PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Arca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naglis Kaunietis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Naglis Kaunietis struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Arca
vs
Kaunietis

185 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruno Arca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Naglis Kaunietis!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaunietis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kaunietis looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Arca uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kaunietis fails with the takedown
letting Arca counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Arca clobbers Kaunietis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Kaunietis is rocked!
Arca stuns Kaunietis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Arca closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Kaunietis is fighting off a takedown attempt but Arca is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kaunietis to the mat. Kaunietis regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Arca pushing down on Kaunietis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Arca is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Arca in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Kaunietis tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Arca!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruno Arca!
Bruno Arca very nearly forgot to thank •‡• LION Clothing •‡• [CBK] amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.