PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Arealius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Spectacular (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arealius comes to the cage accompanied by Ministry Rock. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Arealius
vs
Spectacular

180 cm
23
190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

179 cm
22
189 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Syndicate Drugs

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Arealius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Spectacular!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spectacular connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Arealius tries to clinch there but Spectacular circles away.

Spectacular looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Arealius!
Arealius is trying to escape the mount.
Arealius tries to hold on but Spectacular pushes him away.
Arealius wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Spectacular fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Arealius is trying to stand.
Arealius tries to reverse the position but Spectacular maintains control.
Spectacular has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Spectacular sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Spectacular prevents Arealius from getting the reversal.
Spectacular takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Spectacular cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Spectacular connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spectacular trying to control but Arealius is having none of it.
Spectacular looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Arealius can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spectacular fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Arealius keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Spectacular looking to control but Arealius is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Spectacular lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Spectacular looking to control but Arealius is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Spectacular lands a big shot there that rocks Arealius but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Spectacular can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Arealius is looking to escape.
Arealius regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spectacular trying to mount his opponent but Arealius defends it.
Arealius trying to hold on to Spectacular's head to control him but Spectacular postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

Arealius looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Arealius looks like he's trying to stand up.
Spectacular seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Arealius is in trouble now - Spectacular has advanced to mount!
Spectacular dominating with strikes here.
Spectacular is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Arealius can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spectacular avoids the attempt from Arealius to control.
Spectacular lands a big shot there that rocks Arealius but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Spectacular can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Arealius is looking to escape.
Spectacular avoids the attempt from Arealius to control.
Spectacular punishing his opponent with strikes.

Arealius defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Spectacular.
Arealius is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Arealius takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Spectacular looking to control and managing it successfully.
Arealius really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Spectacular has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Arealius's face.
Arealius tries to buck Spectacular off but he can't manage it.
Arealius is breathing heavily.
Spectacular scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arealius?
Spectacular raining down shots from the mount!
Arealius trying desperately to get to his feet.
Spectacular lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Spectacular.
Arealius is looking to get to half guard.
Spectacular is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Arealius's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Spectacular trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Spectacular lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Arealius hang on?
Spectacular with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Spectacular dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Arealius moves in looking to clinch but Spectacular pushes him off.
Spectacular scoring well with a low kick there.
Arealius looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Arealius doesn't manage to clinch there - Spectacular circles away.
Spectacular throws a body kick the misses
and Arealius counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Spectacular gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Spectacular.
Arealius stops a takedown attempt from Spectacular.
Arealius has had enough of the clinch but Spectacular keeps him there for the moment.
Spectacular's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Spectacular on the inside.
Arealius is pressed up against the cage. Spectacular has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Arealius down to the mat. Arealius avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Arealius scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Jason Spectacular has been cut.
Arealius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spectacular tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arealius tries to clinch but Spectacular is having none of it.
Arealius misses with the combination.

Spectacular closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Spectacular tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spectacular trying to control the action but Arealius is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arealius tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Arealius is trying desperately to improve position.
Spectacular can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Arealius is looking to escape.
Arealius wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Spectacular landing shots from mount.
Spectacular prevents Arealius from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Spectacular.
Spectacular looking to control but Arealius is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Arealius wants to hold on but Spectacular pushes him away.
Arealius is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Spectacular working for a guillotine from mount but Arealius is in no mood to give up.
Arealius tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spectacular with a couple of short strikes.
Arealius is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Arealius is trying to stand up.
Arealius tries to hold on but Spectacular postures up.
Arealius sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Spectacular is keen to just control but Arealius is a slippery customer.

Arealius manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arealius misses with a head kick.
Spectacular takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Anthony Arealius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arealius tries to clinch there but Spectacular circles away.
Arealius wants to clinch.
Arealius checks a low kick from Spectacular.
Arealius lands a jab to the head.
Spectacular takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Arealius lands the left hand.

Spectacular is rocked!
Arealius checks a leg kick nicely.
Spectacular is still on wobbly legs! Can Arealius finish him?

Arealius closes the distance and clinches.
Spectacular seems to have recovered his senses.
Spectacular is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Arealius is keeping busy.
Spectacular lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spectacular wants to break the clinch but can't.
Arealius is looking to break free of the clinch but Spectacular has double underhooks.
Spectacular is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Arealius breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arealius tries a head kick but it misses.
Spectacular takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A cross from Arealius lands.
Arealius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Arealius. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Arealius.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spectacular lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Arealius cracks Spectacular with a hook to the temple - Spectacular is on wobbly legs here! Arealius swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Spectacular falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Arealius wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Anthony Arealius!