PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Chabal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leyland Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chapman has chosen the lazy song as his entrance music. Sebastien Chabal is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Chabal
vs
Chapman

200 cm
20
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
238 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sebastien Chabal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leyland Chapman!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chapman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chabal misses with an uppercut.

Chapman gets a double leg takedown into Chabal's guard.
Chapman postures up in Chabal's guard and throws a big left but Chabal blocks it.
Chapman wants to stand and escape but instead Chabal has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Chabal wants to stand and escape but instead Chapman has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Chapman is looking to work some ground and pound but Chabal has wrist control.

Chapman postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Chabal is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Chapman, into his guard.
Chabal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chabal decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chapman, up you get!
Leyland Chapman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chabal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chapman is looking to clinch but Chabal is avoiding it.
Chabal digs a good body shot into Chapman's ribs.
Chapman looks gassed!
Chabal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chapman's head backwards.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch but Chabal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chabal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chapman's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Chabal drops Chapman with a right and a left! Chabal comes rushing in but Chapman regains his composure and manages to keep Chabal in guard.

It looks like Leyland Chapman has been cut.
Chabal throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Chabal looking to pass the guard.
Chabal missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chabal trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chapman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chabal.
Chabal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chapman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chabal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chapman is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chabal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chabal is pushing down on Chapman's leg trying to pass to half guard. Chapman is fighting to maintain full guard but Chabal has managed to sneak the leg through.
Chabal thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chapman's head.
Chabal wants to pass the guard but Chapman is defending well.
Chabal missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Chabal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabal throwing shots but Chapman is blocking nicely.
Chabal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Chapman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chabal.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chabal stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Chabal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chabal lands a jab.
Chabal is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Chabal swinging wildly here.
Chabal comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chapman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chabal cracks Chapman with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chabal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chabal drops Chapman with a big left hand! Chapman is injured, injured bad! Chabal jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastien Chabal!