PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Chinaski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Chinaski
vs
Love

190 cm
21
201 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Chinaski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Love!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chinaski punishes Love's body with a nice straight punch.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Chinaski lands with a nice body kick.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chinaski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chinaski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Chinaski cracks the inside of Love's front leg.
Love looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chinaski throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Love.

It looks like Bobby Love has been cut.
Chinaski tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Love takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A slapping body kick lands there for Chinaski.
Nice body kick from Chinaski.
Chinaski misses with a double jab.
Chinaski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chinaski.
Chinaski throws a front kick that sends Love stumbling back into the cage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Chinaski!
Chinaski throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinaski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry Chinaski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chinaski.
Chinaski scores with a head kick.
Chinaski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A good leg kick by Chinaski.
Chinaski throws a leg kick which misses Love's front leg but catches the back leg as Love tries to avoid it.
Chinaski lands a head kick. Love smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Chinaski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Chinaski with a hook.

Love is rocked!
Love takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chinaski.
A head kick by Love misses
and Chinaski counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That has opened up Bobby Love's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chinaski.
Chinaski lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chinaski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chinaski.
A thudding body kick lands there by Chinaski!
No joy there for Chinaski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chinaski tries a head kick but it misses.
Chinaski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chinaski.
Chinaski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Love scores with a four punch combination!
Chinaski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Love throws a leg kick but Chinaski moved away.
Chinaski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chinaski. That's going to slow Love down.
Chinaski circles away from the clinch attempt
and Chinaski counters with a body kick that stops Love in his tracks momentarily.
Chinaski lands with an uppercut that bounces Love off the cage and back into rage.
Chinaski misses with a wild combination.
Henry Chinaski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chinaski throws a leg kick which misses Love's front leg but catches the back leg as Love tries to avoid it.
Love throws a sloppy head kick and Chinaski moves out of range easily.
Chinaski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chinaski connects with a solid leg kick.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Chinaski pinned against the cage. Chinaski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski feints and then cracks Love's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Love down.
A combination from Chinaski does no damage.
Chinaski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Chinaski lands with a slapping head kick.
Love closes the distance but Chinaski moves to the side
and Chinaski counters with a low kick, right behind Love 's knee.
Chinaski throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Chinaski lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Chinaski!
Love wants to clinch
and Chinaski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Chinaski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Love's cut.
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.

Chinaski throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Love.
A head kick misses from Chinaski.
Chinaski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Love is out of range.
Love ducks right into an uppercut from Chinaski.
Chinaski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chinaski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Love tries to clinch up
and Chinaski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Love throws a series of punches but Chinaski avoids them all with ease.
Chinaski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Love might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Chinaski has got the better of the exchanges.

Love gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chinaski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chinaski circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chinaski.
Love throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Love sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Chinaski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Chinaski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Love's calf.
Chinaski scores with a kick to the midsection.
A good leg kick by Chinaski.
Chinaski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A head kick from Chinaski lands but Love takes it in his stride.
Love gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chinaski.
Chinaski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Love looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Chinaski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chinaski thuds his shin into the meat of Love's side.
Chinaski throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Love's head.
Chinaski lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henry Chinaski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chinaski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Love shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chinaski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chinaski throws a leg kick which misses Love's front leg but catches the back leg as Love tries to avoid it.
Love's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chinaski keeps Love at a distance using the push kick.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chinaski explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Chinaski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Love can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski is looking to slow Love down with leg kicks.
No luck for Love with that takedown attempt.
Love looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chinaski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chinaski works over Love's head and body with a nice combination.
Chinaski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Love throws a right and a left that Chinaski avoids nicely.
Chinaski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chinaski.
Chinaski is looking to slow Love down with leg kicks.
Chinaski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Love has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chinaski.
Love takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski slips a jab and a cross from Love.
Chinaski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chinaski cracks the inside of Love's front leg.
Chinaski lands with a kick to the temple. Love shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Henry Chinaski is winning the standup battle so far.
Love takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A punch combination from Chinaski misses.
Chinaski tries to land a front kick but Love steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Love throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Love will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice body kick there by Chinaski.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chinaski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chinaski lands with a nice combination. Love backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Chinaski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Love's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Chinaski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chinaski as he avoids it easily.
Chinaski lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Chinaski.
Nice body punch from Chinaski.
Nice body kick there by Chinaski.
Love wants to clinch
and Chinaski counters with a left and a right that stings Love.
Chinaski pushes Love away with a front kick.
Nice sprawl there from Chinaski as Love shoots in.
Chinaski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chinaski lands a head kick!
Love takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love tries to clinch but Chinaski moves out of range.
Chinaski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Chinaski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Love fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chinaski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Love takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Love closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Love gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Love takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Chinaski.
Chinaski misses with a two punch combination.
Chinaski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Love tries to clinch up
and Chinaski counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Chinaski lands a nice shot to the body.
Love doesn't manage to clinch there - Chinaski circles away.
Chinaski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Love doesn't seem bothered though.
Chinaski throws a nice head kick!
Chinaski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chinaski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Love wants to clinch up but Chinaski keeps it at a distance.
Chinaski throws a shot to the body.
Chinaski stalks Love and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Love's face. Love staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski is looking to slow Love down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chinaski.
Chinaski lands with a kick to the temple. Love shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Chinaski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Love tries to clinch up.
Chinaski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Love will feel that in the morning.
Chinaski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Love takes a step back to recover.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Chinaski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chinaski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A good leg kick by Chinaski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chinaski lands the left hand.
Chinaski keeps Love at a distance using the push kick.
Chinaski works Love's body with a nice hook.
Nice body kick from Chinaski.
Chinaski throws a head kick that half lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chinaski, right into the meat.
Love pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Love tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chinaski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Chinaski.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid body kick from Chinaski.
Love gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chinaski.
Bobby Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henry Chinaski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chinaski lands a head kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Chinaski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chinaski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Chinaski!