PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Polliisi Partio (ranked 366 p4p, 161 weight class) and Domingo Chavez (ranked 51 p4p, 19 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Partio
vs
Chavez

189 cm
33
179
24 - 13 - 1

173 cm
35
176
32 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Polliisi Partio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingo Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez misses with a low kick.
Chavez motions for Partio to come forward. Chavez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Partio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Domingo Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick from Partio misses.
Chavez scores with a shot to the body.
Chavez throws the left hand but Partio avoids the punch easily.
Partio fires out a quick counter leg kick but Chavez just manages to avoid it.
Partio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
A quick step to the side and Partio tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chavez.
Partio misses with a hook. Chavez ducked under it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Partio 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Partio misses with a looping right.
Partio avoids a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Partio misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Partio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chavez! But no joy.
Chavez jabs at Partio's body.

Chavez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Partio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez has a couple of punches blocked by Partio.
Chavez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Partios head.
Chavez tries a body shot but Partio blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chavez.
Chavez struggles to land a body shot inside as Partio controls his hands.

Partio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Partio scores with a push kick.
Partio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Partio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Partio lands a nice shot to the body.
Chavez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chavez misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick lands from Chavez.
Chavez scores with a jab.
Chavez thumps Partio with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chavez throws a lazy uppercut
and Partio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chavez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Partio crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Chavez - the referee stops the clock and Partio gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Chavez. Partio manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Partio looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Chavez scores with a body shot.
Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Partio is just out of range.
Chavez blocks the body kick.
Partio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Partio.
A little feinted left hand from Partio on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chavez swings widly with a right hand
and Partio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Chavez scores with a kick to the midsection.
Chavez misses with a body shot
and Partio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab, jab by Chavez - just one landing.
Chavez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez thows a leg kick but Partio checks it
and Partio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Partio fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chavez is out of range.
Chavez misses with a looping right.
Chavez sizes up Partio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Partio tries to bum rush Chavez with a series of wild strikes but Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chavez tries to clinch but Partio moves out of range.
Chavez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Partio's sensitive parts.
Chavez misses with a body shot.
Partio tried to counter with a leg kick but Chavez avoided it.
Good standup being displayed there by Chavez as he connects with a hook.
Chavez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Partio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chavez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chavez misses with a low kick.
Partio throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chavez lands a slapping body shot.
Chavez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chavez scores with a head kick. Partio tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Partio misses the jab.
Partio takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez scores with a jab to the body.
Chavez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice body kick from Chavez.
Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Partio.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chavez.
Partio ducks right into an uppercut from Chavez.
Partio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chavez scores with a body shot.
Partio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Partio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Partio looks to throw a body kick
and Chavez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chavez.
Chavez has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Partio feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Partio misses with an uppercut
and Chavez counters with a stiff right hand.
Partio moves out of range of the leg kick from Chavez.
Chavez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Partio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Partio slips a jab from Chavez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Domingo Chavez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Donk. Chavez catches Partio right on the button with a cross.
Chavez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Partio on the side of the head.
Chavez throws a solid leg kick but Partio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chavez.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Chavez slips a jab and a cross from Partio.
Chavez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Chavez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Partio at a distance.
Chavez blocks the body kick.
Chavez with a nice cross.
Partio tries to land a leg kick but Chavez saw it coming and moves away.
Chavez misses with an uppercut.
Partio lands with an overhand left.
Partio misses with a hook
and Chavez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chavez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez misses with a looping right.
Partio throws a series of punches but Chavez moves out of range.
Partio wants to slow Chavez down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Partio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Domingo Chavez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Partio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chavez with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Partio gets tackled into the cage by Chavez. Chavez maintains the clinch.
Chavez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Chavez manages to break the clinch.
Chavez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Chavez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Partio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donk. Chavez catches Partio right on the button with a cross.
Chavez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Partio throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez misses with a hook
and Partio counters with a thumping low kick.
Chavez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Partio walks into a left hand.
Chavez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partio takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chavez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Partio lands a leg kick that knocks Chavez off balance momentarily.
Partio moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Partio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chavez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Partio with a body shot.
Partio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chavez stuns Partio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Partio is looking to land body kicks.
Chavez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A left lands for Chavez.
Chavez throws a sloppy head kick and Partio moves out of range easily.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Partio throwing a counter right hand but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Chavez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Chavez scores with a jab. Partio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez looks for the body kick but Partio saw that one coming.
Partio is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Partio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
Chavez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chavez throws a push kick but Partio slaps the foot to one side.
Chavez thumps Partio with a low kick.
Chavez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Partio's sensitive parts.
Partio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Partio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Chavez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Partio's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick from Chavez misses.
Partio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chavez.
Partio keeps the fight on the outside.
Chavez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chavez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Partio doesn't seem bothered though.
Chavez thows a leg kick but Partio checks it
and Partio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Partio is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Partio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chavez lands a nice looking body shot.
Chavez throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Partio moves out of range as Chavez strikes.
Chavez lands a lovely overhand right.
Chavez misses the body punch
and Partio counters with a good, hard body kick but Chavez shrugs it off.
Partio is looking to score with low kicks.
Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice uppercut there from Chavez.
Partio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chavez.
An attempted straight right counter from Partio misses the target.
Chavez looks to throw a body kick
and Partio counters with a nice body shot.
Chavez moves in looking to clinch but Partio pushes him off.
Chavez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A lazy left from Chavez finds it's target.
Chavez walks into a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Partio slips under a jab.
Chavez takes a swing at Partio's ribcage but misses.
Chavez lunges at Partio with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Partio's hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Domingo Chavez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Partio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chavez moves out of range as Partio strikes.
Partio slips under a jab from Chavez.
Partio fires out a quick counter leg kick but Chavez just manages to avoid it.
Chavez misses with a looping right.
Chavez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Partio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chavez looks for the body kick but Partio saw that one coming.
Partio cracks Chavez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Partio slips under a jab from Chavez.
Partio quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Partio moves out of range of the body kick from Chavez.
Chavez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partio misses with a looping right.
Chavez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Partio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chavez throws out a counter right but Partio avoids it with no problem.
Partio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Partio.
A head kick from Chavez lands but Partio takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez clobbers Partio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Partio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chavez can pounce on him.
Partio keeps the fight on the outside.
Partio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Partio ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Chavez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Partio doesn't seem bothered though.
Chavez lands a nice shot to the body.
Chavez swings widly with a right hand
and Partio makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Chavez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Partio at a distance.
Chavez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Partio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chavez throws a poor cross that misses
and Partio counters with a good low kick that Chavez was not able to check.
Chavez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Partio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chavez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Partio.
A lazy body kick from Chavez
and Partio counters with a nice low kick that buckles Chavez's knee momentarily.
Chavez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Polliisi Partio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chavez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Partios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Partio ducks right into an uppercut from Chavez.
Chavez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Chavez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Partio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chavez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Partio punishes Chavez's body with a nice straight punch.
Partio lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chavez avoids the body shot from Partio.
Chavez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A big right from Chavez misses.
Partio throwing a counter right hand but Chavez manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Chavez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chavez throws a body punch but Partio moves out of range.
Partio just misses with a punch to the body.
Partio misses with a low kick.

Chavez clinches with his opponent.
Partio lands an uppercut.
Chavez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Partio tries to throw a body punch but Chavez avoids it by throwing Partio back against the cage.
Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Partio avoids it by throwing Chavez back against the cage.
Partio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Partio blocks a body shot from Chavez.
Partio lands with a light punch inside.
Partio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Partio.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chavez.
Partio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Partio working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Partio misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez struggles to land a body shot inside as Partio controls his hands.
Partio lands with a left to the head.
Partio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chavez can't find room to land a body shot as Partio controls the action.
Chavez lands a hook that snaps the head of Partio backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Partio.
Chavez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chavez misses with the head strike.
Partio lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Partio.
A body shot lands from Partio.

Partio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chavez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Partio scores with a hook to the body. Chavez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
Chavez tries to land a front kick but Partio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Partio throws a hook but Chavez blocks it.

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 Polliisi Partio.
I think Chavez 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Domingo Chavez!
Domingo Chavez spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.