PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Piaza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rey de Chocolate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Piaza
vs
de Chocolate

183 cm
22
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ramon Piaza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rey de Chocolate!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Chocolate shoots in looking for a takedown. Piaza tries to sprawl out of it but de Chocolate keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Piaza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Piaza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Piaza lands a head kick that stumbles de Chocolate and the fighters go to the mat.

de Chocolate is rocked!

It looks like Rey de Chocolate has been cut.
Piaza really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Piaza stopping the sweep attempt from de Chocolate.
de Chocolate is still in real trouble! Can Piaza finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Chocolate seems to have recovered his senses.
de Chocolate manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
de Chocolate working the ground and pound effectively.
Piaza avoids a series of strikes thrown by de Chocolate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
de Chocolate landing punches.
de Chocolate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Piaza is bucking up trying to escape but de Chocolate cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
de Chocolate looking to finish Piaza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Piaza!
Piaza is desperately trying to improve his position but de Chocolate has a good base and remains in mount.
de Chocolate breaks from Piaza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Chocolate scores with a couple of good head shots there.
de Chocolate postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Piaza looks a forlorn figure.
de Chocolate pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piaza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
de Chocolate punishing his opponent with strikes.
de Chocolate with a couple of short strikes.
de Chocolate with shots to the head and body - Piaza looks very uncomfortable down there.
de Chocolate breaks from Piaza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
de Chocolate postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Piaza looks a forlorn figure.
Piaza is working to get back to half guard.
Piaza tries to lock up and control but de Chocolate gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Piaza slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate working Piaza over with strikes.
de Chocolate looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Piaza on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
de Chocolate passes to full mount!
de Chocolate landing strikes from the mount.
de Chocolate lands with some strikes.
de Chocolate is landing with some decent strikes but Piaza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Piaza takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
de Chocolate scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Piaza is looking to get to half guard.
Piaza is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
de Chocolate landing strikes, looking to finish!
de Chocolate landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by de Chocolate.
de Chocolate working Piaza over with strikes here.
de Chocolate connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
de Chocolate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Piaza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by de Chocolate.
BOOM! de Chocolate connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rey de Chocolate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rey de Chocolate's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Piaza tries to clinch there but de Chocolate circles away.
de Chocolate looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Piaza is fending him off so far but de Chocolate persists. Nope, Piaza circles away and we're back to standing.
de Chocolate looks for a takedown but Piaza sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from de Chocolate.
Ramon Piaza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rey de Chocolate.
Piaza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? de Chocolate is fending him off so far but Piaza persists. Nope, de Chocolate circles away and we're back to standing.
Piaza closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Piaza lands a two punch combo.
A big head kick from Piaza and de Chocolate is sent sprawling to the canvas!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if de Chocolate can do anything to dispel that myth.
Piaza would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Piaza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Piaza won't allow de Chocolate to sweep him here.
de Chocolate is looking to sweep but instead, Piaza has passed into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Chocolate missing with punches from the bottom.
de Chocolate moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
de Chocolate is striking off his back. Piaza thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
de Chocolate tries to roll over but Piaza keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Piaza trying to control from half guard but de Chocolate is working away.
de Chocolate flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
de Chocolate gets back to full guard.
de Chocolate thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
de Chocolate is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
de Chocolate wants to hit a switch here but Piaza passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for de Chocolate there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Piaza throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
de Chocolate really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
de Chocolate sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
de Chocolate works his way to full guard. Good work.
de Chocolate tries to strike from the bottom.
de Chocolate has a closed guard, preventing Piaza from standing up.
de Chocolate keeping moving, preventing Piaza from controlling successfully.
de Chocolate wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Piaza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rey de Chocolate's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

de Chocolate takes a head kick and keeps coming.

de Chocolate shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than de Chocolate was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
A nice elbow there by de Chocolate.
de Chocolate working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Piaza is in a horrible position here. de Chocolate smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
de Chocolate postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Piaza looks a forlorn figure.
Rey de Chocolate has got the better of the ground game so far.
de Chocolate landing shots from mount.
Piaza is in a horrible position here. de Chocolate smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piaza is trying desperately to improve position.
de Chocolate lands a big shot there that rocks Piaza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
de Chocolate landing strikes from the mount.
Piaza is wriggling around trying to escape.
de Chocolate landing shots from mount.
de Chocolate unloading with bombs!
de Chocolate is landing with some decent strikes but Piaza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
de Chocolate lands a heavy elbow.
de Chocolate with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Piaza hang on?
de Chocolate lands a big elbow.
de Chocolate breaks from Piaza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
de Chocolate lands with some strikes.
Piaza is bucking up trying to escape but de Chocolate cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by de Chocolate.
Piaza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
de Chocolate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
de Chocolate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
de Chocolate with good strikes from the mount here!

Piaza is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Piaza is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Piaza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
de Chocolate lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Piaza hang on?
de Chocolate lands a big shot to the head and Piaza winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rey de Chocolate!