PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen Wees Niet Bang (Paz rmx) as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Chavez
vs
White

183 cm
30
212 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

185 cm
26
223 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George White!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chavez as he avoids it easily.
White shoots in but Chavez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chavez lands a jab.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
White ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.

Chavez drives through with a takedown into White's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

White looking for a guillotine here but Chavez defends easily.
Chavez cracks White with a solid left hand.
Chavez lands a couple of digs.
Chavez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez lands a couple of digs.

White has an active guard here but Chavez has managed to pass into half guard.
Chavez scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White taking some punishment here, with Chavez in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

White actively working from the bottom here.
Chavez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Chavez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

White actively working from the bottom here.
Chavez uses his free foot to push down on White's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for White.
BOOM! Chavez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
White is trying desperately to improve position.
Chavez landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White is trying desperately to improve position.
Chavez trying to control but White is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chavez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can White hang on?
White is desperately trying to improve his position but Chavez has a good base and remains in mount.
Chavez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of White's face.

White is rocked!
Chavez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
White is still in real trouble! Can Chavez finish him?
Chavez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
White is looking to improve his position but Chavez isn't that keen on the idea.
Chavez landing strikes from the mount and White is in trouble!
White is squirming around, avoiding Chavez's attempts to control the action.
Chavez unloads with some vicious shots from mount and White wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Chavez celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Chavez!
Juan Chavez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.