PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Titus Napao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mike choppra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). choppra has chosen yes as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Napao
vs
choppra

170 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
158 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Solid chin

GTI-MAX SUPPS

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Titus Napao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, mike choppra!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Napao closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
choppra tries to buck Napao off but Napao is having none of it.

Napao is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but choppra is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Napao tries to score with some ground and pound. choppra controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
choppra is looking for a sweep.
choppra is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Napao off and has taken his back!
Napao tries to escape the position.
Napao is trapped and choppra is scoring with shots to the head and body.
choppra tries to keep control of the position but Napao is staying busy.
Napao grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
choppra scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Napao turns into choppra and is now in his guard.
Napao stopping the sweep attempt from choppra.
Napao controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
choppra trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
choppra tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Napao trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
choppra is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Napao shoots in but choppra avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Napao blocks a jab.
choppra is looking to clinch but Napao is avoiding it.

Napao gets a takedown into half guard.
choppra is trying to maintain the position but Napao is very close to passing his half guard.
Napao is looking to take a break and control but choppra is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Napao content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
choppra is looking for a sweep. Napao is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
choppra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Napao looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Napao is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. choppra doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Napao.
choppra is trying to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Napao has a takedown stuffed.

Napao gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
choppra sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Napao's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napao misses with some strikes from the bottom.
choppra wants to take a breather but Napao is having none of it.
choppra works his foot free and advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by choppra.
choppra cracks Napao with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
choppra scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Napao?
Napao is trying desperately to improve position.
Napao is breathing heavily.
Napao is squirming around, avoiding choppra's attempts to control the action.
Napao wants to control but choppra is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by choppra.
choppra lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
choppra pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
choppra working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Napao can't escape the position.
choppra breaks from Napao's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The referee warns Napao that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Napao in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

choppra looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Napao is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Napao manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Napao blocking the ground and pound attempt from choppra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mike choppra dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

choppra dodges the punch combination from Napao.
choppra changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Napao closes this distance looking for a takedown but choppra circles away.
Napao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Napao looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
choppra digs a good body shot into Napao's ribs.
choppra takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A decent looking cross lands there for choppra.
Napao looks for a takedown but choppra sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Titus Napao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Napao shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with choppra but choppra pushes him off and we're back to square one.
choppra thuds a left hand into Napao's body.
Napao tries for a takedown but choppra circles away easily
and choppra counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
choppra stuffs the takedown.
Napao shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and choppra counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - choppra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

choppra shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
choppra advances position into side control!
choppra landing strikes.
choppra looks up at the clock and then as Napao takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, choppra smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
choppra wants to take a breather but Napao manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for choppra.

Napao working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. choppra doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. choppra manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
choppra distracts Napao with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
choppra distracts Napao with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
choppra wants to control from the top but Napao keeps moving.
choppra stands up over Napao, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napao can't keep his opponent in guard - choppra advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
choppra takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
choppra thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
mike choppra has got the better of the ground game so far.
choppra lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
choppra trying to control the pace.
choppra prevents Napao from improving his position.
choppra wants to lay and pray for a moment but Napao keeps working.
Napao wants to control but choppra is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Napao slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Napao keeping moving, preventing choppra from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
choppra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
choppra looking to sit in guard and control but Napao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
choppra is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
choppra throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
choppra working a defensive guard here.
Napao advances position into side control!
Napao trying to control the position but choppra is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
choppra gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
choppra is desperately trying to improve his position but Napao has a good base and remains in mount.
choppra wants to hold on but Napao pushes him away.
choppra can't escape the position.
choppra is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Napao trying to control but choppra is having none of it.
choppra slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Napao is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
choppra trying to control here.
choppra is not content to let Napao control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mike choppra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Napao decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Napao is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. choppra doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Napao.
Napao tries to pass the half guard into mount. choppra knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
choppra gets full guard.
choppra trying to keep a closed guard but Napao is proving a slippery customer.
Napao pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. choppra is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
choppra is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
choppra fails in his attempt to clinch.
choppra misses with a straight right.
choppra shoots for a takedown but Napao saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
choppra cracks Napao with a good jab.
Horrible takedown by choppra or perhaps it was just good defense by Napao which made him look bad.
choppra is looking to clinch but Napao is avoiding it.
choppra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Napao instigates a clinch.

Napao manages to pull guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as choppra accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
choppra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Napao throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Napao looking to control.
choppra is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Napao looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Napao has momentary wrist control but choppra slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

choppra decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
choppra looks to clinch

and Napao moves into the clinch.
Napao is pressed up against the ropes. choppra has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Napao down to the mat. Napao avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Titus Napao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mike choppra.
choppra tries to clinch there but Napao circles away.
Napao closes the distance and clinches up with choppra, looking for a takedown. Napao pushes choppra against the ropes but choppra circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Napao closes the distance and clinches.
choppra tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Napao just stands there and leans against the ropes.
choppra tries for a takedown but Napao manages to get underhooks.
Napao has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. choppra avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
choppra tries to pull guard but Napao won't allow it.

Napao gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, choppra regains guard.
choppra throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
choppra keeping moving, preventing Napao from controlling successfully.
choppra bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Napao's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
choppra trying to control the position from guard on top but Napao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
choppra is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
choppra landing with the ground and pound.
choppra sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Napao's guard.
choppra 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.
Napao wants to improve his position but choppra is controlling well.
choppra is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Napao!
Napao is desperately trying to improve his position but choppra has a good base and remains in mount.
Napao taking shots to the head.
choppra trying to control but Napao is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
choppra unloading with bombs!
choppra avoids the attempt from Napao to control.
choppra trying to control but he's not successful this time.
choppra scoring with strikes but Napao is staying in there.
choppra working Napao over with strikes here.
Napao is in all sorts of trouble here.
choppra is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Napao working to try and regain half guard.
choppra lands a big shot there that rocks Napao but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Napao is trying desperately to improve position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Titus Napao.
I think choppra has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight for mike choppra!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for mike choppra!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for mike choppra!

mike choppra wins by unanimous decision!