PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikel Arteta (ranked 7034 p4p, 597 weight class) and William Christie (ranked 4155 p4p, 466 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Arteta
vs
Christie

191 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
27
198 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikel Arteta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, William Christie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Arteta scores with a jab. Christie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like William Christie has been cut.
Arteta lands with a shot to the body.
Arteta lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arteta.
Arteta displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Arteta cracks a nice hook into Christie's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arteta throws a series of strikes that have Christie backpedaling.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Arteta moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Christie! Arteta continues to tee off on Christie, landing with a left and a right! Arteta connects with a right hand that leaves Christie sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Arteta!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mikel Arteta!