PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Domingo Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terence Mckenna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Chavez
vs
Mckenna

173 cm
20
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
26
174 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingo Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Terence Mckenna!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chavez rushes Mckenna and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chavez is trying to drag Mckenna to the mat but Mckenna just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mckenna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chavez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mckenna walks away with a smile on his face. Chavez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mckenna looks to land a combination but Chavez avoids it well.
Chavez connects with a jab.

Mckenna drives through and clinches with Chavez against the cage.
Chavez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mckenna prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Domingo Chavez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mckenna pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mckenna managing to block the knees to the body from Chavez.
Chavez tries to pull guard but Mckenna forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chavez keeps the fight on the outside.
Chavez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mckenna jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mckenna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chavez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chavez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mckenna tries to clinch
and Chavez counters with a thumping low kick.
Mckenna jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chavez digs a good body shot into Mckenna's ribs.
Mckenna throws a body shot but no joy.
Mckenna throws an off balance right hand
and Chavez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mckenna takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mckenna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab lands there for Chavez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mckenna.
Chavez is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Mckenna stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Chavez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mckenna tries to clinch up.
Chavez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Chavez takes the fight into the clinch.
Chavez wants a takedown but no success here.
Chavez stalls.

Chavez breaks from the clinch.
Chavez sizes up Mckenna with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mckenna throws a hook to the side of Chavez's head but Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Mckenna.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mckenna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mckenna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chavez punishes Mckenna's body with a nice straight punch.
Chavez swats away the attempt to clinch by Mckenna.
A little feinted left hand from Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Mckenna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chavez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mckenna looks to clinch
and Mckenna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chavez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mckenna.
Chavez is looking to counter punch.
Mckenna tries to clinch but Chavez is having none of it.
Chavez is looking to counter punch.

Mckenna clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Mckenna's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mckenna is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mckenna stops a takedown attempt from Chavez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckenna tries to circle away but Chavez has him pinned against the cage.
Chavez tries for a takedown but Mckenna manages to get underhooks.

Chavez jumps into guard, dragging Mckenna to the mat.
Mckenna wants to control from the top but Chavez keeps moving.
Mckenna's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mckenna trying to control the position from guard on top but Chavez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chavez pulls Mckenna in close to his closed guard and prevents Mckenna from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mckenna preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Domingo Chavez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chavez is working for takedown but Mckenna is calmly controlling the position for now.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chavez lands a jab.
Mckenna lands a nice hook to Chavez's body. Chavez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mckenna throws a series of punches but Chavez moves out of range.

Mckenna clinches up against the cage.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mckenna moves into range and clinches up with Chavez.
Mckenna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mckenna throws an elbow but it misses.
Mckenna working hard to break the clinch.

Chavez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Domingo Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckenna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chavez.
Chavez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mckenna is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chavez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mckenna wants to clinch up but Chavez keeps it at a distance.
Terence Mckenna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mckenna fails to land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mckenna lands with a straight right. Chavez didn't see that one coming.
Chavez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mckenna takes one to the side of the head.
Mckenna tries to clinch
and Chavez counters with a leg kick.
Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mckenna is looking for the big counter here.
Chavez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mckenna misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chavez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckenna tries to close the distance and clinch but Chavez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chavez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chavez keeps the fight on the outside.
Mckenna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chavez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mckenna misses the jab.
Mckenna moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Mckenna wants to clinch up but Chavez keeps it at a distance.
Mckenna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chavez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mckenna tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Chavez counter with a right hand.
Mckenna might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Chavez closes the distance and pushes Mckenna back into the cage.
Chavez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mckenna to keep the fight standing.
Chavez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mckenna pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Domingo Chavez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mckenna pushes Chavez up against the cage in a clinch.
Mckenna is trying to break free.
Chavez goes for a takedown attempt but Mckenna pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mckenna moves in looking to clinch but Chavez pushes him off.
Chavez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chavez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mckenna lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Terence Mckenna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mckenna misses the jab.
It looked like Chavez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mckenna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mckenna throws a combination that misses
and Chavez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mckenna.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckenna tries to clinch up.
Mckenna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mckenna tries to clinch but Chavez is having none of it.
Mckenna throws a right hand that Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Chavez also avoids with ease.
Mckenna misses with an uppercut. Chavez saw that one coming.
Mckenna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chavez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mckenna jabs Chavez right on the nose. Chavez blinks but takes it well.
Chavez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mckenna tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Chavez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mckenna throws a right hand that Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Chavez also avoids with ease.
Mckenna cracks Chavez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mckenna misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Terence Mckenna will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Chavez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mckenna.
Decent striking displayed by Chavez there.
Mckenna tries to clinch up but Chavez circles away and keeps his distance.
Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mckenna.
Mckenna moves away from the strike by Chavez.
A telegraphed right hand from Chavez misses the target.
Chavez checks the leg kick.
Chavez is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mckenna.
Mckenna misses with a body shot.
Mckenna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chavez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mckenna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chavez.
Mckenna closes the distance looking to clinch
and Chavez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez scores with a nice body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mckenna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mckenna blocks a jab.
Mckenna throws a counter combo.
Mckenna tries to clinch but Chavez moves away
and Chavez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chavez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chavez throws out a loose jab but Mckenna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chavez misses with an uppercut.
Chavez throws a jab but it's blocked by Mckenna.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mckenna, as that shot connected.
Mckenna tries to clinch but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mckenna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chavez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mckenna falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chavez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mckenna tries to clinch up but Chavez circles away and keeps his distance.
Chavez throws a body punch but Mckenna moves out of range.
Mckenna connects with a crisp jab.
Chavez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick lands from Chavez.
Jab from Mckenna.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chavez missing with a left hand there. Mckenna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chavez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mckenna can do to turn this around?
Mckenna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chavez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mckenna throws a front kick aimed at Chavez's knee but Chavez avoids it well.
Mckenna takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mckenna darts in trying to clinch
and Chavez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mckenna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chavez.
Mckenna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mckenna closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mckenna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckenna tries to clinch but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mckenna doesn't manage to clinch there - Chavez circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Mckenna forces Chavez back against the cage and clinches.
Terence Mckenna seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez is looking for a takedown.
Chavez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mckenna after a bit of a struggle.

Chavez gets control of Mckenna's arms and successfully pulls guard. Chavez will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mckenna wants to stand but Chavez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Chavez is pulling down on Mckenna's head to control his posture.
Chavez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chavez tries to get out of the position.
Mckenna wants to control from the top but Chavez keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Domingo Chavez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chavez 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Domingo Chavez!
Domingo Chavez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.