PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fire Sting (ranked 5374 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Arroyo (ranked 4013 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sting
vs
Arroyo

175 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fire Sting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Arroyo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Arroyo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arroyo misses with a few strikes there.
Sting seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Arroyo throws a body kick that misses.
Arroyo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sting moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sting showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arroyo.
Sting wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sting on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Arroyo. Arroyo obviously looking to wear him down.
Arroyo connects with a high kick.
A head kick misses from Arroyo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Arroyo does no damage.
Alex Arroyo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arroyo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sting counters by moving into the clinch.
Sting landing knees to the head.

It looks like Alex Arroyo has been cut.
Sting with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arroyo can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sting with a knee to the head.
Sting lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Arroyo looks winded!
Sting tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sting with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Arroyo wants to get back to striking at distance but Sting won't allow it.
Sting scores a nice knee to the body.
Sting connects with a knee to the head.
Sting has Arroyo pressed against the cage, preventing Arroyo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sting lands a knee to the body.
Sting misses with a knee to the head.
Arroyo has had enough of the clinch but Sting keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Arroyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Arroyo tries to break free but Sting pushes him back against the cage.
Arroyo is trying to push Sting away but Sting has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sting tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sting crunches a lovely knee into Arroyo's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sting unloads a knee to the mid-section.
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!
Knees to the body from Sting.
Sting missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Sting.
Sting tries a knee to the head but Arroyo blocks it.
Sting has Arroyo pressed against the cage, preventing Arroyo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Arroyo is looking to break free of the clinch but Sting has double underhooks.
Arroyo avoiding damage as Sting throws knees to the body.
Sting trying to land knees to the body.
Sting scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Arroyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sting throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arroyo blocks it with crossed arms.
Arroyo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sting misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arroyo.
Arroyo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo is trying to push Sting away but Sting has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Arroyo has had enough of the clinch but Sting keeps him there for the moment.
Arroyo tries to break free but Sting pushes him back against the cage.
Arroyo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sting has Arroyo pressed against the cage, preventing Arroyo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Arroyo working hard to break the clinch.
Arroyo tries to break free but Sting pushes him back against the cage.

Arroyo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arroyo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Arroyo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sting eats them both and turns towards Arroyo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sting avoids the head kick by Arroyo.
Sting tried to counter with a leg kick but Arroyo avoided it.
Sting takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Arroyo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Good leg kick by Arroyo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Arroyo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Arroyo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arroyo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arroyo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Arroyo.
As Arroyo backs away, Sting returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arroyo throws a series of punches but Sting avoids them all with ease.
Arroyo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Arroyo looks to land a body kick but Sting moved away.
Sting is looking to counter the offense by Arroyo and move into the clinch.
Sting avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sting is looking to counter the offense by Arroyo and move into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alex Arroyo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alex Arroyo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Arroyo throws a combination that misses
and Sting counters with a solid body kick.
Arroyo scores with a head kick.
Arroyo throws a leg kick

and Sting counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sting obliges.
Sting with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arroyo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sting trying to land knees to the body.
Sting throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arroyo blocks it with crossed arms.
Arroyo has had enough of the clinch but Sting keeps him there for the moment.
Sting scores a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sting misses with a knee to the head.
Arroyo wants to break free but Sting has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Arroyo has had enough of the clinch but Sting keeps him there for the moment.
Arroyo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sting has him pressed against the cage.
Sting with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sting landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sting landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sting trying to land knees to the body.
Sting lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sting is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arroyo is defending well for now.
Sting tries to land knees in the clinch but Arroyo avoids the damage to the body.
Arroyo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Arroyo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sting tries a knee to the head but Arroyo blocks it.
Arroyo wants to break free but Sting has control.
Arroyo is trying to push Sting away but Sting has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Arroyo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sting trying to land knees to the body.
Sting prevents Arroyo from breaking the clinch.
Arroyo wants to break free but Sting has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sting has him pressed against the cage.
Sting working Arroyo over with knees to the body.
Arroyo is looking to break free of the clinch but Sting has double underhooks.
Arroyo working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Arroyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Arroyo has had enough of the clinch but Sting keeps him there for the moment.
Sting tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sting connects with a nasty looking knee right to Arroyo's face.
Arroyo tries to circle away but Sting has him pinned against the cage.
Arroyo working hard to break the clinch.
Arroyo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Arroyo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Arroyo is trying to push Sting away but Sting has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sting throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Arroyo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arroyo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sting eats them both and turns towards Arroyo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Arroyo works over Sting's head and body with a nice combination.
Arroyo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sting moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arroyo misses with a double jab.
It appears Sting was looking to counter with a kick there.
Alex Arroyo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arroyo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Arroyo throws a sloppy head kick and Sting moves out of range easily.
Arroyo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It appears Sting was looking to counter with a kick there.
Arroyo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sting jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Arroyo misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
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!
Arroyo misses with a double jab
and Sting counters with a nice body kick.
Arroyo misses with a wild combination.
Sting looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Arroyo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Arroyo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As Arroyo tries to get set, Sting tries to push him back and clinch up but Arroyo manages to avoid the attempt.
Arroyo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sting is looking to counter the offense by Arroyo and move into the clinch.
Arroyo misses with the combination.
Arroyo falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sting counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fire Sting dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Arroyo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Arroyo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A lazy body kick from Arroyo
and Sting counters with a nice body kick.
Arroyo tries a head kick but it misses.
Sting throws a quick counter kick to the body but Arroyo avoids it.
Arroyo misses with a low kick as Sting jumps back.
As Arroyo tries to get set, Sting tries to push him back and clinch up but Arroyo manages to avoid the attempt.
Arroyo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sting wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Arroyo throws a sloppy head kick and Sting moves out of range easily.
Arroyo throws a head kick that misses.
As Arroyo backs away, Sting returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sting keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sting seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Arroyo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Arroyo does no damage.
Arroyo throws a right hand that Sting ducks under and follows up with a left that Sting also avoids with ease.
Arroyo misses with a low kick.
Sting is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Arroyo.
Arroyo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arroyo swinging wildly here.
Sting seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Arroyo throws a head kick but Sting moves out of range.
Sting wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A punch combination from Arroyo misses.
Arroyo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sting is looking to counter the offense by Arroyo and move into the clinch.
Arroyo throws a head kick that misses

and Sting counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sting lands a good knee to the midsection. Arroyo won't want to take too many of those.
Sting scores with a knee to the head.
Sting utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sting putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Arroyo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sting connects with a knee to the head.
Arroyo is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Sting.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sting obliges.
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!
Sting using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arroyo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arroyo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sting has him pressed against the cage.
Arroyo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arroyo working hard to break the clinch.
Sting keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Arroyo's efforts to push away.
Arroyo can't break the clinch.
Sting connects with a knee to the head.
Arroyo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fire Sting has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Arroyo can't break the clinch.
Arroyo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Arroyo is trying to break the clinch but Sting has him pressed against the cage.
Sting tries to land knees in the clinch but Arroyo avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting has Arroyo pressed against the cage, preventing Arroyo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Arroyo wants to break free but Sting has control.
Sting tries to land a knee to the head but Arroyo blocks with his arms.

Arroyo breaks from the clinch.
Arroyo scores with a leg kick.
Arroyo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sting moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sting half committed to a counter leg kick.
Alex Arroyo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arroyo misses with a wild combination.
Arroyo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arroyo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sting tries to counter by clinching up but Arroyo breaks away and moves out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Arroyo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Arroyo lands with a nice body kick.
Arroyo stalks Sting and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sting's face. Sting staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sting dodges the punch combination from Arroyo.
Sting is looking to counter the offense by Arroyo and move into the clinch.
A combination from Arroyo does no damage.
Arroyo misses with a double jab.
Sting is looking to counter the offense by Arroyo and move into the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Arroyo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sting avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arroyo throws a sloppy head kick and Sting moves out of range easily.
Sting is looking to counter with a body kick.
Arroyo scores with a head kick. Sting tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Arroyo throws a right hand that Sting ducks under and follows up with a left that Sting also avoids with ease.
Sting jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Arroyo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Arroyo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Arroyo!