PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rob McArthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Estes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Estes has chosen Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode as his entrance music. The key to victory for Rob McArthur has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

McArthur
vs
Estes

190 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob McArthur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Estes!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Estes clinches.
Estes has McArthur pressed against the cage, preventing McArthur from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Estes fails to pull guard.
McArthur is trying to break the clinch but Estes is controlling him.
McArthur wants to break the clinch but can't.
McArthur throws a knee to the head but misses.
McArthur looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McArthur missing with knees to the body.
McArthur lands an elbow inside that Estes shrugs off.

It looks like Justin Estes has been cut.
Estes tries to pull guard but McArthur won't allow it.
Estes jumps guard but McArthur stands there with Estes around his waist. Estes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rob McArthur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Estes.
McArthur wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Estes breaks the clinch.
Estes throws a right and a left that both miss.

Estes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Estes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can McArthur hang on?
Estes looking to control and managing it successfully.
Estes thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Estes is standing up, even though he is in mount.
McArthur fails in his attempt to clinch.

Estes moves into the clinch successfully.

Estes jumps guard and drags McArthur to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Estes manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Estes moves out of range of the body kick.
Estes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Estes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Justin Estes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McArthur stalks Estes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Estes's face. Estes staggers backwards, shaken.
Estes throws a leg kick but McArthur sees it coming and checks it nicely.

McArthur closes the distance and clinches.
McArthur tries to circle away but Estes has him pinned against the cage.
Estes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McArthur looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Estes misses with the head strike.
McArthur looking to stall.
McArthur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McArthur lands a knee to the body.
Estes looks gassed!

McArthur breaks from the clinch.
A combination from McArthur does no damage.
Estes shoots in for a takedown but McArthur shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

McArthur drops Estes with a beautiful combination! Estes stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - McArthur is looking for the KO!

Estes is rocked!

That has opened up Justin Estes's cut even more.
McArthur tries to clinch up.
Rob McArthur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - McArthur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McArthur, right into the meat.
McArthur doesn't manage to clinch there - Estes circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Estes.
McArthur swinging wilding here.
McArthur throws a head kick but Estes moves out of range.
McArthur misses with a series of wild punches.
Estes throws out a loose jab but McArthur uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estes tries to close the distance and clinch but McArthur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Estes is looking to clinch but McArthur is avoiding it.
Estes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

The cut above Justin Estes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Estes misses with a combination
and Estes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McArthur scores with a head kick.
Estes is still on wobbly legs! Can McArthur finish him?
McArthur misses with a double jab.
Estes seems to have recovered his senses.
McArthur misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McArthur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Estes throws a left and a right that both miss
and McArthur counters with a one-two to the body.

Justin Estes's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McArthur slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob McArthur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Estes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McArthur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Estes.
Estes staying calm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Estes wants to lay and pray for a moment but McArthur keeps working.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A lull in the action here as Estes stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McArthur is not content to let Estes control the position.
McArthur managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Estes.

Estes decides to stand up, so the ref orders McArthur to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McArthur lands a head kick!
Rob McArthur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McArthur throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Estes's head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Justin Estes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rob McArthur!