PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jannis Arvanitidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Phoenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Arvanitidis
vs
Phoenix

169 cm
39
156 lbs
30 - 26 - 0

189 cm
45
241 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jannis Arvanitidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phoenix throws a chopping leg kick but Arvanitidis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Arvanitidis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arvanitidis throws a leg kick that is checked
and Phoenix counters with a nice uppercut.
Arvanitidis misses with an uppercut. Phoenix saw that one coming.
Arvanitidis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Phoenix tries to sprawl but Arvanitidis drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Arvanitidis moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Phoenix.
Arvanitidis landing strikes.
Phoenix tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Arvanitidis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arvanitidis working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phoenix is looking for a sweep.
Arvanitidis wants to control but Phoenix is keeping him busy.
Arvanitidis connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Phoenix some visible discomfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arvanitidis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Phoenix taking a bit of punishment here - Arvanitidis scoring with strikes.
Phoenix is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Arvanitidis scores with punches from side control.
The strikes coming from Arvanitidis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Arvanitidis working the head and body with strikes.
The ground and pound from Arvanitidis seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Phoenix is looking to reverse the position.
Phoenix keeps trying to improve his position.
Arvanitidis landing strikes.
Arvanitidis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Phoenix is looking for a sweep.
Arvanitidis tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Arvanitidis throws a strike aimed at the side of Phoenix's head but Phoenix avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arvanitidis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Arvanitidis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Phoenix to see if he's OK.
Phoenix takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Phoenix is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arvanitidis is chipping away with strikes.
Arvanitidis wants to control but Phoenix is keeping him busy.
Phoenix is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Arvanitidis lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix manages to work his way to half guard, despite Arvanitidis's best efforts.
Arvanitidis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Phoenix defending well though.
Phoenix is not content to let Arvanitidis control the position.
Arvanitidis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Phoenix wants to get back to full guard.
Arvanitidis content to control rather than advance.
Arvanitidis throwing shots but Phoenix is blocking nicely.

Phoenix looking for submissions off his back.
Arvanitidis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Phoenix tries to get to full guard but Arvanitidis has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix is staying active underneath Arvanitidis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Arvanitidis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Phoenix looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Phoenix on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Arvanitidis working the head and body with strikes.
Arvanitidis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Phoenix looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Arvanitidis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Arvanitidis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arvanitidis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Phoenix is rocked!
Arvanitidis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Phoenix does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Phoenix is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Phoenix manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jannis Arvanitidis dominated that round.
That's time! Arvanitidis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Phoenix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arvanitidis is looking to counter punch.
A punch combination from Arvanitidis misses.
Phoenix avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arvanitidis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phoenix can do to turn this around?
A punch combination from Arvanitidis misses.
Arvanitidis works Phoenix's body with a nice hook.
Phoenix sizes up Arvanitidis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Arvanitidis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slow jab from Arvanitidis misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arvanitidis checks a leg kick.
Phoenix throws a body punch but Arvanitidis moves out of range.
Phoenix displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Arvanitidis.
A big left from Arvanitidis misses.
Nice defenses there by Arvanitidis.
Arvanitidis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Phoenix scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arvanitidis tries for a takedown but Phoenix sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jannis Arvanitidis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix connects with a crisp jab.
Arvanitidis throws a good cross that connects.
Nice straight punches there by Arvanitidis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Arvanitidis.
Phoenix misses with a low kick as Arvanitidis jumps back.
Phoenix connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Arvanitidis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A combination from Arvanitidis does no damage.
Phoenix looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A left and a right from Arvanitidis both land. Nice combination.
Phoenix is still on wobbly legs! Can Arvanitidis finish him?
Phoenix scores with a jab to the jaw.
Phoenix has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Arvanitidis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arvanitidis slips a jab from Phoenix.
Arvanitidis cracks Phoenix with a left hook right on the temple and Phoenix goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Arvanitidis lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Phoenix is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jannis Arvanitidis!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jannis Arvanitidis thanked My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).