PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dick Caunt (ranked 311 p4p, 37 weight class) and Ramon Escobar Chavez (ranked 627 p4p, 75 weight class). Escobar Chavez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Buena Vista Social Club - Hasta Siempre. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Caunt
vs
Escobar Chavez

175 cm
29
147 lbs
17 - 9 - 2

179 cm
35
150 lbs
25 - 6 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Sportivité
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Caunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Escobar Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Caunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Caunt scores with the left hand. Escobar Chavez knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Escobar Chavez misses.
Escobar Chavez swings for the body but Caunt moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Escobar Chavez cracks Caunt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Escobar Chavez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Caunt is able to avoid easily.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook but Caunt blocks it.
Caunt loads up on a big right hand but Escobar Chavez slips the punch.
Escobar Chavez tries a head kick but it misses.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar Chavez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Caunt. That one must have hurt.
Caunt throws a looping overhand right but Escobar Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
And Escobar Chavez responds with a good body kick, but Caunt manages to step out the way in time.
Caunt misses with a looping left.
Caunt throws a hook to the side of Escobar Chavez's head but Escobar Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escobar Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Caunt ducks down to avoid it.
Caunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Caunt.
Caunt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Escobar Chavez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Caunt's knee momentarily.
Caunt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Escobar Chavez misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar Chavez looks to land a right hand but Caunt moved out of range.
Escobar Chavez throws a shot from downtown. Caunt moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Caunt does it's job there.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range of the body kick from Caunt.
Escobar Chavez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Caunt with a body shot.
Caunt slips a jab from Escobar Chavez.
Caunt throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Escobar Chavez counters with a left to the body.
Escobar Chavez throws a jab when Caunt was well out of range.
Caunt throwing a counter right hand but Escobar Chavez manages to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook but Caunt blocks it.
Caunt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dick Caunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caunt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escobar Chavez.
Caunt misses with the body kick
and Escobar Chavez counters with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar Chavez. Caunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caunt wants to land a leg kick but Escobar Chavez is out of range.
Caunt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Caunt avoids the body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Caunt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar Chavez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Caunt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar Chavez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Caunt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That kick from Caunt tenderised Escobar Chavez's leg. Escobar Chavez is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caunt is looking to slow Escobar Chavez down with leg kicks.
A swing and a miss from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Caunt is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Caunt misses the target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Caunt.
Escobar Chavez looks to land a body kick but Caunt moved away.
Caunt's jab looks to have found its range, popping Escobar Chavez under the eye.
Caunt misses with a body kick.
Caunt tries to land a leg kick but Escobar Chavez saw it coming and moves away.
Escobar Chavez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar Chavez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Caunt throws a combination. Escobar Chavez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A big left from Escobar Chavez misses.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook.
Escobar Chavez missing with a left hand there. Caunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caunt throws the left hand but Escobar Chavez avoids the punch easily.
Caunt misses the jab.
Caunt avoids the body shot from Escobar Chavez.
A slow jab from Escobar Chavez misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caunt misses with a low kick.
Escobar Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caunt manages to avoid it.

Escobar Chavez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Caunt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Escobar Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caunt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Escobar Chavez circles away quickly and effectively.
Caunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Escobar Chavez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar Chavez misses with an uppercut. Caunt saw that one coming.
Caunt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caunt throws a series of punches but Escobar Chavez avoids them all with ease.
Jab, jab by Escobar Chavez - just one landing.
Caunt with a hook.
Escobar Chavez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Escobar Chavez slips under a jab from Caunt.
Escobar Chavez throws a body punch but Caunt moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar Chavez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Caunt counter with a right hand.
Caunt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Caunt avoids the body shot from Escobar Chavez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Escobar Chavez misses.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caunt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Caunt misses the jab.
Caunt throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Caunt avoids it with no problem.
Escobar Chavez misses with a right hand
and Caunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escobar Chavez slips a jab from Caunt.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Caunt avoids it with no problem.
Escobar Chavez scores with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Escobar Chavez.
Caunt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Caunt lands a leg kick that knocks Escobar Chavez off balance momentarily.
Escobar Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caunt avoids the body shot from Escobar Chavez.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caunt defending well as Escobar Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Escobar Chavez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Caunt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Escobar Chavez's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dick Caunt will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Escobar Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caunt moves away.
Caunt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Escobar Chavez lands a slapping body shot.
Caunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Caunt connects with a solid leg kick.
Caunt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big right from Escobar Chavez misses.
Escobar Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caunt.
A bone on bone clash there as Escobar Chavez blocks the leg kick.
Caunt misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Caunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caunt connects with a solid leg kick.
Caunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar Chavez swings for the body but Caunt moves out of range.
As Escobar Chavez backs away, Caunt returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caunt feints and then cracks Escobar Chavez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Escobar Chavez down.
Escobar Chavez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Caunt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Caunt misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Escobar Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caunt.
Caunt moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caunt defending well as Escobar Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Dick Caunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Caunt scores with a nice head shot.
Escobar Chavez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Caunt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Caunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caunt misses with a double jab
and Escobar Chavez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Caunt thows a leg kick but Escobar Chavez checks it
and Escobar Chavez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escobar Chavez works the jab nicely.
Caunt slips a straight right by Escobar Chavez.
Caunt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caunt.
Caunt loads up on a big right hand but Escobar Chavez slips the punch.
Caunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Caunt.
Escobar Chavez jabs at Caunt's body.
Caunt misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Caunt counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range as Caunt strikes.
Caunt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Caunt throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Caunt is just out of range.
Caunt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Escobar Chavez lands with a cross.
Caunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez checks the leg kick.
Caunt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body kick from Caunt.
Caunt is looking to score with low kicks.
Escobar Chavez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Escobar Chavez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Escobar Chavez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Caunt - the referee stops the clock and Escobar Chavez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Caunt. Escobar Chavez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Escobar Chavez scores with a nice right hand.
Jab from Escobar Chavez.
Caunt throws a hook but Escobar Chavez avoids it easily.
Caunt throws a lazy uppercut
and Escobar Chavez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Caunt scores with a decent looking hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Caunt, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Caunt throws a leg kick but Escobar Chavez sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Caunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caunt cracks a nice hook into Escobar Chavez's ribs.
A big left from Escobar Chavez misses.
Caunt misses the jab.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caunt quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Caunt throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar Chavez moves out of range easily.
Caunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch lands to the side of Caunt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Caunt scores with a nice right hand.
Nice jab there from Escobar Chavez.
Caunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar Chavez slips under a jab.
Caunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar Chavez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caunt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar Chavez lands a jab to Caunt's midsection.
Caunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Escobar Chavez checks it well.
Escobar Chavez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Caunt throws a big shot that misses.
Caunt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Escobar Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Caunt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar Chavez misses with a straight left.
Caunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez slips a straight right by Caunt.
Caunt slips under a jab from Escobar Chavez.
Caunt connects with a single shot there.
Caunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar Chavez moves away.
Escobar Chavez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caunt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Caunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caunt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Escobar Chavez in his tracks.
Escobar Chavez looks to throw the jab but Caunt is out of range.
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 Dick Caunt will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A big left from Escobar Chavez misses.
Caunt tries to score with a low kick but Escobar Chavez moves his leg out of the way.
Escobar Chavez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Caunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Caunt checks a low kick from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez blocks a jab.
Caunt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Escobar Chavez tries to land a front kick but Caunt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Escobar Chavez throws the left hand but Caunt avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Caunt misses.
Caunt with a hook.
Caunt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Caunt wants to land a leg kick but Escobar Chavez is out of range.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook but Caunt avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar Chavez blocks a jab.
Escobar Chavez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Caunt misses with a straight right.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Caunt avoids the body shot from Escobar Chavez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Escobar Chavez misses.
Caunt lunges at Escobar Chavez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Escobar Chavez's hand.
Caunt slips under a jab.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar Chavez lands a nice hook to Caunt's body. Caunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Escobar Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Caunt throws a looping overhand right but Escobar Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caunt.
Some bone on bone action there as Caunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Escobar Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
Caunt looks to land a right hand but Escobar Chavez moved out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Escobar Chavez. That's going to slow Caunt down.
Escobar Chavez walks into a left hand.
Caunt throws out a powerful jab.
Escobar Chavez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A left lands for Caunt.
Escobar Chavez misses with a looping left.
Caunt connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caunt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Caunt throws the kick towards the body but Escobar Chavez avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt takes a swing at Escobar Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Escobar Chavez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Caunt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar Chavez throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Escobar Chavez misses its intended target.
It appears Caunt was looking to counter with a kick there.
Caunt throws a solid leg kick but Escobar Chavez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Caunt.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Caunt avoids it with no problem.
Caunt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Escobar Chavez momentarily.
Caunt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Caunt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobar Chavez connects with a body shot that sends Caunt's belly button to the back.
Escobar Chavez throws an overhand right that lands on Caunt's shoulder, as Caunt tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Caunt. Those never looked like landing.
A little jabbing left from Escobar Chavez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Escobar Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Escobar Chavez misses its intended target.
Caunt throws out a leg kick but Escobar Chavez moves out of range and Caunt only half commits.
Caunt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Escobar Chavez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Caunt scrambles back to his feet.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caunt.
Escobar Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caunt looks to land a left hand but Escobar Chavez moved out of range nicely.
Caunt ducks under a wild hook from Escobar Chavez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caunt is looking to land body kicks.
Caunt blocks a head kick by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caunt.
Caunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escobar Chavez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caunt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Escobar Chavez jabs Caunt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Caunt scores with a jab. Escobar Chavez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Caunt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Caunt misses with a kick to the body.
Ramon Escobar Chavez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Escobar Chavez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Caunt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Caunt avoids the body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Caunt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Caunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Caunt ducks down to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caunt.
Caunt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Escobar Chavezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Caunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar Chavez tests Caunt's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caunt walks into a stiff left hand from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Caunt lands a slapping body shot.
Caunt throws the left hand but Escobar Chavez avoids the punch easily.
Crunch! Caunt slams his shin into Escobar Chavez's torso.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook but Caunt avoids it easily.
It looked like Caunt was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Escobar Chavez scores with a hook to the body. Caunt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Caunt connects with a crisp jab.
Caunt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Escobar Chavez misses with an uppercut.
Caunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar Chavez.
Caunt lands with a kick to the ribs.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar Chavez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Caunt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dick Caunt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Escobar Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caunt moves 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 Dick Caunt.
Well Caunt has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Caunt!
After the fight, Dick Caunt 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.