PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chaz Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Maurice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Chaz Michaels has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Michaels
vs
Maurice

186 cm
24
218 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

179 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chaz Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodney Maurice!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maurice tries to close the distance and clinch but Michaels swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maurice is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
Michaels 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.

It looks like Rodney Maurice has been cut.
Maurice doesn't manage to clinch there - Michaels circles away.
Maurice is looking to clinch.
Maurice fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodney Maurice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maurice should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Maurice tries to clinch up but Michaels circles away and keeps his distance.
Michaels cracks Maurice with a big right hand and Maurice goes down!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Michaels drops back looking for a leg! Maurice is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maurice manages to kick Michaels off! Michaels jumps back into Maurice's guard.
Michaels wants to control from the top but Maurice keeps moving.

Michaels 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurice wants to get back to his feet but Michaels is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Michaels thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Michaels drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Michaels jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Michaels trying to control but Maurice is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Maurice fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michaels keeps the fight on the outside.
Maurice misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Maurice tries to clinch but Michaels moves out of range.
Maurice tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maurice tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michaels avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maurice fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maurice tries to clinch up.
Maurice wants to clinch up but Michaels keeps it at a distance.
Maurice is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
Maurice throws a body punch but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Michaels. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Michaels.
Michaels moves out of range of the body kick.
Michaels lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That has opened up Rodney Maurice's cut even more.
Michaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maurice doesn't manage to clinch there - Michaels circles away.
Maurice tries to close the distance and clinch but Michaels swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maurice tries to clinch up.
Maurice tries to clinch but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels misses with a few strikes there.
Maurice tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maurice tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michaels moves out of range of the strikes.
Maurice doesn't manage to clinch there - Michaels circles away.
Maurice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Michaels.
Maurice is looking to clinch.
Michaels stuns Maurice with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Maurice looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels drops Maurice with a right and a left! Michaels comes rushing in but Maurice regains his composure and manages to keep Michaels in guard.

Maurice is rocked!
Michaels trying to control the position from guard on top but Maurice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Michaels drops back looking for a leg! Maurice is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maurice manages to kick Michaels off! Michaels jumps back into Maurice's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Michaels 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chaz Michaels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodney Maurice'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.

Michaels pushes Maurice up against the cage in a clinch.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch but Michaels keeps him there for the moment.
Michaels is trying to drag Maurice to the mat but Maurice just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Michaels tries to break the clinch but Maurice is controlling the position.

Michaels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chaz Michaels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maurice tries to clinch but Michaels moves away
and Maurice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Michaels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maurice tries for a takedown but Michaels circles away easily
and Michaels counters with a stiff right hand.

The cut above Rodney Maurice's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels scores with a body shot.
Maurice is breathing heavily.
Maurice takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Michaels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maurice can do to turn this around?
Michaels looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maurice closes the distance but Michaels moves to the side
and Michaels counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maurice thinking.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maurice wants to clinch

and Michaels counters with a nice right hand that sends Maurice toppling to the canvas! Maurice scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Michaels finish him?!
Maurice is still on wobbly legs! Can Michaels finish him?

Rodney Maurice's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michaels moves in close and cracks Maurice with a massive right hand! Maurice, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Michaels!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chaz Michaels!