PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Angus MacArthur Ii (ranked 2 p4p, 4 weight class) and Dick Pawlik (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). MacArthur Ii comes to the cage accompanied by Corvus Corax - Bibit Aleum. Pawlik is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: John Butler - Ocean . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

MacArthur Ii
vs
Pawlik

183 cm
29
180
23 - 5 - 1

172 cm
31
166
24 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Carnage Clothing
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angus MacArthur Ii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dick Pawlik!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacArthur Ii 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 Ii throws out a loose jab but Pawlik uses good head movement to avoid it.
MacArthur Ii pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pawlik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacArthur Ii.
MacArthur Ii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pawlik drops down looking to force a counter takedown but MacArthur Ii defends it well.
MacArthur Ii throws a body punch but Pawlik moves out of range.
MacArthur Ii throws a hook to the side of Pawlik's head but Pawlik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from MacArthur Ii. Pawlik does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pawlik ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pawlik ducks under a wild hook from MacArthur Ii.
A slow jab from Pawlik misses its intended target.

Pawlik decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pawlik thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
MacArthur Ii wants to get back to full guard.
Pawlik stops MacArthur Ii from getting back to his feet.
MacArthur Ii is trying to maintain the position but Pawlik is very close to passing his half guard.
MacArthur Ii has hold of Pawlik's hands but Pawlik slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pawlik throwing shots but MacArthur Ii is blocking nicely.
MacArthur Ii wants to improve his position but Pawlik is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pawlik trying to control the action but MacArthur Ii is working from the bottom.

Pawlik is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, MacArthur Ii has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pawlik moves nicely into side control.
MacArthur Ii is looking to reverse the position.
MacArthur Ii sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
MacArthur Ii wants to improve his position but Pawlik is controlling well.
Pawlik trying to control from half guard but MacArthur Ii is working away.
Pawlik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Pawlik looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pawlik prevents MacArthur Ii from improving his position.

Pawlik is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
MacArthur Ii looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
MacArthur Ii is trying to control but Pawlik manages to pass to mount!
MacArthur Ii really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Pawlik working for a submission but MacArthur Ii is keeping him at bay.
Pawlik looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pawlik throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
MacArthur Ii tries to lock up and control but Pawlik gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
MacArthur Ii bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Pawlik is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Pawlik 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.

MacArthur Ii throws a body shot but no joy.
MacArthur Ii tries to clinch up but Pawlik circles away and keeps his distance.
Pawlik tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Pawlik misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
MacArthur Ii misses with a head kick.
MacArthur Ii lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pawlik with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pawlik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pawlik lands a body shot.
Pawlik defending well as MacArthur Ii loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacArthur Ii misses with an uppercut.
MacArthur Ii is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pawlik.
MacArthur Ii throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pawlik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pawlik is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Pawlik misses with an uppercut
and MacArthur Ii makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pawlik thuds his right hand into MacArthur Ii's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Pawlik drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur Ii looks to move to half guard but instead Pawlik has passed into mount! Damn!
Pawlik takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
MacArthur Ii is in a horrible position here. Pawlik smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pawlik lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dick Pawlik has got the better of the ground game so far.
MacArthur Ii is trying desperately to improve position.

Pawlik is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but MacArthur Ii is surviving well by controlling Pawlik's body position as best he can.
Pawlik lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pawlik content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pawlik swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dick Pawlik!
Dick Pawlik is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Dick Pawlik thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.