MMANIAK 37 -Armstrong/Ciuchten PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Avila Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and De Janeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Barbarian by The Darkness. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Alvarez
vs
Janeiro

190 cm
30
180 lbs
13 - 18 - 0

180 cm
31
151 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Avila Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, De Janeiro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Janeiro tries to score a power double leg takedown but Alvarez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Janeiro somewhat.

Alvarez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Janeiro looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janeiro taking some punishment here, with Alvarez in his half guard.
Alvarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Janeiro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Alvarez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Janeiro flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Alvarez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Janeiro is defending against the submission attempts here by Alvarez.
Janeiro trying to control here.
Alvarez prevents Janeiro from improving his position.

Janeiro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Alvarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alvarez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Alvarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Janeiro gets full guard.
Alvarez wants to pass the guard but Janeiro is keeping the position.
Alvarez lands a couple of digs.
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!
Alvarez stands up over Janeiro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alvarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alvarez is working Janeiro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Janeiro is rocked!
Alvarez arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Janeiro's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Avila Alvarez!
Avila Alvarez decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
44%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Lotus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCarthy comes to the cage accompanied by Chamillionaire - Ridin' ft. Krayzie Bone. Lotus has chosen Eye of the tiger as his entrance music. David McCarthy had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

McCarthy
vs
Lotus

180 cm
32
166 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

186 cm
50
172 lbs
34 - 48 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David McCarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 48 - 2, fighting out of London, Tommy Lotus!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lotus throws a shot to the body.

McCarthy bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

McCarthy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

McCarthy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Lotus's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lotus looks to move to half guard but instead McCarthy has passed into mount! Damn!
McCarthy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McCarthy throws some wild stikes that Lotus manages to avoid easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCarthy throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lotus is trying to escape the mount.
McCarthy misses with a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy unloads with some shots from mount but Lotus bucks and avoids them well.

McCarthy is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
McCarthy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lotus misses with a body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lotus.
Lotus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McCarthy is fending him off so far but Lotus persists. Nope, McCarthy circles away and we're back to standing.

McCarthy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Lotus!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lotus looks winded!

McCarthy is trying to get an arm triangle but Lotus is defending well.
Lotus avoids any damage from the ground and pound of McCarthy.
The ground and pound from McCarthy seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McCarthy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lotus knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCarthy fails to land a wild elbow strike.

McCarthy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no McCarthy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
McCarthy wants to control but Lotus is keeping him busy.

McCarthy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lotus has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lotus gets back to half guard.

McCarthy is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lotus is looking to control McCarthy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lotus avoid being mounted?

McCarthy wants to work for an arm triangle but Lotus is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
McCarthy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lotus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. McCarthy is working away from the top position though.

McCarthy maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Lotus could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but McCarthy has cracked it and Lotus is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by McCarthy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David McCarthy!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
46%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingen Ciuchten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Armstrong
vs
Ciuchten

185 cm
42
248 lbs
23 - 16 - 1

189 cm
28
291 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Eddie Armstrong!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kingen Ciuchten!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Armstrong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Ciuchten gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Armstrong works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ciuchten loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ciuchten missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Armstrong has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Armstrong looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ciuchten is one step ahead there.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ciuchten working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Ciuchten landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Armstrong bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ciuchten's guard.

Ciuchten throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Armstrong chips away with some ground and pound.
Armstrong tries to free his leg and advance position but Ciuchten is retaining full guard.
Ciuchten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
We've been hearing that Armstrong has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Ciuchten avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ciuchten punching from the bottom.
Armstrong distracts Ciuchten with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciuchten wants to sweep here but Armstrong controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong wants to control from the top but Ciuchten keeps moving.
Armstrong scoring with some ground and pound.
Ciuchten throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ciuchten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Armstrong is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ciuchten throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ciuchten throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Armstrong postures up.
Armstrong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armstrong lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ciuchten trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Armstrong landing some decent shots from guard.
Armstrong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armstrong is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Armstrong works over Ciuchten with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Armstrong lands a couple of elbows.
Ciuchten has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong cracks Ciuchten with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Armstrong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ciuchten will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ciuchten throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ciuchten trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ciuchten thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Armstrong scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ciuchten looking to hit a scissor sweep but Armstrong is one step ahead there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Armstrong is working Ciuchten over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ciuchten tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Armstrong scoring with punches to the head and body.
Armstrong stands up over Ciuchten, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Armstrong working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Armstrong lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Armstrong scoring with some ground and pound.
Ciuchten 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciuchten throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Armstrong passes into half guard.
Armstrong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ciuchten keeps working.
Ciuchten won't allow Armstrong to pass to mount.
Ciuchten missing with punches from the bottom.
Ciuchten missing with punches from the bottom.
Armstrong scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ciuchten tries to roll over but Armstrong keeps him under control.
Ciuchten slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ciuchten throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ciuchten throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Armstrong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciuchten tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Armstrong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armstrong trying to control but Ciuchten is working from the bottom.
Ciuchten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ciuchten will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Armstrong stands up over Ciuchten, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Armstrong keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ciuchten's head.
Armstrong working some strikes from top position.
Ciuchten not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ciuchten striking off his back but it's not causing Armstrong any problems.
Armstrong stopping the sweep attempt from Ciuchten.
Ciuchten tries to strike from the bottom.
Armstrong postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Armstrong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ciuchten can't keep his opponent in guard - Armstrong advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Ciuchten looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Armstrong dominated that round.
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.

Ciuchten bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Armstrong tries to bench press Ciuchten off him but Ciuchten keeps the position.
Armstrong is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Ciuchten is working for a kimura but Armstrong is defending it quite comfortably.
Armstrong is looking to improve his position.
Ciuchten winds up and cracks Armstrong with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ciuchten's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ciuchten's back!
Armstrong softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Ciuchten is trying to remain composed but Armstrong is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
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!
Ciuchten is trapped and Armstrong is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Ciuchten rolls, trying to escape but Armstrong keeps control of the position.
Armstrong punishes Ciuchten with strikes from the back mount.
Armstrong is landing with strikes from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
I really don't envy Ciuchten right now.
Armstrong lands punches and elbows.
Ciuchten is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Armstrong is punishing Ciuchten with some ground and pound.
Armstrong lands punches and elbows.

Ciuchten is rocked!
Armstrong is not going to allow Ciuchten to sit and survive in this position.
Ciuchten is still in real trouble! Can Armstrong finish him?
Armstrong wants to control but Ciuchten is keeping busy.
Ciuchten seems to have recovered his senses.
Armstrong lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Armstrong.
Ciuchten is keeping busy.
Armstrong lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Armstrong connects with a big shot to the side of Ciuchten's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciuchten just trying to survive but Armstrong is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Ciuchten is taking damage to the body and head.
Armstrong lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Armstrong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong is hanging on to Ciuchten's back as he tries to escape.
Armstrong lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Ciuchten.
Armstrong punishes Ciuchten with strikes from the back mount.
Ciuchten looking very determined here, making life difficult for Armstrong.
Ciuchten can't escape the position.
Ciuchten covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Armstrong cracks Ciuchten with a big right hand from the back mount! Ciuchten immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Armstrong takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Armstrong!
Eddie Armstrong retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Eddie Armstrong, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

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