PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leo Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Mousard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Chapman
vs
Mousard

164 cm
19
136 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

155 cm
19
136 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leo Chapman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Mousard!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Michael Mousard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chapman shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Chapman stalling.
Mousard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chapman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mousard punching from the bottom.
Chapman content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Chapman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Chapman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mousard defends it well.
Chapman scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman lands with a punch from half guard.
Chapman stalling.
Chapman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mousard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Chapman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Chapman is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Chapman seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mousard for as long as he can get away with.
Mousard tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Mousard flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Chapman sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mousard taking some punishment here, with Chapman in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mousard should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Mousard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mousard tries to roll over but Chapman keeps him under control.
Chapman is nestled in close to Mousard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Chapman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chapman is looking to take a break and control but Mousard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chapman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chapman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chapman working Mousard over with strikes.
Chapman is keen to just control but Mousard is a slippery customer.
Chapman blocks the strikes from Mousard.
Mousard throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chapman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Chapman there.
Chapman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousard throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Mousard misses with some strikes from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Chapman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mousard sprawls well. Mousard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chapman gets slowly back to his feet.
Mousard fails with the takedown

and Chapman counters with a takedown into side control.
Mousard is looking to reverse the position.
Mousard looks gassed!
Mousard throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Chapman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Chapman taking a breather here.
Chapman advances nicely into full mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mousard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chapman controlling from the full mount.
Mousard flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Chapman.
Chapman working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman scoring with strikes but Mousard is staying in there.

Chapman working for a submission but Mousard is keeping him at bay.
Chapman controlling his opponent.
Chapman unloading with bombs!
Chapman controlling his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mousard is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mousard swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mousard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Chapman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Mousard's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mousard gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Chapman counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mousard!
Chapman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Leo Chapman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Chapman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mousard manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Chapman content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Chapman has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Chapman landing punches.
Chapman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Chapman swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leo Chapman!