PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Unai Arana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Yauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arana comes to the cage accompanied by NoMeansNo - Beat on the Brat. Yauch comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fight For Your Right To Party kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Arana
vs
Yauch

177 cm
31
180 lbs
19 - 11 - 2

184 cm
30
179 lbs
24 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 19 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Unai Arana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adam Yauch!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Donatello Bradman and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arana moves out of range as Yauch strikes.
Yauch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arana throws a one two combo.
Yauch misses with a body shot.
It looked like Arana wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Arana has a takedown stuffed.
Yauch unleashes a big counter combination but Arana bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yauch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yauch tests Arana's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Arana feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yauch's calf.
Adam Yauch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yauch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arana half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Yauch misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arana slips under a jab from Yauch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yauch just misses with a punch to the body.
Arana takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Arana has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yauch.
Yauch throws a left and a right that both miss
and Arana counters with a straight right hand.
Arana thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yauch if he has to take too many more of those.
Yauch throws a right hand that misses
and Arana counters with a big head kick but Yauch shrugs it off.
Yauch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Arana looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Arana lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yauch at a distance.
Jab, jab by Yauch - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yauch lands a jab to the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yauch.
Yauch tries to clinch but Arana is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arana blocks a jab.
Arana changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Arana on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yauch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yauch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Arana's calf.
Arana misses with a series of wild punches.
Yauch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yauch scores with a leg kick.
Arana throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yauch stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A left lands for Yauch.
Arana moves out of range of the body kick from Yauch.
Arana throws a counter high kick but Yauch was just alert enough to avoid it.
Yauch misses with a body shot.
Yauch is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Arana had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Arana scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yauch lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yauch throws a right hand that misses
and Arana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yauch looks to land a right hand but Arana moved out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Arana. That's going to slow Yauch down.
Yauch looks to throw the jab but Arana is out of range.
Arana throws a quick inside leg kick.
Arana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yauch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arana lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Yauch moves into the clinch.
Arana 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.
Yauch swings wildly with an uppercut but Arana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yauch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yauch wants to break free but Arana has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arana takes an elbow to the forehead.
Arana lands a knee to the head.
Arana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arana scores with a knee to the head.

Arana manages to break the clinch.
Yauch fails to land with a series of punches.
Yauch throws a jab but it's blocked by Arana.
Arana blocks a head kick by Yauch.
Yauch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Arana is out of range and Yauch settles back down.
Arana swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yauch misses with a hook. Arana ducked under it nicely.
Yauch wants to clinch.
It looked like Arana wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yauch misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Arana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adam Yauch will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick by Yauch misses
and Arana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yauch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Arana misses with a left hand
and Yauch counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Arana on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yauch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yauch cracks Arana with an open hand slap.
Arana is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yauch throws a head kick but Arana moves out of range.
Yauch on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yauch loads up on a big right hand but Arana slips the punch.
Yauch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arana drops down looking for a counter takedown but Yauch sprawls and moves away.
Arana shoots for a takedown but Yauch saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yauch missing with a left hand there. Arana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yauch misses with a head kick.
Arana feinted with a counter takedown.
Yauch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Yauch.
Yauch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Arana's calf.
Yauch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yauch misses the jab.
Yauch tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Arana is able to avoid easily.
It looked like Arana wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yauch tries to land a leg kick but Arana saw it coming and moves away.
Arana slips a straight right by Yauch.
Yauch throws a jab but it's blocked by Arana.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arana scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yauch tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Arana is able to avoid easily.
Yauch wants to clinch up but Arana keeps it at a distance.
Arana on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Arana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A lazy left from Yauch finds it's target.
Arana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot by Yauch.
Nice shot by Arana.
Arana looks to score with a jab to the body but Yauch is just out of range.
Yauch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yauch throws a leg kick that misses.
Yauch loads up on a big right hand but Arana slips the punch.
Arana is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arana avoids the body shot from Yauch.
Adam Yauch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arana throws a big shot that misses.
Yauch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Arana throws out the jab.
Arana staying out of range there.
Yauch clobbers Arana with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Arana blocks a jab.
Yauch throws an off balance right hand
and Arana counters with a nice uppercut.
Yauch connects with an inside leg kick.
Yauch throws a right and a left that Arana avoids nicely.
Arana attempts a counter takedown but Yauch avoids it well and moves away.
Yauch ducks under a wild hook from Arana.
Decent striking displayed by Arana there.
Yauch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arana scores with a punch to the head.
Arana swings widly with a right hand
and Yauch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yauch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arana misses with a straight right.
Arana throws a good cross that connects.

Yauch lands a left and a right that send Arana crashing to the mat, dazed. Yauch thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Arana is rocked!
Yauch throws a shot to the body.
Oh Arana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Yauch knocks Arana out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Adam Yauch!
During a confident post fight interview, Adam Yauch thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.