PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Callicrates Arrowcatcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arrowcatcher comes to the cage accompanied by It's Amazing by Kanye West. Connor has chosen ac/dc- war machine as his entrance music. Scott Connor has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Arrowcatcher
vs
Connor

187 cm
26
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

196 cm
21
188 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Callicrates Arrowcatcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Connor!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Connor. Arrowcatcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Connor slips a jab from Arrowcatcher.
Connor jabs at Arrowcatcher's body.
Connor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Connor.
Arrowcatcher misses with a combination
and Connor counters with a two punch combo.
Connor fails with a takedown attempt.
Arrowcatcher moves away from the strike by Connor.
Scott Connor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Connor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arrowcatcher as he jumps to the side.
Connor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Arrowcatcher swivels and escapes.
Callicrates Arrowcatcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Connor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connor fails to land the takedown.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Arrowcatcher enables Connor to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Arrowcatcher manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Arrowcatcher utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Arrowcatcher wants to stand but Connor is controlling the position.
Arrowcatcher preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Connor throwing strikes but missing.
Connor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Connor throws a strike but Arrowcatcher rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrowcatcher working some strikes from top position.
Arrowcatcher working some strikes from top position.
Arrowcatcher landing with the ground and pound.
Arrowcatcher keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Connor's head.
Connor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Arrowcatcher is looking to work some ground and pound but Connor has wrist control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Connor can do anything to dispel that myth.
Arrowcatcher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Arrowcatcher with a flurry of punches that miss.
Arrowcatcher is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Connor trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrowcatcher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Arrowcatcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Arrowcatcher chips away with some ground and pound.
Arrowcatcher is looking to work some ground and pound but Connor has wrist control.
Arrowcatcher with a flurry of punches that miss.
Arrowcatcher postures up.
Arrowcatcher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Arrowcatcher working some strikes from top position.
Arrowcatcher slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Arrowcatcher working away.
Arrowcatcher scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Connor to see if he's OK.
Connor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Arrowcatcher is working Connor over with some ground and pound from side control.
Connor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Arrowcatcher. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Connor taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arrowcatcher in side control, throwing shots but Connor defends.
Connor parries the strikes from Arrowcatcher easily there. Arrowcatcher is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Connor to escape.
Arrowcatcher in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Arrowcatcher landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Arrowcatcher wants to control but Connor is keeping him busy.
Arrowcatcher scoring with punches from side control.
Arrowcatcher postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Arrowcatcher lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The strikes coming from Arrowcatcher are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ground and pound from Arrowcatcher seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Connor taking a bit of punishment here - Arrowcatcher scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Callicrates Arrowcatcher dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Connor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Arrowcatcher's waist but Arrowcatcher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Connor off to one side.
The fighters circling - Arrowcatcher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Connor fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Arrowcatcher sprawls well initially but Connor persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Arrowcatcher kicks Connor off and gets back to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Connor.
Arrowcatcher displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Connor.
Nice takedown defense from Arrowcatcher. No joy for Connor on that attempt.
Callicrates Arrowcatcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Connor.
Connor slips a straight right by Arrowcatcher.
Connor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Connor slips under a jab from Arrowcatcher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrowcatcher moves away from the strike by Connor.
Connor staying out of range there.
Arrowcatcher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Connor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Connor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arrowcatcher circles away.
Connor tries for a takedown but Arrowcatcher sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Connor is breathing heavily.
Connor fails with a takedown attempt.
Connor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Connor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arrowcatcher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A slow jab from Connor misses its intended target.
Arrowcatcher misses with an uppercut.
Connor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Arrowcatcher takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Arrowcatcher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Connor.
Connor shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Arrowcatcher as he avoids it easily.
Arrowcatcher misses with a body shot.
Arrowcatcher scores with a shot to the body.
Connor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arrowcatcher.
Connor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Arrowcatcher sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Connor fails to land the takedown.
Arrowcatcher stuffs the takedown attempt from Connor. Connor gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrowcatcher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arrowcatcher keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Connor shoots for a double leg takedown but Arrowcatcher sprawls well. He's pushed Connor's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A combination from Arrowcatcher does no damage.
Connor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Scott Connor has been cut.
Arrowcatcher throws a lazy right hand but Connor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Arrowcatcher throws a looping overhand right but Connor ducks down to avoid it.
Arrowcatcher is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Connor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrowcatcher sizes up Connor with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Connor is rocked!
Arrowcatcher stuffs the takedown attempt from Connor. Connor gets slowly back to his feet.
Connor walks straight into a right hand from Arrowcatcher - that's dropped him! Arrowcatcher jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Connor from any more punishment! Connor complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Callicrates Arrowcatcher!