PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Arkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cult of Personality - Living Colour kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Arkley
vs
Alexander

190 cm
32
221 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

198 cm
32
216 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Arkley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacob Alexander!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Arkley is fending him off so far but Alexander persists. Nope, Arkley circles away and we're back to standing.

Alexander shoots in and bounces Arkley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Arkley is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Knees in the clinch landing for Arkley.
Alexander misses with a punch to the body.
Arkley stalling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alexander misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Arkley misses with a knee to the head.
Arkley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jacob Alexander has been cut.
Alexander lands a right hand.
Alexander misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexander blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alexander can't find room to land a body shot as Arkley controls the action.
Alexander tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alexander lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alexander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arkley connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Arkley.
Arkley looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Alexander swings wildly with an uppercut but Arkley uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arkley.
Arkley pressing his opponent against the cage.
Alexander misses with a punch on the inside.
Arkley blocks a body shot from Alexander.
Arkley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Alexander looks winded!
Alexander throws a head punch that misses.
Arkley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alexander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alexander takes a knee right on the jaw!
Arkley misses with a knee to the head.
Arkley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arkley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Arkley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alexander up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Alexander fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arkley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexander's face.
Alexander takes a knee right on the jaw!
Arkley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexander's face.
Knees to the body from Arkley.
Arkley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alexander is defending well for now.
Arkley lands a nice knee to the body.
Arkley scores with a knee to the head.
Arkley misses with a knee to the head.
Arkley looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Arkley connects with a knee to the head.
Alexander goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arkley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alexander blocks it with crossed arms.
Arkley looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Alexander takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Arkley.
Arkley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Arkley with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arkley blocks a body shot from Alexander.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Arkley as Alexander tries to tie him up.
Arkley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Arkley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alexander has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alexander lands with a short shot to the head.
Alexander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alexander misses with some punches.
Arkley crunches a lovely knee into Alexander's ribcage.
Arkley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Arkley looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Arkley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Arkley.
Arkley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexander in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arkley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Arkley lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexander won't want to take too many of those.
Alexander takes a knee to the side of the body.
Arkley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arkley missing with knees to the body.
Alexander takes a knee right on the jaw!

That has opened up Jacob Alexander's cut even more.
Arkley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Arkley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Arkley misses with a knee to the head.
Arkley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alexander avoids it.
Arkley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alexander avoids it.
Alexander tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arkley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Arkley blocks an uppercut.
Arkley looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Arkley blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arkley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexander's face.
Alexander tries to throw a body punch but Arkley avoids it by throwing Alexander back against the cage.
Arkley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alexander swings wildly with an uppercut but Arkley uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Arkley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Alexander's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Alexander throws a lazy right hand but Arkley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Arkley.
Arkley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Arkley lands a big uppercut and Alexander crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Alexander looks OK. Arkley waves Alexander back to his feet!

Alexander is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arkley fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Alexander square on the jaw! Damn, Alexander is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Arkley!
James Arkley retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, James Arkley, 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.