PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Arcuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephan Sylvanas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sylvanas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Woah Woah Woah. Stephan Sylvanas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Arcuri
vs
Sylvanas

176 cm
26
168 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
30
175 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Arcuri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stephan Sylvanas!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sylvanas moves to clinch but Arcuri breaks away
and Arcuri counters with a nice body kick.
Sylvanas throws a lazy body kick
and Arcuri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Arcuri fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arcuri blocks a head kick by Sylvanas.
Arcuri connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sylvanas momentarily.
Arcuri lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Arcuri lands a nice shot that snaps Sylvanas's head back.
Sylvanas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arcuri swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sylvanas tries a head kick but it misses.
Sylvanas throws a head kick that misses

and Arcuri counters with a shoot takedown. Sylvanas fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arcuri scoring with punches to the head and body.
Arcuri scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Arcuri thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Arcuri in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sylvanas keeping moving, preventing Arcuri from controlling successfully.
Arcuri controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Arcuri wants to control from the top but Sylvanas keeps moving.
Arcuri has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Arcuri looking to pass the guard.
Arcuri postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Arcuri's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sylvanas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Arcuri's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arcuri with a flurry of punches that miss.
Arcuri in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Arcuri 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.
Arcuri engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Arcuri postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sylvanas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Arcuri. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Arcuri postures up and lands a big shot to Sylvanas's brow.
Arcuri is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sylvanas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Arcuri sitting in guard here, content to control.
Arcuri makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arcuri wants to control from the top but Sylvanas keeps moving.
Arcuri loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've been informed that Sylvanas has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Arcuri is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sylvanas keeping moving, preventing Arcuri from controlling successfully.
Arcuri postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Arcuri is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Arcuri lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Arcuri accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Arcuri is in close to Sylvanas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Arcuri is pushing down on Sylvanas's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sylvanas is fighting to maintain full guard but Arcuri has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Arcuri thows a huge punch but Sylvanas dodges it nicely.
Sylvanas is staying active underneath Arcuri, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Arcuri is nestled in close to Sylvanas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Arcuri works his way into side control.
Arcuri lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sylvanas looks winded!
Arcuri is looking to take a break and control but Sylvanas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Arcuri dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sylvanas takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Arcuri connects with a jab.
Arcuri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sylvanas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Arcuri darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sylvanas takes a kick to the side of the head.

Sylvanas is rocked!
Arcuri takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sylvanas is still on wobbly legs! Can Arcuri finish him?
Sylvanas drops his hands momentarily and Arcuri takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Arcuri cracks Sylvanas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Arcuri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sylvanas can do to turn this around?
Sylvanas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arcuri swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sylvanas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sylvanas seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arcuri avoids the head kick by Sylvanas.
Arcuri changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sylvanas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Arcuri lands with a thumping leg kick.
Arcuri scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sylvanas in his tracks.
Arcuri wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sylvanas takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Arcuri scores with a nice head shot.
Arcuri throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Sylvanas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sylvanas misses with a knee to the head.
Sylvanas tries to land a knee to the head but Arcuri blocks with his arms.
Arcuri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Sylvanas looking to throw knees to the head but Arcuri is blocking nicely.
Sylvanas is breathing heavily.

Arcuri breaks the clinch.
A left lands for Arcuri.
Sylvanas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Arcuri drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sylvanas sprawls and moves away.
Sylvanas throws a head kick but Arcuri moves out of range.
Arcuri connects with a right hand. Sylvanas shakes it off.
Phil Arcuri is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sylvanas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Arcuri.
Stephan Sylvanas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arcuri scores with a spinning back kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arcuri throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sylvanas throws a sloppy head kick and Arcuri moves out of range easily.
Arcuri connects with a right hand. Sylvanas shakes it off.
Sylvanas tries to clinch up

and Arcuri counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sylvanas!
Sylvanas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Arcuri working the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Arcuri.
Arcuri works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Arcuri grinds an elbow into Sylvanas's temple.
Sylvanas on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arcuri lands a strong strike to the head of Sylvanas. That's dazed him! Arcuri looking to finish here. Sylvanas is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Arcuri lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Arcuri!