PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raaka Arska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rene Descartes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Arska
vs
Descartes

195 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raaka Arska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rene Descartes!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arska swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Descartes clinches.
Descartes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Arska avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Descartes.
Arska takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Raaka Arska has been cut.
Descartes lands an elbow inside that Arska shrugs off.
Arska blocks an elbow strike from Descartes.
Descartes tries to pull guard but Arska won't allow it.
Arska looking for a takedown.
Descartes looking to slow down the pace here.
Descartes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Arska gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Raaka Arska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rene Descartes.

Descartes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arska bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Descartes! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Descartes is rocked!

It looks like Rene Descartes has been cut.
Descartes has momentary wrist control but Arska slips an elbow through the middle.
Descartes is still in real trouble! Can Arska finish him?
Arska is in close to Descartes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Arska distracts Descartes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arska lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arska landing with the ground and pound.
Arska stands and throws Descartes's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Descartes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Arska works to advance to full mount. Descartes defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Descartes is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Arska looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Descartes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Descartes taking shots to the head.
Descartes looks gassed!
The referee warns Descartes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Arska with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arska unloading with bombs!
Arska connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Descartes taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arska unloading with bombs!
Arska looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Arska postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Descartes looks a forlorn figure.
Arska connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Arska with shots to the head and body - Descartes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Descartes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Arska with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Arska connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Arska knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Descartes on the ground.
Descartes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Arska working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Descartes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Descartes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Arska lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Arska cracks Descartes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arska landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Arska connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Arska lands a nice shot to the head.
Arska lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Descartes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Arska putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Arska raining down shots from the mount!
Arska lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Descartes slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Arska blocks the strikes from Descartes.
Descartes wants to improve his position but Arska is controlling well.
Arska working over Descartes with some ground and pound. Descartes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Arska works his foot free and advances to mount.
Arska working Descartes over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arska working Descartes over with strikes here.
Arska has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Descartes's face.
Arska could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Arska lands a nice shot to the head.
Descartes wants to hold on but Arska pushes him away.
Arska landing strikes from the mount.
Arska unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arska cracks Descartes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Arska punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Arska.
Arska is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Descartes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arska fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Arska looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Arska dominating with strikes here.
Arska lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raaka Arska dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Arska has a takedown stuffed.
Arska shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Descartes as he jumps to the side.
Arska looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raaka Arska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arska fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Horrible takedown by Arska or perhaps it was just good defense by Descartes which made him look bad.
Arska shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Descartes as he jumps to the side.
Arska throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Descartes's waist but Descartes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Arska off to one side.
Arska closes this distance looking for a takedown but Descartes circles away.

Arska closes the distance looking for a takedown. Arska picks Descartes up and slams him brutally to the floor. Descartes is out! He's out cold! Wow, you don't see a finish like that every day!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Raaka Arska!