PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toussaint Bissainthe (ranked 271 p4p, 241 weight class) and Domingo Chavez (ranked 40 p4p, 34 weight class). Bissainthe kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hoodoo Man Blues. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bissainthe
vs
Chavez

180 cm
29
175
20 - 6 - 0

173 cm
37
176
36 - 17 - 0

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World class boxer
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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 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toussaint Bissainthe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingo Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bissainthe.
A big right from Chavez misses.
Nice jab there from Bissainthe.
Chavez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bissainthe misses with a body kick.
Bissainthe jabs Chavez right on the nose. Chavez blinks but takes it well.
Chavez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chavez misses with a looping right.
Bissainthe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Chavez blocks the body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Chavez!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bissainthe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chavez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bissainthe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bissainthe throws the left hand but Chavez avoids the punch easily.
Chavez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bissainthe throws a leg kick which misses Chavez's front leg but catches the back leg as Chavez tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez tries to clinch but Bissainthe moves out of range.
Bissainthe tries to score with a low kick but Chavez moves his leg out of the way.
Chavez misses with an uppercut. Bissainthe saw that one coming.
Bissainthe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bissainthe scores with a shot to the body.
Bissainthe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bissainthe scores with the left hand. Chavez knows he should have avoided that one.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
Bissainthe looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bissainthe scores with a leg kick.
Chavez slips a straight right by Bissainthe.
Chavez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bissainthe counters with a nice leg kick.
Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bissainthe.
Chavez feints a counter leg kick.
Bissainthe thuds his right hand into Chavez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bissainthe throws an off balance right hand
and Bissainthe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chavez misses with an uppercut
and Bissainthe counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bissainthe lands a leg kick that knocks Chavez off balance momentarily.
Bissainthe throws a body punch but Chavez moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bissainthe. That's going to slow Chavez down.
Bissainthe on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bissainthe. Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bissainthe fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chavez is out of range.
Bissainthe clobbers Chavez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Chavez checks a leg kick.
Bissainthe with a jab.
Bissainthe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chavez's corner calls for a 1-2. Chavez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bissainthe misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chavez lands a body shot.
Bissainthe takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Chavez.
Bissainthe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chavez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chavez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bissainthe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chavez.
Chavez blocks a jab.
Chavez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bissainthe throws a wild body kick that Chavez sees coming a mile off.
A slow jab from Bissainthe misses its intended target.
Bissainthe throws a leg kick but Chavez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bissainthe misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bissainthe 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 Chavez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chavez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bissainthe misses with a body kick.
Bissainthe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chavez stuns Bissainthe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bissainthe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chavez's sensitive parts.
Bissainthe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chavez throws a hook but Bissainthe blocks it.
Bissainthe ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chavez. That one must have hurt.
Bissainthe avoids the head kick by Chavez.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chavez.
Bissainthe scores with the left hand. Chavez knows he should have avoided that one.
Bissainthe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Bissainthe avoids a kick to the body.
Chavez connects with an inside leg kick.
Chavez misses with a left hand
and Bissainthe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bissainthe manages to avoid it.
Bissainthe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chavez throws out the jab.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe with the inside leg kick.
Jab from Chavez.
Chavez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bissainthe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bone on bone clash there as Bissainthe blocks the leg kick.
Bissainthe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
A little jabbing left from Chavez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chavez takes a swing at Bissainthe's ribcage but misses.
Chavez staying out of range there.
Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bissainthe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chavez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bissainthe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bissainthe on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bissainthe misses with a straight right.
Bissainthe slips a straight right by Chavez.

Chavez clinches up with Bissainthe and pushes him back against the cage.
Chavez blocking some punches.

Bissainthe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bissainthe swats away the attempt to clinch by Chavez.
Nice body punch from Chavez.
Bissainthe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
A head kick from Bissainthe lands but Chavez takes it in his stride.
Chavez checks the leg kick.
Chavez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bissainthe connects with an inside leg kick.
Bissainthe misses with a wild body shot.
Bissainthe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bissainthe is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bissainthe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toussaint Bissainthe dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chavez throws a shot from downtown. Bissainthe moves away and avoids it.
Domingo Chavez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chavez misses with an uppercut.
Chavez looks to throw the jab but Bissainthe is out of range.
Chavez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bissainthe throws out the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Chavez misses.
Bissainthe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bissainthe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Bissainthe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chavez connects with an inside leg kick.
Bissainthe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bissainthe throws out the jab.
Chavez blocks a leg kick.
Bissainthe scores with a leg kick.
Chavez is looking to land body kicks.
Bissainthe thinks about countering with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bissainthe to score with a decent uppercut.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bissainthe.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
Chavez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bissainthe slips under a jab from Chavez.
Nice defenses there by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez throws the kick towards the body but Bissainthe avoids it.
Bissainthe tries to land a leg kick but Chavez saw it coming and moves away.
A lazy body kick from Bissainthe
and Chavez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bissainthe scores with a nice strike.
Bissainthe throws the kick towards the body but Chavez avoids it.
Chavez throws a hook but Bissainthe avoids it easily.
Chavez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bissainthe if he has to take too many more of those.
Bissainthe walks into a left hand.
Bissainthe throws a leg kick that is checked
and Chavez counters with a left to the body.
Bissainthe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chavez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bissainthe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
Bissainthe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
Chavez is looking to score with low kicks.
Chavez needs to keep his hands up - Bissainthe had a free shot at his head there.
Bissainthe looks to land a body kick but Chavez moved away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bissainthe takes a swing at Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Jab from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Bissainthe.
Chavez throws out a counter right but Bissainthe avoids it with no problem.
Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe blocks a jab.
Chavez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bissainthe misses the jab.
Bissainthe tried to score with a low kick but Chavez checks it.
Chavez throws a lazy right hand but Bissainthe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chavez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bissainthe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Toussaint Bissainthe is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Bissainthe.
A big left from Chavez misses.
Chavez avoids the head kick by Bissainthe.
Chavez tries a quick counter leg kick but Bissainthe is wise to it.
Bissainthe keeps Chavez at a distance using the push kick.
Bissainthe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bissainthe misses with a kick to the body
and Chavez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chavez misses with a body shot.
Bissainthe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chavez.
Bissainthe slips under a jab from Chavez.
Bissainthe scores with a jab.
Bissainthe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chavez counters with a nice uppercut.
Bissainthe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Crunch! Chavez slams his shin into Bissainthe's torso.
Bissainthe misses with a low kick.
Bissainthe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chavez throws out the jab.
Bissainthe is looking to land body kicks.
Chavez throws a nice head kick!
Bissainthe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Chavez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chavez with a nice calf kick.
Bissainthe takes one to the chin there.
Bissainthe misses with a low kick.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a head kick. Chavez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Chavez works Bissainthe's body with a nice hook.
Chavez looks to throw the jab but Bissainthe is out of range.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot lands for Chavez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bissainthe misses with a low kick.

Chavez has closed the distance and engaged Bissainthe in a clinch.

Bissainthe breaks the clinch.
Bissainthe is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez connects with a body shot that sends Bissainthe's belly button to the back.
Chavez lands an overhand right.
Bissainthe takes one to the chin there.
Chavez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bissainthe tries to land a front kick but Chavez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Chavez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A head kick misses from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe tries to land a body kick
and Chavez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chavez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bissainthe manages to avoid it.
Bissainthe works over Chavez's head and body with a nice combination.
Chavez misses with a straight right.
Chavez throws a leg kick but Bissainthe moved away.
Bissainthe thuds a left hand into Chavez's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Chavez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bissainthe, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Bissainthe.
Bissainthe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chavez blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Bissainthe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Domingo Chavez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Bissainthe connects with a solid leg kick.
Chavez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bissainthe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bissainthe will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bissainthe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chavez is able to avoid easily.
Bissainthe backing away here, and Chavez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Chavez tries to score with a low kick but Bissainthe moves his leg out of the way.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bissainthe was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Chavez checks a low kick from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe throws a head kick but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez missing with a left hand there. Bissainthe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bissainthe ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Chavez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bissainthe misses with a low kick.
Chavez only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Chavez punishes Bissainthe's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe misses with an uppercut.
Bissainthe throws out a loose jab but Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chavez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez misses with a body shot.
Bissainthe lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Chavez misses with a hook.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Bissainthe slips the punch.
Chavez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bissainthe. Chavez shrugs it off though.
Chavez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Chavez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bissainthe.
Chavez throws the left hand but Bissainthe avoids the punch easily.
Chavez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bissainthe has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chavez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chavez cracks Bissainthe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bissainthe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chavez is able to avoid easily.
Bissainthe scores with a head kick. Chavez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez scores with a sloppy right hand. Bissainthe should have avoided that one.
Bissainthe scores with a nice right hand.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bissainthe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bissainthe manages to avoid it.
Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Chavez checks a leg kick.
Chavez lands a nice looking body shot.
Bissainthe bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bissainthe connects with a crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Bissainthe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A lazy left from Chavez finds it's target.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Bissainthe moved out of range nicely.
Bissainthe half committed to a counter leg kick.

Chavez gets a clinch.
Chavez working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Bissainthe.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chavez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chavez misses with a punch on the inside.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bissainthe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bissainthe lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez prevents a body shot from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a left hand.
Chavez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bissainthe controls his hands.
Chavez lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bissainthe.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chavez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bissainthe throws a head punch that misses.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bissainthe's elbow.
Chavez lands a right hand.

Bissainthe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chavez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bissainthe slips a straight right by Chavez.
Chavez throws a shot from downtown. Bissainthe moves away and avoids it.
Bissainthe connects with a body shot that sends Chavez's belly button to the back.
Chavez throws a wild body kick that Bissainthe sees coming a mile off.
Chavez avoids the body shot from Bissainthe.
Chavez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chavez missing with a left hand there. Bissainthe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bissainthe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Decent striking displayed by Bissainthe there.
Bissainthe misses the shot to the body.
Chavez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Bissainthe throws a hook to the side of Chavez's head but Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chavez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bissainthe connects with a single shot there.
Chavez connects with a crisp jab.
Bissainthe throws out a powerful jab.
Good leg kick by Chavez.
Chavez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bissainthe throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bissainthe pushes Chavez away with a front kick.
Bissainthe moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bissainthe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bissainthe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bissainthe throws a front kick aimed at Chavez's knee but Chavez avoids it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bissainthe.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toussaint Bissainthe showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bissainthe 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toussaint Bissainthe!
A very excited looking Toussaint Bissainthe made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.