PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Assis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Billy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assis comes to the cage accompanied by Lado A Lado B by Rappa. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Assis
vs
Billy

182 cm
24
187 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorge Assis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Billy!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assis dodges the punch combination from Billy.
A big right from Assis misses.
Assis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Billy throws a series of punches but Assis moves out of range.
Assis looks to throw the jab but Billy is out of range.
Billy throws a head kick but Assis moves out of range.
Billy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Billy drops his hands momentarily and Assis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Billy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Assis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Billy.
A swing and a miss from Assis.
A jab from Billy does it's job there.
Billy blocks a jab.
Assis misses with a looping right.
Sloppy strikes from Billy. Those never looked like landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Billy.
Assis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Billy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assis thows a body shot but no joy.
Assis scoring well with a low kick there.
Billy tries a head kick but it misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Billy checks a leg kick.
Assis throws a nice head kick!
Billy throws a sloppy head kick
and Assis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Billy thinking.
Billy tries a head kick but it misses.
Billy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assis looks to land a left hand but Billy moved out of range nicely.
Assis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Billy moves away.
Billy throws a lazy head kick
and Assis counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Billy misses with a wild combination.
Assis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Billy looks gassed!
Assis misses with a double jab.
Billy moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Assis counters with a left to the body.
Billy defending well as Assis loads up on a big left hand.
Chuck Billy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Assis thuds his shin into the meat of Billy's side.
Assis keeps Billy at a distance using the push kick.
Assis slips under a jab from Billy.
Assis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Assis. That's going to slow Billy down.
Billy avoids the head kick by Assis.
Billy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Assis.
Assis keeps Billy at a distance using the push kick.
Assis stalks Billy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Billy's face. Billy staggers backwards, shaken.
Assis lands with a good body shot.
Billy walks into a stiff left hand from Assis.
Assis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Billy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Assis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Assis connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Billy scrambles back to his feet.
Billy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Assis counters with a good low kick that Billy was not able to check.
Both fighters circling a little - Assis finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Billy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Assis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Billy on the side of the head.
Assis sizes up Billy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assis connects with a solid leg kick.
Billy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Assis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Assis works the jab nicely.
Assis lands with a shot to the body.
Assis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Assis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Billy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Assis counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assis misses with a hook.
Assis throws a lazy right hand but Billy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Assis swings for the body but Billy moves out of range.
Billy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Billy avoids the body shot from Assis.
A low kick from Billy misses
and Assis counters with a good low kick that Billy was not able to check.
Assis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Billy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Billy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Assis circles away quickly and effectively.
Billy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Assis backs up against the cage.
A head kick by Billy misses
and Assis counters with a good, hard body kick but Billy shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assis lands a front kick.
Assis throws a hook but Billy avoids it easily.
Assis lands a head kick!
Assis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Assis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Assis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Billy moves away.
Assis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Billy.
Billy throws a head kick that misses
and Billy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Assis motions for Billy to come forward. Assis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Assis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Billy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assis.
Assis slips a jab and a cross from Billy.
Assis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Assis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Billy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Billy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Assis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Billy.
Assis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Assis. Billy shrugs it off though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Billy throws a lazy head kick
letting Assis counter with a right hand.
Billy tests Assis's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Billy misses
and Billy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Billy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Billy misses with a double jab
and Assis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Billy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Billy misses with a series of wild punches.
Billy fails to land with a series of punches.
Assis looks to land a left hand but Billy moved out of range nicely.
Assis jabs at Billy's body.
Assis thows a body shot but no joy.
Assis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Assis tries a head kick but it misses.
Billy throws a head kick that misses
and Assis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assis jabs Billy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Assis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Billy slips a straight right by Assis.
Assis throws a body punch but Billy moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Assis.
Assis throws a body punch but Billy moves out of range.
Billy avoids the head kick by Assis.
Billy lands a glancing blow to the side of Assis's head.
Billy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Assis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Billy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Assis has got the better of the exchanges.
A head kick by Billy misses
and Assis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Billy throws a sloppy head kick and Assis moves out of range easily.
Billy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Chuck Billy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Billy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billy throws a sloppy head kick and Assis moves out of range easily.
Billy avoids the head kick by Assis.
Billy misses with a few strikes there.
Billy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Billy throws a head kick that misses
and Assis counters with a nice uppercut.
Billy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice defenses there by Billy.
Billy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Assis counters with an outside leg kick.
Assis avoids the head kick by Billy.
A head kick misses from Billy.
Billy throws a head kick that misses
and Assis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Billy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Assis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Billy moves away.
Billy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Assis counters with a big head kick but Billy shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billy throws a sloppy head kick
and Assis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Billy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Assis looks to land a left hand but Billy moved out of range nicely.
Billy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Assis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Billy throws a head kick that misses.
Billy misses with the combination.
Billy throws a right hand that Assis ducks under and follows up with a left that Assis also avoids with ease.
Assis throws a lazy right hand but Billy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assis misses the shot to the body.
Billy throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Assis.
Assis misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Assis dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Assis misses.
Assis is looking to land body kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Billy checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Billy. That snapped Assis's head back.
Billy blocks a low kick nicely.
Assis avoids the head kick by Billy.
Billy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assis.
Billy throws a head kick that Assis semi-blocks.
Assis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Assis avoids the head kick by Billy.
Assis thows a body shot but no joy.
Assis misses with an uppercut.
Billy 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 kick from Assis tenderised Billy's leg. Billy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Assis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Billy can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Billy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assis throws a sloppy head kick and Billy moves out of range easily.
Assis misses with a head kick.
Assis throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Billy misses
and Assis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Assis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jorge Assis is winning the standup battle so far.
Assis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Assis misses with a kick to the body.
Billy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Assis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Billy lands a lovely overhand right.
Billy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Assis.
Assis dodges the punch combination from Billy.
Assis misses with an uppercut. Billy saw that one coming.
Billy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Billy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Assis walks into a jab.
Billy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assis.
Billy lands with a hook. Assis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Billy throws a series of punches but Assis moves out of range.
Billy throws a sloppy head kick
and Assis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Billy's knee momentarily.
Billy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Assis.
Billy slips a straight right by Assis.
Billy throws a head kick that misses
and Assis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Billy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Billy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Assis takes a swing at Billy's ribcage but misses.
Assis swings for the body but Billy moves out of range.
Billy throws a head kick that misses
and Assis counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Assis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Billy misses with a few strikes there.
Assis lands with a straight right. Billy didn't see that one coming.
Billy misses with a double jab
and Assis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Billy thinking.
Assis misses with a head kick.
Assis throws a low kick but Billy moves out of range easily.
Assis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Billy throws a sloppy head kick and Assis moves out of range easily.
Billy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Assis.
Billy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Billy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Assis counters with a nice body shot.
Chuck Billy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Assis.
Billy throws a head kick that misses
and Assis counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A head kick by Billy misses
and Assis counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Assis.
Billy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Billy avoids the head kick by Assis.
Billy with a hook.
A punch combination from Billy misses.
Billy throws a lazy head kick
and Assis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jorge Assis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Assis dodges the punch combination from Billy.
An inside leg kick from Billy misses.
Billy slips a jab and a cross from Assis.
Billy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Assis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Assis 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Assis!