PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eathen Stife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eathen Stife acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Arona
vs
Stife

185 cm
18
211 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

186 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Arona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eathen Stife!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stife misses with a series of wild punches.
Eathen Stife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arona wants to clinch.
Stife throws a right and a left that Arona avoids nicely.
Arona tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stife fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch but Stife swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stife misses with a looping left.
Arona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arona doesn't manage to clinch there - Stife circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife moves out of range.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arona wants to clinch.

Arona closes the distance and clinches.
Stife tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Arona smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arona tries to clinch up.
Arona tries to clinch up but Stife circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stife throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Stife lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Paulo Arona is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arona is looking to clinch but Stife is avoiding it.
Stife fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Arona avoids it really well and circles away.
Paulo Arona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eathen Stife.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arona takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice takedown defense from Arona. No joy for Stife on that attempt.
Arona moves in looking to clinch but Stife pushes him off.
Stife shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Arona but Arona pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stife looks gassed!
Stife throws a right hand that Arona ducks under and follows up with a left that Arona also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stife swinging wildly here.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Arona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arona showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stife.
Stife lands with a nice body punch.
Stife misses with a hook.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Stife misses.
Stife circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.
Arona tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Arona clinches up against the cage.
Stife tries to pull guard but Arona holds him up against the cage and eventually Stife drops back down to his feet.
Arona connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Eathen Stife has been cut.
Stife jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arona walks away with a smile on his face. Stife gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stife shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arona is looking to clinch but Stife is avoiding it.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.
Arona is looking to clinch but Stife is avoiding it.
Stife's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Stife duly obliges.
Arona moves in looking to clinch but Stife pushes him off.
Arona fails in his attempt to clinch.
Arona wants to clinch up but Stife keeps it at a distance.
Stife will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Stife, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stife shoots in but Arona avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stife shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Arona as he avoids it easily.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arona moves in looking to clinch but Stife pushes him off.
Arona doesn't manage to clinch there - Stife circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stife throws a series of punches but Arona moves out of range.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Arona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stife swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife moves out of range.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch but Stife swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stife swats away the attempt to clinch by Arona.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arona tries to clinch there but Stife circles away.
Arona tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stife shoots for a takedown but Arona saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Arona moves in looking to clinch but Stife pushes him off.
Arona tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Arona drives through and clinches with Stife against the cage.
Arona landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Arona unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stife lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Arona connects with a knee to the head.
Arona lands a good knee to the midsection. Stife won't want to take too many of those.
Stife blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Arona dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eathen Stife's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stife shoots in for a takedown but Arona shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.
Stife fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Arona doesn't manage to clinch there - Stife circles away.
Stife swats away the attempt to clinch by Arona.
Arona tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.
Arona doesn't manage to clinch there - Stife circles away.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.

Arona has managed to clinch.
Stife on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stife is breathing heavily.
Arona keeps control of Stife as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Arona.
Arona tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arona using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Arona landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stife takes a knee right on the jaw!
Arona lands a knee to the body.
Arona landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Arona lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Arona.
Stife on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arona lands a knee to the body.
Arona is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stife tries to break the clinch but Arona is controlling the position.
Arona lands a knee to the body.
Stife on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Arona.
Arona throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stife blocks it with crossed arms.
Stife tries to pull guard but Arona won't allow it.
Paulo Arona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eathen Stife.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Arona connects with a knee to the head.
Stife tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Arona just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stife takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stife is looking to break free of the clinch but Arona has double underhooks.
Stife tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Arona scores with a knee to the head.
Stife jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arona walks away with a smile on his face. Stife gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.
Arona moves in looking to clinch but Stife pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stife swats away the attempt to clinch by Arona.
Stife throws a right and a left that Arona avoids nicely.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stife has a takedown stuffed.
Arona tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stife fails to land the takedown.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stife misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arona is looking to clinch but Stife is avoiding it.
Arona showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stife.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arona wants to clinch up but Stife keeps it at a distance.
Arona fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.

Stife tries to keep at a distance but Arona has taken the fight into the clinch.
Arona misses with a knee to the head.
Arona with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stife tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Arona just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stife is looking to break free of the clinch but Arona has double underhooks.
Arona lands a good knee to the midsection. Stife won't want to take too many of those.
Arona lands a knee to the body.
Arona lands a good knee to the midsection. Stife won't want to take too many of those.
Arona tries to land a knee to the head but Stife blocks with his arms.
Arona working Stife over with knees to the body.
Arona using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Stife's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arona tries to clinch up.
Stife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stife shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Arona is squirming around, avoiding Stife's attempts to control the action.

Stife working for a submission but Arona is keeping him at bay.
Arona tries to buck Stife off but he can't manage it.
Arona knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stife on the ground.

Stife with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Stife is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Arona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stife shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arona sprawls well. Arona wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stife gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Arona dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eathen Stife'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. This is the final round!

Stife circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stife swats away the attempt to clinch by Arona.
Arona tries to clinch up but Stife circles away and keeps his distance.
Stife throws a series of punches but Arona avoids them all with ease.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arona defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stife.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arona fails in his attempt to clinch.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.
Stife throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arona wants to clinch up but Stife keeps it at a distance.
Stife takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stife circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife moves out of range.

Stife scores with a takedown into Arona's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stife trying to control the position from guard on top but Arona is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stife tries to stand but Arona is controlling from the bottom.
Arona wants to stand and escape but Stife is having none of it.

Stife is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Arona is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Stife will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arona slips a jab and a cross from Stife.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stife tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Arona swivels and escapes.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.
Stife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arona moves away from the strike by Stife.

Stife closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Arona to the mat! Arona manages to get full guard.
Stife trying to control but Arona is working from the bottom.
Stife would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Arona wants to get back to his feet but Stife is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Stife is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arona wants to get back to his feet but Stife is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stife forces his way into half guard.
Stife trying to control the action but Arona is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stife shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Arona as he avoids it easily.
Paulo Arona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eathen Stife.
Arona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stife swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stife closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arona tries to clinch there but Stife circles away.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.
Arona is looking to clinch.
Stife swats away the attempt to clinch by Arona.
Stife shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Arona but Arona pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stife keeps the fight on the outside.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife moves out of range.
Paulo Arona is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stife throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arona.
Arona wants to clinch.
Stife throws a solid leg kick but Arona takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stife.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Arona tries to clinch up.
Arona is looking to clinch but Stife is avoiding it.
Eathen Stife has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arona tries to clinch but Stife moves out of range.
Arona tries to clinch but Stife is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eathen Stife comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Arona has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Arona!