PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Muscles Glasses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin McArthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McArthur has chosen Breathing as his entrance music. Kevin McArthur will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Glasses
vs
McArthur

173 cm
26
154 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

200 cm
21
144 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muscles Glasses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin McArthur!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McArthur 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.
McArthur lands a nice looking body shot.
McArthur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - McArthur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McArthur misses with a hook. Glasses ducked under it nicely.
McArthur cracks Glasses with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Glasses lands a jab-cross combination.
McArthur moves out of range as Glasses strikes.
Glasses throws a body punch but McArthur moves out of range.
McArthur connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McArthur scores with a nice right hand.
Glasses staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - McArthur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glasses. McArthur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glasses throws a left and a right that both miss
and McArthur cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McArthur dodges the punch combination from Glasses.
Glasses throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Glasses misses with a shot to the body
and McArthur counters with a stiff right hand.
McArthur is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Glasses closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Glasses moves forwards but McArthur connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Glasses misses with a hook. McArthur ducked under it nicely.
Glasses ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McArthur moves away.
McArthur dodges the punch combination from Glasses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glasses slips a jab from McArthur.
Glasses misses with a few strikes there.
McArthur connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Glasses's hands.
Glasses throws a combination that misses
and Glasses takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McArthur ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McArthur throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Glasses on the side of the head.
Glasses throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McArthur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Glasses bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Glasses lands.
Glasses throws a hook to the side of McArthur's head but McArthur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glasses falls off balance throwing a combination
and McArthur counters with a nice body shot.
McArthur defending well as Glasses loads up on a big left hand.
McArthur is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McArthur misses with a lunging right hand
and Glasses connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A cross from McArthur lands.
McArthur with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Glasses to score with a decent uppercut.
Glasses swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Glasses takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Glasses throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McArthur counters with a left to the body.
Glasses ducks under a wild hook from McArthur.
McArthur avoids the body shot from Glasses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McArthur lands a body shot.
Glasses throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glasses. McArthur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glasses is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McArthur is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Glasses had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Glasses looks to land a combination but McArthur avoids it well.
Glasses lands a jab to McArthur's midsection.
McArthur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McArthur scores with a jab to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glasses thows a left - swing and a miss!
McArthur throws a poor cross that misses
and Glasses counters with a left to the body.
Glasses throws a series of punches but McArthur avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Glasses throws a series of strikes that have McArthur backpedaling.
Glasses takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McArthur looks to throw the jab but Glasses is out of range.
McArthur scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Glasses scores with a nice head shot.
Glasses throws a combination that misses
and McArthur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McArthur throws a looping overhand right but Glasses ducks down to avoid it.
Glasses misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McArthur swings widly with a right hand
and Glasses counters with a two punch combo.
McArthur missing with a left hand there. Glasses was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McArthur throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Glasses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from McArthur finds it's way through Glasses's defenses.
Glasses misses with a hook.
McArthur misses with an uppercut. Glasses saw that one coming.
McArthur lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slow jab from Glasses misses its intended target.
Jab by McArthur.
Glasses misses with the combination.
McArthur slips under a jab.
McArthur throws out a loose jab but Glasses uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glasses swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glasses throws a jab when McArthur was well out of range.
Glasses ducks under a wild hook from McArthur.
Glasses has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McArthur finds it's way round the side to connect with Glasses's head.
Kevin McArthur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Glasses takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Glasses lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McArthur connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Glasses momentarily.
McArthur catches Glasses with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Glasses looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Glasses uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McArthur.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McArthur connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Glasses's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glasses blocks a jab.
Glasses takes a swing at McArthur's ribcage but misses.
Glasses looks to land a right hand but McArthur moved out of range.
McArthur misses with an uppercut
and Glasses connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McArthur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Glasses is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McArthur.
Glasses misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Glasses uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McArthur.
McArthur with a hook.
McArthur scores with a three punch combo!
Glasses slips a straight right by McArthur.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Glasses 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Glasses misses with a straight left.
McArthur connects with a looping right hand.
Glasses uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McArthur.
Glasses fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McArthur works the jab nicely.
Glasses loads up on a big right hand but McArthur slips the punch.
McArthur might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McArthur scores with a shot to the body.
Kevin McArthur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McArthur tests Glasses's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Glasses throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McArthur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin McArthur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Glasses cracks McArthur with a good jab.
McArthur has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Glasses on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Glasses jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McArthur lands a nice shot to the body.
McArthur lands a glancing blow to the side of Glasses's head.
McArthur dodges the punch combination from Glasses.
McArthur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Glasses throws a series of punches but McArthur moves out of range.
McArthur scores with a body shot.
Muscles Glasses is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McArthur works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McArthur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Glasses throws a right and a left that both miss.
McArthur misses with a series of wild punches.
McArthur scores with a jab.
Glasses staying out of range there.
McArthur stalks Glasses and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Glasses's face. Glasses staggers backwards, shaken.
McArthur cracks Glasses with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McArthur scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Glasses is rocked!
Glasses throws an overhand right that lands on McArthur's shoulder, as McArthur tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for McArthur. That snapped Glasses's head back.
Oh Glasses is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glasses drops his hands momentarily and McArthur takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
and McArthur counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Glasses! He's just covering up as McArthur starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin McArthur!
A victorious Kevin McArthur thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.