PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingston Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mason has chosen Sean Kingston-Take you there as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chavez
vs
Mason

183 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Fight King Nutrition

S.W.A.T.
Syndicate Drugs

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kingston Mason!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason staying out of range there.
Chavez fails to land with a series of punches.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some wild striking there from Chavez.
Chavez lands with an uppercut that bounces Mason off the cage and back into rage.
A combination from Chavez does no damage.
Mason avoids the body shot from Chavez.
Mason has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Chavez misses with a wild combination.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Chavez does no damage.
Jose Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mason drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mason postures up and lands a big shot to Chavez's brow.
Chavez wants to sweep here but Mason controlling him for the moment.
Mason passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Chavez is rocked!

It looks like Jose Chavez has been cut.
Mason is putting a hurting on Chavez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Oh Chavez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mason looks up at the clock and then as Chavez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mason smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Chavez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Chavez is trying to get back to half guard.
Chavez is breathing heavily.
Chavez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Chavez gets back to half guard.

Mason seems to be looking for submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ground and pound from Mason.
Ground and pound from Mason.
Mason has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mason is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Mason is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mason thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chavez's head.
Mason is looking to advance position but Chavez won't allow it.

Chavez looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason prevents Chavez from improving his position.
Chavez seems to have got his legs back now.
Mason frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mason working Chavez over with strikes here.
Chavez is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
A nice elbow there by Mason.
Mason working the ground and pound effectively.
Mason landing strikes from the mount.
Chavez is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chavez regains half guard.
Chavez wants to get back to full guard.
Mason winds up and cracks Chavez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez wants to improve his position but Mason is controlling well.

Chavez is defending against the submission attempts here by Mason.
Chavez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Chavez.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.
Mason scoring with some ground and pound.
Mason passes Chavez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Mason is working for a kimura but Chavez is defending it quite comfortably.
Mason winds up and cracks Chavez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mason looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mason passes to side control.
Mason working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mason scoring with punches and elbows.
Chavez is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mason has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Mason with a couple of short strikes.
Mason postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chavez looks a forlorn figure.
Mason with good strikes from the mount here!
Mason landing strikes from the mount.
Mason punishing his opponent with strikes.

Mason has hold of Chavez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Chavez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Chavez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mason tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mason postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chavez looks a forlorn figure.
Mason with a couple of short strikes.

Jose Chavez's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mason lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Jose Chavez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mason landing strikes from the mount and Chavez is in trouble!

Jeez, Jose Chavez's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jose Chavez's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kingston Mason!