PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackie Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Klass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Klass's choice of entrance music: Deadmau5 - Strobe . Matt Klass has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Chan
vs
Klass

190 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

191 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jackie Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Klass!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klass circles away from the clinch attempt
and Klass counters with a nice body kick.
Klass circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Chan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Klass misses the shot to the body.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chan is looking to clinch but Klass is avoiding it.
Chan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Klass swings for the body but Chan moves out of range.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Klass circles away.
Klass looks for a takedown but Chan sprawls well.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Klass paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chan closes the distance but Klass moves to the side
and Klass counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klass. Chan does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klass shoots in looking for a takedown. Chan tries to sprawl out of it but Klass keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Chan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Klass counters with a low kick, right behind Chan 's knee.
Chan jabs at Klass's body.
Chan keeps Klass at a distance using the push kick.
Klass scores with a jab.
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!
Chan is looking to clinch.
Jackie Chan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klass swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan tries to clinch but Klass is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan darts in trying to clinch
and Klass counters with a head kick. That will keep Chan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Klass shoots in and drives through. Chan sprawls well.
Jackie Chan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Klass.
A lazy left from Klass finds it's target.
Chan tries to clinch up

and Klass counters by moving into the clinch.
Chan scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Matt Klass has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan is trying to force a seperation but Klass has the dominant position.
Chan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klass has him pressed against the cage.
Chan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chan has had enough of the clinch but Klass keeps him there for the moment.
Klass trying to land knees to the body.

Chan manages to break the clinch.
Chan wants to clinch

and Klass counters by moving into the clinch.

Chan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Klass fails to land the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chan tries to clinch but Klass is having none of it.

Chan darts in and clinches Klass up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackie Chan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Klass'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.

Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan wants to clinch but Klass slips to the side

and Klass counters by moving into the clinch.
Klass pushes off an throws an elbow but Chan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Chan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chan darts in trying to clinch
and Klass counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Chan takes a swing at Klass's ribcage but misses.
Chan darts in trying to clinch

and Klass counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Klass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Klass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chan wants to break free but Klass has control.
Chan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The referee calls for Klass to work.
Chan prevents a body shot from Klass.
Chan blocks the elbow strike.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Klass blocks with his arms.
Klass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chan struggles to land a body shot inside as Klass controls his hands.
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Klass avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Chan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Klass creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klass can't find room to land a body shot as Chan controls the action.
Klass throws an elbow that misses.
Klass lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jackie Chan has been cut.
A left hand lands to the body for Klass.
Chan blocks an uppercut.
Klass displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chan up against the cage.
Chan wants to break free but Klass has control.
Chan blocks an elbow strike from Klass.
Klass avoiding damage.
Klass missing with knees to the body.

Chan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackie Chan is winning the standup battle so far.
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!
Chan throws a combination. Klass tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Klass misses

and Chan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Klass works on Chan's body with a couple of short punches.
Klass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chan is trying to break the clinch but Klass has him pressed against the cage.
Klass blocks a body shot from Chan.
Chan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chan blocks the elbow strike.
Chan tries to break the clinch but Klass is controlling the position.
Chan misses with a punch to the body.
Chan takes an elbow to the temple.
Klass pushes Chan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chan lands a body punch.
Chan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Klass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Klass misses with a hook from the clinch.
Klass creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klass misses with a punch to the body.
Chan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Klass.
Klass misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Klass blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klass has Chan pressed against the cage.
Klass blocks a body shot from Chan.
Klass wants to stall.
Klass seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left hand lands to the body for Chan.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Klass is breathing heavily.

Chan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jackie Chan will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Chan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Klass to counter with a crisp jab.
Klass throws a wild body kick that Chan sees coming a mile off.
Chan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Klass throws a jab but it's blocked by Chan.
Chan tries to clinch but Klass moves away
and Klass counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chan tries to clinch but Klass is having none of it.
Chan throws a head kick that misses.
Chan wants to clinch but Klass slips to the side
and Klass counters with a solid body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan leaves Klass with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Chan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Chan drops Klass with a left right combo! Chan follows him down to the ground into side control.

Klass is rocked!
Klass tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Klass is still in real trouble! Can Chan finish him?
Chan tries to stand but Klass is controlling his head.
Klass tries to bench press Chan off him but Chan keeps the position.
Klass is trying to get back to his feet.
Klass has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chan tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klass struggling a bit here.
Klass takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chan wants to stand but Klass is controlling his arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klass seems to have recovered his senses.
Klass is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Klass looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Chan tries to stand and escape but Klass actually recovers to full guard.
Klass trying to control the position.
Chan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Klass on the ground.
Chan wants to stand and escape but instead Klass has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Klass thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klass advances to half guard.
Chan wants to get back to his feet.

Klass wants to work for an arm triangle but Chan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Chan is in trouble now - Klass has advanced to mount!

Klass jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Chan manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Chan is not content to let Klass control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klass prevents Chan from escaping the position.

Klass is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Chan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Matt Klass has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Klass throws an elbow but Chan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Chan is trying to get back to his feet.
Klass misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Klass is working Chan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Klass tries for a kimura but Chan is defending well.
Chan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Matt Klass.
I think Chan 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackie Chan!