PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dilbert Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dilbert Chavez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Chavez
vs
Smith

175 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dilbert Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hannibal Smith!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Dilbert Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chavez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chavez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chavez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chavez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chavez swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Chavez throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Chavez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Smith stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smith wants it to stay on the feet.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chavez.
Nice straight punches there by Smith. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Smith.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Chavez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dilbert Chavez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chavez misses with a double jab.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Smith finds it's target.
Smith shoots in but Chavez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chavez throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Chavez is looking to wear down Smith with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez thows a body shot but no joy.
Chavez lands an overhand right.
Smith scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Smith, as that shot connected.
Chavez throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith moves into range and connects with a jab.

Chavez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Smith sprawls well initially but Chavez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Chavez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chavez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smith is in a horrible position here. Chavez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Smith is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chavez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Chavez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Chavez.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Smith throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Chavez postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chavez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Chavez trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Chavez fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Chavez moves out of range easily.

Chavez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Chavez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Chavez with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith can't escape the position.
Chavez lands a big elbow.
Chavez landing punches.
Smith can't escape the position.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chavez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Chavez landing punches.
Chavez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Chavez looking to finish Smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smith!
Chavez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chavez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smith tries to reverse the position but Chavez maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith regains half guard.
Chavez with the ground and pound but Smith uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Chavez is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Smith wants to sweep here but Chavez controlling him for the moment.
Chavez lands a couple of digs.
Smith throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chavez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Chavez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Smith is trying to keep Chavez in close.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smith looks gassed!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chavez is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Chavez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dilbert Chavez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chavez misses with a double jab
and Chavez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Chavez moved out of range nicely.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Smith is looking to land body kicks.
Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith throws a hook but Chavez avoids it easily.
Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Chavez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith lands with a nice combination. Chavez backs away looking to recover.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chavez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Chavez moved away.
Chavez misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Chavez misses.
Chavez misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Chavez misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Chavez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Chavez slips the punch.
Smith lands with a nice combination. Chavez backs away looking to recover.

Smith gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Chavez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Chavez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Chavez trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Smith is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Chavez stands up over Smith, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smith manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Chavez tries to reverse the position but Smith maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws some wild stikes that Chavez manages to avoid easily.
Smith unloads with some shots from mount but Chavez bucks and avoids them well.
Smith misses with a head shot.
Smith looking to finish with strikes here!
Dilbert Chavez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chavez?

Smith goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Chavez is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chavez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chavez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Smith working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chavez.
Chavez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Smith is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Chavez is staying active underneath Smith, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Chavez gets back to full guard.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chavez wants to sweep but no luck.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith wants to control from the top but Chavez keeps moving.
Chavez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chavez tries to get out of the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dilbert Chavez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Smith darts in and clinches Chavez up against the cage.
Chavez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Chavez is trying to drag Smith to the mat but Smith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chavez wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chavez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chavez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chavez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Chavez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chavez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Chavez is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chavez working hard to break the clinch.
Chavez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Smith. That snapped Chavez's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dilbert Chavez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chavez takes one on the button.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Chavez's ribs.

Chavez gets a takedown into half guard.
Smith moves into full guard.
Chavez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chavez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chavez postures up.
Chavez passes Smith's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Smith is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Chavez scores with a couple of nice shots.

Smith actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chavez prevents Smith from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chavez lands a nice short elbow.
Chavez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Smith with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Chavez there.
Smith trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Chavez there.
Chavez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Smith gets back to full guard.
Chavez throwing strikes but missing.
Chavez lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez lands a couple of elbows.
Chavez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chavez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chavez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Smith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Chavez's head but Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chavez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith checks a low kick from Chavez.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Chavez throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith tests Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Chavez moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smith throws a right hand that Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Chavez also avoids with ease.
Chavez misses with a shot to the body

and Smith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smith.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Chavez blocks with his arms.
Smith prevents Chavez from breaking the clinch.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith has Chavez pressed against the cage, preventing Chavez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chavez is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith blocks a body shot from Chavez.
Hannibal Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith with a knee to the head.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chavez wants to break free but Smith has control.
Smith stops a takedown attempt from Chavez.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Chavez blocks with his arms.
Chavez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chavez has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Chavez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chavez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chavez is trying to break free.
Dilbert Chavez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chavez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chavez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chavez blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Chavez struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hannibal Smith.
I think Chavez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Dilbert Chavez!