PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raven Arcturus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Tennant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arcturus kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is People Equal Sh*t. Raven Arcturus is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Arcturus
vs
Tennant

185 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
181 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raven Arcturus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Tennant!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tennant throws a series of punches but Arcturus moves out of range.
Arcturus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tennant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Arcturus counters with a straight right hand.
Tennant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arcturus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tennant.
Danga de danga de dang - Tennant scores with a four punch combination!
Arcturus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tennant throws a right and a left that Arcturus avoids nicely.
Arcturus tries to clinch up.
Tennant throws a left and a right that both miss
and Arcturus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arcturus throws a combination. Tennant tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like David Tennant has been cut.
Tennant throws a jab but it's blocked by Arcturus.
Arcturus dodges the punch combination from Tennant.
Tennant throws a nice looking combination but Arcturus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arcturus cracks Tennant with a good jab.
Arcturus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tennant was well out of range. Poor timing from Arcturus.
Tennant on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Arcturus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tennant.
Tennant misses with a double jab.
Arcturus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tennant moves away.
Arcturus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tennant misses with a two punch combination.
Tennant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arcturus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Arcturus pushes Tennant up against the cage in a clinch.
Tennant throws a punch but it's blocked by Arcturus.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tennant.
Arcturus scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arcturus throws a head punch that misses.
Arcturus scores with a shot to the side of Tennant's head.
Arcturus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arcturus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arcturus lands a hook that snaps the head of Tennant backwards.

Arcturus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tennant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A combination from Arcturus does no damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Arcturus. That's going to slow Tennant down.
Arcturus misses with a body shot.
Tennant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Arcturus backs up against the cage.
Arcturus throws an off balance right hand

so Tennant counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Tennant postures up in Arcturus's guard and throws a big left but Arcturus blocks it.
Arcturus wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant trying to control but Arcturus is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tennant accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Arcturus keeping moving, preventing Tennant from controlling successfully.
Tennant is looking to work some ground and pound but Arcturus has wrist control.
Arcturus keeping moving, preventing Tennant from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arcturus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tennant missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Arcturus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tennant throwing strikes but missing.
Tennant trying to control but Arcturus is working from the bottom.
Tennant is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

David Tennant has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Tennant misses with a combination
and Arcturus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arcturus is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arcturus scores with a jab.
Tennant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tennant throws a right and a left that Arcturus avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Tennant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Tennant's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tennant misses with a few strikes there.
Arcturus displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tennant.
Tennant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
David Tennant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Arcturus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tennant, pushing him back against the cage.
Arcturus blocks an uppercut.
Arcturus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arcturus.
Tennant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tennant swings wildly with an uppercut but Arcturus uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Arcturus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Arcturus misses with the head strike.
Arcturus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tennant backwards.
Tennant has a couple of punches blocked by Arcturus.

Arcturus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
David Tennant seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arcturus misses with a left hand

and Tennant counters with a shoot takedown. Arcturus fights it but they end up in guard.
Arcturus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tennant on the ground.
Tennant stopping the sweep attempt from Arcturus.
Tennant trying to control the position from guard on top but Arcturus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tennant stops Arcturus from standing up.
Tennant with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Arcturus can't keep his opponent in guard - Tennant advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Tennant has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tennant takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tennant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arcturus keeps working.
David Tennant has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tennant throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Arcturus is staying active underneath Tennant, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tennant is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Tennant wants to control the pace but Arcturus is squirming around nicely.
Tennant raining down shots from the mount!
Tennant tries to control but Arcturus wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tennant throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Arcturus because Tennant loaded up on that one.
Tennant throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Arcturus because Tennant loaded up on that one.
Tennant throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tennant lands with some strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tennant looking to ground and pound but Arcturus is blocking nicely.
Tennant sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tennant sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Tennant connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tennant unloads with some shots from mount but Arcturus bucks and avoids them well.
A nice elbow there by Tennant.
Tennant lands with some strikes.

Arcturus is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Tennant! Arcturus is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). David Tennant!
David Tennant tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.