PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Fafa (ranked 3666 p4p, 383 weight class) and Ryan Mcarthy (ranked 2893 p4p, 311 weight class). Jeff Fafa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ryan Mcarthy's chin.

Fafa
vs
Mcarthy

175 cm
19
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

UnderGround Supplements

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeff Fafa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Mcarthy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcarthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mcarthy unleashes a big counter combination but Fafa bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A slow jab from Fafa misses its intended target.

Mcarthy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mcarthy's coach down at UnderGround BJJ & MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Mcarthy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Mcarthy working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Mcarthy manages to break the clinch.
Fafa thuds a left hand into Mcarthy's body.
A swing and a miss from Fafa.
Mcarthy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fafa.
Fafa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mcarthy counters with a left and a right that stings Fafa.
Fafa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Jeff Fafa has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fafa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ryan Mcarthy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcarthy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fafa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mcarthy with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Mcarthy cracks Fafa with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Mcarthy has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Fafa to stand back up!

Fafa is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fafa swinging wildly here.
Oh Fafa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mcarthy batters Fafa with a massive right followed by a huge left! Fafa is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Mcarthy lands a final crushing right hand to drop Fafa to the mat with a gruesome thud! Mcarthy is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ryan Mcarthy!
A very excited looking Ryan Mcarthy 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.