PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Chaves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Plum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plum comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Oficina G3 - Depois da Guerra kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Chaves
vs
Plum

178 cm
21
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
24
182 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Chaves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edgar Plum!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plum tries to clinch up but Chaves circles away and keeps his distance.
Chaves shoots in and drives through. Plum sprawls well.
Plum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chaves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chaves fails with the takedown.
Plum displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Chaves.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Chaves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Plum wants to clinch up but Chaves keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Plum moves into the clinch successfully.
Plum lands with a right to the head.
Plum letting Chaves take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Plum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chaves fails with the takedown.
Carlos Chaves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Plum cracks a nice hook into Chaves's ribs.
Plum slaps away a takedown attempt from Chaves, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Plum connects with a looping right hand.
Chaves keeps the fight on the outside.
Edgar Plum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Plum forces Chaves back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaves trying to stall but Plum improves his position.
Plum scores with a shot to the side of Chaves's head.

Plum breaks the clinch.
Chaves shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chaves is breathing heavily.
Chaves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Plum is fending him off so far but Chaves persists. Nope, Plum circles away and we're back to standing.
Plum fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chaves looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Plum clinches.
Plum cracks Chaves with a nice body shot.

Plum manages to break the clinch.

Plum takes the fight into the clinch.

Plum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chaves shoots for a double leg takedown but Plum sprawls well. He's pushed Chaves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Plum misses with a double jab.
Chaves shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Plum as he avoids it easily.

Plum drives through and clinches with Chaves against the cage.

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

Plum clinches up with Chaves and pushes him back against the cage.
Plum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plum lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Chaves.

Plum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chaves keeps the fight on the outside.

Plum has closed the distance and engaged Chaves in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Plum.
Plum pushes Chaves back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Plum lands an uppercut.
Plum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Plum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Plum getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Plum closes the distance and pushes Chaves back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Plum dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Plum has closed the distance and engaged Chaves in a clinch.

Plum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chaves swats away the attempt to clinch by Plum.

Plum drives through and clinches with Chaves against the cage.
Plum gets underhooks to prevent Chaves's takedown attempt.

Plum breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaves walks into a straight right hand from Plum.
Plum stuffs the takedown attempt from Chaves. Chaves gets slowly back to his feet.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Chaves. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Good exchange - Plum coming out on top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Chaves tries to keep at a distance but Plum has taken the fight into the clinch.
Plum lands a body punch.
Chaves tries for a takedown but Plum manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Chaves. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Plum breaks from the clinch.
Plum lands with an overhand left.
Chaves misses with a combination

and Plum counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Plum.
Plum scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Plum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Plum with a jab.
Carlos Chaves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chaves gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Plum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Plum! Chaves is backing up but he can't get away as Plum lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Chaves and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Edgar Plum!