PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juam Arellano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Pounder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juam Arellano could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jim Pounder's chin.

Arellano
vs
Pounder

205 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juam Arellano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jim Pounder!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pounder tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Arellano swivels and escapes.

Arellano closes the distance and clinches.
Pounder takes an elbow to the temple.
Arellano lands an elbow that stopped Pounder in his tracks for a moment.
Arellano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arellano connects with a knee to the head.
Pounder blocks the elbow strike.
Pounder has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Arellano is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pounder goes for a takedown attempt but Arellano pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Juam Arellano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Pounder.
Arellano fails with the takedown

and Pounder counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Arellano is looking to improve his position.
Pounder is controlling the pace.
Pounder is looking to take a break and control but Arellano is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Arellano is looking for a sweep. Pounder is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pounder tries to pass to full mount but Arellano defends it.
Arellano moves into full guard.
Arellano trying to control the position.
Pounder wants to pass the guard but Arellano is keeping the position.
Arellano wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pounder tries for a takedown but Arellano circles away easily

and Arellano counters by clinching up.
Pounder looks gassed!
Arellano gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pounder.
Arellano with a knee to the head.
Arellano connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arellano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arellano lands a damaging elbow.
Arellano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pounder lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Arellano gets through Pounder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pounder drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Arellano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pounder blocks it with crossed arms.
Arellano misses with a knee strike.
Pounder has Arellano pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Arellano manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Arellano landing knees to the body.
Arellano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Arellano fails to land.
Pounder is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Arellano misses with the head strike.

Pounder has Arellano pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Pounder pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Arellano tumbling to the mat - Pounder dives into Arellano's guard.
Pounder stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Arellano swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Arellano looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pounder puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Arellano trying to control from the bottom.
Arellano tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Pounder has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee warns Arellano that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounder controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pounder lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Arellano hang on?
Pounder content just to control the position here.
Arellano is desperately trying to improve his position but Pounder has a good base and remains in mount.
Arellano is working hard here to advance position.
Arellano wants to hold on but Pounder pushes him away.
Pounder working Arellano over with strikes here.

Pounder is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Arellano can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Arellano can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pounder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pounder landing punches.
Pounder has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Arellano in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Arellano tries to hold on but Pounder postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You get the feeling that Arellano really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The referee warns Arellano that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Arellano tries to hold on but Pounder pushes him away.
Arellano tries to reverse the position but Pounder maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jim Pounder will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Arellano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pounder doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Arellano counters with a nice leg kick.
Arellano with a lazy takedown attempt

and Pounder counters with a single leg into guard. Arellano didn't expect that.
Pounder should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Pounder trying to control but Arellano is working from the bottom.

Arellano looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Pounder passes into side control.
Arellano looks to move to half guard but instead Pounder has passed into mount! Damn!
Arellano working to try and regain half guard.
Pounder is breathing heavily.
Pounder wants to control the pace but Arellano is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arellano wants to hold on but Pounder pushes him away.
Arellano keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pounder is landing with some decent strikes but Arellano is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Arellano is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pounder wants to control the pace but Arellano is squirming around nicely.
Arellano swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Arellano is trying desperately to improve position.
Arellano sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Arellano connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Pounder slips a nice elbow through Arellano's hands, connecting with Arellano's forehead.
Pounder working over Arellano with some ground and pound. Arellano looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arellano misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Pounder tries to pass the half guard into mount. Arellano knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pounder working over Arellano with some ground and pound. Arellano looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pounder wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arellano keeps working.
Arellano has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pounder is working away from the top position though.
Arellano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pounder.
Arellano wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Arellano doesn't manage to clinch there - Pounder circles away.

Pounder closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arellano strikes from the bottom but Pounder passes into mount!
Arellano really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounder tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pounder can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Arellano is looking to escape.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Pounder has eaten all the pies!
Pounder looking to control and managing it successfully.
Arellano is desperately trying to improve his position but Pounder has a good base and remains in mount.
Arellano tries to hold on but Pounder pushes him away.
Arellano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pounder working the ground and pound effectively.
Pounder controlling the position easily from mount.
Arellano is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Arellano is squirming around, avoiding Pounder's attempts to control the action.
Pounder looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jim Pounder has got the better of the ground game so far.
Arellano manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Pounder wants to take a breather but Arellano is having none of it.
Arellano wants to control but Pounder is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Arellano manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Pounder missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Arellano will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Arellano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pounder is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Pounder showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Arellano waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Pounder.
Arellano tries to close the distance and clinch but Pounder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pounder gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Arellano counters by moving into the clinch.
Arellano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arellano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arellano lands an elbow that stopped Pounder in his tracks for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arellano lands an elbow inside that Pounder shrugs off.
Pounder blocking some punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arellano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pounder backwards.
Arellano lands an elbow that stopped Pounder in his tracks for a moment.
Arellano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arellano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pounder's face.
Arellano with a knee to the head.
Pounder tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Arellano lands a nice elbow.
Pounder tries to score a body lock takedown but Arellano shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Juam Arellano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Pounder.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arellano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pounder drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pounder tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pounder changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Arellano fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Pounder scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ground and pound from Pounder.
Arellano is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Arellano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Arellano has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pounder is working away from the top position though.
Arellano wants to improve his position but Pounder is controlling well.
Arellano slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arellano controls Pounder momentarily but Pounder frees himself.
Arellano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pounder is one step ahead there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pounder doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Arellano holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Arellano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Arellano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pounder backwards.
Arellano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Arellano lands a damaging elbow.
Arellano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arellano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Arellano.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pounder fails to pull guard.
Pounder goes for a takedown in the clinch but Arellano prevents it.
Pounder wants a takedown but no success here.
Pounder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arellano tries to land a knee to the head but Pounder blocks with his arms.
Pounder wants a takedown but no success here.
Pounder dodges an elbow strike from Arellano.
Pounder is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arellano.
Pounder avoids the elbow strike from Arellano, against the cage.
Arellano prevents the takedown attempt.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Arellano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pounder with a poor takedown
and Arellano counters with a nice body shot.

Arellano has closed the distance and engaged Pounder in a clinch.
Pounder is working for takedown but Arellano is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pounder fails to pull guard.
Pounder drops down looking for an ankle pick but Arellano pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pounder has his takedown stuffed

and Arellano counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pounder won't be happy with that.
Arellano is trying to ground and pound but Pounder uses the momentary lack of control by Arellano to regain half guard.
Arellano is looking to take a break and control but Pounder is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Arellano thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pounder's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pounder is in trouble now - Arellano has advanced to mount!
Arellano tries to control but Pounder wriggling away.
Arellano lands a big shot there that rocks Pounder but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Arellano working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arellano lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pounder hang on?

Arellano jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Pounder manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Juam Arellano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arellano lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pounder manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Arellano is looking to improve his position.

Arellano is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Pounder pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juam Arellano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pounder has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jim Pounder!