PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justin Cider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arlington Beech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cider comes to the cage accompanied by My Sacrifice. Beech has chosen You Know My Name as his entrance music. Arlington Beech is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cider
vs
Beech

172 cm
22
154 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

173 cm
22
165 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justin Cider !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arlington Beech!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cider throws a head kick that misses
and Beech counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cider uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beech.
Cider bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beech lands a nice shot that snaps Cider 's head back.
Arlington Beech seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beech misses with a series of wild punches.
Beech has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cider uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beech.
Beech throws a shot to the body.
Cider connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beech thows a leg kick but Cider checks it
letting Cider counter with a right hand.
Cider throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beech cracks Cider with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Beech connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cider keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Beech scores with a shoulder strike.
Beech works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cider takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beech swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beech avoiding damage as Cider throws knees to the body.
Cider misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Cider .
Cider swings wildly with an uppercut but Beech uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beech lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beech misses with an elbow strike.
Cider misses with a knee to the head.
Cider throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beech blocks it with crossed arms.
Cider trying to control the position but instead, Beech has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cider into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Beech.
A short body shot lands from Beech as the two fighters clinch.
Beech lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cider backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beech lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beech misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beech misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beech working aggressively here.
Cider tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beech's elbow.
Cider trying to land knees to the body.
Beech pushes Cider back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Beech.
A head punch on the inside from Beech fails to land.
Beech is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cider is defending well for now.
Beech fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beech scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Beech works on Cider 's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beech tries a body shot but Cider blocks it.
Cider struggles to land a body shot inside as Beech controls his hands.
Beech misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beech pushes Cider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Cider 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cider uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beech.
Beech throws a right and a left that Cider avoids nicely.
Cider tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Beech manages to circle out of the way.
Beech throws a low kick but Cider moves out of range easily.
Cider slips a straight right by Beech.
Beech throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cider tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beech let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cider is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cider defending well as Beech loads up on a big left hand.
Cider throws a sloppy head kick and Beech moves out of range easily.
Beech throws a body punch but Cider moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beech cracks Cider with an open hand slap.
Beech works Cider 's body with a nice hook.
Cider throws a leg kick but Beech moved away.
Beech takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beech thows a left - swing and a miss!

Beech clinches.
Cider lands a good knee to the midsection. Beech won't want to take too many of those.
Beech lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beech fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beech lands a shot to the body.
Beech scores with a shot to the side of Cider 's head.
Beech misses with the head strike.
Cider misses with a knee to the head.
Cider is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beech is defending well for now.
Beech managing to block the knees to the body from Cider .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arlington Beech dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cider attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A shot to the liver by Cider . Beautiful body shot.
Beech throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cider stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beech misses the shot to the body.
Beech scores with a hook.
Beech is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cider rather than just go for the knockout.
Cider misses with a body shot.
Beech misses with a wild body shot.
Beech swings for the body but Cider moves out of range.
Cider moves away from the strike by Beech.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beech fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beech uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cider .
Cider uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beech.
Beech misses with a left hand
and Cider counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cider throws out a leg kick but Beech moves out of range and Cider only half commits.
Cider misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cider misses with a low kick as Beech jumps back.
A punch combination from Cider misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Beech checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Beech closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beech.
Cider stalling against the cage.
Beech has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short right from Cider on the inside.
Cider tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cider lands a left hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beech throws an elbow but misses.
Cider goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cider wants to stall.
Beech lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cider backwards.
A short uppercut from Beech.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beech prevents a body shot from Cider .
Beech misses with a short punch on the inside.

Cider 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cider takes one to the side of the head.
Cider takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beech tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cider throws a head kick that misses.
Beech is looking to clinch but Cider is avoiding it.
Cider half committed to a counter leg kick.
Beech throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cider on the side of the head.
Cider keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cider staying out of range there.
Beech looks to land a combination but Cider avoids it well.
Beech swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cider appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cider moves out of range as Beech strikes.
Beech drops his hands momentarily and Cider takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Beech wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beech ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cider misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beech.
Cider slips under a jab from Beech.
Cider throws a big counter combination but Beech scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Beech misses with a wild body shot.
Cider feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cider lands a nice shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Beech.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beech misses with a left hand
and Cider counters with a right hand to the body.
Cider throws a low kick but Beech avoids it.
Beech fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cider manages to avoid it.
Beech connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beech scores with a jab.
Beech scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cider slips under a jab.
As Beech tries to get set, Cider tries to push him back and clinch up but Beech manages to avoid the attempt.
Beech takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cider misses with an uppercut
and Beech counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cider throws a lazy right hand but Beech sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cider connects with a leg kick. Beech looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Beech's corner calls for a 1-2. Beech obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arlington Beech showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Beech ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Beech throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cider moves forwards but Beech connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Beech on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beech tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beech. Cider does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beech is looking to clinch but Cider is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Cider .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cider lands a nice shot to the body.
Cider lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cider tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Beech counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cider scores with a one two! Beech had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beech takes a swing at Cider 's ribcage but misses.
Beech misses the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Cider misses its target.
Beech misses with an uppercut.
Beech swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cider ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beech moves away.
Beech is looking for the big counter here.
A head kick by Cider misses

and Beech moves into the clinch.
Beech unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cider lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Beech tries a body shot but Cider blocks it.
Cider tries to land a knee to the head but Beech blocks with his arms.
Beech blocks a body shot from Cider .
Cider throws a punch but it's blocked by Beech.
Beech tries a body shot but Cider blocks it.
Cider is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cider tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cider working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beech misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Beech fails to land.
Cider lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beech creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Arlington Beech seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short uppercut from Cider .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cider avoids a wild elbow strike from Beech.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beech.
Cider misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cider tries a knee to the head but Beech blocks it.
Cider scores with a knee to the head.
Beech softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cider blocks an uppercut.
Cider connects with a nasty looking knee right to Beech's face.
Cider working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cider tries to throw a body punch but Beech avoids it by throwing Cider back against the cage.
Beech scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Beech lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Beech.
Cider trying to control the position but instead, Beech has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cider into the cage.
Cider tries to land knees in the clinch but Beech avoids the damage to the body.
A short body shot lands from Beech as the two fighters clinch.
Cider blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cider is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beech is defending well for now.
Cider misses with a knee strike.
Beech lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cider lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cider tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beech avoids it.
Cider fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cider goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beech blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Beech.
Beech lands a left hand.
Beech swings wildly with an uppercut but Cider uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cider with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cider throws a head punch that misses.
Beech lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cider backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beech misses with a body punch.
Beech tries to work over Cider 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cider utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cider stalling in the clinch but Beech improves position.
Cider prevents a body shot from Beech.
Beech goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Justin Cider did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cider takes the fight into the clinch.
Beech throws a head punch that misses.
Beech tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cider 's elbow.
Cider tries a body shot but Beech blocks it.
Beech misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beech tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cider avoids it.
Cider tries a body shot but Beech blocks it.
Beech swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cider utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cider lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beech has a couple of punches blocked by Cider .
Cider doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cider lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Beech unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cider lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beech.
Cider misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cider misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cider lands a nice uppercut.
Cider working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cider fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Beech as the two fighters clinch.
Beech throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beech creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beech prevents a body shot from Cider .
Cider working aggressively here.
Beech works on Cider 's body with a couple of short punches.
Cider struggles to land a body shot inside as Beech controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Beech.
Cider tries to throw a body punch but Beech avoids it by throwing Cider back against the cage.
Beech throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cider s head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Beech in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beech lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cider backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cider gets through Beech's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Beech prevents a body shot from Cider .
Cider misses with some punches.
Beech lands a left hand.
Beech goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cider tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beech's elbow.
Cider tries to land a knee to the head but Beech blocks with his arms.
Beech on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beech blocks a body shot from Cider .
Beech tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cider 's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beech creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Cider is rocked!
Beech misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oh Cider is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cider pushes Beech back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cider seems to have got his legs back now.
Beech pushes Cider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beech swings wildly with an uppercut but Cider uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cider goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cider misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cider tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beech avoids it.
A right handed body shot lands from Beech.
Cider blocks a body shot from Beech.
Beech tries a body shot but Cider blocks it.
Beech on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cider breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Beech finds it's way through Cider 's defenses.
Cider will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Beech misses the body punch
enabling Cider to counter with a crisp jab.
Beech works Cider 's body with a nice hook.
Beech cracks a nice hook into Cider 's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beech cracks Cider with an open hand slap.
Beech scores with a sloppy right hand. Cider should have avoided that one.
Cider scores with a one two! Beech had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beech tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cider was well out of range. Poor timing from Beech.
Cider is looking to counter with head kicks.
Cider throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Beech on the side of the head.
Beech showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cider .
Cider ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beech misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beech throws a body shot but no joy.
Beech throws a shot from downtown. Cider moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Arlington Beech will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Beech dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cider slips a jab and a cross from Beech.
Beech scores with a jab to the jaw.
Beech takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Beech ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cider moves away.
Beech takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fighters circling - Beech throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arlington Beech seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beech's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Beech duly obliges.
Cider scores with a body shot.
Cider tries a low kick but Beech avoids it.
Cider lands with a straight right. Beech didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cider throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beech misses with a straight right.
Beech scores with a hook.
Cider throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beech slips a jab and a cross from Cider .
Beech looks to land a right hand but Cider moved out of range.
Cider looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jab from Beech.
Cider scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beech. Cider does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beech connects with a body shot.
Beech on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Justin Cider has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cider tries to clinch but Beech is having none of it.
Beech wants to counter with a clinch but Cider pushes him away.
Cider tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beech manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cider tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Beech closes the distance and pushes Cider back into the cage.
Beech misses with the head strike.
Beech tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cider 's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Beech fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beech misses with some punches.
Beech throws an elbow that misses.
Cider lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cider lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beech backwards.
Beech digs a right hand into Cider 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cider 's gas tank.
Beech lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beech just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cider 's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beech lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cider blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beech tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beech scores with a shoulder strike.
Cider scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cider misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beech misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Beech.
Beech stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beech blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cider struggles to land a body shot inside as Beech controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Beech.
Cider looking to throw knees to the head but Beech is blocking nicely.
Cider tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beech's elbow.
Cider lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Beech missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beech throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Beech lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cider .
Cider throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beech working aggressively here.
Beech lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beech tries to throw a body punch but Cider avoids it by throwing Beech back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Beech.
Beech blocks a body shot from Cider .
Beech tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cider 's elbow.
Cider prevents a body shot from Beech.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cider .
Cider trying to land knees to the body.
Beech on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beech working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beech lands with a short head shot on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arlington Beech comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beech has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 45:50
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 46:50
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arlington Beech! Arlington Beech retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Arlington Beech thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.