PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Pudzanovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Arellanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Arellanes will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pudzanovski
vs
Arellanes

185 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
23
279 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Mariusz Pudzanovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Arellanes!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arellanes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Arellanes throws a series of punches but Pudzanovski moves out of range.
Arellanes throws a series of punches but Pudzanovski moves out of range.
Arellanes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pudzanovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arellanes blocks a jab.
Arellanes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arellanes misses with a combination
letting Pudzanovski counter with a right hand.
Pudzanovski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arellanes.
Pudzanovski dodges the punch combination from Arellanes.
Carlos Arellanes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pudzanovski scores with a nice right hand.
Arellanes misses with a few strikes there.
Pudzanovski misses with a straight left.
Arellanes misses with the combination.
Arellanes misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Arellanes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Arellanes throws a right and a left that Pudzanovski avoids nicely.
Arellanes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arellanes misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Arellanes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pudzanovski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arellanes sprawls well. Arellanes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pudzanovski gets slowly back to his feet.
Arellanes defending well as Pudzanovski loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellanes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pudzanovski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Arellanes's guard now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pudzanovski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pudzanovski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Arellanes keeping full guard, as Pudzanovski tries to pass.
Pudzanovski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pudzanovski looking to pass the guard.
Pudzanovski is in close to Arellanes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Arellanes working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pudzanovski won't allow Arellanes to get back to his feet.
Pudzanovski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pudzanovski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Arellanes wants to get back to his feet but Pudzanovski is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pudzanovski advances to half guard.
Pudzanovski wants to pass to mount but Arellanes is defending the position.
Pudzanovski uses his free foot to push down on Arellanes's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Arellanes.
Arellanes is in a horrible position here. Pudzanovski smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Arellanes looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arellanes tries to reverse the position but Pudzanovski maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mariusz Pudzanovski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Arellanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pudzanovski circles away quickly and effectively.
Arellanes throws a big shot that misses.
Arellanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pudzanovski circles away quickly and effectively.
Pudzanovski swinging wilding here.
Pudzanovski works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arellanes connects with a crisp jab.
Arellanes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pudzanovski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Arellanes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pudzanovski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Arellanes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pudzanovski dodges the punch combination from Arellanes.
Arellanes misses with a two punch combination.
Arellanes connects with a nice looking jab.
Arellanes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pudzanovski's head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pudzanovski is defended easily by Arellanes.
Arellanes misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzanovski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Arellanes.

It looks like Mariusz Pudzanovski has been cut.
Arellanes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arellanes throws a series of punches but Pudzanovski moves out of range.
Arellanes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pudzanovski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carlos Arellanes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Pudzanovski shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pudzanovski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzanovski works his way into full mount!
Pudzanovski lands a nice shot to the head.
Pudzanovski landing punches.
Pudzanovski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Arellanes is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pudzanovski lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pudzanovski cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pudzanovski working Arellanes over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Pudzanovski.

Arellanes is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arellanes is trying to escape the mount.
Arellanes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pudzanovski scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arellanes?
Arellanes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pudzanovski fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pudzanovski in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pudzanovski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pudzanovski lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pudzanovski with shots to the head and body - Arellanes looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mariusz Pudzanovski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mariusz Pudzanovski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Pudzanovski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arellanes.
Arellanes throws a right and a left that Pudzanovski avoids nicely.
Pudzanovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arellanes misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Arellanes does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arellanes misses with a series of wild punches.
Arellanes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arellanes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pudzanovski throws a lazy right hand but Arellanes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pudzanovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arellanes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arellanes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pudzanovski sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pudzanovski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Arellanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pudzanovski circles away quickly and effectively.
Mariusz Pudzanovski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arellanes lands the left hand.
Arellanes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arellanes lands a nice shot that snaps Pudzanovski's head back.
Arellanes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pudzanovski slips a straight right by Arellanes.
Pudzanovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arellanes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Arellanes's corner calls for a 1-2. Arellanes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellanes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arellanes throws a right hand that Pudzanovski ducks under and follows up with a left that Pudzanovski also avoids with ease.
Arellanes falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Pudzanovski to counter with a crisp jab.
Arellanes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Arellanes misses with a combination
and Pudzanovski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Arellanes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pudzanovski on the side of the head.
Pudzanovski staying out of range there.
Arellanes is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A punch combination from Pudzanovski misses.
Pudzanovski moves out of range as Arellanes strikes.
Arellanes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pudzanovski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arellanes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pudzanovski.
Arellanes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Carlos Arellanes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pudzanovski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arellanes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mariusz Pudzanovski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pudzanovski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arellanes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Arellanes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pudzanovski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mariusz Pudzanovski!