PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Slam (ranked 116 p4p, 223 weight class) and Robert MacArthur Jnr (ranked 20 p4p, 42 weight class). MacArthur Jnr has chosen barbarian pipe band as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Slam
vs
MacArthur Jnr

193 cm
31
275
18 - 8 - 0

199 cm
42
250
43 - 23 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ben Slam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert MacArthur Jnr!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacArthur Jnr scores with a nice right hand.
MacArthur Jnr misses with an uppercut.
Slam scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Robert MacArthur Jnr has been cut.
Slam throws out a leg kick but MacArthur Jnr moves out of range and Slam only half commits.
MacArthur Jnr has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
An inside leg kick from Slam misses.
A slow jab from MacArthur Jnr misses its intended target.
Slam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacArthur Jnr.
Slam keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacArthur Jnr misses with a lunging right hand
and Slam counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Slam ducks under a wild hook from MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr lands a really nice looking cross but Slam seems unphased.
Good exchange - MacArthur Jnr coming out on top.
MacArthur Jnr tests Slam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from MacArthur Jnr.
A big right from MacArthur Jnr misses.
Slam slips under a jab.
MacArthur Jnr throws a lazy right hand but Slam sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Slam cracks MacArthur Jnr with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Slam has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning MacArthur Jnr to stand back up!
Slam misses with a low kick.
MacArthur Jnr walks straight into a right hand from Slam - that's dropped him! Slam jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save MacArthur Jnr from any more punishment! MacArthur Jnr complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ben Slam!
A relieved looking Ben Slam thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.