PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Barbalic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Arteta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego Arteta has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nikola Barbalic's chin.

Barbalic
vs
Arteta

180 cm
24
180 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

179 cm
20
179 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Behold The Beast - Pure Energy 159 Promo
Behold The Beast - Pure Energy 159 Promo

Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikola Barbalic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Arteta!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbalic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arteta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barbalic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Arteta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arteta scores with a hook.
Arteta thows a body shot but no joy.
Barbalic misses with a looping left.
Barbalic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arteta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbalic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arteta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbalic moves out of range of the strikes.
Arteta scores with a jab. Barbalic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nikola Barbalic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbalic misses with a straight left.
Barbalic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Barbalic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Arteta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arteta scores with a jab to the body.
Arteta connects with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by Arteta.
Diego Arteta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arteta swats away the attempt to clinch by Barbalic.
Barbalic tries to clinch but Arteta is having none of it.
Nice uppercut lands for Arteta. That snapped Barbalic's head back.
Barbalic tries to clinch up but Arteta circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbalic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Barbalic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Arteta is trying to break free.
Barbalic tries for a takedown but Arteta manages to get underhooks.

Arteta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbalic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barbalic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Barbalic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Arteta throws a looping overhand right but Barbalic ducks down to avoid it.
Arteta lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arteta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barbalic is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arteta scores with a sloppy right hand. Barbalic should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Barbalic.
Arteta misses with a two punch combination.
Barbalic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Arteta gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Arteta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbalic connects with a right hand. Arteta shakes it off.
Barbalic tries to clinch
and Arteta counters with a nice uppercut.
Arteta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Barbalic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Arteta working hard to break the clinch.
Arteta wants to get back to striking at distance but Barbalic won't allow it.
Barbalic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barbalic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbalic is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Barbalic stalling in the clinch.
Arteta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbalic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbalic lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barbalic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barbalic.
Barbalic fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikola Barbalic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barbalic digs a right hand into Arteta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Arteta's gas tank.
Barbalic is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barbalic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Arteta wants to break free but Barbalic has control.

Arteta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arteta thuds a left hand into Barbalic's body.
Arteta misses with a series of wild punches.
Arteta misses with a looping right.

Barbalic pushes Arteta up against the cage in a clinch.
Arteta is looking to break free of the clinch but Barbalic has double underhooks.
Barbalic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Arteta can't break the clinch.

Arteta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arteta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arteta misses with a wild combination.
Arteta thows a body shot but no joy.
Barbalic tries to clinch
and Arteta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arteta throws the left hand but Barbalic avoids the punch easily.
Arteta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barbalic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Arteta is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Barbalic had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Barbalic tries to clinch up
and Arteta counters with a lovely shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arteta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barbalic tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Arteta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barbalic has his takedown stuffed
and Arteta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Arteta dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Barbalic tries to clinch up
and Arteta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Arteta.
Arteta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barbalic. Barbalic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diego Arteta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barbalic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Arteta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barbalic doesn't seem bothered though.
Barbalic tries for a takedown but Arteta circles away easily
and Arteta counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Barbalic! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Arteta!