PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Gump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gump's choice of entrance music: Fucking Hostile - Pantera. Bubba Gump will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Arlovski
vs
Gump

170 cm
27
280 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
272 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrei Arlovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bubba Gump!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Arlovski rushes Gump and presses him up against the cage.
Arlovski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arlovski misses with an elbow strike.
Gump blocks an elbow strike from Arlovski.
Arlovski throws an elbow but it misses.
Gump avoiding damage as Arlovski throws knees to the body.
Arlovski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arlovski throws an elbow but it misses.
Gump misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gump lands a shoulder strike.
Gump blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arlovski tries to land knees in the clinch but Gump avoids the damage to the body.
Arlovski stalling the fight.
Gump avoids the elbow strike from Arlovski, against the cage.
Gump avoids a wild elbow strike from Arlovski.
Gump drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Arlovski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arlovski trying to stall but Gump improves his position.
Arlovski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Arlovski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arlovski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gump's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Bubba Gump has been cut.
Arlovski lands a nice elbow.
A body shot lands from Gump.
Gump lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gump tries to work over Arlovski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gump.
A short left from Arlovski.
Gump tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gump lands a nice uppercut.
Arlovski is pressed up against the cage. Gump has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Arlovski down to the mat. Arlovski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A jab lands there for Gump.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Arlovski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gump lands with a light punch inside.
Arlovski looking to slow down the pace here.
Arlovski lands a nice elbow.
Arlovski blocks an uppercut.
Arlovski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gump is keeping busy.
Arlovski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gump is defending well for now.
Arlovski pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Arlovski throws an elbow but misses.
Gump lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gump struggles to land a body shot inside as Arlovski controls his hands.
Gump lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Arlovski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gump is keeping busy.
Gump tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arlovski's elbow.
Arlovski blocking some punches.

Gump has Arlovski pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gump pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Arlovski tumbling to the mat - Gump dives into Arlovski's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gump content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gump looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gump is controlling him.
Arlovski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gump throwing strikes but missing.
Arlovski wants to control but Gump passes easily into half guard.
Gump lands with a punch from half guard.
Gump is thwarting Arlovski's attempts to control the position.
Arlovski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump is trying to control. Arlovski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Arlovski tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Gump has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Gump is in the full mount, landing strikes.
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!
Gump in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gump breaks from Arlovski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gump looking to control but Arlovski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Gump! Arlovski is hurt baaadly! Gump is firing away with more strikes - Arlovski is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bubba Gump!
An intense looking Bubba Gump took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'There's shrimp kabobs, shrimp cocktail, shrimp fritters, shrimp gumbo, shrimp scampi...'.