PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshi Chiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshi Chiba is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gonzales
vs
Chiba

170 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Fast

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hugo Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yoshi Chiba!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzales throws out a loose jab but Chiba uses good head movement to avoid it.

Gonzales shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gonzales showed some decent athleticism there.
Chiba is refusing to be controlled, as Gonzales sits in half guard.

Gonzales is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Chiba sees it coming and defends easily.
Gonzales is looking to take a break and control but Chiba is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gonzales missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales is controlling the pace.
Gonzales is trying to control. Chiba wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gonzales missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gonzales tries to pass to full mount but Chiba defends it.
Chiba is pressing down on Gonzales's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Chiba looking to control.
Gonzales wants to control from the top but Chiba keeps moving.
Gonzales is really struggling to control Chiba but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gonzales looking to pass the guard.
Gonzales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chiba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chiba trying to control the position here.
Chiba keeping moving, preventing Gonzales from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chiba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chiba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gonzales advances to half guard.
Chiba is trying to control but can't.
Chiba avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gonzales.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Chiba blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gonzales.
Gonzales is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gonzales works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gonzales controlling the position easily from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gonzales thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Gonzales 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.

Chiba gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gonzales.
Gonzales tries to score with some ground and pound. Chiba controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
You can see the frustration on Chiba's face as Gonzales controls the position.
Chiba wants to control but Gonzales postures up.

Gonzales in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Chiba is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hugo Gonzales!