PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xander Arapeta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arapeta comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound by Switchfoot. This should be a great matchup!

Arapeta
vs
Porter

188 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

190 cm
29
194 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ka-POW Clothing

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Xander Arapeta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Porter!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Arapeta but Arapeta pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Porter works Arapeta's body with a nice hook.
Porter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Porter throws a looping overhand right but Arapeta ducks down to avoid it.
Arapeta stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Arapeta wants it to stay on the feet.
Porter throws a hook but Arapeta avoids it easily.
Arapeta throws a head kick but Porter moves out of range.
Porter throws a big shot that misses.
Porter misses with a right hand
and Arapeta counters with an outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Porter misses its intended target.
Arapeta staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porter throws a jab when Arapeta was well out of range.
Porter swings away with a body shot that misses

and Arapeta moves into the clinch.
Arapeta throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Arapeta manages to break the clinch.
Porter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Arapeta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Porter's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Arapeta.
Porter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arapeta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Porter. That did some damage!
Arapeta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Porter connects with a single shot there.
Chris Porter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Porter throws a sloppy head kick
and Arapeta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arapeta moves in looking to clinch but Porter pushes him off.
Arapeta connects with a jab.
Xander Arapeta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arapeta displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Porter.
Xander Arapeta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Porter.
Arapeta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Porter misses with a body shot.
Arapeta throws a leg kick
and Porter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice inside leg kick there by Arapeta. That's going to slow Porter down.
Porter swings widly with a right hand
and Arapeta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter ducks under a wild hook from Arapeta.
Some wild striking there from Porter.
Porter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Arapeta to counter with a crisp jab.
Porter misses with a lunging right hand
and Arapeta counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Arapeta swings widly with a right hand
and Porter counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Arapeta is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Arapeta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Porter looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Arapeta!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Arapeta.
Arapeta moves out of range as Porter strikes.
Arapeta throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Porter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Arapeta.
Arapeta scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Arapeta.
A head kick misses from Arapeta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arapeta feints and then cracks Porter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Porter down.
Arapeta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arapeta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Porter shoots for a takedown but Arapeta saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Arapeta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Arapeta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Porter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Arapeta lands a head kick. Porter smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Porter lands the left hand.
Arapeta lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Porter is trying desperately to land a takedown but Arapeta is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Porter.
Porter throws a sloppy body shot
and Arapeta counters with a stiff right hand.
Arapeta scores with a push kick.
Porter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Arapeta chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Porter misses with an uppercut
and Arapeta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arapeta lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arapeta connects with a high kick.
Arapeta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Arapeta feints and then cracks Porter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Porter down.
Arapeta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Porter throws a sloppy body shot
and Arapeta counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Porter takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Arapeta.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Porter throws a leg kick
and Arapeta counters with a straight right hand.
Arapeta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Arapeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Porter misses with a leg kick
and Arapeta counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xander Arapeta dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Porter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Porter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arapeta.
Arapeta misses the shot to the body.
Porter wants to slow Arapeta down by chopping away at his legs.
Xander Arapeta is winning the standup battle so far.
Porter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Arapeta.
Porter lands with a right hand.
Porter throws a right hand that misses
and Arapeta counters with a good, hard body kick but Porter shrugs it off.
Arapeta lands a glancing blow to the side of Porter's head.
Arapeta throws a leg kick which misses Porter's front leg but catches the back leg as Porter tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Arapeta, right into the meat.
Porter is looking to score with low kicks.
Porter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Arapeta stalks Porter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Porter's face. Porter staggers backwards, shaken.
A leg kick checked by Arapeta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Arapeta.
Arapeta misses with a head kick.
Porter does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Arapeta looks to clinch
and Porter counters with a nice body shot.
Porter misses with a leg kick
and Arapeta counters with a head kick. That will keep Porter thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Arapeta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Porter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arapeta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Porter.
Porter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Porter is breathing heavily.
Porter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Arapeta is out of range and Porter settles back down.
A head kick by Porter misses
and Arapeta counters with a low kick, right behind Porter 's knee.
A telegraphed right hand from Porter misses the target.
Porter misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter misses with a left hand
and Arapeta makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Porter misses with a hook
and Arapeta counters with a low kick, right behind Porter 's knee.

Arapeta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Porter dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Arapeta misses with a knee to the head.
Porter is trying to break the clinch but Arapeta is controlling him.
Porter avoids the elbow strike from Arapeta, against the cage.
Porter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Arapeta backwards.
Arapeta tries to land knees in the clinch but Porter avoids the damage to the body.
Porter blocks an elbow strike from Arapeta.
Porter blocks an elbow strike.
Porter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arapeta's elbow.
Arapeta misses with a knee strike.
Porter blocks an elbow strike from Arapeta.
Arapeta misses with an elbow over the top.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Porter.
Porter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Porter misses with a punch to the body.
Arapeta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short left from Porter.
Arapeta trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arapeta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Arapeta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Porter.
Arapeta misses with some punches.
Arapeta avoiding damage as Porter throws knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Porter crunches a lovely knee into Arapeta's ribcage.
Arapeta throws an elbow that misses.
Arapeta prevents Porter from breaking the clinch.
Porter avoiding damage as Arapeta throws knees to the body.
Arapeta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Porter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Arapeta.
Porter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Porter lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Porter.
A short body shot lands from Porter as the two fighters clinch.
Arapeta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Porter avoiding damage as Arapeta throws knees to the body.
Porter effectively controlling the action here.
Arapeta misses with a knee strike.

Porter gets control of Arapeta's arms and successfully pulls guard. Porter will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Porter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Arapeta is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Porter is looking for a triangle but Arapeta pushes his legs off easily.

Porter is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Arapeta is aware though and is defending well.

Porter throws his legs up looking for a submission but Arapeta uses it to pass to side control.
Porter sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Xander Arapeta will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Arapeta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Porter is defended easily by Arapeta.
Arapeta connects with a body shot.
Porter fails with the takedown
and Arapeta counters with an inside leg kick.
Porter misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Arapeta 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Porter jabs at Arapeta's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Porter doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Arapeta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Xander Arapeta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Porter.
Arapeta blocks a body shot from Porter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arapeta throws an elbow but it misses.
Arapeta prevents a body shot from Porter.
Arapeta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Chris Porter has been cut.
Arapeta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Arapeta throws an elbow but misses.
Arapeta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Porter's defenses.
Arapeta throws an elbow that misses.
Porter avoids the elbow strike from Arapeta, against the cage.
Porter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arapeta.
Porter lands a nice uppercut.
Porter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arapeta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Arapeta can't find room to land a body shot as Porter controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Arapeta lands an elbow inside.
Porter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Arapeta throws an elbow that misses.
Porter lands with a left to the head.
Arapeta lands an elbow inside that Porter shrugs off.
Arapeta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good body shot from Porter.
Arapeta has had enough of the clinch but Porter keeps him there for the moment.
Porter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Arapeta letting Porter take a breather here.
Porter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Arapeta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Arapeta misses with an elbow over the top.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Arapeta working Porter over with knees to the body.
Porter dodges an elbow strike from Arapeta.
Porter avoiding damage as Arapeta throws knees to the body.
Porter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arapeta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Arapeta is trying to stall.
Porter avoids the elbow strike from Arapeta, against the cage.
Arapeta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Porter is defending well for now.
Porter lands a shot to the body.
Porter avoids a wild elbow strike from Arapeta.
Arapeta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good body shot from Porter.
Porter pushes Arapeta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Arapeta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Porter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Porter presses Arapeta against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Porter blocks an elbow strike.
Arapeta lands an elbow that stopped Porter in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Porter.
Porter pressing his opponent against the cage.

Porter breaks from the clinch.
Xander Arapeta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arapeta misses with a double jab
and Porter counters with a stiff right hand.
Arapeta throws a leg kick but Porter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chris Porter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big right from Porter misses.
Porter just misses with a punch to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Arapeta.
Arapeta throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Arapeta lands a head kick!
Arapeta throws a leg kick but Porter sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Porter. Arapeta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arapeta connects with a leg kick. Porter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A low kick from Porter misses
and Arapeta counters with an inside leg kick.
Porter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Arapeta pinned against the cage. Arapeta gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Porter takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Arapeta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Porter was well out of range. Poor timing from Arapeta.
Porter throws a poor cross that misses
and Arapeta makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Porter really felt that one!
Porter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Xander Arapeta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Arapeta throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xander Arapeta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Arapeta, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xander Arapeta!