PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lee Chao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Hetfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chao kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Metallica-The Unforgiven. Hetfield has chosen seek & destroy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chao
vs
Hetfield

175 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

170 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lee Chao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Hetfield!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chao shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hetfield as he avoids it easily.
Hetfield throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chao shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hetfield sprawls well. Hetfield wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chao gets slowly back to his feet.
Chao shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Chao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chao changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hetfield tries to avoid it but Chao manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hetfield to the ground. Hetfield escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hetfield throws a series of punches but Chao avoids them all with ease.
An inside leg kick from Hetfield misses.
Chao closes the distance and clinches up with Hetfield, looking for a takedown. Chao pushes Hetfield against the cage but Hetfield circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Chao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hetfield fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hetfield tries to bum rush Chao with a series of wild strikes but Chao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hetfield throws a one two combo.
Hetfield tries to close the distance and clinch but Chao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chao chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hetfield can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chao is looking to clinch.
Hetfield misses with a body kick.
Hetfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hetfield pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chao back to the cage. Hetfield follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hetfield fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Hetfield.
Nice takedown defense from Hetfield. No joy for Chao on that attempt.
Horrible takedown by Hetfield or perhaps it was just good defense by Chao which made him look bad.
Hetfield stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hetfield wants it to stay on the feet.
Chao shoots in for a takedown but Hetfield shows good takedown defense.
Hetfield tries to close the distance and clinch but Chao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hetfield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chao closes the distance and pushes Hetfield back into the cage.
Chao is looking to take this one to the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chao changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hetfield fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Chao manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hetfield on his heels. He'll look to pass Hetfield's guard now, I'm sure.
Chao is breathing heavily.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hetfield is adopting a defensive guard.
Hetfield keeping moving, preventing Chao from controlling successfully.
Chao missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield has control of Chao's left arm, preventing Chao from doing any damage.
Hetfield is trying to hold Chao in close to prevent damage but Chao has managed to pass into half guard.
Chao slips a nice elbow through Hetfield's hands, connecting with Hetfield's forehead.
Chao tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hetfield knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Chao is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chao slows the pace down in half guard.
Chao missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Chao seems to be looking for submissions.
Hetfield keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hetfield is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Chao's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Chao's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Hetfield 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.

Chao misses with a takedown attempt - Hetfield sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hetfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chao moves away.
Hetfield throws a head kick but Chao moves out of range.
Hetfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Chao closes the distance and clinches.
Chao keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hetfield's efforts to push away.
Chao is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hetfield is defending well.
Chao tries to score a body lock takedown but Hetfield shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Chao. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Chao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hetfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chao doesn't manage to clinch there - Hetfield circles away.
Hetfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hetfield scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Chao fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hetfield misses with a kick to the body.
Hetfield throws a head kick but Chao moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Hetfield. No joy for Chao on that attempt.
Chao moves out of range of the body kick.
Chao takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hetfield is breathing heavily.
Hetfield tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee Chao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hetfield connects with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hetfield. Those never looked like landing.
Chao shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hetfield as he jumps to the side.
Hetfield has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hetfield there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield tries to work over Chao's front leg with a kick but Chao checks it.
Hetfield stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hetfield wants it to stay on the feet.
Chao will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chao tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hetfield sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Chao somewhat.
Hetfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chao misses with a takedown attempt - Hetfield sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Hetfield shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Chao manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Chao lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hetfield!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield wants to control but Chao is having none of it.
Hetfield is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Chao working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chao looking to ground and pound but Hetfield is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chao punching from mount but Hetfield doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Chao throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Chao avoids the attempt from Hetfield to control.
Chao thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Chao thowing shots but they're missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Chao has hold of Hetfield's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hetfield manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but James Hetfield will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Chao shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hetfield as he avoids it easily.

Hetfield shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hetfield thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chao's head.
Chao 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.
Hetfield takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chao gets full guard.

Chao throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hetfield uses it to pass to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hetfield postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Lee Chao overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chao wants to control but Hetfield postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hetfield misses with the ground and pound.
Chao throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hetfield working the ground and pound but Chao is defending the strikes.
Hetfield working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hetfield trying to control the position but Chao is working away.
Hetfield landing a few strikes.
Hetfield takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chao is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Chao can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Chao can't do much from the bottom here.
Hetfield throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hetfield sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Chao is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hetfield working the head with strikes.
Hetfield in side control lands a decent elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hetfield tries to score with some ground and pound. Chao controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hetfield grinds an elbow into Chao's temple.
Hetfield looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Chao is avoiding damage well.
Chao keeps Hetfield under control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chao struggling a bit here.
Hetfield working the ground and pound but Chao is defending the strikes.
Hetfield in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Hetfield stands up and we're back to a striking position.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Chao.
Hetfield stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Chao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hetfield is defended easily by Chao.
Chao shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hetfield tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chao checks the leg kick nicely there.

Chao instigates a clinch.
Hetfield wants to break free but Chao has control.

Chao manages to break the clinch.
Chao shoots in but Hetfield avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A good leg kick by Hetfield.
Hetfield throws a series of punches but Chao avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Hetfield comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hetfield winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for James Hetfield!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for James Hetfield!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for James Hetfield!

James Hetfield wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, James Hetfield thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.