PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maikl Chendler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Satoshi San (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.

Chendler
vs
San

173 cm
25
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

163 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
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, Maikl Chendler!
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, Satoshi San!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from San. Those never looked like landing.
San moves in looking to clinch but Chendler pushes him off.
San tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chendler was well out of range. Poor timing from San.
Chendler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
San swats away the attempt to clinch by Chendler.

San has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chendler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
San prevents Chendler from breaking the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

San pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chendler moves away from the strike by San.
San is looking to clinch but Chendler is avoiding it.
San wants to clinch up but Chendler keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San doesn't manage to clinch there - Chendler circles away.
Chendler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

San pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chendler tries to bum rush San with a series of wild strikes but San uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
San circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chendler swats away the attempt to clinch by San.
San tries to clinch up but Chendler circles away and keeps his distance.
Chendler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chendler ducks under a wild hook from San.
Chendler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chendler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. San manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Chendler. Those never looked like landing.
San throws a series of punches but Chendler avoids them all with ease.
Chendler misses with a straight right.
San dodges the punch combination from Chendler.

San fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chendler, pushing him back against the cage.

Chendler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
San fails to land with a series of punches.
Chendler lands a head kick!
San tries to clinch up but Chendler circles away and keeps his distance.
San is looking to clinch.
Chendler blocks a head kick by San.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

San takes the fight into the clinch.

San breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chendler misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from San.
San moves in looking to clinch but Chendler pushes him off.
Chendler throws a right hand that San ducks under and follows up with a left that San also avoids with ease.
Chendler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - San looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - San looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from San lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chendler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chendler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chendler defending well as San loads up on a big left hand.

Chendler gets tackled into the cage by San. San maintains the clinch.

Chendler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

San closes the distance and clinches.
Chendler trying to control the position but instead, San has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chendler into the cage.

San escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chendler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from San.
San takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Chendler takes the fight into the clinch.
San blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satoshi San dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chendler instigates a clinch.

San breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chendler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chendler tries to close the distance and clinch but San swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chendler moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chendler tries to clinch but San moves out of range.
Chendler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by San.
Chendler throws a right and a left that San avoids nicely.
Chendler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by San.
Chendler misses with a body kick.
San wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

San moves into range and clinches up with Chendler.

San breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

San rushes Chendler and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

San pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

San clinches with his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as San takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
San has Chendler pressed against the cage, preventing Chendler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

San breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chendler avoids the head kick by San.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chendler. That's going to slow San down.
San throws a body kick that misses

and Chendler counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for San!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Chendler tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
San is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chendler knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for San on the ground.
Chendler throwing shots but missing, from side control.
San wants to get back to his feet but Chendler drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chendler content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Chendler lands some shots froms side control.
San wants to get back to his feet but Chendler drags him back down.
San is not content to let Chendler control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
San wants to get back to his feet but Chendler drags him back down.

San sneaks out the side door and pushes Chendler away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
San fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chendler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
San tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chendler was well out of range. Poor timing from San.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
San misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chendler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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 Maikl Chendler will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

San clinches up against the cage.
Chendler misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by San as Chendler tries to tie him up.
San has Chendler pushed against the cage.

San manages to break the clinch.
San tries to clinch but Chendler moves out of range.

Chendler has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chendler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but San has him pressed against the cage.

San escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
San takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chendler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from San.
Satoshi San seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chendler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
San looks to score with a jab to the body but Chendler is just out of range.
A left lands for Chendler.
Chendler misses with a wild body shot.
Chendler tries to clinch but San moves out of range.
Chendler slips a jab and a cross from San.
Chendler tries to close the distance and clinch but San swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Chendler clinches up against the cage.

San breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
San tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San throws a body punch but Chendler moves out of range.
Chendler misses with a series of wild punches.
San misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chendler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by San.
Chendler misses with a wild combination.
A combination from San does no damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chendler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
San throws a head kick that misses.
San tries to clinch there but Chendler circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chendler is looking to clinch.
Maikl Chendler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chendler keeps the fight on the outside.
San misses with a wild combination.
Chendler wants to clinch up but San keeps it at a distance.
San throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chendler is looking to clinch but San is avoiding it.
Chendler tries to close the distance and clinch up but San swats him away and circles back towards the center.

San gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
San blocks an uppercut.
Chendler is trying to push San away but San has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

San breaks from the clinch.
Chendler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from San.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chendler avoids the body shot from San.
Chendler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

San moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

San breaks the clinch.
Chendler misses with a wild combination.

Chendler clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chendler wants to get back to striking at distance but San won't allow it.
Chendler wants to break the clinch but can't.
San keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chendler's efforts to push away.

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 Maikl Chendler.
I think Chendler 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Maikl Chendler!
After the fight, Maikl Chendler was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.