PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byrant Arlo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Be Aggresive by Faith No More. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Saint
vs
Arlo

188 cm
38
190 lbs
35 - 22 - 0

180 cm
21
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Byrant Arlo!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint tries to work over Arlo's front leg with a kick but Arlo checks it.

Saint clinches up against the cage.
Saint is working for takedown but Arlo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Saint is looking for a takedown.

Saint wants the takedown. Arlo is fighting it off but Saint persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Arlo's guard against the cage.
Saint postures up and lands a big shot to Arlo's brow.

Arlo has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Saint off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Arlo tries to move into range but Saint moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Arlo looks to throw the jab but Saint is out of range.
Arlo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saint.
Saint attempts a counter takedown but Arlo avoids it well and moves away.
Arlo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arlo misses the shot to the body.
Byrant Arlo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arlo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Arlo misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint slips under a jab from Arlo.
Arlo lands with a good body shot.
Arlo moves out of range of the body kick from Saint.
Arlo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Saint misses with a head kick.
Arlo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arlo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Arlo misses with a wild combination.
Saint appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saint. That's going to slow Arlo down.
Arlo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saint is looking to counter with head kicks.

Saint scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arlo taking punishment in the form of punches.

Saint tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arlo is trying to get back to half guard.
Arlo pushes Saint away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Saint gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Saint has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Arlo!
Arlo is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint cracks Arlo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Saint lands a big shot there that rocks Arlo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Saint lands a big shot there that rocks Arlo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Arlo wants to get back to his feet.
We've been hearing that Saint has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Saint with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Arlo somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Saint - just one landing.
Saint throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Saint lands a nice looking body shot.
Arlo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And Saint counters with a quick kick to the body but Arlo blocks it.
Saint moves out of range as Arlo strikes.
Saint rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arlo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arlo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saint throws a leg kick but Arlo moved away.
Arlo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Saint shoots for a takedown but Arlo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kain Saint. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Arlo blocks the low kick.
A slow jab from Arlo misses its intended target.
Arlo throws a looping overhand right but Saint ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arlo misses the body punch
and Saint counters with an inside leg kick.
Saint looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saint lands a nice leg kick that just misses Arlo's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arlo looks to throw the jab but Saint is out of range.
A combination from Arlo does no damage.
Saint explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Saint pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arlo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Saint walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Arlo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Saint looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Arlo!
Saint wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arlo keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arlo is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Arlo explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kain Saint 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.

Arlo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Byrant Arlo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saint uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arlo.
Arlo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint.
Arlo looks to land a left hand but Saint moved out of range nicely.
Arlo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint blocks a jab.
Saint is looking to counter with head kicks.
Saint walks into a straight right hand from Arlo.
Saint takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Saint drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Arlo wants to sweep here but Saint controlling him for the moment.
Arlo wants to get back to his feet but Saint is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Saint looking to pass the guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Arlo manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Arlo fails to land.
Saint drops down looking for an ankle pick but Arlo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Byrant Arlo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saint defending well as Arlo loads up on a big left hand.
Saint changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saint. That's going to slow Arlo down.
Arlo lands with a straight right. Saint didn't see that one coming.
Arlo moves in looking to clinch but Saint pushes him off.
Saint keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Arlo looks to land a left hand but Saint moved out of range nicely.
Arlo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saint circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like Saint was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Saint slips a jab and a cross from Arlo.
Arlo leaves Saint with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Arlo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Saint misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arlo misses with a hook.
Arlo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saint manages to avoid it.
Arlo misses with an uppercut. Saint saw that one coming.
Arlo misses with an uppercut. Saint saw that one coming.

Arlo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Saint has hold of one of Arlo's legs. Arlo is fighting the takedown attempt but Saint gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Saint scoring with some ground and pound.
Saint lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Saint chips away with some ground and pound.
Saint makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Saint trying to control but Arlo is working from the bottom.
Arlo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Saint's guard.

Arlo is looking to work some ground and pound but Saint has wrist control.
Arlo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlo trying to control the position from guard on top but Saint is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saint looking to control.

Arlo is sitting in close to Saint's body. Saint has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Arlo is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Arlo is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Saint.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kain Saint!
Kain Saint thanked the fans post fight for their support.