PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert MacArthur Jnr (ranked 829 p4p, 114 weight class) and Jay Crawford (ranked 1228 p4p, 164 weight class). MacArthur Jnr comes to the cage accompanied by A sweaty one for you. x. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

MacArthur Jnr
vs
Crawford

199 cm
30
216 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

190 cm
28
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert MacArthur Jnr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacArthur Jnr checks the leg kick.
Crawford shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Crawford scores with a nice head shot.
Crawford misses with a left hand
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a leg kick.
Crawford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crawford on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crawford thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on MacArthur Jnr if he has to take too many more of those.
MacArthur Jnr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crawford.
Crawford lands a slapping body shot.
Crawford throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Crawford thinking.
Crawford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on MacArthur Jnr. That did some damage!
Crawford misses with a leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Crawford misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a wild body shot.
Crawford with a jab.
MacArthur Jnr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crawford.
MacArthur Jnr lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
MacArthur Jnr loads up on a big right hand but Crawford slips the punch.
MacArthur Jnr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
MacArthur Jnr blocks a low kick nicely.
Crawford throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
MacArthur Jnr moves out of range of the body kick from Crawford.
Crawford looks to score with a jab to the body but MacArthur Jnr is just out of range.
MacArthur Jnr half committed to a counter leg kick.
Crawford misses with a right hand
and Crawford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A leg kick checked by MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crawford throws a leg kick but MacArthur Jnr moved away.
Crawford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crawford pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crawford throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling MacArthur Jnr to counter with a crisp jab.
Crawford sizes up MacArthur Jnr with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Crawford blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crawford misses with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick lands from Crawford.
Crawford listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
MacArthur Jnr throws the left hand but Crawford avoids the punch easily.
Crawford connects with a high kick.
MacArthur Jnr throws a jab but it's blocked by Crawford.
Crawford only half commits to the counter leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr slips a straight right by Crawford.
Crawford comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Crawford does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Some wild striking there from Crawford.
MacArthur Jnr throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice uppercut there from MacArthur Jnr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
MacArthur Jnr is looking to score with low kicks.
MacArthur Jnr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Crawford as he connects with a hook.
Crawford works MacArthur Jnr's body with a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Crawford.
MacArthur Jnr cracks Crawford with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Crawford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Crawford.
Crawford cracks MacArthur Jnr with a good jab.
Crawford scores with a hook to the body. MacArthur Jnr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Crawford connects with a leg kick. MacArthur Jnr looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crawford takes a swing at MacArthur Jnr's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from MacArthur Jnr misses its target.
An inside leg kick lands from Crawford.
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!
Crawford slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Crawford dips to his left and cracks MacArthur Jnr with an uppercut!
Crawford pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford misses with a body shot.
Crawford misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from MacArthur Jnr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crawford is looking to slow MacArthur Jnr down with leg kicks.
MacArthur Jnr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crawfords jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
MacArthur Jnr tries to land a front kick but Crawford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Crawford throws a good cross that connects.
Crawford gets cracked there but stands up to it.
MacArthur Jnr swings for the body but Crawford moves out of range.
Crawford throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a low kick, right behind Crawford 's knee.
MacArthur Jnr works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
MacArthur Jnr blocks a low kick nicely.
Crawford lands a high kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crawford throws a front kick aimed at MacArthur Jnr's knee but MacArthur Jnr avoids it well.
Crawford with a jab.
MacArthur Jnr throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Crawford dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Crawford connects with an inside leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr throws a body shot but no joy.
Crawford checks a low kick from MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr looks to land a left hand but Crawford moved out of range nicely.
Crawford throws a jab when MacArthur Jnr was well out of range.
Crawford throws a push kick but MacArthur Jnr slaps the foot to one side.
MacArthur Jnr is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Crawford takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Crawford thuds his shin into the meat of MacArthur Jnr's side.
Crawford misses with a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crawford.
Crawford throws a poor cross that misses
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawford throws a hook to the side of MacArthur Jnr's head but MacArthur Jnr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crawford blocks a jab.
MacArthur Jnr walks into a straight right hand from Crawford.
Crawford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
MacArthur Jnr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
MacArthur Jnr walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Crawford checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
MacArthur Jnr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
MacArthur Jnr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crawford.
MacArthur Jnr feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford scores with a jab to the head.
Jay Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawford lands a nice hook to MacArthur Jnr's body. MacArthur Jnr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a wild body shot.
MacArthur Jnr throws a leg kick that misses.
MacArthur Jnr blocks the body kick.
MacArthur Jnr avoids the head kick by Crawford.
A solid leg kick lands there for Crawford.
Jay Crawford seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crawford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. MacArthur Jnr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
MacArthur Jnr throwing a counter right hand but Crawford manages to avoid it.
MacArthur Jnr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crawford.
An inside leg kick lands from Crawford.
Crawford displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Crawford looks to throw the jab but MacArthur Jnr is out of range.
Crawford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford misses with a straight right.
A big right from Crawford misses.
MacArthur Jnr slips under a jab from Crawford.
An attempted straight right counter from MacArthur Jnr misses the target.
Crawford swings away with a body shot that misses
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacArthur Jnr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crawford throws a lazy body kick
and Crawford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from MacArthur Jnr, right into the meat.
Crawford misses the body punch
and MacArthur Jnr counters with an outside leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Crawford is looking to score with low kicks.
MacArthur Jnr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Crawford just manages to avoid it.
Crawford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crawford throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Crawford throws a leg kick but MacArthur Jnr checks it.
Crawford lands an overhand right.
Crawford fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Crawford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crawford throws a body punch but MacArthur Jnr moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Crawford blocks the leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr throws a jab but it's blocked by Crawford.
Crawford pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A thudding body kick lands there by Crawford!
Crawford looks for the body kick but MacArthur Jnr saw that one coming.
MacArthur Jnr takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
MacArthur Jnr takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a body shot.
Crawford throws a wild body kick that MacArthur Jnr sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from MacArthur Jnr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crawford scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Crawford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a nice strike.
Decent striking displayed by Crawford there.
Crawford connects with a leg kick. MacArthur Jnr looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crawford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether MacArthur Jnr might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MacArthur Jnr was well out of range. Poor timing from Crawford.
MacArthur Jnr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
MacArthur Jnr connects with a leg kick. Crawford looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
MacArthur Jnr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crawford takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Crawford moves out of range as MacArthur Jnr throws a body kick.
MacArthur Jnr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crawford.
Crawford looks to land a right hand but MacArthur Jnr moved out of range.
Crawford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crawford misses the shot to the body.
MacArthur Jnr appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Crawford swings and misses with a shot to the body
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crawford thumps MacArthur Jnr with a low kick.
MacArthur Jnr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
MacArthur Jnr walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Crawford takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Crawford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Crawford misses with a kick to the body
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a good, hard body kick but Crawford shrugs it off.
Crawford scores with a leg kick.
Crawford scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crawford throws an off balance right hand
and Crawford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crawford scores with a decent looking hook.
A low kick from Crawford misses
letting MacArthur Jnr counter with a right hand.

Crawford is rocked!
Crawford misses with a head kick.
Crawford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crawford avoids the body shot from MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crawford. Crawford obviously looking to wear him down.
MacArthur Jnr will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
MacArthur Jnr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crawford to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacArthur Jnr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crawford throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! MacArthur Jnr crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crawford - the referee stops the clock and MacArthur Jnr gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crawford. MacArthur Jnr manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crawford misses with an uppercut
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a straight right hand.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on MacArthur Jnr. That did some damage!
MacArthur Jnr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Crawford is still on wobbly legs! Can MacArthur Jnr finish him?
MacArthur Jnr moves away from the strike by Crawford.
MacArthur Jnr throws a leg kick that misses.
Crawford seems to have recovered his senses.
Crawford thumps MacArthur Jnr with a low kick.
Crawford misses with a hook
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a nice body kick.
Crawford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
MacArthur Jnr takes a swing at Crawford's ribcage but misses.
And Crawford responds with a good body kick, but MacArthur Jnr manages to step out the way in time.

MacArthur Jnr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Crawford manages to break the clinch.
Crawford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but MacArthur Jnr manages to avoid it.
Crawford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crawford throws a low kick but MacArthur Jnr moves out of range easily.
Crawford lands a jab to MacArthur Jnr's midsection.

MacArthur Jnr lands a big head kick that sends Crawford tumbling to the mat! MacArthur Jnr takes a step backwards and waves Crawford back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crawford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur Jnr throws a right hand that misses
and Crawford counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Crawford misses with a wild body shot.
Crawford connects with an inside leg kick.
A big right from MacArthur Jnr misses.
MacArthur Jnr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Crawford doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Crawford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crawford tries to score with a low kick but MacArthur Jnr moves his leg out of the way.
MacArthur Jnr throws the kick towards the body but Crawford avoids it.

MacArthur Jnr cracks Crawford with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. MacArthur Jnr has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Crawford to stand back up!
MacArthur Jnr connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Crawford out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Robert MacArthur Jnr!
Robert MacArthur Jnr retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Robert MacArthur Jnr rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.