PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Arcade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luuk De Witte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Arcade
vs
De Witte

167 cm
23
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

166 cm
23
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Arcade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luuk De Witte!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Witte misses with a straight left.
Arcade gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De Witte misses with a looping right.
An attempted straight right counter from Arcade misses the target.
A jab from De Witte misses.
Arcade fails with the takedown
and De Witte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Witte misses with a lunging right hand
and Arcade counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Witte stuffs the takedown.
Arcade misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Witte.
De Witte throws out a loose jab but Arcade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arcade shoots in and drives through. De Witte sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Arcade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Witte's corner calls for a 1-2. De Witte obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Arcade just misses with a punch to the body.
De Witte tries to clinch but Arcade is having none of it.
Nice shot lands for De Witte.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Witte misses with an uppercut.
Arcade is looking to counter the offense by De Witte and move into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Arcade gets the takedown into side control.
De Witte is working to avoid the ground and pound but Arcade connects with a decent elbow.
Arcade in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
De Witte is trying to get back to half guard.
De Witte really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Arcade. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Arcade wants to lay and pray for a moment but De Witte keeps working.
De Witte is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Arcade wants to lay and pray for a moment but De Witte keeps working.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if De Witte can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arcade cracks De Witte with a big elbow.
Arcade working the ground and pound but De Witte is defending the strikes.
De Witte parries the strikes from Arcade easily there. Arcade is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable De Witte to escape.
De Witte being controlled for a moment.
De Witte tries to control but Arcade manages to take his back.
De Witte covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Arcade scores with punches from the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arcade throwing wild punches that miss their target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Witte covering up well under a barage of strikes.
De Witte looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
De Witte might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Arcade haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
De Witte covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Arcade missing with punches from the back.
De Witte is really stuck here.
Arcade 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Witte is trying to get back to his feet but Arcade has full control of the position and if anything, De Witte has just worked his way into a worse spot.
De Witte is covering up but some of the strikes from Arcade are getting through and doing damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Arcade working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Arcade scores with strikes from the back.

Arcade tightening his grip on De Witte, looking for the choke.
De Witte wants to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Arcade dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Arcade missing with a left hand there. De Witte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Arcade misses with a looping right.
De Witte jabs Arcade right on the nose. Arcade blinks but takes it well.
Luuk De Witte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Witte misses with a looping right.
De Witte scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Johnny Arcade has been cut.
De Witte throws a poor cross that misses

and Arcade counters by moving into the clinch.
Nice body punch from De Witte - that landed with a thud.
Arcade is working for takedown but De Witte is calmly controlling the position for now.
Arcade blocks an uppercut.
De Witte taking a breather.
De Witte misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arcade blocking some punches.
Arcade trying to stall but De Witte improves his position.
De Witte misses with a hook from the clinch.

Arcade breaks from the clinch.
Arcade walks into a stiff left hand from De Witte.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Witte lands a body shot.
De Witte moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Arcade takes one to the side of the head.

Arcade is rocked!
De Witte scores with a hook to the body. Arcade takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab lands there for De Witte.
Oh Arcade is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Witte drops Arcade with a big left hand! Arcade is injured, injured bad! De Witte jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luuk De Witte!