PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Arokoyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murray Rothbard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rothbard has chosen Anarchy as his entrance music. Murray Rothbard is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Arokoyo
vs
Rothbard

195 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Arokoyo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Murray Rothbard!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rothbard scores with a sloppy right hand. Arokoyo should have avoided that one.
Arokoyo misses with a low kick.
Rothbard has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Arokoyo is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Arokoyo throws a body kick that misses.
Rothbard moves forwards but Arokoyo connects with a nice, crisp jab.

It looks like Murray Rothbard has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of Arokoyo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rothbard moves out of range of the body kick.
Arokoyo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rothbard is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rothbard moves out of range of the body kick from Arokoyo.

Rothbard has managed to clinch.
A short left from Rothbard.
Arokoyo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rothbard is struggling to control the position.
Arokoyo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rothbard avoiding damage as Arokoyo throws knees to the body.
Rothbard digs a right hand underneath Arokoyo's ribcage. Arokoyo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Arokoyo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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!
Rothbard stalls.
Arokoyo misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arokoyo misses with a knee strike.
Rothbard holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rothbard stalling.
Rothbard presses Arokoyo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Arokoyo is breathing heavily.
Arokoyo lands a knee to the head.
Rothbard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rothbard is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rothbard avoiding damage as Arokoyo throws knees to the body.
Rothbard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Arokoyo tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothbard avoids the damage to the body.
Rothbard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothbard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Arokoyo backwards.
Rothbard digs a right hand underneath Arokoyo's ribcage. Arokoyo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rothbard is stalling here.
Rothbard cracks Arokoyo with a nice body shot.
Rothbard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rothbard gets through Arokoyo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rothbard lands a nice uppercut.
Rothbard works on Arokoyo's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Rothbard.
Rothbard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rothbard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Arokoyo.
Rothbard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rothbard effectively controlling the action here.
Rothbard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rothbard has Arokoyo pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rothbard.
Arokoyo letting Rothbard take a breather here.
A right handed body shot lands from Rothbard.
A left hand lands to the body for Rothbard.
Rothbard scores with a shot to the side of Arokoyo's head.
Rothbard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Rothbard.
Rothbard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rothbard taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rothbard slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothbard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Arokoyo up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Murray Rothbard.
Rothbard lands the left hand.
Arokoyo thows a left - swing and a miss!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Arokoyo.

Rothbard has managed to clinch.
Arokoyo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothbard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arokoyo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rothbard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Arokoyo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rothbard.
Rothbard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rothbard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rothbard pushes Arokoyo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothbard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Arokoyo or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rothbard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rothbard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rothbard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rothbard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Arokoyo up against the cage.
Rothbard scores with a hook to the body.
Rothbard gets through Arokoyo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rothbard effectively controlling the action here.
A short body shot lands from Rothbard as the two fighters clinch.
Arokoyo letting Rothbard take a breather here.
Arokoyo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rothbard.
Rothbard effectively controlling the action here.
Rothbard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rothbard scores with a shoulder strike.
Rothbard works on Arokoyo's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murray Rothbard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murray Rothbard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rothbard clinches.
Rothbard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Arokoyo backwards.
Rothbard has Arokoyo pressed against the cage.
Rothbard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rothbard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rothbard scores with a shot to the side of Arokoyo's head.
Rothbard managing to block the knees to the body from Arokoyo.
Rothbard pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rothbard just leaning against Arokoyo, taking a breather.
Rothbard receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rothbard takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Arokoyo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rothbard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arokoyo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rothbard is defending well for now.
Rothbard taking a breather.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Murray Rothbard.
Rothbard connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arokoyo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Arokoyo throws a leg kick
and Rothbard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arokoyo throws a lazy head kick

and Rothbard counters with a beautiful punch that sends Arokoyo to the canvas!

Arokoyo is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rothbard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Oh Arokoyo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rothbard arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Arokoyo's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Murray Rothbard!
An out of breath Murray Rothbard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.