PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Mewes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heath Chappell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heath Chappell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mewes
vs
Chappell

181 cm
22
140 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
135 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Good gas tank

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Mewes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Heath Chappell!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mewes lands with a hook. Chappell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chappell takes one on the button.
A left lands for Mewes.
Mewes misses with a left hand
and Chappell counters with a solid body kick.
Mewes throws the left hand but Chappell avoids the punch easily.
Chappell throws the kick towards the body but Mewes avoids it.
A head kick misses from Chappell.
Chappell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jab by Mewes.
Mewes throws a shot to the body.
Chappell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chappell tries to clinch up but Mewes circles away and keeps his distance.
Chappell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mewes to score with a decent uppercut.
A jab from Mewes finds it's way through Chappell's defenses.
Chappell moves in looking to clinch but Mewes pushes him off.
Chappell misses with a head kick.
Mewes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mewes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chappell moves to clinch but Mewes breaks away
and Mewes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mewes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mewes scores with a nice strike.

Chappell closes the distance and clinches.
Mewes dodges an elbow strike from Chappell.
Chappell trying to land knees to the body.
Mewes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Chappell manages to break the clinch.
Mewes is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Chappell defending well as Mewes loads up on a big left hand.
Mewes fails to land with a series of punches.
Mewes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mewes loads up on a big right hand but Chappell slips the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Mewes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mewes.
Mewes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chappell moves out of range as Mewes strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chappell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chappell goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mewes misses with the combination.
Mewes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chappell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chappell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chappell tries to clinch but Mewes is having none of it.
Mewes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chappell wants to land a leg kick but Mewes is out of range.
Mewes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chappell tries to close the distance and clinch but Mewes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mewes avoids the head kick by Chappell.
Chappell tries to clinch up but Mewes circles away and keeps his distance.
Mewes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chappell throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chappell doesn't manage to clinch there - Mewes circles away.
A big right from Mewes misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Mewes as he connects with a hook.
Chappell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mewes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chappell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chappell fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looks like Mewes has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
A shot to the liver by Mewes. Beautiful body shot.
Mewes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chappell throws a sloppy head kick and Mewes moves out of range easily.
A solid body kick from Chappell.
Mewes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mewes lands with an uppercut that bounces Chappell off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Mewes does it's job there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chappell moves into range and clinches up with Mewes.

Chappell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chappell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mewes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chappell tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Mewes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chappell tries to land knees in the clinch but Mewes avoids the damage to the body.

Mewes manages to break the clinch.
Chappell wants to clinch up but Mewes keeps it at a distance.
Chappell wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mewes misses with a straight right.

Chappell moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Mewes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chappell wants to clinch
enabling Mewes to counter with a crisp jab.
Chappell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jason Mewes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chappell moves in looking to clinch but Mewes pushes him off.
Chappell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chappell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mewes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jason Mewes is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut there from Mewes.
Mewes lands a jab-cross combination.
Chappell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chappell moves away from the strike by Mewes.
A jab from Mewes misses.
Chappell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mewes throws a series of punches but Chappell avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Mewes.
Chappell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chappell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chappell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mewes.
Mewes misses with a few strikes there.
Mewes missing with a left hand there. Chappell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mewes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Chappell counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Chappell wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Chappell.

Chappell fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mewes, pushing him back against the cage.
Mewes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chappell backwards.
Chappell scores a nice knee to the body.
Mewes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mewes is looking to break free of the clinch but Chappell has double underhooks.
Mewes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mewes is trying to stall.
Chappell misses with a knee to the head.

Chappell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Chappell has closed the distance and engaged Mewes in a clinch.
Chappell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chappell lands an elbow inside.
Mewes is trying to break free.

Mewes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chappell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mewes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chappell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mewes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mewes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chappell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chappell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mewes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mewes. Chappell does a little dance to reset his feet.

Chappell moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chappell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mewes tries to break free but Chappell pushes him back against the cage.

Chappell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Chappell pushes Mewes up against the cage in a clinch.
Chappell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A knee to the head by Chappell.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Chappell lands a knee to the head.

Chappell breaks from the clinch.
Chappell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mewes misses with a double jab.

Chappell pushes Mewes up against the cage in a clinch.
Mewes has had enough of the clinch but Chappell keeps him there for the moment.
Chappell connects with a knee to the head.
Chappell missing with knees to the body.
Chappell crunches a lovely knee into Mewes's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chappell.
Mewes content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chappell throws an elbow but it misses.
Mewes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heath Chappell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mewes is trying to break free.
Chappell tries a knee to the head but Mewes blocks it.

Chappell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chappell takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab, jab by Mewes - just one landing.
Chappell throws a leg kick but Mewes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chappell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chappell wants to clinch but Mewes slips to the side
and Mewes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chappell tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Mewes counter with a right hand.
Chappell throws a leg kick which misses Mewes's front leg but catches the back leg as Mewes tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chappell wants to clinch up but Mewes keeps it at a distance.
Chappell moves away from the strike by Mewes.

Chappell clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Heath Chappell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mewes lands with a nice body punch.
Mewes works the jab nicely.
Chappell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chappell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mewes throws a right hand that Chappell ducks under and follows up with a left that Chappell also avoids with ease.
Mewes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Chappell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chappell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mewes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mewes scores with a nice head shot.
Mewes throws a good cross that connects.
Chappell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mewes.

Chappell moves into the clinch.
Mewes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chappell with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mewes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chappell has him pressed against the cage.

Mewes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chappell moves away from the strike by Mewes.
Chappell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chappell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mewes.
Mewes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chappell.
Chappell misses with a straight right.
Chappell closes the distance but Mewes moves to the side
and Mewes counters with a three punch combo that has Chappell backing up. Chappell nods at Mewes to acknowledge the strikes.
Chappell tries to clinch there but Mewes circles away.
Mewes missing with a left hand there. Chappell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chappell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mewes blocks a head kick by Chappell.
Mewes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Chappell lands but Mewes takes it in his stride.
Mewes misses with a wild combination.
Chappell tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mewes counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chappell moves in looking to clinch but Mewes pushes him off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mewes.
Mewes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Chappell is rocked!
The fight stays on the outside here - Chappell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chappell dodges the punch combination from Mewes.
Mewes throws a hook but Chappell blocks it.
Mewes lands an overhand right.
Mewes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mewes misses with a few strikes there.
Chappell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chappell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mewes throws a poor cross that misses
and Chappell counters with a low kick, right behind Mewes 's knee.
Chappell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mewes misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chappell moves in looking to clinch but Mewes pushes him off.
Chappell throws a head kick that misses.
Chappell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mewes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chappell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mewes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chappell momentarily.
Chappell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A jab from Mewes misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mewes throws out a loose jab but Chappell uses good head movement to avoid it.

Chappell has taken the fight to the clinch.

Mewes breaks the clinch.
Chappell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Chappell rushes Mewes and presses him up against the cage.

Mewes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Mewes does it's job there.
Mewes throws a right and a left that Chappell avoids nicely.
Chappell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chappell is looking to clinch.
Chappell tries to close the distance and clinch but Mewes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some bone on bone action there as Mewes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chappell closes the distance but Mewes moves to the side
and Mewes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Mewes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mewes 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Mewes!
Jason Mewes decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.