PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Unai Arana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Bolinev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arana comes to the cage accompanied by Jesus was a terrorist. 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 Alexander Bolinev was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Arana
vs
Bolinev

177 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Blood Bank ($10)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Unai Arana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Bolinev!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolinev throws out a loose jab but Arana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Arana.
Nice shot by Arana.
Bolinev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Arana scores with a head kick. Bolinev tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Arana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bolinev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arana misses with the combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arana lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Arana. That's going to slow Bolinev down.
Arana scoring well with a low kick there.
Arana throws a head kick that half lands.
Arana misses with a series of wild punches.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Arana - that will leave a mark!
A nice leg kick lands there from Arana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolinev misses with a straight left.
Arana avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Arana lands a jab to Bolinev's midsection.
Arana lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bolinev's sensitive parts.
Bolinev looks winded!
Bolinev drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bolinev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Unai Arana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arana delivers a nice body kick.
Arana thuds a left hand into Bolinev's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bolinev. That did some damage!
Bolinev tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Arana lands a right hook to the body.
Arana connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Arana lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arana stuns Bolinev with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bolinev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Arana fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arana connects with a leg kick. Bolinev looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Arana.
Arana feints and then cracks Bolinev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bolinev down.
Arana turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Arana feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bolinevs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Arana dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bolinev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bolinev on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Arana connects with a crisp jab.
Arana lands a slapping body shot.
Bolinev stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bolinev wants it to stay on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Arana shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Arana is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Arana landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bolinev on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Arana not doing much here.
Bolinev keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arana seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Arana has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bolinev avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Arana.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bolinev blocking the ground and pound attempt from Arana.
Arana controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Unai Arana dominated that round.
That's time! Arana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Arana works the jab nicely.
Arana throws a sloppy head kick and Bolinev moves out of range easily.
Arana uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bolinev has time to react.
Arana connects with a leg kick. Bolinev looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Arana connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice jab there from Arana.
Arana thumps Bolinev with a low kick.
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!
Bolinev misses with a hook.
Arana scores with a nice head shot.
Arana turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bolinev is breathing heavily.
Arana sizes up Bolinev with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Bolinev is rocked!
Bolinev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Arana.
Bolinev is still on wobbly legs! Can Arana finish him?
Arana connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arana moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Arana shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Bolinev is on queer street and Arana is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Unai Arana!
Unai Arana bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.