PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Arthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kieran Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arthur comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Arthur
vs
Summers

193 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
175 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Arthur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kieran Summers!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arthur rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Summers counters with an outside leg kick.
Arthur looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Arthur swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Summers counters with a body kick that stops Arthur in his tracks momentarily.
Arthur steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Summers. That one must have hurt.
Arthur really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Summers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Arthur. That did some damage!
Arthur misses with a takedown
and Summers counters with a series of strikes. Arthur will be more careful next time no doubt.
Arthur is breathing heavily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Summers!

Summers forces Arthur back against the cage and clinches.
Summers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Summers lands a good knee to the midsection. Arthur won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arthur has a couple of punches blocked by Summers.
Summers unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Arthur's face.

It looks like James Arthur has been cut.
Summers leaning against his opponent.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Summers obliges.
Summers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Summers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Summers.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Summers breaks the clinch.
James Arthur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arthur throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arthur misses with a two punch combination.
Summers connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Arthur covering up! Summers comes in with a big uppercut and Arthur goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kieran Summers!