PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zafir Farman (ranked 4088 p4p, 3980 weight class) and Otar Arkady (ranked 206 p4p, 202 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Farman
vs
Arkady

170 cm
18
138
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
137
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Carnage
Nutritional Shaved Ice

Nutritional Shaved Ice

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zafir Farman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Otar Arkady!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arkady manages to avoid it.
Farman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Farman misses with a body shot
and Arkady counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Farman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Farman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arkady.
Farman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arkady.
We've been told by Farman's head coaches at Bushido Martial Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Otar Arkady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arkady fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Farman manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Farman.
Arkady looks to throw the jab but Farman is out of range.
Arkady with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farman ducks under a wild hook from Arkady.
Farman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Arkady counters with a straight right hand.
Farman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arkady.
Farman scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arkady scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arkady displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Farman throws out the jab.
Farman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arkady.
Farman ducks under a wild hook from Arkady.
Arkady looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Arkady walks into a straight right hand from Farman.
Farman misses with a straight right.
Farman throws a hook to the side of Arkady's head but Arkady sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arkady throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Farman drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Arkady throws a looping overhand right but Farman ducks down to avoid it.
Arkady moves out of range of the strikes.
Arkady clobbers Farman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Arkady misses with a hook. Farman ducked under it nicely.
Arkady throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farman misses with a wild body shot.
A nice side step and Arkady releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Arkady avoids the body shot from Farman.
A shot to the body from Arkady misses
and Arkady takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arkady.
Farman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Farman misses.
Arkady swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Farman cracks a nice hook into Arkady's ribs.
Arkady misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arkady. Farman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arkady uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Farman.
Arkady swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arkady cracks Farman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Arkady fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Farman. Arkady does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arkady.
Arkady is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Farman had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Farman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arkady.
Farman is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Arkady takes a swing at Farman's ribcage but misses.
Arkady looks to score with a jab to the body but Farman is just out of range.
Arkady throws a looping overhand right but Farman ducks down to avoid it.
Arkady throws a shot from downtown. Farman moves away and avoids it.
Arkady connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Farman's hands.
Arkady connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Farman tries a body shot but Arkady blocks it.
Arkady fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Farman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farman digs a right hand into Arkady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Arkady's gas tank.
Farman misses with a punch to the body.
Arkady is trying to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Farman misses with some punches.
Farman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Arkady misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Farman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farman prevents a body shot from Arkady.
Arkady tries to throw a body punch but Farman avoids it by throwing Arkady back against the cage.
Farman lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Farman fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Farman.
Arkady's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from Farman.
A short left from Farman.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Otar Arkady will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Arkady jabs at Farman's body.
Arkady takes a swing at Farman's ribcage but misses.
Arkady moves away from the strike by Farman.
Arkady swings widly with a right hand
and Farman counters with a right hand to the body.

Farman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Farman lands a nice shot to the body.
Farman lands a body shot.
Arkady working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Farman scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Farman.
A short left from Farman.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zafir Farman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Farman lands a nice uppercut.
Farman lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arkady blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arkady misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arkady goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Farman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Arkady doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farman lands an uppercut.
Farman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Arkady or not.
Farman lands with a right to the head.
Farman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Arkady is rocked!
Farman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Arkady is still on wobbly legs! Can Farman finish him?
Farman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Arkady backwards.
Farman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Farman lands an uppercut.
Arkady blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farman pushes Arkady against the cage. Farman is working some dirty boxing. Farman pushes off with a quick right hook! Arkady goes down! Arkady tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Farman moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zafir Farman!
Zafir Farman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.