PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Dressler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dressler has chosen Raptile - Fight Back as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Chapman
vs
Dressler

178 cm
29
177 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

173 cm
25
162 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Chapman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marc Dressler!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chapman throws a right and a left that Dressler avoids nicely.
Chapman misses with a two punch combination.
Jonny Chapman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chapman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chapman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chapman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chapman lands with a shot to the body.
Dressler looks gassed!
Chapman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chapman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chapman lands a nice looking body shot.
Chapman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chapman throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chapman drops Dressler with a beautiful combination! Dressler stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Chapman is looking for the KO!

Dressler is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chapman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dressler is still on wobbly legs! Can Chapman finish him?
Chapman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dressler circles away quickly and effectively.
Chapman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chapman throws a nice looking combination but Dressler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chapman digs a good hook to Dressler's body.
Dressler seems to have recovered his senses.
Chapman throws a combination. Dressler tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Chapman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dressler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chapman to score with a decent uppercut.
Chapman misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman feints a jab promting Dressler to slip. Chapman then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dressler slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Chapman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chapman swinging wildly here.
No luck for Dressler with that takedown attempt.
Chapman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dressler circles away quickly and effectively.
Chapman tries to clinch but Dressler moves out of range.
Chapman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dressler shoots in looking for a takedown but Chapman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dressler's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Chapman throws a series of strikes that have Dressler backpedaling.
Dressler slips a jab and a cross from Chapman.
Chapman is looking to wear down Dressler with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chapman jabs Dressler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chapman throws a series of punches but Dressler moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman misses with a wild combination.
Chapman with a hook.
Chapman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chapman swinging wildly here.
Dressler tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chapman sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dressler somewhat.
Jonny Chapman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marc Dressler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No joy there for Chapman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Chapman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chapman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chapman misses with a series of wild punches.
Chapman throws a nice looking combination but Dressler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chapman fails to land with a series of punches.
Chapman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jonny Chapman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chapman lands a lovely overhand right.
A left lands for Chapman.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chapman throws a right and a left that Dressler avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman misses with a wild combination.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Dressler might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Chapman has got the better of the exchanges.
Some wild striking there from Chapman.
Dressler shoots for a takedown but Chapman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chapman misses with a few strikes there.
Chapman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jonny Chapman is winning the standup battle so far.
Chapman stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Chapman wants it to stay on the feet.
Chapman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman throws a nice looking combination but Dressler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chapman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dressler was well out of range. Poor timing from Chapman.
Chapman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chapman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dressler shoots in for a takedown but Chapman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jonny Chapman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marc Dressler.
Chapman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chapman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Chapman!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dressler has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Chapman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chapman lands with a nice combination. Dressler backs away looking to recover.
Chapman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dressler circles away quickly and effectively.
Chapman throws a right hand that Dressler ducks under and follows up with a left that Dressler also avoids with ease.
Chapman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dressler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
No joy there for Chapman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman throws a series of punches but Dressler moves out of range.
Chapman misses with a double jab.
Chapman misses the shot to the body.
Dressler tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chapman sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dressler somewhat.
Chapman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chapman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Chapman dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Chapman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dressler moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chapman stalks Dressler and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dressler's face. Dressler staggers backwards, shaken.
Dressler slips a jab and a cross from Chapman.
Chapman throws a series of strikes that have Dressler backpedaling.
Chapman darts in trying to clinch

and Dressler decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Chapman's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Dressler sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Chapman's guard.

Chapman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dressler is trying to work for a kimura but Chapman is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chapman actively working from the bottom here.

Chapman is defending against the submission attempts here by Dressler.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Chapman looking for submissions off his back.

Dressler is working for a kimura but Chapman is defending it quite comfortably.
Ground and pound from Dressler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Chapman actively working from the bottom here.

Dressler looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Chapman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dressler wants to work for an arm triangle but Chapman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chapman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dressler is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Chapman actively working from the bottom here.
Dressler drops an elbow to the side of Chapman's head.

Chapman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dressler is looking for a kimura but Chapman is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dressler to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chapman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chapman is looking to improve his position.

Dressler seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Chapman is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Marc Dressler!