PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Golovkin (ranked 180 p4p, 23 weight class) and Kieran McArthur (ranked 409 p4p, 52 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Golovkin
vs
McArthur

172 cm
27
148 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

175 cm
32
155 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kieran McArthur!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McArthur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golovkin.
McArthur drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McArthur throws a low kick but Golovkin avoids it.
McArthur is looking to slow Golovkin down with leg kicks.
Golovkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Golovkin lands a jab-cross combination.
A big right from McArthur misses.
McArthur walks into a jab.
Golovkin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Champion Factory in the buildup to the fight.
McArthur attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McArthur slips under a jab from Golovkin.
Golovkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McArthur.
Golovkin with a hook.
McArthur throws a low kick but Golovkin moves out of range easily.
Golovkin lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Golovkin misses.
McArthur misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Golovkin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McArthur is looking to chop away at Golovkin's legs.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McArthur moves away.
A jab from Golovkin finds it's way through McArthur's defenses.
Golovkin lands with a shot to the body.
Golovkin connects with a leg kick. McArthur looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Golovkin missing with a left hand there. McArthur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McArthur tries a quick counter leg kick but Golovkin is wise to it.
McArthur swinging wildly here.
Golovkin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Golovkin lands a jab to McArthur's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from McArthur. Golovkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golovkin takes a swing at McArthur's ribcage but misses.
Golovkin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McArthur shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McArthur feints and then cracks Golovkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Golovkin down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Golovkin scores with a nice head shot.
Golovkin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Golovkin looks to land a left hand but McArthur moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin lands a leg kick that knocks McArthur off balance momentarily.
Golovkin looks to land a right hand but McArthur moved out of range.
Golovkin slips under a jab from McArthur.
Golovkin tried to counter with a leg kick but McArthur avoided it.
Golovkin throws a poor cross that misses
and McArthur counters with a good low kick that Golovkin was not able to check.
McArthur looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Golovkin slips under a jab.
Golovkin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McArthur stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McArthur lands with a thumping leg kick.
Golovkin blocks the body kick.
Golovkin connects with a right hand. McArthur shakes it off.
McArthur showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Golovkin.
McArthur throws a body kick that misses
and Golovkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McArthur moves out of range of the strikes.
Golovkin cracks a nice hook into McArthur's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Golovkin. McArthur does a little dance to reset his feet.
McArthur appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
McArthur is looking to score with low kicks.
Golovkin misses the jab.
Golovkin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Golovkin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McArthur misses with a low kick.
Golovkin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McArthur tries a low kick but Golovkin avoids it.
McArthur throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Golovkin counters with a stiff right hand.
McArthur misses the jab.
McArthur takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Golovkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McArthur.
Golovkin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McArthur finds it's way round the side to connect with Golovkin's head.
McArthur misses with a straight left.
Golovkin throws a leg kick that is checked
and McArthur counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovkin swings for the body but McArthur moves out of range.
Golovkin misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin takes one to the chin there.
McArthur is looking to score with low kicks.
Golovkin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Golovkin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McArthur on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from McArthur. Golovkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the body.
McArthur has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McArthur there as he acknowledges the shot.
McArthur shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McArthur ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Golovkin lands a head shot.
Golovkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McArthur.
Golovkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McArthur was well out of range. Poor timing from Golovkin.
Golovkin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McArthur throws a low kick but it's checked well by Golovkin.
McArthur misses with a right hand
letting Golovkin counter with a right hand.
McArthur motions for Golovkin to come forward. McArthur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin avoids the head kick by McArthur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vadim Golovkin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Golovkin 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.
McArthur throws a solid leg kick but Golovkin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McArthur.
Golovkin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Golovkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McArthur manages to avoid it.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Golovkin checks a leg kick.
McArthur swings away with a body shot that misses
and Golovkin counters with a straight right hand.
Golovkin lands with a cross.
Golovkin throws a hook but McArthur avoids it easily.
McArthur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golovkin.
Golovkin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McArthur misses with a left hand
and Golovkin counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McArthur looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Golovkin throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McArthur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by McArthur.
Golovkin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Golovkin.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but McArthur might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Golovkin has got the better of the exchanges.
McArthur throws a nice outside leg kick.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McArthur loads up on a big right hand but Golovkin slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Golovkin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McArthur cracks Golovkin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Golovkin looks to land a left hand but McArthur moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Golovkin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
A little jabbing left from McArthur on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McArthur has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Golovkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McArthur gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Golovkin throws a shot to the body.
Golovkin moves out of range as McArthur throws a body kick.
McArthur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kieran McArthur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McArthur ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Golovkin lands an overhand right.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Golovkin!
Vadim Golovkin is winning the standup battle so far.
Golovkin thuds a left hand into McArthur's body.
McArthur takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Golovkin throws a hook to the side of McArthur's head but McArthur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McArthur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Golovkin manages to avoid it.
McArthur attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin connects with a looping right hand.
Golovkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McArthur can do to turn this around?
Good work by McArthur as he checks the leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from McArthur misses.
Nice uppercut there from Golovkin.
McArthur pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McArthur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Golovkin manages to avoid it.
Golovkin throws an overhand right that lands on McArthur's shoulder, as McArthur tries to avoid the shot.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McArthur swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McArthur scores with a nice head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! McArthur has knocked Golovkin down with a huge combo! McArthur steps away and waves a wobbly Golovkin back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Golovkin is rocked!
Both fighters circling a little - McArthur finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Oh Golovkin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McArthur cracks Golovkin with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kieran McArthur!
Kieran McArthur decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.