PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antione Chaney (ranked 24281 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick James (ranked 6146 p4p, 0 weight class). Antione Chaney has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Chaney
vs
James

185 cm
20
161 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antione Chaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rick James!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chaney closes the distance but James moves to the side

and James counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by James.
James sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Chaney wants to stand up but James is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chaney wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and James manages to pass to side control.
James is taking a breather. Chaney says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

James is looking for a kimura but Chaney is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for James to get the leverage.
Still in half guard, James seems content to control.
James's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James prevents Chaney from standing back up.
James trying to pass the guard but Chaney defending well.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
James working over Chaney with some ground and pound. Chaney looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chaney looks like he's trying to stand up.
James working Chaney over with strikes.

Chaney looking for submissions off his back.
Chaney has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. James is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James tries to pass the half guard into mount. Chaney knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
James looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chaney with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
James lands with a punch from half guard.
James is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with James in particular looking to stall.
James is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
James lands with a punch from half guard.
James is nestled in close to Chaney, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

James is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaney wants to get back to his feet.
Well, if James is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

James is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Chaney is trying to defend against the ground and pound but James scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from James.

Chaney is rocked!
James scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Oh Chaney is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
James perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Chaney tries to push off, looking to stand up, but James manages to move to mount!
James takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
James landing strikes, looking to finish!
James unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Chaney wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! James celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick James!