PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Russell McCullough (ranked 3910 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Sanchez Aranguiz (ranked 5375 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell McCullough looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

McCullough
vs
Sanchez Aranguiz

175 cm
25
156 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

169 cm
25
159 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Russell McCullough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Sanchez Aranguiz!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCullough throws a series of punches but Aranguiz moves out of range.
McCullough throws a series of punches but Aranguiz avoids them all with ease.
Aranguiz scores with a shot to the body.
McCullough lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aranguiz circles away quickly and effectively.
McCullough misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCullough throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCullough cracks Aranguiz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Aranguiz shoots in for a double leg but McCullough sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aranguiz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
McCullough checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McCullough swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aranguiz slips under a jab from McCullough.
McCullough is breathing heavily.
McCullough throws a head kick that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Aranguiz there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Aranguiz does no damage.
McCullough throws a big shot that misses.
Aranguiz scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullough keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Russell McCullough has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Sanchez Aranguiz.
Sloppy strikes from Aranguiz. Those never looked like landing.
McCullough swats away the attempt to clinch by Aranguiz.
McCullough slaps away a takedown attempt from Aranguiz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aranguiz tries to clinch there but McCullough circles away.
McCullough seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Aranguiz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCullough manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCullough throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCullough looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aranguiz throws a counter combo.
Aranguiz misses with a takedown attempt - McCullough sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aranguiz throws a wild body kick that McCullough sees coming a mile off.

Aranguiz instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aranguiz controlling the action here for a moment.
McCullough's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Aranguiz tries to pull guard but McCullough forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Aranguiz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

McCullough's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McCullough lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCullough misses with a two punch combination.
As McCullough backs off Aranguiz throws a huge counter combo but McCullough manages to avoid it all.
McCullough looks to land a combination but Aranguiz avoids it well.
Aranguiz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McCullough avoids it really well and circles away.
McCullough throws a head kick but Aranguiz moves out of range.
McCullough will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aranguiz pushes McCullough up against the cage in a clinch.
Aranguiz is pushing McCullough up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Aranguiz lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aranguiz obliges.
Aranguiz goes for a takedown attempt but McCullough pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Aranguiz shoots in for a takedown but McCullough shows good takedown defense.
McCullough lands with a slapping head kick.
Jab from McCullough.
McCullough moves into range and connects with a jab.
McCullough throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aranguiz clinches up with McCullough and pushes him back against the cage.
Aranguiz stalls.

McCullough escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Aranguiz is defended easily by McCullough.
McCullough with a nice cross.
McCullough misses with a double jab.
McCullough throws a series of punches but Aranguiz moves out of range.
Aranguiz misses with a takedown attempt - McCullough sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McCullough fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell McCullough 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.

Aranguiz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCullough is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCullough tries to break free but Aranguiz pushes him back against the cage.
McCullough is trying to break free.
McCullough prevents the takedown attempt.

Aranguiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCullough misses with a head kick.
Aranguiz fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Aranguiz or perhaps it was just good defense by McCullough, which made it look bad.
Russell McCullough has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Sanchez Aranguiz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aranguiz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Aranguiz goes for a double leg but McCullough avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McCullough continues to drive forward.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCullough throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCullough looks to land a combination but Aranguiz avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullough throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aranguiz.
McCullough fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aranguiz, right into the meat.
Aranguiz shoots in but McCullough avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McCullough stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McCullough wants it to stay on the feet.
McCullough throws a head kick that misses.

Aranguiz moves into the clinch successfully.
Aranguiz is working for takedown but McCullough is calmly controlling the position for now.
Aranguiz is looking for a takedown.
McCullough can't break the clinch.

McCullough pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aranguiz shoots in for a takedown but McCullough shows good takedown defense.
McCullough lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aranguiz circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aranguiz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McCullough tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aranguiz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

Aranguiz gets a clinch.
Aranguiz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McCullough's efforts to push away.
McCullough is pressed up against the cage. Aranguiz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag McCullough down to the mat. McCullough avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
McCullough throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aranguiz.
McCullough stuffs the takedown attempt from Aranguiz. Aranguiz gets slowly back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCullough misses with a series of wild punches.
Aranguiz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aranguiz fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCullough misses with a double jab.
Aranguiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McCullough throws a series of punches but Aranguiz moves out of range.
Aranguiz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aranguiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCullough is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aranguiz can do to turn this around?
Aranguiz connects with a crisp jab.

Aranguiz has McCullough up against the cage in a clinch.

McCullough manages to break the clinch.
McCullough throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aranguiz digs a good hook to McCullough's body.
A left and a right from Aranguiz both land. Nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aranguiz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCullough pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCullough misses with a jab, cross combination.
Russell McCullough seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Aranguiz clinches.
Aranguiz tries to pull guard but McCullough forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Aranguiz manages to break the clinch.
McCullough rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aranguiz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Despite the aggression on Aranguiz's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Aranguiz feints and as McCullough raises his hands in defense, Aranguiz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Aranguiz's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Aranguiz stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and McCullough has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Aranguiz manages to get his head free but now McCullough has transitioned to an armbar! Aranguiz grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from McCullough! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Russell McCullough!