PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Chavarria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harvey Milk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chavarria comes into the arena with tom sawyer blaring out of the sound system. Milk has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Marco Chavarria looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Chavarria
vs
Milk

177 cm
23
170 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marco Chavarria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harvey Milk!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chavarria has taken the fight to the clinch.
Milk looks winded!
Chavarria prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chavarria landing knees to the body.
Chavarria definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Chavarria manages to pull guard.
My spies in Cozad The Island inform me that Milk has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

Chavarria has his feet on Milk's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Chavarria fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chavarria will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chavarria.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milk takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A punch combination from Chavarria misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chavarria.
Chavarria throws a right and a left that both miss.

Chavarria darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Chavarria looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Milk can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chavarria decides to stand and escape the position.
Chavarria closes the distance and clinches up with Milk, looking for a takedown. Chavarria pushes Milk against the cage but Milk circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavarria misses with a double jab.
Chavarria fails to land with a series of punches.
Chavarria ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chavarria throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Milk slips a jab and a cross from Chavarria.

Chavarria gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chavarria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chavarria throws a nice looking combination but Milk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chavarria lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Milk dodges the punch combination from Chavarria.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavarria throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Chavarria rushes Milk and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Chavarria dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harvey Milk's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Chavarria lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Milk backs up against the cage.
Chavarria misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chavarria scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Chavarria lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Milk backs up against the cage.
Milk takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Chavarria throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Milk takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Chavarria lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chavarria clinches up with Milk and pushes him back against the cage.
Chavarria has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Milk is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Milk is working for takedown but Chavarria is calmly controlling the position for now.
Chavarria is looking to break free of the clinch but Milk has double underhooks.

Chavarria breaks the clinch.
Chavarria fails to land with a series of punches.
Marco Chavarria is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Milk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chavarria.
Chavarria misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chavarria moves into the clinch.

Chavarria breaks from the clinch.

Chavarria pushes Milk up against the cage in a clinch.

Chavarria pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chavarria throws a series of strikes that have Milk backpedaling.
Chavarria scores with a head kick. Milk tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavarria throws a right and a left that Milk avoids nicely.
Milk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chavarria.
Chavarria shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Milk sprawls well. Milk wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chavarria gets slowly back to his feet.
Chavarria will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Chavarria. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chavarria throws a nice looking combination but Milk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chavarria looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chavarria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chavarria throws a nice looking combination but Milk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Chavarria clinches.
Chavarria trying to control the position but instead, Milk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chavarria into the cage.
Chavarria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Chavarria dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harvey Milk's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Chavarria moves into range and clinches up with Milk.
Chavarria is leaning against Milk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chavarria looking to stall.
Chavarria drops down looking for an ankle pick but Milk pulls his leg out and moves away.
Chavarria misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Chavarria.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Chavarria both land. Nice combination.
Milk defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Chavarria.
Marco Chavarria is winning the standup battle so far.
Chavarria misses with a wild combination.
Chavarria looks to land a combination but Milk avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavarria throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Milk.
Chavarria misses with a series of wild punches.
Chavarria misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chavarria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No joy there for Chavarria, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chavarria displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavarria has his takedown stuffed

and Milk counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Chavarria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Milk trying to control the position from guard on top but Chavarria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chavarria wants to get back to his feet but Milk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chavarria keeping moving, preventing Milk from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milk engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Milk trying to control the position from guard on top but Chavarria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chavarria wants to stand up but Milk is controlling him.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Harvey Milk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marco Chavarria is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Chavarria. Milk shrugs it off though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Chavarria showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chavarria 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:25
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Chavarria!
A relieved looking Marco Chavarria thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.