PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Martin Espiga (ranked 4717 p4p, 498 weight class) and Noam Choms (ranked 4426 p4p, 484 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Martin Espiga
vs
Choms

187 cm
25
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

184 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Martin Espiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Noam Choms!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Choms misses with a wild body shot.
Espiga uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Choms has time to react.
Choms avoids the body shot from Espiga.
Choms lands with an overhand left.
Espiga lands with a hook. Choms tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Espiga misses with an uppercut.
Espiga looks to land a left hand but Choms moved out of range nicely.
Espiga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Choms.
Espiga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Espiga with a jab.
Espiga scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Espiga definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Choms uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Espiga.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Espiga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Choms.

Espiga moves into the clinch.
Espiga misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Choms.
Choms is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choms working aggressively here.
Choms holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Espiga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Choms misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Espiga prevents a body shot from Choms.
Choms lands a right hand.
Choms misses with a hook to the ribs.
Choms works on Espiga's body with a couple of short punches.
Choms tries to work over Espiga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Espiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Choms.
Choms misses with some punches.
Choms tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Espiga's elbow.
Choms tries to work over Espiga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Choms throws a head punch that misses.
Choms blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Espiga fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espiga lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Espiga.
Espiga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Choms misses with a punch to the body.
Choms is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice right hand lands inside from Choms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Espiga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Espiga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Espiga fails to land.
A short uppercut from Espiga.
Choms working aggressively here.
Choms tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Espiga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Espiga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Choms looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Choms doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choms pressing his opponent against the cage.
Espiga stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Choms tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Espiga's elbow.
Espiga blocking some punches.
Choms lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Choms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Choms misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Espiga pushes Choms back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Espiga as Choms tries to tie him up.
Espiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Choms.
Choms misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espiga working aggressively here.
Espiga scores with a shoulder strike.
Choms fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choms misses with some punches.
Espiga misses with the head strike.
Choms is trying to stall.
Espiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Choms.
Espiga prevents a body shot from Choms.
Espiga throws a head punch that misses.
Choms tries a body shot but Espiga blocks it.
Espiga misses with the head strike.
Espiga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Espiga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Choms misses with a hook to the ribs.
Espiga lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Choms blocking some punches.
Choms has Espiga pushed against the cage.
Choms misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Martin Espiga dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Choms lands a slapping body shot.
Espiga avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Choms slips under a jab from Espiga.
Espiga loads up on a big right hand but Choms slips the punch.
Espiga's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Choms connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Espiga scrambles back to his feet.

Espiga has Choms up against the cage in a clinch.
Espiga lands an uppercut.
Choms blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Espiga.
Espiga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Choms scores with a shot to the side of Espiga's head.
Espiga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Choms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Choms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Espiga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Choms blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Espiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Choms.
Choms can't find room to land a body shot as Espiga controls the action.
Espiga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Espiga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Choms backwards.
Espiga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Espiga misses with some punches.
Espiga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Espiga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Choms scores with a nice hook to the head.
Choms blocking some punches.
Choms fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Choms misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Choms.
Choms lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Espiga backwards.
Choms leaning against his opponent.
Espiga scores with a shot to the side of Choms's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Espiga.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Choms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espiga has a couple of punches blocked by Choms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Choms blocking some punches.
Espiga throws a head punch that misses.
Espiga blocks a body shot from Choms.
Choms taking a breather.
Juan Martin Espiga has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Choms blocking some punches.
Choms doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Espiga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Choms working aggressively here.
Espiga makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Espiga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Choms's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Choms lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Espiga or not.
Espiga has a couple of punches blocked by Choms.
Espiga swings wildly with an uppercut but Choms uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Espiga fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choms stalling the fight.
Choms is pushing Espiga up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Espiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Choms.
Choms looking to stall.
Espiga misses with a punch on the inside.
Espiga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espiga blocks a body shot from Choms.
Espiga misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Choms.
Espiga blocks a body shot from Choms.
Choms is trying to maintain a safe position but Espiga gets an underhook and turns Choms into the cage.
Espiga misses with some punches.
Choms tries a body shot but Espiga blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Espiga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Choms misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Espiga.
A head punch on the inside from Choms fails to land.
Choms misses with some punches.
Choms tries to work over Espiga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Choms tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Espiga's elbow.
Choms is trying to maintain a safe position but Espiga gets an underhook and turns Choms into the cage.
Espiga has a couple of punches blocked by Choms.
Choms taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Espiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Choms.
Choms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Choms tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Espiga's elbow.
Choms blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Espiga fails to land.
Choms throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Espiga.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Martin Espiga dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!

Choms bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Espiga cracks Choms with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Espiga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Espiga moves away from the strike by Choms.
Espiga throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Choms cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Espiga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Choms can do to turn this around?
Espiga scores with a body shot.
Espiga scores with a decent looking hook.
Espiga connects with the punch.
Choms swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Espiga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Juan Martin Espiga is winning the standup battle so far.
Choms throws a big shot that misses.
Choms ducks under a wild hook from Espiga.
Choms will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Espiga fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Espiga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Choms.
Espiga slips under a jab from Choms.
The crowd cheers as Espiga lands an impressive looking overhand right. Choms doesn't seem phased though.
Choms clobbers Espiga with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Espiga missing with a left hand there. Choms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Choms steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Espiga.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Choms, as that shot connected.
Choms displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Espiga throws out the jab.
Choms throws a body shot but no joy.
Choms comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Espiga moves into the clinch.
A short right from Espiga.
Choms is looking to control Espiga's arms but Espiga gets an underhook and turns him. Now Choms has his back to the cage.
Choms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Espiga misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choms takes a shot to the head.
Espiga blocking some punches.
Espiga swings wildly with an uppercut but Choms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Choms makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Choms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Espiga.
The referee calls for Choms to work.
Espiga struggles to land a body shot inside as Choms controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Choms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Espiga blocks a body shot from Choms.
Espiga tries to throw a body punch but Choms avoids it by throwing Espiga back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Espiga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espiga scores with a shot to the side of Choms's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Choms.
Espiga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Choms throws a head punch that misses.
Espiga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Choms backwards.
A short right from Espiga on the inside.
Espiga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Choms's elbow.
Espiga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Choms backwards.
Choms misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Espiga fails to land.
Choms tries to work over Espiga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Choms taking a breather.
Choms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Noam Choms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Martin Espiga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choms trying to stall but Espiga improves his position.
Espiga misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Choms - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Espiga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Choms tries to work over Espiga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Choms misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Espiga lands a left hand that snaps the head of Choms backwards.
Choms lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Choms tries to throw a body punch but Espiga avoids it by throwing Choms back against the cage.
Choms misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Choms scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Espiga.
Choms can't find room to land a body shot as Espiga controls the action.
Choms misses with a punch to the body.
Choms misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Choms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Martin Espiga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Espiga 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Martin Espiga!
Juan Martin Espiga decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.