PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Duhrover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Arnold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duhrover comes to the cage accompanied by Doggystyle. Ben Duhrover has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Duhrover
vs
Arnold

173 cm
21
182 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Duhrover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Arnold!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arnold looks to clinch
and Duhrover counters with a left to the body.
Duhrover looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Arnold tries to close the distance and clinch but Duhrover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Arnold fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Duhrover, pushing him back against the cage.
Duhrover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Arnold connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duhrover's face.
Duhrover dodges an elbow strike from Arnold.
Arnold misses with an elbow strike.
Arnold misses with some punches.

Duhrover gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Arnold won't allow Duhrover to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duhrover wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arnold keeps working.
Duhrover controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnold pushes Duhrover off looking to stand but Duhrover dives back in and keeps control.
Duhrover controlling the action here.
Duhrover is looking to take a break and control but Arnold is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Ben Duhrover has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Arnold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duhrover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Duhrover closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Duhrover throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Duhrover is looking to take a break and control but Arnold is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duhrover missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duhrover lands with a punch from half guard.
Arnold is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Arnold blocking the ground and pound attempt from Duhrover.
Duhrover throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Duhrover performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Duhrover is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duhrover thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duhrover tries to pass the half guard into mount. Arnold knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Duhrover passes to full mount!
Arnold's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Duhrover throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Arnold because Duhrover loaded up on that one.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Arnold can do anything to dispel that myth.
BOOM! Duhrover connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duhrover working Arnold over with strikes here.
Arnold avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duhrover.
Arnold is squirming around, avoiding Duhrover's attempts to control the action.
Duhrover looking to finish with strikes here!
Duhrover trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Duhrover looking to finish Arnold with some ground and pound. This is bad for Arnold!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arnold is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Duhrover looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Duhrover dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Arnold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duhrover.

Arnold is rocked!
Arnold gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Duhrover gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Arnold is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Duhrover!
Our winner, Ben Duhrover, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.