PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Chips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Po's choice of entrance music: Meatloaf - In The Land Of The Pigs... Tong Po will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Chips
vs
Po

183 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

NCC: Nemesis Cage Clothing
NCC: Nemesis Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ted Chips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tong Po!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chips shoots for a takedown but Po saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Po throws a head kick but Chips moves out of range.
Po tries to clinch but Chips is having none of it.
Chips thows a body shot but no joy.
Chips throws a right hand that Po ducks under and follows up with a left that Po also avoids with ease.
Po wants to clinch.
Po is looking to clinch but Chips is avoiding it.
Tong Po seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chips closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Po avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chips.
Po is trying to stand back up but Chips is controlling him

Po makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Po throws a body punch but Chips moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Po throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Po misses with a head kick.

Po takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Po tries to clinch up but Chips circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Po as Chips shoots in.
Some wild striking there from Chips.

Po clinches.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chips looks for a takedown but Po sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ted Chips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Po throws a head kick that Chips semi-blocks.
Chips misses with a body shot.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Po stuffs the takedown.
Chips is breathing heavily.
Po tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Po.
Po tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Po is looking to clinch but Chips is avoiding it.
Po misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chips pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chips shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Po pinned against the cage. Po gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Chips thuds a left hand into Po's body.
Po throws a sloppy head kick and Chips moves out of range easily.
Po doesn't manage to clinch there - Chips circles away.
Chips throws a series of punches but Po avoids them all with ease.
Chips changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Po tries to avoid it but Chips manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Po to the ground. Po escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Po tries a head kick but it misses.
Chips throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Po's waist but Po gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Chips off to one side.

Chips gets a takedown into half guard.

Chips is looking for a kimura here.
Po looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chips thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Po is trying to stand up here but Chips is controlling him well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Chips keeps the fight on the outside.
Chips misses with a body kick.
Po tries to clinch but Chips is having none of it.
Po avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Po throws a head kick but Chips moves out of range.
Chips moves in looking to clinch but Po pushes him off.
Po misses the shot to the body.
Po tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Chips counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chips is looking to take a break and control but Po is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Po is trying to stand.
Chips trying to control the action but Po is working from the bottom.

Po pushes Chips off and gets back to his feet.
Po stuffs the takedown attempt from Chips. Chips gets slowly back to his feet.
Po pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chips shoots in and drives through. Po sprawls well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Po tries to clinch up
and Chips counters with a right hand to the body.
Chips shoots in but Po avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chips shoots in and drives through. Po sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ted Chips 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.

Chips shoots in for a double leg but Po sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chips circles away from the clinch attempt.

Chips shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chips landing strikes from the mount.

Po is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Chips! Po is hurt baaadly! Chips is firing away with more strikes - Po is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ted Chips!