PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gina Carano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clinton Chaos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carano
vs
Chaos

173 cm
26
141 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

169 cm
24
147 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gina Carano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clinton Chaos!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Chaos.
Chaos moves out of range of the body kick.
Carano looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chaos.
Carano lands with a straight right. Chaos didn't see that one coming.

Carano moves into the clinch successfully.
Chaos is trying to break free.
Carano presses Chaos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Chaos manages to break the clinch.
Chaos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carano lands with a kick to the temple. Chaos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Chaos throws a leg kick that misses.

Chaos gets tackled into the cage by Carano. Carano maintains the clinch.
Carano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chaos backwards.
Carano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chaos tries to break free but Carano pushes him back against the cage.
Carano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chaos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Chaos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A lazy body kick from Carano
and Chaos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chaos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chaos misses with an uppercut
and Carano counters with a leg kick.
Carano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chaos misses with a right hand
and Carano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chaos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carano counters with an inside leg kick.
Carano cracks Chaos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chaos thows a leg kick but Carano checks it
and Carano makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Carano throws a head kick but Chaos moves out of range.
Chaos scores with a sloppy right hand. Carano should have avoided that one.
Chaos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carano manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Carano counters with a straight right hand.
Carano wants to slow Chaos down by chopping away at his legs.
Chaos throws a sloppy head kick
and Carano counters with a good, hard body kick but Chaos shrugs it off.
Chaos looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chaos.
Carano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chaos throws a lazy uppercut
and Carano counters with a nice kick to the body.
Carano looks to throw the jab but Chaos is out of range.
Chaos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carano counters with a body kick.
Carano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chaos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Carano scores with a jab. Chaos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chaos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carano. Chaos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carano lands a jab.
Carano misses with a looping right.
Carano throws a series of punches but Chaos avoids them all with ease.
Clinton Chaos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Chaos misses
and Carano counters with a leg kick.
Carano throws a head kick that misses.
Chaos ducks under a wild hook from Carano.
Chaos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Carano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chaos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chaos blocks a head kick by Carano.
Carano looks to score with a jab to the body but Chaos is just out of range.
Carano throws a series of punches but Chaos avoids them all with ease.
Chaos swings widly with a right hand
and Carano finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A jab lands there for Carano.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carano takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chaos misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot lands for Carano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gina Carano dominated that 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.

Carano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chaos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Carano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chaos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carano was well out of range. Poor timing from Chaos.
Gina Carano is winning the standup battle so far.
Carano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Carano misses with a wild body shot.
Good shot there by Carano.
Chaos moves out of range as Carano strikes.
Chaos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carano throws a lazy head kick
and Chaos counters with a straight right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chaos checks a leg kick.
Chaos blocks a head kick by Carano.
Chaos is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Chaos. Those never looked like landing.
Carano misses with a head kick.
Carano delivers a nice body kick.
Carano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chaos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Carano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A left lands for Chaos.
Carano misses with a head kick.
Carano throws out a leg kick but Chaos moves out of range and Carano only half commits.
An inside leg kick from Carano misses.
Chaos throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carano misses with a wild body shot.
Carano is looking to clinch but Chaos is avoiding it.
Carano scoring well with a low kick there.
Carano staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by Carano - just one landing.
Chaos misses with a hook
and Carano counters with a leg kick.
Chaos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Carano connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carano throws a body punch but Chaos moves out of range.
Carano connects with a leg kick. Chaos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carano lands a nice shot that snaps Chaos's head back.
Chaos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carano makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Carano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chaos can do to turn this around?
Carano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chaos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carano.
Chaos misses with a hook to the body
and Carano counters with a body kick that stops Chaos in his tracks momentarily.
Carano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chaos. That did some damage!
Carano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carano pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chaos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chaos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Carano instigates a clinch.
Carano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chaos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carano lands a right hand.
A short right from Carano on the inside.
A short uppercut from Carano.
A shot in the inside from Carano.
Carano lands a right hand.
Carano lands a nice uppercut.

Chaos is rocked!
Carano works on Chaos's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hand to the body from Carano.
Nice body punch from Carano - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Carano on the inside.
Carano is working Chaos over against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gina Carano dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Carano tries to clinch there but Chaos circles away.
Carano digs a good hook to Chaos's body.
Carano motions for Chaos to come forward. Carano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chaos misses the body punch

and Carano counters with a head kick that drops Chaos to the mat! Chaos scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Chaos is still on wobbly legs! Can Carano finish him?
Carano measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Chaos! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Gina Carano!
Gina Carano retains his bantamweight title!