PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Houchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Houchin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Chavez has chosen Not Afraid as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Houchin
vs
Chavez

180 cm
21
168 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

171 cm
26
155 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Houchin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houchin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Houchin tries to clinch but Chavez moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Houchin as he connects with a hook.
Chavez missing with a left hand there. Houchin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Houchin. Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Houchin throws a big shot that misses.
Chavez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Chavez tries to sprawl but Houchin drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Chavez wants to control but Houchin is keeping busy.
Houchin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Houchin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chavez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Houchin pulls his head out easily.
Houchin is controlling the pace.
Houchin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Wayne Houchin.
Houchin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chavez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two 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.
Chavez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Houchin throws a lazy uppercut
and Chavez counters with a stiff right hand.
Houchin lands with a good body shot.
Chavez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Houchin counters with a straight right hand.
Houchin throws a jab when Chavez was well out of range.
Chavez throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Houchin counter with a right hand.
Chavez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Houchin.

Houchin feints and as Chavez raises his hands in defense, Houchin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chavez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Houchin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Houchin scoring with some ground and pound.
Houchin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houchin passes Chavez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Houchin controlling the pace.
Chavez tries to get to full guard but Houchin has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, if Houchin is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Houchin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by Houchin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Houchin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Houchin lands with a shot to the body.
Houchin throws a hook but Chavez blocks it.

Houchin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Houchin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Chavez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Houchin cracks Chavez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Houchin cracks Chavez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Houchin looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Houchin.
Houchin controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houchin cracks Chavez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Houchin working the ground and pound effectively.
Houchin controlling his opponent.
Houchin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Chavez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houchin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Houchin is landing with some decent strikes but Chavez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Houchin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Chavez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Chavez is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houchin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Houchin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Houchin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Houchin with shots to the head and body - Chavez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Houchin controlling from mount.
Houchin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chavez?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Houchin looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Houchin dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Houchin slips a jab and a cross from Chavez.
Houchin lands a slapping body shot.
Houchin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chavez's head backwards.

Houchin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Houchin is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Chavez!
Houchin 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.
Chavez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Houchin controlling from the full mount.
Chavez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Houchin looking to finish Chavez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Chavez!
Houchin controlling his opponent.
Houchin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Houchin looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houchin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Houchin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Houchin controlling the pace for now.
Houchin lands a big shot there that rocks Chavez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Chavez is in a horrible position here. Houchin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houchin controlling from mount.
Houchin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chavez looks a forlorn figure.
Wayne Houchin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Houchin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chavez hang on?
Houchin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Chavez taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houchin controlling his opponent.
Antonio Chavez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Houchin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Houchin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayne Houchin!