PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafik Arfah (ranked 23934 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hi Beautiful (ranked 24171 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Arfah
vs
Beautiful

150 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 19 - 0

183 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 9 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 2 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafik Arfah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hi Beautiful!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arfah misses with a hook
and Beautiful counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Arfah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beautiful counters with a solid body kick.
Arfah could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Arfah misses with a body shot
and Beautiful makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arfah just misses with a punch to the body.
Arfah closes the distance and clinches up with Beautiful, looking for a takedown. Arfah pushes Beautiful against the cage but Beautiful circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Beautiful tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Arfah misses with a shot to the body

and Beautiful counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A left hand lands to the body for Beautiful.
Arfah misses with some punches.
Arfah can't find room to land a body shot as Beautiful controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short body shot lands from Beautiful as the two fighters clinch.
Arfah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beautiful.
Arfah wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Beautiful works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Arfah looking to stall.
Arfah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beautiful keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Arfah's efforts to push away.
Arfah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arfah is trying to pull guard but Beautiful turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafik Arfah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arfah misses with some punches.
Arfah throws a punch but it's blocked by Beautiful.
Arfah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beautiful scores with a hook to the body.
Beautiful digs a right hand into Arfah's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Arfah's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beautiful.
Arfah misses with the head strike.

Beautiful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arfah throws a leg kick
and Beautiful counters with a nice body shot.
Arfah throws a leg kick
and Beautiful counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Arfah misses with a hook
and Beautiful makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arfah swings widly with a right hand
and Beautiful counters with a nice kick to the body.
Arfah misses with a lunging right hand
and Beautiful counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arfah thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arfah throws an off balance right hand
and Beautiful counters with a one-two to the body.
Arfah misses with a right hand

and Beautiful counters with a nice double leg into side control. Arfah won't be happy with that.
Arfah wants to control but Beautiful postures up.

Beautiful decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Arfah. No joy for Beautiful on that attempt.
Arfah throws a leg kick that is checked

and Beautiful counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Beautiful prevents Arfah from improving his position.
Arfah regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beautiful won't allow Arfah to sweep him here.
Beautiful postures up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arfah is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Arfah pulls Beautiful in close to prevent any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Arfah misses with a jab to the body
and Beautiful counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Beautiful checks a leg kick.
Beautiful shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arfah as he jumps to the side.
Arfah throws a leg kick
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
Arfah fails with the takedown
and Beautiful counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hi Beautiful dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Beautiful moves into the clinch.
Beautiful blocking some punches.
Beautiful lands a body shot in the clinch.
Arfah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arfah is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Beautiful's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Arfah is trying to pull guard but Beautiful has him pressed against the cage.
Arfah tries to break the clinch but Beautiful is controlling the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Beautiful.
A head punch on the inside from Arfah fails to land.
Arfah jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Beautiful walks away with a smile on his face. Arfah gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arfah misses with a left hand
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
Rafik Arfah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beautiful ducks under a wild hook from Arfah.
Beautiful now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Arfah swings for the body but Beautiful moves out of range.
Beautiful is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hi Beautiful seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arfah misses with a left hand
and Beautiful makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arfah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beautiful now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Arfah misses with a lunging right hand
and Beautiful counters with a nice kick to the body.
Arfah throws a poor cross that misses
and Beautiful counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arfah thinking.
Arfah misses with a wild body shot.
Beautiful is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Arfah with a body shot.
Arfah swings widly with a right hand
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
Beautiful has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Arfah takes a swing at Beautiful's ribcage but misses.
Arfah throws a leg kick
and Beautiful counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A low kick from Arfah is predictable there

and Beautiful counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Arfah keeping moving, preventing Beautiful from controlling successfully.
Beautiful tries to stand but Arfah is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arfah looking to hit a scissor sweep but Beautiful is one step ahead there.

Beautiful stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Arfah misses with a lunging right hand
and Beautiful counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arfah thinking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arfah takes a swing at Beautiful's ribcage but misses.
Beautiful is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Arfah misses with a leg kick
and Beautiful counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Arfah misses with an uppercut
and Beautiful makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arfah misses with a shot to the body
and Beautiful cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arfah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Beautiful counters with a nice double leg into side control. Arfah won't be happy with that.
Arfah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Beautiful really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Arfah. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Beautiful decides to stand up, so the ref orders Arfah to his feet.
Arfah misses with a lunging right hand
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
Arfah misses with a lunging right hand
and Beautiful counters with a three punch combo that has Arfah backing up. Arfah nods at Beautiful to acknowledge the strikes.
Arfah looks to throw the jab but Beautiful is out of range.
Beautiful is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Arfah with a body shot.
Arfah thows a leg kick but Beautiful checks it
and Beautiful counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arfah misses the body punch
and Beautiful counters with a right hand to the body.
Arfah misses with a left hand
and Beautiful counters with a right hand to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Beautiful is defended easily by Arfah.
Arfah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beautiful counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Arfah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beautiful let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Beautiful is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Arfah rather than just go for the knockout.
Arfah shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafik Arfah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arfah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beautiful goes for a double leg but Arfah avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Arfah continues to drive forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hi Beautiful showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Arfah misses with a leg kick
and Beautiful counters with a straight right hand.
Arfah throws a poor cross that misses
and Beautiful counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arfah thinking.
Arfah throws a leg kick that is checked
and Beautiful counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Arfah misses with a body shot
and Beautiful counters with a right hand to the body.
Arfah misses with a left hand
and Beautiful counters with a good, hard body kick but Arfah shrugs it off.
Beautiful checks a leg kick nicely.
Arfah misses with a wild body shot.
Beautiful looks for a takedown but Arfah sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Beautiful takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Arfah jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Beautiful walks away with a smile on his face. Arfah gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Arfah throws a leg kick
and Beautiful counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Arfah misses with a shot to the body
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
Arfah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Arfah backs off Beautiful throws a huge counter combo but Arfah manages to avoid it all.
Arfah throws a hook but Beautiful avoids it easily.
Arfah throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
Arfah throws a right hand that misses

and Beautiful counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Beautiful decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Arfah, up you get!
Beautiful closes the distance and clinches up with Arfah, looking for a takedown. Beautiful pushes Arfah against the cage but Arfah circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Arfah misses
and Beautiful counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A low kick from Arfah is predictable there
and Beautiful counters with a nice body shot.
Arfah misses with a wild body shot.
Arfah throws a lazy uppercut

and Beautiful counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Beautiful.
Arfah wants to control the position but Beautiful says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Arfah wants to control but Beautiful is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Arfah is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful trying to control the action but Arfah is working from the bottom.
Arfah wants to sweep but Beautiful has passed to side control!

Beautiful has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Beautiful avoids the body shot from Arfah.
Beautiful tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Arfah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arfah tries to work over Beautiful's front leg with a kick but Beautiful checks it.
Beautiful is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Arfah with a body shot.
Arfah misses with a body shot
and Beautiful counters with a left to the body.
Hi Beautiful is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Arfah throws a leg kick
and Beautiful finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Arfah fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beautiful checks it well.
Beautiful throws a counter combo.
Arfah misses with an uppercut
and Beautiful counters with a stiff right hand.
Arfah is trying hard to land a takedown here. Beautiful sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Beautiful let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rafik Arfah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arfah throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beautiful counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hi Beautiful comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beautiful has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hi Beautiful!