PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Piger Whok (ranked 22379 p4p, 22255 weight class) and Ryan Mcarthy (ranked 575 p4p, 595 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Whok might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to King of Kings - Motorhead. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Whok
vs
Mcarthy

168 cm
28
146
14 - 7 - 0

170 cm
28
155
8 - 9 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Piger Whok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Mcarthy!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Mcarthy has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Whok tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mcarthy is able to avoid easily.
We've been told by Whok's head coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Whok tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Mcarthy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mcarthy thinks about the counter body kick.
Whok lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mcarthy at a distance.
Mcarthy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Mcarthy forces Whok back against the ropes and clinches.
Whok throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcarthy blocks it with crossed arms.
Whok misses with a knee strike.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Piger Whok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Mcarthy.
Mcarthy tries a head kick but it misses.
Whok goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Whok moves in looking to clinch but Mcarthy pushes him off.
Whok throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Whok tries to clinch but Mcarthy is having none of it.
Whok misses with a kick to the body.

Mcarthy gets tackled into the ropes by Whok. Whok maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mcarthy breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcarthy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Whok moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whok slips under a jab.
Whok chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whok scores with a push kick.

Mcarthy instigates a clinch.
Whok has Mcarthy pressed against the ropes, preventing Mcarthy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Whok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mcarthy is trying to stall.
Whok throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Whok lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mcarthy backwards.
Whok looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mcarthy tries to land knees in the clinch but Whok avoids the damage to the body.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mcarthy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Whok wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whok circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whok swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Mcarthy tries to keep at a distance but Whok has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whok swings wildly with an uppercut but Mcarthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whok.

Mcarthy manages to break the clinch.
Mcarthy misses with a head kick.
Whok throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mcarthy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Whok counters with a nice body kick.

Whok closes the distance and clinches.
Whok gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Whok throws an elbow but misses.

Mcarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mcarthy. Whok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mcarthy moves out of range as Whok throws a body kick.
Whok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whok lands a nice looking body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Whok - that will leave a mark!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Whok gets a clinch.
Whok lands an elbow that stopped Mcarthy in his tracks for a moment.
Mcarthy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mcarthy wants to clinch up but Whok keeps it at a distance.
Piger Whok is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mcarthy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mcarthy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Whok throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mcarthy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whok. Whok obviously looking to wear him down.
Whok scores with a decent looking hook.

Mcarthy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Whok struggles to land a body shot inside as Mcarthy controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Whok.
Whok tries to land a knee to the head but Mcarthy blocks with his arms.
Mcarthy dodges an elbow strike from Whok.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcarthy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whok lands a nice uppercut.
Whok keeps control of Mcarthy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Mcarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Mcarthy misses
and Whok counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mcarthy swats away the attempt to clinch by Whok.
Mcarthy tries to clinch there but Whok circles away.
Mcarthy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whok.
Whok throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mcarthy on the side of the head.
Whok moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Whok moves in looking to clinch but Mcarthy pushes him off.

Mcarthy clinches.

Mcarthy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mcarthy looks to land a combination but Whok avoids it well.
Whok scores with a leg kick.
Mcarthy dodges the punch combination from Whok.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mcarthy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whok went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A nice leg kick from Whok, right into the meat of the thigh.

Whok closes the distance and pushes Mcarthy back into the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Whok throws an elbow but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Piger Whok dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mcarthy misses with a body kick.

Mcarthy gets a clinch.
Whok looking to throw knees to the head but Mcarthy is blocking nicely.
Mcarthy trying to land knees to the body.
Whok lands with a light punch inside.

Mcarthy breaks from the clinch.
Mcarthy throws a series of punches but Whok moves out of range.
Mcarthy throws a head kick that misses.

Whok closes the distance and pushes Mcarthy back into the ropes.
Whok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whok landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Whok lands an elbow that stopped Mcarthy in his tracks for a moment.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whok throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Whok thumps Mcarthy with a low kick.
Whok lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mcarthy at a distance.
Mcarthy misses with a two punch combination.
Mcarthy wants to clinch up but Whok keeps it at a distance.
Whok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whok buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mcarthy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Whok.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Whok checks a leg kick.
Mcarthy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whok lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mcarthy's sensitive parts.
A low kick lands for Whok.
Mcarthy lands a head kick. Whok smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Whok is rocked!
A low kick lands for Whok.
Oh Whok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whok with a nice cross.
Whok seems to have got his legs back now.
Whok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whok scoring well with a low kick there.
Whok misses with a body kick.
Mcarthy throws a counter combo.
Whok throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whok dips to his left and cracks Mcarthy with an uppercut!

Mcarthy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Whok keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mcarthy's efforts to push away.
Whok throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Whok.
Whok is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcarthy is defending well for now.
Whok lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whok tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whok misses with an elbow strike.

Mcarthy breaks from the clinch.
Mcarthy tries to clinch up.
Mcarthy throws a head kick that misses.
Mcarthy misses with a wild body shot.
Whok tried to counter with a leg kick but Mcarthy avoided it.
Whok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mcarthy.

Whok fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mcarthy, pushing him back against the ropes.
Mcarthy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Whok pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mcarthy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Whok misses with a knee to the head.
Whok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mcarthy backwards.
Mcarthy tries to break free but Whok pushes him back against the ropes.
Mcarthy is trying to break the clinch but Whok has him pressed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whok throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcarthy blocks it with crossed arms.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mcarthy closes the distance and clinches.
Mcarthy prevents a body shot from Whok.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Whok.
Mcarthy is breathing heavily.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mcarthy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Whok.
Good exchange - Whok coming out on top.
Whok turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Whok.
Mcarthy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
An inside leg kick lands from Mcarthy.
Whok throws a nice inside leg kick.

Whok gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Whok just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mcarthy's brow.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whok takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Mcarthy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Whok, pushing him back against the ropes.
Whok looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whok comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Whok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcarthy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mcarthy avoids a wild elbow strike from Whok.
Whok misses with an elbow over the top.

Mcarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whok tests Mcarthy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mcarthy misses with a looping left.
Mcarthy moves out of range of the body kick from Whok.
Mcarthy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whok was well out of range. Poor timing from Mcarthy.
Piger Whok is winning the standup battle so far.
Whok tries to land a front kick but Mcarthy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mcarthy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ryan Mcarthy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Whok cracks Mcarthy with a good jab.
Whok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mcarthy can do to turn this around?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whok with a nice calf kick.
Whok thuds his right hand into Mcarthy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Whok avoids the head kick by Mcarthy.
Mcarthy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Piger Whok dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Whok lands a nice looking body shot.
Mcarthy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whok buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Whok thuds a left hand into Mcarthy's body.
Whok buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Whok throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mcarthy.
A punch combination from Mcarthy misses.

Mcarthy clinches up with Whok and pushes him back against the ropes.
Whok tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Mcarthy.
Whok with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mcarthy tries to break the clinch but Whok is controlling the position.
Whok has Mcarthy pressed against the ropes, preventing Mcarthy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mcarthy blocks the elbow strike.
Whok lands a damaging elbow.
Whok creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mcarthy tries to circle away but Whok has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcarthy tries to land a knee to the head but Whok blocks with his arms.
Whok pushes off an throws an elbow but Mcarthy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mcarthy blocks the elbow strike.
Whok lands a body punch.

Mcarthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whok lands a jab to the nose.

Whok clinches up against the ropes.

Mcarthy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mcarthy throws a nice looking combination but Whok bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mcarthy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mcarthy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mcarthy misses with a head kick.
Whok misses with a low kick.
Mcarthy unleashes a big counter combination but Whok bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Whok has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mcarthy wants to break free but Whok has control.

Mcarthy manages to break the clinch.
Whok throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Whok throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Whok.
Ryan Mcarthy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whok scores with a jab to the head.
Whok tries to clinch there but Mcarthy circles away.
Whok connects with a solid leg kick.
Whok scores with a nice body kick.
Whok lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mcarthy's sensitive parts.
Mcarthy throws a head kick but Whok moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Whok.
Whok connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mcarthy. Mcarthy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mcarthy throws a hook but Whok blocks it.
Nice body kick from Whok.
Whok scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Whok doesn't manage to clinch there - Mcarthy circles away.
Mcarthy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whok lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mcarthy throws a head kick but Whok moves out of range.
Whok bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mcarthy's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whok scores with a nice body kick.
Whok moves away from the strike by Mcarthy.
Whok lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Whok goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mcarthy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Crunch! Whok slams his shin into Mcarthy's torso.
Whok circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mcarthy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Whok rather than just go for the knockout.
Mcarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Whok paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whok is looking to clinch.
Mcarthy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Whok.
Whok lands with a straight right. Mcarthy didn't see that one coming.
Whok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mcarthy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Whok scores with a nice body kick.
Nice shot lands for Whok.
Mcarthy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mcarthy moves in looking to clinch but Whok pushes him off.
Whok misses with a kick to the body.
Mcarthy throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whok connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mcarthy throws a head kick that misses.
Whok lands a glancing blow to the side of Mcarthy's head.
Mcarthy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mcarthy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mcarthy is looking to score with low kicks.
Mcarthy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Whok wants to clinch up but Mcarthy keeps it at a distance.
Whok swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mcarthy.
Piger Whok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whok cracks a nice hook into Mcarthy's ribs.
Whok throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mcarthy throws a head kick but Whok moves out of range.
Mcarthy throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mcarthy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Whok can pounce on him.
Whok jabs Mcarthy right on the nose. Mcarthy blinks but takes it well.
Whok is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mcarthy.
Mcarthy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Piger Whok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whok has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Piger Whok!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Piger Whok!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Piger Whok!

Piger Whok wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Piger Whok thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.