PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Karate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane Arnould (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Karate
vs
Arnould

186 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
244 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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, Joey Karate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kane Arnould!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karate looks to land a left hand but Arnould moved out of range nicely.
Karate defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Arnould.
Arnould lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karate circles away quickly and effectively.

Karate decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karate lands strikes from half guard.
Karate stalling.
Arnould is not content to let Karate control the position.
Karate controlling the action here.
Karate slips a nice elbow through Arnould's hands, connecting with Arnould's forehead.
Arnould looks gassed!
Karate wants to free his trapped foot but Arnould is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Karate is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karate is trying to control. Arnould wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Karate content to control rather than advance.

Karate looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Karate tries to pass to full mount but Arnould defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Karate frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Karate scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arnould?
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Karate controlling the position easily from mount.
Arnould tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karate postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Arnould looks a forlorn figure.
Karate lands a nice shot to the head.
Karate punishing his opponent with strikes.
Arnould tries to lock up and control but Karate gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Karate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Arnould is in a horrible position here. Karate smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Karate landing strikes from the mount and Arnould is in trouble!
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!
Karate landing strikes, looking to finish!
Arnould takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arnould is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Karate.
Arnould is in a horrible position here. Karate smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Arnould is bucking up trying to escape but Karate cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Karate with shots to the head and body - Arnould looks very uncomfortable down there.
Karate with shots to the head and body - Arnould looks very uncomfortable down there.
Karate lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karate tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Karate dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Karate gets a takedown into half guard.
Karate working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Arnould's thigh. Arnould counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Karate content to stall in guard here.
Karate lands a couple of digs.
Arnould is breathing heavily.
Karate with a nice head shot there.
Karate lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karate is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Arnould keeping moving, preventing Karate from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Karate's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Karate scoring with punches to the head and body.
Arnould should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Karate sitting in guard here, content to control.
Karate wants to control from the top but Arnould keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Karate forces his way into half guard.
Karate wants to pass to mount but Arnould is defending the position.
Karate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arnould can do to turn this around?
Karate controlling the action here.
Arnould trying to hold on to Karate's head to control him but Karate postures up.
Arnould is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Karate scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arnould is trying to maintain the position but Karate is very close to passing his half guard.
Karate works his way into full mount!
Karate takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Karate working the ground and pound effectively.
Arnould tries to lock up and control but Karate gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Karate controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Karate postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Arnould looks a forlorn figure.
Arnould keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Karate takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Karate lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Karate unloading with bombs!
Karate lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Karate working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Karate dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Karate gets a takedown into half guard.
Karate is controlling the pace.
Karate prevents Arnould from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Karate there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arnould wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karate passes to full mount!
Karate controlling the pace for now.
Karate avoids the attempt from Arnould to control.
Karate punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Karate.
Karate is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Arnould can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Karate cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Karate connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karate lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Karate tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Karate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Karate takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Karate raining down shots from the mount!
Karate lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Karate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Karate controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karate lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Karate raining down shots from the mount!
Karate tries to control but Arnould wriggling away.
Karate scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arnould?
Arnould is squirming around, avoiding Karate's attempts to control the action.
Karate landing strikes from the mount and Arnould is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Karate cracks Arnould with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Arnould is trying desperately to improve position.

Karate jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Arnould is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Arnould and Karate has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Arnould is looking to reverse the position.
Kane Arnould has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joey Karate overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You can see the frustration on Arnould's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Karate works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Joey Karate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Arnould is trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Karate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Karate 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Karate!