PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Doroteo Arango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyal Ma Aung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Arango might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Lion. Ma Aung has chosen Dj Klang as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Arango
vs
Kyal Ma Aung

189 cm
26
197 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
26
192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good elbows
Granite chin

Kalashnikov Nutrition & Supplements (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doroteo Arango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyal Ma Aung!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arango moves away from the strike by Ma Aung.
Arango takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Arango defending well as Ma Aung loads up on a big left hand.
Ma Aung swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arango misses with an uppercut. Ma Aung saw that one coming.

Arango darts in and clinches Ma Aung up against the ropes.
Arango blocks an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Arango scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ma Aung creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Arango's defenses.
Arango lands a hook that snaps the head of Ma Aung backwards.
Arango presses Ma Aung against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arango.
Arango digs a right hand underneath Ma Aung's ribcage. Ma Aung let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arango dodges an elbow strike from Ma Aung.
Arango can't find room to land a body shot as Ma Aung controls the action.
Arango swings wildly with an uppercut but Ma Aung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Arango.
Arango struggles to land a body shot inside as Ma Aung controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ma Aung pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Arango can't find room to land a body shot as Ma Aung controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ma Aung just misses with a elbow thrown towards Arango's brow.
Arango throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ma Aung can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Arango.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it misses.
Arango lands a right hand.
Ma Aung looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ma Aung throws an elbow but misses.
Arango misses with the head strike.
Arango throws a punch but it's blocked by Ma Aung.
Arango scores with a shot to the side of Ma Aung's head.
Ma Aung pushes off an throws an elbow but Arango leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A short right from Arango on the inside.
Arango blocks an elbow strike from Ma Aung.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ma Aung just misses with a elbow thrown towards Arango's brow.
Arango lands a body shot in the clinch.
Arango tries to work over Ma Aung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ma Aung misses with an elbow over the top.
Arango swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it misses.
Arango fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ma Aung misses with an elbow over the top.
We've been informed that Ma Aung has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Arango lands a body punch in the clinch.
Arango fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ma Aung throws an elbow that misses.
Arango blocks the elbow strike.
Arango tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arango fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ma Aung's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Arango.
Arango lands a right hand.
Ma Aung is trying to push Arango away but Arango has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Arango lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it misses.
Ma Aung misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doroteo Arango dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Decent striking displayed by Ma Aung there.

Ma Aung gets tackled into the ropes by Arango. Arango maintains the clinch.
Ma Aung throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ma Aung pushes off an throws an elbow but Arango leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it misses.
Arango lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ma Aung.
Arango is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ma Aung can do to turn this around?
Arango blocks an elbow strike.
Arango lands a shot to the body.
Arango blocks an elbow strike.
Arango struggles to land a body shot inside as Ma Aung controls his hands.
Ma Aung lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arango tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arango misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arango scores with a hook to the body.
Arango blocks an elbow strike.
Arango swings wildly with an uppercut but Ma Aung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arango can't find room to land a body shot as Ma Aung controls the action.
Arango scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arango tries to work over Ma Aung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arango misses with the head strike.
Ma Aung working hard to break the clinch.
Arango throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ma Aung trying to land knees to the body.
Ma Aung creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Arango's defenses.
Arango blocks an elbow strike.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arango blocks an elbow strike from Ma Aung.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Ma Aung breaks from the clinch.
Doroteo Arango is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arango drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Ma Aung tries to keep at a distance but Arango has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ma Aung misses with an elbow over the top.
Arango doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ma Aung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Arango swings wildly with an uppercut but Ma Aung uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ma Aung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arango misses with the head strike.
Ma Aung is trying to break the clinch but Arango is controlling him.
Ma Aung tries to throw a body punch but Arango avoids it by throwing Ma Aung back against the ropes.
Arango lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ma Aung backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ma Aung pushes off an throws an elbow but Arango leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Arango blocks the elbow strike.
Ma Aung creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Arango digs a right hand into Ma Aung's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ma Aung's gas tank.
Arango blocks an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arango.
Arango misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ma Aung lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ma Aung is trying to push Arango away but Arango has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ma Aung misses with an elbow strike.
Arango makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Arango dodges an elbow strike from Ma Aung.
Arango working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kyal Ma Aung will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Arango's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ma Aung just misses with a punch to the body.
Arango misses with the combination.

Arango moves into the clinch.
Ma Aung is looking to break free of the clinch but Arango has double underhooks.
Arango lands an uppercut.
Ma Aung's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ma Aung tries to throw a body punch but Arango avoids it by throwing Ma Aung back against the ropes.
Ma Aung blocks an uppercut.
Arango avoids the elbow strike from Ma Aung, against the ropes.
Arango lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arango avoids the elbow strike from Ma Aung, against the ropes.
Ma Aung blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ma Aung just misses with a elbow thrown towards Arango's brow.
Arango misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arango dodges an elbow strike from Ma Aung.
Arango misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arango scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ma Aung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arango's elbow.
Arango tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ma Aung misses with an elbow over the top.
Arango misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arango is working Ma Aung over against the ropes.
Arango lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ma Aung backwards.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ma Aung throws an elbow but misses.

Ma Aung breaks from the clinch.
Ma Aung takes a swing at Arango's ribcage but misses.

Arango has managed to clinch.

Ma Aung breaks from the clinch.

Arango moves into the clinch.
Doroteo Arango has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ma Aung is trying to force a seperation but Arango has the dominant position.
Arango avoids the elbow strike from Ma Aung, against the ropes.
Ma Aung throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Arango dodges an elbow strike from Ma Aung.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arango.
Arango misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arango misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arango.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arango managing to block the knees to the body from Ma Aung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ma Aung is trying to break the clinch but Arango has him pressed against the ropes.
Ma Aung lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Arango creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ma Aung just misses with a elbow thrown towards Arango's brow.
Arango throws a punch but it's blocked by Ma Aung.
Ma Aung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arango avoids a wild elbow strike from Ma Aung.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arango.
Ma Aung tries to throw a body punch but Arango avoids it by throwing Ma Aung back against the ropes.
Ma Aung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Arango misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arango tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arango misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doroteo Arango showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Arango has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doroteo Arango!
A relieved looking Doroteo Arango thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Kyal Ma Aung stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank'.