PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Oken (ranked 4638 p4p, 519 weight class) and Latrobe Arundel (ranked 23965 p4p, 678 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Oken might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to XXXTENTACION - SAD!. Arundel has chosen Shook Ones as his entrance music. Tony Oken has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Oken
vs
Arundel

175 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Oken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latrobe Arundel!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oken cracks Arundel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Arundel - just one landing.
Arundel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oken on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Tony Oken has been cut.
Arundel 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.
Oken takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oken loads up on a big right hand but Arundel slips the punch.

Oken has Arundel up against the ropes in a clinch.
Arundel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Arundel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oken's elbow.
Arundel lands with a light punch inside.
Oken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arundel lands with a left to the head.
Oken is breathing heavily.
Oken pushes Arundel back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Arundel scores with a shot to the side of Oken's head.
Oken blocks a body shot from Arundel.
Arundel lands with a left to the head.
Oken takes a shot to the head.
Oken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arundel lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arundel digs a right hand underneath Oken's ribcage. Oken let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Arundel lands an uppercut.
Arundel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Arundel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oken has a couple of punches blocked by Arundel.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Arundel.
Arundel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Arundel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Okens head.

Tony Oken's cut is getting worse.
Arundel lands a nice uppercut.
Arundel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Oken is rocked!
A short right from Arundel on the inside.
Oh Oken is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arundel digs a right hand into Oken's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Oken's gas tank.
Oken seems to have got his legs back now.
Arundel pushes Oken back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Arundel.

Tony Oken's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A right hook to the body lands for Arundel.

Arundel drops Oken onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Oken is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Arundel creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Oken with a big uppercut! Oken tries to clinch up but Arundel pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Oken to the mat! Oken covers up and Arundel unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Latrobe Arundel!
Our winner, Latrobe Arundel, 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.
Tony Oken was interviewed post fight and said 'I can't belive this'.