PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Maradona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Chrismer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Chrismer's choice of entrance music: Nine Inch Nails - "The Day The World Went Away". Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maradona
vs
Chrismer

182 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Maradona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Chrismer!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maradona cracks Chrismer with an open hand slap.
Maradona looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maradona throws a sloppy head kick and Chrismer moves out of range easily.
Maradona rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chrismer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chrismer slips a jab and a cross from Maradona.
Maradona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maradona throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maradona scores with a nice body kick.
Maradona misses with a series of wild punches.
Chrismer blocks a head kick by Maradona.

Maradona gets caught flat footed, as Chrismer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Chrismer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
No joy there for Maradona, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maradona throws a sloppy head kick and Chrismer moves out of range easily.
Maradona is breathing heavily.

Maradona gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Chrismer decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chrismer moves into the clinch successfully.
Chrismer lands a right hand.

Maradona is rocked!
Chrismer working aggressively here.
Oh Maradona is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chrismer tries a knee to the head but Maradona blocks it.
Chrismer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chrismer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maradona blocks it with crossed arms.
Chrismer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chrismer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chrismer.
Maradona dodges an elbow strike from Chrismer.
Chrismer prevents Maradona from breaking the clinch.
Chrismer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chrismer tries to land a knee to the head but Maradona blocks with his arms.
Chrismer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chrismer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chrismer misses with an elbow over the top.
Chrismer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chrismer tries a knee to the head but Maradona blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chrismer throws an elbow but it misses.
Chrismer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chrismer tries a knee to the head but Maradona blocks it.
Chrismer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chrismer looking to throw knees to the head but Maradona is blocking nicely.
Chrismer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chrismer throws an elbow but it misses.
Chrismer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chrismer pushes off an throws an elbow but Maradona leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chrismer looking to throw knees to the head but Maradona is blocking nicely.
Chrismer misses with an elbow over the top.
Chrismer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chrismer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maradona blocking some punches.
Chrismer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maradona blocks it with crossed arms.
Chrismer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maradona blocks an elbow strike.

Chrismer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maradona throws a head kick that misses.
Maradona showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chrismer.
A head kick misses from Chrismer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maradona throws a lazy head kick
and Chrismer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maradona's knee momentarily.
Maradona seems to have got his legs back now.
Maradona throws a left and a right that both miss

and Chrismer moves into the clinch.
Maradona has had enough of the clinch but Chrismer keeps him there for the moment.
Maradona is looking to break free of the clinch but Chrismer has double underhooks.
Chrismer connects with a knee to the head.
Chrismer keeps control of Maradona as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maradona can't break the clinch.
Chrismer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maradona blocks an elbow strike from Chrismer.

Chrismer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Chrismer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Maradona sprawls well initially but Chrismer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Maradona wants to get back to his feet.

Chrismer stands up and beckons Maradona to join him on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maradona throws a lazy head kick

and Chrismer counters with a nice double leg into side control. Maradona won't be happy with that.
Maradona is trying to get back to his feet.
Chrismer in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Chrismer dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Maradona throws a head kick that misses

and Chrismer counters with a shoot takedown. Maradona fights it but they end up in guard.
Maradona wants to stand up but Chrismer is controlling him.
Chrismer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chrismer pushing down on Maradona's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maradona wants to stand back up but Chrismer manages to pass into side control.
Chrismer is staying tight to Maradona's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Chrismer decides to stand back up. Chrismer steps back and let's Maradona get back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Maradona misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Chrismer closes the distance and clinches.
Maradona wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chrismer slows down the pace here.
Chrismer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chrismer scores with a knee to the head.

Chrismer has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Maradona is trying to keep an underhook but Chrismer manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Chrismer is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Chrismer working over Maradona with some ground and pound. Maradona looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Chrismer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Chrismer instigates a clinch.
Maradona wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chrismer looking to throw knees to the head but Maradona is blocking nicely.
Maradona tries to break the clinch but Chrismer is controlling the position.
Maradona blocks the elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chrismer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Maradona is trying to break the clinch but Chrismer has him pressed against the cage.

Chrismer manages to pull guard.
Maradona has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Chrismer is proving hard to escape from.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chrismer is on top in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chrismer throws a big right hand that misses.

Chrismer decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Maradona, up you get!

That's two 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.
Maradona throws a sloppy head kick

and Chrismer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Chrismer gets to his feet. Maradona looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Chrismer clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chrismer.
Maradona can't break the clinch.
Chrismer stalling the fight.
Maradona can't break the clinch.
Chrismer keeps control of Maradona as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chrismer prevents Maradona from breaking the clinch.
Chrismer keeps control of Maradona as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Chrismer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maradona throws a head kick that misses

and Chrismer counters with a takedown into side control.
Chrismer taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chrismer's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Chrismer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chrismer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Chrismer!