PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luca Deliso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Arcade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luca Deliso has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Deliso
vs
Arcade

173 cm
20
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
23
139 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luca Deliso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Arcade!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deliso scores with a nice body kick.
Deliso swinging wildly here.
Deliso throws a nice looking combination but Arcade bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arcade with the counter takedown but Deliso avoids it easily.
Deliso lands with a kick to the ribs.
Deliso lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Deliso throws a series of strikes that have Arcade backpedaling.
Arcade looks to land a right hand but Deliso moved out of range.
Deliso looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Deliso cracks Arcade with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Arcade is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deliso pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Arcade gets a takedown into half guard.
Deliso tries to kick Arcade off in order to stand up. Arcade Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Arcade just content to control the position.
Arcade cracks Deliso with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Deliso is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arcade controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arcade lands a nice forearm strike.
Deliso is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Arcade is controlling him well.
Arcade lands a nice forearm strike.
Deliso tries to escape but Arcade is in control.
Arcade scores with a couple of short elbows.
Arcade landing strikes.
Arcade is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Deliso takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Arcade has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Arcade looks up at the clock and then as Deliso takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Arcade smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arcade is putting a hurting on Deliso here, landing some big shots from side control.
Arcade has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Arcade working Deliso over with strikes here.

Deliso is rocked!
Deliso is trying to stand.
Oh Deliso is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Deliso is in a horrible position here. Arcade smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arcade won't let Deliso get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Arcade controlling the pace for now.
Deliso seems to have got his legs back now.
Arcade lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Deliso hang on?
Deliso is trying to stand up.
Deliso is breathing heavily.
Arcade landing shots from mount.
Arcade loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Deliso scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Arcade land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Arcade stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Arcade!
The defeated Luca Deliso had this to say: 'God Bless Italy. It was an honor fighting for my country. I couldn't pull a win tonight but I will learn from this.'.