PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Osvaldo Leandro (ranked 1981 p4p, 2503 weight class) and Jean Arlin (ranked 244 p4p, 301 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Leandro
vs
Arlin

193 cm
26
190
5 - 4 - 0

186 cm
19
196
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Osvaldo Leandro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jean Arlin!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arlin connects with the punch.
Arlin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Leandro misses the jab.
Arlin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Osvaldo Leandro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arlin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Arlin.
Arlin moves out of range of the leg kick from Leandro.
Arlin throws out a counter right but Leandro avoids it with no problem.
Arlin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Leandro lands a head kick!
Arlin tries to clinch up but Leandro circles away and keeps his distance.
Arlin lands a glancing blow to the side of Leandro's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leandro throws a body shot but no joy.
Arlin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leandro misses with an uppercut
enabling Arlin to counter with a crisp jab.
Arlin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Leandro to score with a decent uppercut.
Arlin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arlin wants to clinch up but Leandro keeps it at a distance.
Arlin scores with a hook to the body. Leandro takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Arlin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leandro's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Arlin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Leandro scrambles back to his feet.
Leandro misses with a body shot
and Arlin counters with a huge left! Leandro is in big trouble! He's backing up but Arlin isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Leandro from any more damage. A dominating finish by Arlin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Arlin!
A very excited looking Jean Arlin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.