PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Albein Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Cury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Albein Rock has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rock
vs
Cury

185 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Albein Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arthur Cury!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rock takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cury has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Rock is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rock shoots in for a double leg but Cury sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cury defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rock.
Despite the aggression on Cury's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cury lands with a right hand.
Rock tries for a takedown but Cury sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Albein Rock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Rock with that takedown attempt.
Rock is breathing heavily.
A jab from Cury finds it's way through Rock's defenses.
Rock takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Albein Rock has been cut.
Rock shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cury pinned against the cage. Cury gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rock gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Arthur Cury!