenos lands a nice looking body kick.
Xenos thuds his shin into the meat of Checka's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xenos thumps Checka with a low kick.
Xenos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Checka. That did some damage!
Checka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Xenos thuds a left hand into Checka's body.
Xenos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Chin Checka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Checka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xenos can pounce on him.
Xenos lands with a slapping head kick.
Xenos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Checka moves away.
Xenos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Xenos.
Xenos throws a wild body kick that Checka sees coming a mile off.
Xenos throws a push kick but Checka slaps the foot to one side.
Xenos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Xenos throws a leg kick which misses Checka's front leg but catches the back leg as Checka tries to avoid it.
Xenos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Checka.
Xenos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Xenos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Checka checks it well.
Xenos pushes Checka away with a front kick.
Checka checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crunch! Xenos slams his shin into Checka's torso.
Xenos pushes Checka away with a front kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Xenos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Xenos. That's going to slow Checka down.
Stelios Xenos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Xenos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Checka takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Xenos scoring well with a low kick there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Xenos!
Xenos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Checka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Xenos.
Checka steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Xenos. That one must have hurt.
Xenos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xenos scores with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xenos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Checka.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Xenos - that will leave a mark!
Xenos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Xenos lands a lovely overhand right.
Checka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Xenos scores with a kick to the midsection.
A thudding body kick lands there by Xenos!
A nice leg kick lands there from Xenos.
A chopping leg kick lands by Xenos.
Xenos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Xenos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Xenos!
A chopping leg kick lands by Xenos.
Checka walks into a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stelios Xenos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Xenos 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:24
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:24
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stelios Xenos!