PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Arnason (ranked 805 p4p, 2479 weight class) and Giuseppe De Rossi (ranked 105 p4p, 326 weight class). Arnason comes into the arena with Michael Jackson - Off The Wall blaring out of the sound system. De Rossi has chosen Paky - Vita sbagliata as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Arnason
vs
De Rossi

178 cm
23
172
9 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
165
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Arnason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giuseppe De Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arnason throws out a loose jab but De Rossi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arnason throws a good cross that connects.
Nice defenses there by Arnason.
Arnason comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Rossi tries to clinch there but Arnason circles away.
A slow jab from Arnason misses its intended target.
De Rossi moves forwards but Arnason connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Rossi tries to clinch but Arnason moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from De Rossi.
De Rossi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arnason walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Rossi moves out of range of the strikes.
De Rossi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Arnason in his tracks.
Arnason bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
De Rossi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arnason turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arnason lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've been told by Arnason's head coaches at Desert Fitness & Training (14 Elite Coaches) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
De Rossi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arnason swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Rossi misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnason throws the left hand but De Rossi avoids the punch easily.
De Rossi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
De Rossi throws a wild body kick that Arnason sees coming a mile off.
De Rossi blocks a head kick by Arnason.
Arnason keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arnason is looking to counter punch.
Arnason is looking to land body kicks.
Arnason throws a one two combo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Arnason!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Rossi, as that shot connected.
Arnason cracks De Rossi with an open hand slap.
Arnason misses with a hook.
Arnason misses with a hook.
A right-left combo lands from Arnason.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Arnason.
Arnason looks to land a right hand but De Rossi moved out of range.
De Rossi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Rossi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Rossi connects with a crisp jab.
Arnason moves out of range of the body kick from De Rossi.
It looked like Arnason wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arnason throws a head kick that misses.
De Rossi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Arnason with a body shot.
De Rossi jabs Arnason right on the nose. Arnason blinks but takes it well.
Arnason throws an overhand right that lands on De Rossi's shoulder, as De Rossi tries to avoid the shot.
De Rossi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Rossi dodges the punch combination from Arnason.
Arnason takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Rossi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arnason.
Arnason throws a looping overhand right but De Rossi ducks down to avoid it.
De Rossi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice side step and De Rossi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
De Rossi throws a shot from downtown. Arnason moves away and avoids it.
De Rossi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Arnason loads up on a big right hand but De Rossi slips the punch.
Arnason looks to score with a jab to the body but De Rossi is just out of range.
De Rossi throws a body shot but no joy.
De Rossi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Rossi looks to score with a jab to the body but Arnason is just out of range.
Arnason fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Arnason manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arnason lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Rossi takes a swing at Arnason's ribcage but misses.
Arnason displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
De Rossi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Arnason manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arnason just misses with a punch to the body.
Arnason keeps the fight on the outside.
Jeremy Arnason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arnason throws a nice outside leg kick.
Arnason misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Rossi looks to land a right hand but Arnason moved out of range.
Arnason was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
De Rossi misses with a double jab.
De Rossi lands a two punch combo.
De Rossi throws out a loose jab but Arnason uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arnason lands with a straight right. De Rossi didn't see that one coming.
De Rossi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arnason swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Rossi tries to clinch but Arnason is having none of it.
Arnason went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
De Rossi throws a hook but Arnason avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Arnason misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Arnason misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arnason moves away from the strike by De Rossi.
Arnason throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arnason. De Rossi does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Rossi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Arnason. That's going to slow De Rossi down.
Arnason connects with a leg kick.
Arnason avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Rossi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Arnason.
De Rossi misses with a body shot.
Arnason throws a nice outside leg kick.
Arnason scores with a sloppy right hand. De Rossi should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arnason fails to land with a series of punches.
De Rossi misses the shot to the body.
Arnason fails to land with a series of punches.
De Rossi wants to clinch up but Arnason keeps it at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Arnason dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Arnason fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Rossi slips under a jab from Arnason.
Arnason jabs De Rossi right on the nose. De Rossi blinks but takes it well.
De Rossi tries to clinch up but Arnason circles away and keeps his distance.
De Rossi throws a body punch but Arnason moves out of range.
Arnason swats away the attempt to clinch by De Rossi.
De Rossi wants to clinch.
De Rossi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arnason.
De Rossi throws a hook but Arnason blocks it.
Arnason avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Rossi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It seemed like De Rossi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Arnason scores with a hook.
De Rossi just misses with a punch to the body.
Arnason lands a head kick. De Rossi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Arnason getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Arnason looks to land a left hand but De Rossi moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnason with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Rossi to score with a decent uppercut.
Arnason throws a series of punches but De Rossi avoids them all with ease.
De Rossi throws a nice looking combination but Arnason bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arnason went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
De Rossi moves out of range as Arnason strikes.
De Rossi lands a head shot.
Jeremy Arnason is winning the standup battle so far.
Arnason lands with a nice combination. De Rossi backs away looking to recover.
Arnason lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Arnason throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arnason connects with a body shot.
Arnason ducks under a wild hook from De Rossi.
De Rossi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Arnason is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Rossi can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arnason walks into a left hand.
De Rossi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Arnason manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arnason looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Rossi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Rossi scores with a three punch combo!
Arnason fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Rossi checks a leg kick.
Arnason avoids the body shot from De Rossi.
Arnason misses the jab.
Decent striking displayed by Arnason there.
Arnason sizes up De Rossi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

De Rossi takes the fight into the clinch.
De Rossi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Arnason.
Arnason blocking some punches.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Arnason breaks from the clinch.
A big left from De Rossi misses.
Arnason looks to score with a jab to the body but De Rossi is just out of range.
De Rossi tries to close the distance and clinch but Arnason swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arnason appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
De Rossi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arnason was well out of range. Poor timing from De Rossi.
De Rossi with a jab.
De Rossi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice cross by De Rossi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arnason keeps De Rossi at a distance using the push kick.
De Rossi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Rossi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Arnason jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Rossi tries to clinch but Arnason is having none of it.
Arnason throws a right and a left that De Rossi avoids nicely.
De Rossi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arnason.
De Rossi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arnason was well out of range. Poor timing from De Rossi.
Arnason throws out a loose jab but De Rossi uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Rossi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Arnason looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Rossi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Rossi throws a head kick but Arnason moves out of range.
Arnason cracks De Rossi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Arnason throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Rossi misses the shot to the body.
De Rossi lands a jab to Arnason's midsection.
De Rossi ducks under a wild hook from Arnason.
Arnason uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Rossi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Arnason misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De Rossi counters with a straight right hand.
De Rossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arnason moves away.
A big left from Arnason misses.
De Rossi slips a jab from Arnason.
Arnason slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A head kick misses from Arnason.
Arnason sizes up De Rossi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
De Rossi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Rossi looks to land a right hand but Arnason moved out of range.
Arnason uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Rossi has time to react.
De Rossi is looking to clinch.
Arnason connects with a single shot there.
Nice uppercut lands for Arnason. That snapped De Rossi's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Rossi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arnason throws a wild body kick that De Rossi sees coming a mile off.
De Rossi looks to throw the jab but Arnason is out of range.
Arnason throws a leg kick but De Rossi moved away.
A nice side step and De Rossi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Arnason dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

De Rossi looks to score with a jab to the body but Arnason is just out of range.
Arnason throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Rossi.
Arnason loads up on a big right hand but De Rossi slips the punch.
Arnason lands a jab.
Arnason misses with an uppercut. De Rossi saw that one coming.
Arnason moves out of range of the strikes.
Arnason uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Rossi.
De Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
Arnason waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Rossi.
Arnason misses with a wild body shot.
De Rossi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. De Rossi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arnason clobbers De Rossi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Arnason throws a body shot but no joy.
De Rossi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Arnason throws a poor cross that misses
and De Rossi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Rossi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Arnason stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arnason lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Arnason.
Arnason lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Rossi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arnason misses with a looping left.
Arnason throws a jab but it's blocked by De Rossi.
Arnason cracks De Rossi with a good jab.
Arnason swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Rossi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Arnason manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arnason moves out of range as De Rossi strikes.
No joy there for Arnason, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Rossi moves out of range as Arnason strikes.
De Rossi lands with an overhand left.
A punch combination from De Rossi misses.
Arnason throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arnason looks to land a right hand but De Rossi moved out of range.
De Rossi throws out a powerful jab.
Arnason slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Giuseppe De Rossi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Rossi tries to clinch there but Arnason circles away.
De Rossi is looking to clinch but Arnason is avoiding it.
De Rossi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Arnason checks it well.
A little feinted left hand from Arnason on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Arnason lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Rossi throws a hook but Arnason avoids it easily.
Arnason lands a lovely overhand right.
De Rossi misses with a straight left.
A cross from De Rossi lands.
De Rossi lands with a good body shot.
De Rossi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Arnason counters with a stiff right hand.

De Rossi rushes Arnason and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Arnason lands an uppercut.
Arnason scores with a shot to the side of De Rossi's head.
Arnason tries a knee to the head but De Rossi blocks it.
De Rossi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Arnason pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Rossi tries to clinch there but Arnason circles away.
Arnason throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Rossi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Rossi throws a jab when Arnason was well out of range.
De Rossi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arnason has time to react.
De Rossi loads up on a big right hand but Arnason slips the punch.
De Rossi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arnason was well out of range. Poor timing from De Rossi.
Arnason lands a really nice looking cross but De Rossi seems unphased.
De Rossi throws a body punch but Arnason moves out of range.
Arnason quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Arnason takes a swing at De Rossi's ribcage but misses.
De Rossi misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Arnason misses the target.
Arnason listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Arnason throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De Rossi misses with a looping right.
Arnason attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
De Rossi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Rossi doesn't manage to clinch there - Arnason circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi throws a jab but it's blocked by Arnason.
De Rossi misses with a hook. Arnason ducked under it nicely.
De Rossi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Rossi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arnason.
Arnason jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Arnason is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Arnason scores with a punch to the head.
De Rossi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

De Rossi has managed to clinch.
Arnason manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Rossi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arnason lands a body punch.
Arnason holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Arnason gets through De Rossi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Arnason showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Arnason 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Arnason!
During a confident post fight interview, Jeremy Arnason thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Giuseppe De Rossi stepped up to the mic, saying 'Such a devastating loss that should never happen in the first place, I want to apologize to my fans for putting such a misserable performance and I promise I will be back stronger as always'.