PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Rand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Chan
vs
Rand

178 cm
25
180 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
182 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000
Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Chan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Rand!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan punishes Rand's body with a nice straight punch.
Rand keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chan.
Rand moves out of range of the strikes.

Rand has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rand lands a hook that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Chan is stalling here.
Chan digs a right hand underneath Rand's ribcage. Rand let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rand is working Chan over against the cage.
Rand tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan lands a hook that snaps the head of Rand backwards.
Rand misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chan takes a shot to the head.
The referee calls for Chan to work.
Rand keeps control of Chan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rand.
Rand working aggressively here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Chan blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rand.
A head punch on the inside from Rand fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Rand fails to land.
Rand lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Chan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
Rand doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rand working aggressively here.
Chan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rand swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chan presses Rand against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rand. Chan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chan scores with a nice right hand.
Johnny Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chan lands a big uppercut and Rand crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Rand looks OK. Chan waves Rand back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rand closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Rand is rocked!
Chan swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rand pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chan lands with a big left! Rand is wobbled badly! Chan comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Rand to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Johnny Chan!
Johnny Chan retains his welterweight title!