PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Fine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chase
vs
Fine

190 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

192 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Attliction

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Calvin Fine!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chase digs a good hook to Fine's body.
Chase throws a hook but Fine blocks it.
Chase loads up on a big right hand but Fine slips the punch.
A punch lands to the side of Fine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fine slips under a jab from Chase.
A combination from Chase does no damage.
Chase misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chase to score with a decent uppercut.
Chase lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fine will feel that in the morning.
Fine avoids the head kick by Chase.
Chase tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fine avoids a kick to the body.

Chase drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chase is one step ahead there.
Fine really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chase. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Fine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chase can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Chase tries to stand but Fine is controlling from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase tries to free his leg and advance position but Fine is retaining full guard.
Chase is looking to stand up but Fine won't let him.

Chase gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Fine staying out of range there.
Fine fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chase.
Chase throws a hook but Fine avoids it easily.
Chase moves in looking to clinch but Fine pushes him off.
Fine is looking to clinch.
Chase tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Fine checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chase shoots in for a takedown but Fine shows good takedown defense.
Fine plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Johnny Chase seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crunch! Fine slams his shin into Chase's torso.
Fine looks to land a body kick but Chase moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase throws a series of punches but Fine moves out of range.
Chase fails with a takedown attempt.
Chase is breathing heavily.
Chase tries to clinch up
and Fine counters with a big head kick but Chase shrugs it off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fine keeps control of Chase as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chase is trying to break the clinch but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
Chase is trying to break the clinch but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
Fine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chase wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fine lands an elbow just above Chase 's eye.
Fine connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Johnny Chase has been cut.
Fine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chase lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chase takes an elbow to the temple.
Fine avoiding damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chase wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fine.
Chase drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Chase. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chase is looking to break free of the clinch but Fine has double underhooks.
Fine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fine tries a knee to the head but Chase blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fine gets underhooks to prevent Chase's takedown attempt.
Fine misses with a knee to the head.
Fine misses with a knee to the head.
Chase can't break the clinch.
Chase tries to break the clinch but Fine is controlling the position.
Fine landing knees to the body.
Fine lands an elbow inside.
Chase works on Fine's body with a couple of short punches.
Fine looking to stall.
Fine keeps control of Chase as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fine trying to stall but Chase improves his position.
Chase tries to break the clinch but Fine is controlling the position.
Chase is trying to break the clinch but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
Fine prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chase is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chase is trying to break free.
Chase misses with a body punch.
Chase wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chase tries to break the clinch but Fine is controlling the position.
Fine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fine lands an elbow that stopped Chase in his tracks for a moment.
Chase is looking to break free of the clinch but Fine has double underhooks.
Fine keeps control of Chase as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Chase manages to break the clinch.
Chase misses the shot to the body.
Chase lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fine throws a head kick but Chase moves out of range.
Chase is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chase misses with a right hand
and Fine counters with a head kick.
Chase misses with a two punch combination.
Fine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chase to score with a decent uppercut.
Chase connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chase throws a push kick but Fine slaps the foot to one side.
Chase cracks Fine with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chase wants to clinch.
Fine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Some wild striking there from Chase.
Fine moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck for Chase with that takedown attempt.
A left lands for Chase.
Chase tries to clinch up but Fine circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Calvin Fine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Chase's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Chase tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Chase fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fine, pushing him back against the cage.
Fine lands an elbow just above Chase 's eye.
Fine misses with a knee to the head.
Fine crunches a lovely knee into Chase's ribcage.
Fine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chase is trying to break free.
Fine tries to land a knee to the head but Chase blocks with his arms.
Fine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chase has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chase blocks an elbow strike from Fine.
Chase tries to break the clinch but Fine is controlling the position.
Chase blocks an elbow strike.
Fine misses with a knee strike.
Chase is trying to break the clinch but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fine.
Fine misses with a knee strike.

Chase manages to break the clinch.
Chase throws a body punch but Fine moves out of range.
Chase swats away the attempt to clinch by Fine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chase lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chase swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chase is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fine.
Fine misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Chase misses.
Fine is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase lands with a right hand.
Johnny Chase is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chase avoids the head kick by Fine.
Fine takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Chase looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chase moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chase thuds a left hand into Fine's body.

Chase feints and as Fine raises his hands in defense, Chase changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Chase stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chase.
Chase fails with the takedown.
Fine tries to clinch there but Chase circles away.
A head kick misses from Fine.
Chase fails to land the takedown.
Fine throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Chase throws a nice looking combination but Fine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chase takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fine gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chase is trying to break the clinch but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
Fine prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Chase. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chase is looking to break free of the clinch but Fine has double underhooks.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fine.
Fine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fine stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fine lands an elbow inside.
Chase wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chase is working for takedown but Fine is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fine tries to stall but Chase uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chase wants to break free but Fine has control.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.
Chase wants to break the clinch but can't.

Chase breaks the clinch.
Chase pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chase.
Fine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chase misses with a series of wild punches.
Fine misses with a head kick.
Fine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chase.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fine on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chase jabs Fine right on the nose. Fine blinks but takes it well.
Chase lands a really nice looking cross but Fine seems unphased.
Chase takes a swing at Fine's ribcage but misses.
Chase will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Chase fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Fine sprawls well initially but Chase persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fine trying to hold on to Chase's head to control him but Chase postures up.

Chase decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Chase scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chase tries to clinch but Fine is having none of it.
Fine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chase closes the distance looking to clinch

and Fine counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fine looking to throw knees to the head but Chase is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chase is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chase avoids the elbow strike from Fine, against the cage.
Fine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chase misses with an elbow over the top.
Fine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chase wants to get back to striking at distance but Fine won't allow it.
Fine looking to slow down the pace here.
Fine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chase blocks it with crossed arms.
Chase blocks an elbow strike from Fine.
Chase working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fine missing with knees to the body.
Fine gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chase.
Chase has had enough of the clinch but Fine keeps him there for the moment.
Fine leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fine looking to slow down the pace here.
Fine is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Chase has denied him.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fine pushes off an throws an elbow but Chase leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fine misses with an elbow strike.
Chase wants to get back to striking at distance but Fine won't allow it.
Chase is looking to break free of the clinch but Fine has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chase's brow.
Fine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chase.

Chase breaks from the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chase.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Chase dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Chase'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. This is the final round!

Chase scores with a shot to the body.

Chase gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chase's brow.
Chase makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fine trying to land knees to the body.
Chase wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chase wants to get back to striking at distance but Fine won't allow it.
Fine stops a takedown attempt from Chase.
Chase can't break the clinch.
Fine with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chase is trying to maintain a safe position but Fine gets an underhook and turns Chase into the cage.
Chase is trying to break the clinch but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
Chase is looking to break free of the clinch but Fine has double underhooks.
Fine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chase.
Fine looking to throw knees to the head but Chase is blocking nicely.
Chase wants to break free but Fine has control.

Chase breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chase waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Fine.
Chase is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Chase.
Chase fails to land the takedown.

Fine has closed the distance and engaged Chase in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fine lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fine trying to land knees to the body.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fine lands a damaging elbow.
Chase wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chase has had enough of the clinch but Fine keeps him there for the moment.
Fine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chase has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Chase.
Fine misses with an elbow strike.
Chase managing to block the knees to the body from Fine.
Fine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chase has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fine scores a nice knee to the body.
Fine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chase wants to get back to striking at distance but Fine won't allow it.
Fine keeps control of Chase as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chase is trying to break free.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.
Chase is trying to break free.

Chase escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnny Chase is winning the standup battle so far.
Chase looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fine is fending him off so far but Chase persists. Nope, Fine circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Chase. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fine changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Chase tries to avoid it but Fine manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Chase to the ground. Chase escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Chase tries to clinch but Fine is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Fine.
Chase falls off balance throwing a combination

and Fine holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fine tries to land a knee to the head but Chase blocks with his arms.
Chase is trying to break free.
Chase tries to break the clinch but Fine is controlling the position.
Fine controlling the action here for a moment.
Chase wants to break free but Fine has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chase blocks it with crossed arms.
Chase is trying to break the clinch but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
Chase wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Chase can't break the clinch.
Chase has had enough of the clinch but Fine keeps him there for the moment.

Chase manages to break the clinch.
Chase throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice body punch from Chase.
Chase shoots for a double leg takedown but Fine sprawls well. He's pushed Chase's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chase swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fine counters with a body kick that stops Chase in his tracks momentarily.
Fine is looking to clinch.
Fine closes the distance looking to clinch

and Chase counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chase has had enough of the clinch but Fine keeps him there for the moment.
Fine lands a nice elbow.
Fine with a knee to the head.
Fine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chase wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fine has him pressed against the cage.
Fine throws a knee to the head but misses.

Chase escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chase misses with an uppercut
and Fine counters with a nice uppercut.
Chase punishes Fine's body with a nice straight punch.

Chase darts in and clinches Fine up against the cage.
Fine controlling the action here for a moment.
Chase is trying to break free.
Fine is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chase can't break the clinch.
Chase wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Chase wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.
Fine is trying to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fine takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chase wants to get back to striking at distance but Fine won't allow it.
Chase is trying to break free.
Chase lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.
Chase on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chase wants to get back to striking at distance but Fine won't allow it.
Fine prevents Chase from breaking the clinch.
Fine wants to stall.
Fine misses with a knee strike.
Fine landing knees to the head.
Fine pushes off an throws an elbow but Chase leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fine tries to stall but Chase uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fine keeps control of Chase as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fine lands a nice elbow.
Fine looking to slow down the pace here.
Chase wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chase is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fine misses with an elbow strike.
Chase has had enough of the clinch but Fine keeps him there for the moment.
Fine trying to land knees to the body.
Fine connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chase's face.
Nice elbow from Fine.
Fine misses with an elbow over the top.

Chase manages to break the clinch.
Chase tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chase tries a head kick but it misses.
Fine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chase looks for the body kick but Fine saw that one coming.
Fine keeps the fight on the outside.
Chase connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fine. Fine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johnny Chase.
I think Chase has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Johnny Chase!