PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyori Priory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Priory
vs
Arona

184 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyori Priory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Arona!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Priory misses with a two punch combination.
Priory tries to clinch but Arona moves out of range.
Arona avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arona shoots for a double leg takedown but Priory sprawls well. He's pushed Arona's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Arona looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Priory is fending him off so far but Arona persists. Nope, Priory circles away and we're back to standing.
Arona will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kyori Priory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Arona.
Priory misses with a series of wild punches.
Arona shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Priory defends it nicely.
Arona shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Priory as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arona fails with a takedown attempt.
Priory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Priory throws a series of punches but Arona avoids them all with ease.
Priory scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Ricardo Arona has been cut.
Priory bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Arona's head.
Priory swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Priory throws a chopping leg kick but Arona manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Arona shoots for a double leg takedown but Priory sprawls well. He's pushed Arona's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A slow jab from Priory misses its intended target.
Priory misses the jab.
Arona tries for a takedown but Priory sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Priory swinging wildly here.
Priory misses with an uppercut. Arona saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Priory. That snapped Arona's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Priory lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Arona at a distance.
Arona is trying desperately to land a takedown but Priory is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Arona.
Arona looks gassed!
Arona shoots in but no luck this time.
Good work by Arona as he checks the leg kick.
Priory tries to bum rush Arona with a series of wild strikes but Arona uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Priory throws a shot from downtown. Arona moves away and avoids it.
Priory misses with a looping left.
Priory wants to clinch.
Arona misses with a takedown attempt - Priory sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Arona shoots in and drives through. Priory sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Priory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arona fails with the takedown.
Priory wants to slow Arona down by chopping away at his legs.
Arona slips a straight right by Priory.
Nice shot by Priory.
Arona fails with a takedown attempt.
Priory misses with a hook.
Priory dips to his left and cracks Arona with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arona shoots for a takedown but Priory saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Priory misses with a low kick.
Priory scores with a decent looking hook.
Priory digs a good body shot into Arona's ribs.
Arona throws a right hand that Priory ducks under and follows up with a left that Priory also avoids with ease.
Priory misses with a wild combination.
Priory tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kyori Priory is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arona shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Priory sprawls well. Priory wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Arona gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Priory misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyori Priory dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Arona'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.

Arona takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Priory misses with a few strikes there.
Priory wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Priory does it's job there.
Kyori Priory is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Priory fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Priory misses with a looping left.
Priory lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Arona circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from Priory misses.
Arona shoots for a double leg takedown but Priory sprawls well. He's pushed Arona's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Priory misses with an uppercut. Arona saw that one coming.
Arona is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Priory takes a swing at Arona's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arona bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Arona fails to land the takedown.
Priory is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arona.
Kyori Priory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Priory looks to land a right hand but Arona moved out of range.
Priory stalks Arona and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Arona's face. Arona staggers backwards, shaken.
Priory tries to bum rush Arona with a series of wild strikes but Arona uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arona will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kyori Priory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Arona.
Priory misses with a straight right.
Arona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arona shoots for a takedown but Priory saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

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.
Priory misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Priory. Arona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Priory attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Arona shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Priory throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Priory throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arona closes this distance looking for a takedown but Priory circles away.
Arona slips a jab from Priory.
Priory throws a hook to the side of Arona's head but Arona sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Priory misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick from Priory misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arona is trying hard to land a takedown here. Priory sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Arona uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Priory.
Priory misses with a few strikes there.
Priory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Priory throws a jab when Arona was well out of range.
Priory throws the left hand but Arona avoids the punch easily.
Priory stuffs the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Arona or perhaps it was just good defense by Priory which made him look bad.
Priory throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Arona misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Priory throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Priory misses with an uppercut. Arona saw that one coming.
Priory displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Arona.
Nice defenses there by Arona.
Priory jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Priory tries to clinch but Arona moves out of range.
Arona blocks a jab.
Arona swinging wildly here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Arona shoots for a double leg takedown but Priory sprawls well. He's pushed Arona's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyori Priory dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Arona's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Priory misses with a hook. Arona ducked under it nicely.
Arona blocks a jab.
Priory misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Priory.
Priory misses with a hook. Arona ducked under it nicely.
Arona takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Priory lands a jab to Arona's midsection.
Priory lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Priory swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arona tries to clinch but Priory moves out of range.
Arona checks the leg kick nicely there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Priory misses with a kick to the body
and Arona counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arona fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Priory swinging wildly here.
Arona changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Priory tries to avoid it but Arona manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Priory to the ground. Priory escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Arona slips under a jab from Priory.
Arona moves forwards but Priory connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Priory throws out a loose jab but Arona uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Arona or perhaps it was just good defense by Priory which made him look bad.
Kyori Priory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Arona.
Arona takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

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.
Arona shoots in looking for a takedown. Priory tries to sprawl out of it but Arona keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Priory manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Priory lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Arona circles away quickly and effectively.
Arona closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A low kick from Priory misses

and Arona counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Arona.
Arona won't allow Priory to get back to his feet.

Arona drops back looking for a leg! Priory is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Priory manages to kick Arona off! Arona jumps back into Priory's guard.
Priory wants to stand up but Arona is controlling him.
Kyori Priory is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Priory wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Arona manages to pass to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Arona is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Priory looks like he's trying to stand up.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kyori Priory.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Priory, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyori Priory!