PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Di Punker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rozafa Arben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Punker's entrance music is Miss May I - Relentless Chaos. A fine choice. Arben is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by P.O.D. - The Messenjah. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Punker
vs
Arben

190 cm
25
217 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

198 cm
26
205 lbs
10 - 10 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Di Punker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rozafa Arben!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arben connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Punker with a poor takedown
and Arben counters with a thumping low kick.
Punker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Punker tries to clinch up.
Arben fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Punker defending well as Arben loads up on a big left hand.
Punker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Arben cracks Punker with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arben gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Punker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punker tries to clinch there but Arben circles away.
Arben throws a jab when Punker was well out of range.
Punker throws a head kick but Arben moves out of range.
Punker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Arben tries to bum rush Punker with a series of wild strikes but Punker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Punker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Arben is fending him off so far but Punker persists. Nope, Arben circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Di Punker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arben lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Arben swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arben throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arben moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Arben connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Punker scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Punker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arben.
Arben stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Arben wants it to stay on the feet.
Arben slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Arben misses the shot to the body.
Arben throws a looping overhand right but Punker ducks down to avoid it.
Punker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Punker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Arben lands a really nice looking cross but Punker seems unphased.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punker moves out of range as Arben strikes.
Punker walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Arben leaves Punker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Arben throws a hook to the side of Punker's head but Punker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arben connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Punker looks to land a left hand but Arben moved out of range nicely.
Punker slips under a jab.
Punker fails with the takedown.
Rozafa Arben is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Punker staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Arben.
Arben swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Punker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Arben sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Arben slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Punker ducks under a wild hook from Arben.
Punker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arben.
Rozafa Arben seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Punker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Punker moves away from the strike by Arben.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rozafa Arben dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Arben sizes up Punker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Arben ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Punker shoots in for a double leg but Arben sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Punker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Punker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Punker is rocked!
Arben drops Punker with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Punker! Arben dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rozafa Arben!
After the fight, Rozafa Arben was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.