PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jarvis Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Urias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urias has chosen Lay Low as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Paul Urias will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Chapman
vs
Urias

178 cm
23
159 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

169 cm
21
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jarvis Chapman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Urias!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urias tries to clinch but Chapman moves out of range.
Urias misses with a body shot.

Urias clinches.
Urias missing with knees to the body.
Chapman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Urias trying to land knees to the body.
Urias tries to land knees in the clinch but Chapman avoids the damage to the body.
Urias misses with the head strike.
Chapman avoiding damage as Urias throws knees to the body.
Chapman looking for a takedown.

Urias escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Urias fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urias tries to clinch there but Chapman circles away.

Chapman clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman looking for a takedown.
Urias is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Urias lands a knee to the body.
Chapman stops a takedown attempt from Urias.
Urias blocks a body shot from Chapman.
Urias fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urias.
Chapman throws a head punch that misses.
Chapman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Urias gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jarvis Chapman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chapman throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chapman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Urias tries to land knees in the clinch but Chapman avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chapman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chapman tries a body shot but Urias blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Urias.
Urias misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chapman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Urias missing with knees to the body.
Urias missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Urias just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chapman's brow.
Chapman digs a right hand underneath Urias's ribcage. Urias let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urias wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chapman avoiding damage as Urias throws knees to the body.
Chapman managing to block the knees to the body from Urias.
Urias missing with knees to the body.
Urias slowing the pace effectively.
Chapman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chapman crunches a lovely knee into Urias's ribcage.
Urias fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Urias prevents the takedown attempt.
Chapman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Urias wants to get back to striking at distance but Chapman won't allow it.
Urias using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chapman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Urias looks gassed!
Chapman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Urias.
Chapman is struggling to control the position.
Urias lands an elbow inside that Chapman shrugs off.

Urias breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chapman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Urias clinches but Chapman breaks the clinch
and Chapman counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urias closes the distance but Chapman moves to the side

and Chapman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Urias missing with knees to the body.
Chapman lands a nice knee to the body.
Urias trying to land knees to the body.
Urias throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chapman managing to block the knees to the body from Urias.
Urias takes a shot to the head.
Urias crunches a lovely knee into Chapman's ribcage.
Chapman has had enough of the clinch but Urias keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Chapman pulls guard.
Chapman looking for a sweep. Not yet Chapman, not yet.
Chapman working a defensive guard here.
Chapman is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Urias has gone for a leg lock! Chapman slips out almost immediately though and dives into Urias's guard.

Chapman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Chapman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Urias trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paul Urias will probably get the nod.
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.

Urias clinches.
Urias missing with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Urias breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Urias stuffs the takedown attempt from Chapman. Chapman gets slowly back to his feet.
Jarvis Chapman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Urias looks to clinch

and Chapman counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chapman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chapman tries to pull guard but Urias won't allow it.
Urias lands a nice elbow.
Urias has Chapman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Chapman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chapman is leaning against Urias and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Chapman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Urias tries to clinch

and Chapman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urias blocks an uppercut.
Urias looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Urias.
Chapman keeps control of Urias as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chapman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Urias trying to land knees to the body.

Chapman has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Urias uses from the top position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Urias in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Urias is breathing heavily.
Chapman pulls Urias in close to prevent any damage.
Urias pushing down on Chapman's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Chapman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Urias postures up in Chapman's guard and throws a big left but Chapman blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Urias is one step ahead there.
Urias trying to control the position from guard on top but Chapman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chapman looking to control.
Chapman pulls Urias in close to prevent any damage.
Urias preventing the sweep.
Chapman throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Urias is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No luck for Chapman with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jarvis Chapman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman circles away from the clinch attempt

and Chapman moves into the clinch.
Urias using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chapman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chapman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Urias pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Urias tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Chapman just stands there and leans against the cage.

Urias breaks from the clinch.
Urias tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Chapman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Horrible takedown by Chapman or perhaps it was just good defense by Urias which made him look bad.
Urias tries to clinch up

and Chapman counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarvis Chapman dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Urias wants to clinch but Chapman slips to the side

and Chapman counters by clinching up.
Chapman tries to break the clinch but Urias is controlling the position.

Chapman breaks from the clinch.
Urias closes the distance but Chapman moves to the side

and Chapman counters by clinching up.
Chapman wants a takedown but no success here.
Chapman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Urias backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urias tries to break the clinch but Chapman is controlling the position.
Urias tries to land knees in the clinch but Chapman avoids the damage to the body.
Chapman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Urias tries to land knees in the clinch but Chapman avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Urias.
Chapman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Urias is keeping busy.
Urias lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Jarvis Chapman has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman misses with a body punch.
Chapman fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Chapman jumps guard and drags Urias to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Urias thows a big elbow that misses.
Chapman throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Chapman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Urias!
Urias working to try and regain half guard.
Urias wants to control but Chapman is having none of it.
Chapman controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urias is in all sorts of trouble here.
Urias is bucking up trying to escape but Chapman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Chapman won't let Urias get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Urias wants to hold on but Chapman pushes him away.
Chapman cracks Urias with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chapman controlling the pace for now.
Urias is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Urias takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chapman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Urias's face.
Chapman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Urias throwing hammer fists to the chest of Chapman. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urias tries to reverse the position but Chapman maintains control.
Chapman with a couple of short strikes.
Chapman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Urias keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chapman with shots to the head and body - Urias looks very uncomfortable down there.
Chapman controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chapman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman controlling from the full mount.
Chapman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Chapman raining down shots from the mount!
Urias is in all sorts of trouble here.
Chapman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Urias flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
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 takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chapman prevents Urias from getting the reversal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jarvis Chapman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chapman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Jarvis Chapman!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Jarvis Chapman!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Jarvis Chapman!

Jarvis Chapman wins by unanimous decision!