PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kaki Mountain (ranked 52 p4p, 126 weight class) and Max Chaos (ranked 8 p4p, 17 weight class). Chaos has chosen Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Mountain
vs
Chaos

180 cm
28
170
18 - 9 - 0

180 cm
37
180
39 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaki Mountain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Chaos!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Darius Henderson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Chaos is defended easily by Mountain.
Mountain is looking to counter punch.
Chaos looks to land a left hand but Mountain moved out of range nicely.
Mountain appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Mountain misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Chaos - just one landing.
Mountain throws a leg kick but Chaos checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mountain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mountain is looking to counter punch.
Mountain is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Chaos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mountain wants to improve his position but Chaos is controlling well.
Mountain looks like he's trying to stand up.
Chaos not doing much here.

Mountain manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaos tries for a takedown but Mountain circles away easily
and Mountain counters with a body kick.
Chaos lands a jab to Mountain's midsection.
Kaki Mountain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chaos throws a good cross that connects.
Chaos lands a glancing blow to the side of Mountain's head.
Chaos throws a right hand that misses
and Mountain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaos jabs Mountain right on the nose. Mountain blinks but takes it well.
A left and a right from Chaos both land. Nice combination.
A swing and a miss from Mountain.
Chaos looks to land a right hand but Mountain moved out of range.
Mountain throwing a counter right hand but Chaos manages to avoid it.
Chaos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mountain half committed to a counter leg kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Chaos or perhaps it was just good defense by Mountain, which made it look bad.
Kaki Mountain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Chaos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Chaos.
Chaos feints the counter takedown.
Chaos misses with an uppercut
and Mountain counters with a straight right hand.
Chaos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chaos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mountain looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chaos shoots in for a double leg but Mountain sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mountain appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chaos throws a shot from downtown. Mountain moves away and avoids it.
Mountain feinted there with a counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Max Chaos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice jab there from Chaos.
Chaos's corner calls for a 1-2. Chaos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mountain closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chaos defending well as Mountain loads up on a big left hand.
Chaos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mountain.
Mountain swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaos misses with a lunging right hand
and Mountain counters with an outside leg kick.
Chaos lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaos looks to land a right hand but Mountain moved out of range.
Max Chaos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chaos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mountain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chaos misses the jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Chaos gets the takedown into side control.
Mountain struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain tries to escape but Chaos is in control.
Chaos throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mountain tries to improve position but can't.
Chaos looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mountain is avoiding damage well.
Chaos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mountain is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Chaos lands some shots froms side control.
Chaos working the ground and pound but Mountain is defending the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mountain explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Mountain walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chaos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chaos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mountain!
Mountain pushes Chaos away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chaos gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Chaos landing a few strikes.
Mountain avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Chaos.
Chaos trying to control the action but Mountain is working from the bottom.
Mountain prevents Chaos from moving into mount.
Chaos throws an elbow but Mountain slips to the side and avoids it well.
Chaos lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Mountain is staying active underneath Chaos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Chaos throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Mountain to regain full guard.

Chaos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Chaos throws a big right hand that misses.
Chaos lands a couple of digs.
Mountain controls Chaos momentarily but Chaos frees himself.
Mountain wants to stand up but Chaos is controlling him.
Mountain trying to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Max Chaos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chaos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chaos. Mountain does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Chaos backs away, Mountain returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Chaos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Chaos blocks a jab.

Chaos shoots in and bounces Mountain off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain wants to stand and escape but Chaos is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chaos postures up and lands a big shot to Mountain's brow.
Max Chaos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mountain is trying to control the position but Chaos postures up.
Chaos wants to pass the guard but Mountain is keeping the position.
Chaos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Chaos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chaos cracks Mountain with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mountain preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mountain is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Chaos tries to free his leg and advance position but Mountain is retaining full guard.
Chaos trying to control but Mountain is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Chaos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Chaos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mountain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chaos distracts Mountain with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chaos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Chaos passes Mountain's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mountain wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain wants to get back to his feet.
Chaos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mountain defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mountain keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mountain is staying active underneath Chaos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Chaos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mountain with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mountain tries to kick Chaos off but Chaos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Chaos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chaos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Chaos passes to full mount!
Chaos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chaos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain tries to reverse the position but Chaos maintains control.

Chaos has control of Mountain's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Mountain regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Chaos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chaos landing strikes from the mount.
Mountain is squirming around, avoiding Chaos's attempts to control the action.
Chaos lands with some strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mountain gets back to half guard.
Mountain is not content to let Chaos control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Max Chaos really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

An inside leg kick from Mountain misses.
Mountain misses the shot to the body.
And Chaos tries to counter it with a takedown but Mountain pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Chaos staying out of range there.
Chaos misses with a right hand
enabling Mountain to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaos throws a jab but it's blocked by Mountain.
It looked like Mountain wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chaos misses with a takedown
and Mountain counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Chaos blocks the low kick.
Chaos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mountain misses with a straight left.
Chaos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Chaos misses with a takedown
and Mountain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaos misses with a takedown
and Mountain counters with a right hand to the body.
Kaki Mountain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Chaos.
Mountain ducks under a wild hook from Chaos.
Mountain is looking to counter with a body kick.
Chaos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mountain.
Mountain is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mountain.

Chaos gets the takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaos connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mountain some visible discomfort.
Chaos throws a strike aimed at the side of Mountain's head but Mountain avoids it well.
Chaos misses with the ground and pound.
Chaos working the body and head with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Chaos.
Mountain is looking for a sweep.
Chaos working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Chaos's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Chaos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mountain avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Chaos.

Chaos goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Mountain rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Chaos's guard! Nice work there by Mountain!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Chaos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Chaos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mountain doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mountain manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mountain has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mountain wants to stand but Chaos is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Kaki Mountain will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Chaos stuns Mountain with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kaki Mountain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chaos misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mountain loads up on a big right hand but Chaos slips the punch.
Chaos with the counter takedown but Mountain avoids it easily.
Chaos fails with the takedown
and Mountain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain throws a hook to the side of Chaos's head but Chaos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mountain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Chaos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mountain tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mountain is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Chaos has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Chaos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Max Chaos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaos trying to control the action but Mountain is working from the bottom.
Mountain isn't going anywhere.
Chaos trying to control the action but Mountain is working from the bottom.
Mountain wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Chaos taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain prevents Chaos from moving into mount.
Mountain tries to bench press Chaos off him but Chaos keeps the position.
Mountain is not content to let Chaos control the position.
Chaos controls the position from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Chaos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chaos misses with a takedown attempt
and Mountain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mountain throws a big shot that misses.
Max Chaos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chaos throws a body shot but no joy.
Mountain looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mountain throws a big shot that misses.
Chaos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mountain misses with a straight left.
Chaos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

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 Kaki Mountain.
I think Chaos 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 47:48
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 47:48
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Chaos!
Max Chaos is the new welterweight champion!
Max Chaos thanked the fans post fight for their support.