PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wulfgang Bleak (ranked 899 p4p, 474 weight class) and Jacques Chaize (ranked 121 p4p, 64 weight class). Bleak's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Du Hast - Rammstein. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Bleak
vs
Chaize

181 cm
24
159
9 - 5 - 1

170 cm
33
160
19 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Wulfgang Bleak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jacques Chaize!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bleak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chaize.
Bleak ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bleak misses with a lunging right hand
and Chaize counters with a straight right hand.

Chaize has closed the distance and engaged Bleak in a clinch.
Bleak is working for takedown but Chaize is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bleak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chaize is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chaize takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bleak changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Chaize fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've been informed that Chaize has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wulfgang Bleak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bleak lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bleak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice takedown defense from Chaize. No joy for Bleak on that attempt.
Wulfgang Bleak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bleak is trying hard to land a takedown here. Chaize sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Good shot there by Bleak.
Bleak misses with a takedown
and Chaize counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bleak thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Bleak.
Chaize ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bleak avoids the body shot from Chaize.
Bleak shoots for a double leg takedown but Chaize sprawls well. He's pushed Bleak's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chaize misses with a hook. Bleak ducked under it nicely.
Chaize moves out of range of the strikes.

Bleak darts in and clinches Chaize up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Chaize.
Bleak managing to block the knees to the body from Chaize.
Bleak blocks an uppercut.
Chaize misses with the head strike.
Bleak struggles to land a body shot inside as Chaize controls his hands.
Chaize softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chaize tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bleak lands with a light punch inside.
Chaize lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chaize is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bleak is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bleak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaize looking to slow down the pace here.
Bleak has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Chaize after a bit of a struggle.
Bleak is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bleak lands an uppercut.
Chaize tries to land a knee to the head but Bleak blocks with his arms.
Chaize misses with the head strike.
Bleak is looking for a takedown.
Bleak changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Chaize fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bleak connects with a looping right hand.
Bleak shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Chaize counter with a right hand.
Bleak misses with a body shot.
Bleak walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chaize throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bleak clinches up with Chaize and pushes him back against the cage.
Bleak wants a takedown.
Bleak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chaize is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chaize is pressed up against the cage. Bleak has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chaize down to the mat. Chaize avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Chaize fails to land with a series of punches.
Bleak rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chaize moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Chaize moves into range and clinches up with Bleak.
Chaize unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bleak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bleak changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Chaize fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Bleak moves into the clinch.
Chaize stalling in the clinch.
Bleak wants to take the fight to the mat but Chaize manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Chaize tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bleak avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bleak drops down looking for an ankle pick but Chaize pulls his leg out and moves away.
Chaize tries to bum rush Bleak with a series of wild strikes but Bleak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bleak darts in and clinches Chaize up against the cage.
Chaize goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chaize stalling against the cage.
Chaize lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bleak backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chaize is pressed up against the cage. Bleak has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chaize down to the mat. Chaize avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Chaize defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bleak.

Bleak closes the distance and clinches.
Chaize blocks a body shot from Bleak.
Chaize throws a punch but it's blocked by Bleak.
Chaize taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Chaize fails to land.

Bleak gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Chaize regains guard.
Bleak throwing strikes but missing.
Chaize looking for a sweep. Not yet Chaize, not yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Chaize dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bleak doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Chaize counters with a left to the body.

Bleak shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bleak winds up and cracks Chaize with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chaize wants to control but Bleak is keeping busy.
Chaize is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Bleak is staying active.
Bleak thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chaize wants to improve his position but Bleak is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chaize wants to control but Bleak is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bleak not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bleak lands with a punch from half guard.
Bleak is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bleak is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaize wants to improve his position but Bleak is controlling well.
Bleak will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bleak thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Chaize kicks off Bleak and gets to his feet.

Bleak shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bleak thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chaize wants to get back to full guard.
Chaize gets back to full guard.
Chaize is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bleak with a nice head shot there.
Chaize is trying to control the position but Bleak postures up.
Chaize is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleak postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bleak postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bleak tries to free his leg and advance position but Chaize is retaining full guard.
Chaize looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bleak is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bleak's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Chaize looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bleak is one step ahead there.
Bleak in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chaize seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bleak lands a couple of digs.
Chaize working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bleak.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaize is trying to keep Bleak in close.
Wulfgang Bleak overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bleak working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bleak throws a strike but Chaize rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bleak is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bleak missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Chaize is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chaize avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bleak.
Chaize blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bleak.
Ground and pound from Bleak.
Bleak seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bleak missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bleak has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Chaize is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chaize trying to control but Bleak postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaize blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bleak.
Chaize trying to hold on to Bleak's head to control him but Bleak postures up.
Bleak not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Chaize is looking for a sweep. Bleak is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bleak is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Chaize avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bleak.
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!
Bleak is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bleak seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Chaize is rocked!

Bleak is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Chaize still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Chaize has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wulfgang Bleak dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Chaize defending well as Bleak loads up on a big left hand.

Bleak darts in and clinches Chaize up against the cage.
Chaize misses with a punch on the inside.
Bleak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chaize can't find room to land a body shot as Bleak controls the action.
Chaize digs a right hand into Bleak's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bleak's gas tank.
Chaize tries to land knees in the clinch but Bleak avoids the damage to the body.
Bleak wants a takedown.
Bleak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chaize lands a knee to the head.
Bleak drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bleak tries for a takedown but Chaize manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wulfgang Bleak. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Chaize pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bleak drives through and clinches with Chaize against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaize pushes Bleak back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chaize gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bleak.
Chaize is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bleak is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Chaize pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bleak managing to block the knees to the body from Chaize.
Chaize utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chaize lands a left hand.
Chaize trying to land knees to the body.
Bleak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Chaize gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Chaize lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bleak.
Bleak is working for takedown but Chaize is calmly controlling the position for now.
Chaize lands a good knee to the midsection. Bleak won't want to take too many of those.
Chaize stalls.
Bleak has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Chaize avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bleak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chaize is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Chaize breaks the clinch.
Bleak connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chaize's hands.
Chaize is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bleak rather than just go for the knockout.

Bleak clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chaize tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bleak avoids it.
Bleak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chaize misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bleak.
Chaize throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chaize just leaning against Bleak, taking a breather.
Bleak lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chaize backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaize working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Chaize breaks the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Bleak.
Bleak is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Chaize ducks under a wild hook from Bleak.
A swing and a miss from Chaize.
Chaize scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bleak scores with a nice head shot.
Jacques Chaize is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bleak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Chaize misses.
Chaize will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bleak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chaize sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Bleak gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chaize is pressed up against the cage. Bleak has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chaize down to the mat. Chaize avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Chaize slaps away a takedown attempt from Bleak, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chaize ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chaize throws a counter combo.
Bleak looks for a takedown but Chaize sprawls well.
Bleak tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chaize sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bleak somewhat.
Chaize scores with a jab to the body.
Bleak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chaize lands a jab to the head.
Bleak tries for a takedown but Chaize sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Chaize wants to counter the offense by Bleak and move into the clinch position.
Chaize swings for the body but Bleak moves out of range.
Chaize swings for the body but Bleak moves out of range.
Chaize scores with a hook to the body. Bleak takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Chaize comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chaize 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Chaize!
Wulfgang Bleak spoke after the fight, saying 'I don't mind the pain, it helps remember the lesson. Great job by my opponent, he earned it. But I will be back!'.