PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Tays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rozafa Arben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arben has chosen P.O.D. - The Messenjah as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Rozafa Arben was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Tays
vs
Arben

190 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

198 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Tays!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rozafa Arben!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tays lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Rozafa Arben has been cut.
Tays connects with a jab.
Arben uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Arben scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tays doesn't seem bothered though.
Tays misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arben.
Tays walks into a left hand.
The fighters circling - Tays throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arben throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tays swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arben looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Arben misses its intended target.
Arben scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Arben stuns Tays with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tays keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arben.
Arben lands a really nice looking cross but Tays seems unphased.
Arben ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tays moves away.
Arben closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tays jabs at Arben's body.
Tays takes a swing at Arben's ribcage but misses.
Tays throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Arben stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Arben throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arben uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tays.
Tays fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arben manages to avoid it.
Tays swings away with a body shot that misses
and Arben counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arben fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tays looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Arben takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tays misses with a shot to the body
and Arben counters with a two punch combo.
Arben connects with a single shot there.
John Tays seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arben misses with a hook.
Arben swings for the body but Tays moves out of range.
Arben has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Arben dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tays swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tays takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tays uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arben.
Tays throws a big shot that misses.
Arben takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tays misses with a jab to the body
and Arben counters with a two punch combo.
Tays throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Arben throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tays bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tays misses with a hook
and Arben counters with a stiff right hand.
Arben throws a right hand that Tays ducks under and follows up with a left that Tays also avoids with ease.
Arben throws a combination that misses
and Tays counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tays scores with a jab. Arben acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tays takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Arben looks to land a left hand but Tays moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arben looks to score with a jab to the body but Tays is just out of range.
Arben connects with a jab.
Arben fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tays manages to avoid it.
Tays steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arben.
Tays closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Arben is rocked!
Tays lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Arben head around and knocks him out cold! Tays hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Tays!
John Tays retains his light heavyweight title!