PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Sandelos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Narcaleptic Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandelos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is We Takin' Over. Narcaleptic Arlovski will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Sandelos
vs
Arlovski

194 cm
24
268 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

219 cm
22
206 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very flexible

HeavyWeight Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Sandelos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narcaleptic Arlovski!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandelos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick from Arlovski is predictable there
and Sandelos counters with a low kick, right behind Arlovski 's knee.
Arlovski catches Sandelos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Arlovski shoots in looking for a takedown but Sandelos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Arlovski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Arlovski looks to land a left hand but Sandelos moved out of range nicely.
Arlovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arlovski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Sandelos takes the fight into the clinch.
Sandelos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sandelos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arlovski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Sandelos manages to break the clinch.
Sandelos tries a head kick but it misses.
Arlovski misses with a low kick.
Arlovski misses with the body kick

and Sandelos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sandelos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arlovski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski stalls.
Sandelos has Arlovski pressed against the cage.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but Arlovski blocks with his arms.
Sandelos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arlovski throws a head punch that misses.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but Arlovski blocks with his arms.

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

Arlovski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Arlovski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Arlovski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Arlovski with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arlovski is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Arlovski thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Arlovski lands with some strikes.
Arlovski lands a big shot there that rocks Sandelos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Arlovski looking to ground and pound but Sandelos is blocking nicely.

Arlovski is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Sandelos to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Sandelos shrugs it off.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski punching from mount but Sandelos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Arlovski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Arlovski cracks Sandelos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Arlovski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sandelos looks a forlorn figure.
Sandelos tries to hold on but Arlovski pushes him away.
Arlovski looking to ground and pound but Sandelos is blocking nicely.
Sandelos is looking to improve his position but Arlovski isn't that keen on the idea.
Arlovski throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sandelos because Arlovski loaded up on that one.

Arlovski working for a guillotine from mount but Sandelos is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arlovski unloads with some shots from mount but Sandelos bucks and avoids them well.
Sandelos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandelos is looking to get to half guard.
Sandelos tries to lock up and control but Arlovski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Arlovski working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sandelos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Arlovski with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Arlovski goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Sandelos is on top in guard.

Arlovski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sandelos is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Narcaleptic Arlovski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Arlovski is looking to land body kicks.
Arlovski tried to score with a low kick but Sandelos checks it.
Sandelos misses with a two punch combination.
Sandelos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Arlovski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sandelos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sandelos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Arlovski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Arlovski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sandelos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sandelos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Arlovski looks to land a combination but Sandelos avoids it well.
Sandelos throws a push kick but Arlovski slaps the foot to one side.
Sandelos avoids the head kick by Arlovski.
Arlovski misses with a low kick as Sandelos jumps back.
Arlovski swats away the attempt to clinch by Sandelos.
Nice straight punches there by Arlovski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Arlovski.
Arlovski dives in and grabs Sandelos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sandelos pushes down on Arlovski's head and hops out.
Arlovski lands with a cross.
Arlovski thuds his right hand into Sandelos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Arlovski is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Arlovski.
Arlovski looks to throw the jab but Sandelos is out of range.
Arlovski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sandelos under the eye.
Arlovski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sandelos counters with a leg kick.
Sandelos wants to clinch.
Sandelos wants to clinch up but Arlovski keeps it at a distance.
Arlovski closes the distance and clinches up with Sandelos, looking for a takedown. Arlovski pushes Sandelos against the cage but Sandelos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jonathan Sandelos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Narcaleptic Arlovski.
Arlovski misses with a kick to the body.
Arlovski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A jab from Arlovski does it's job there.
Sandelos walks into a stiff left hand from Arlovski.
Narcaleptic Arlovski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sandelos throws a head kick but Arlovski moves out of range.
Sandelos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sandelos has closed the distance and engaged Arlovski in a clinch.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sandelos.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Arlovski. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arlovski tries to work over Sandelos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sandelos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arlovski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sandelos misses with a knee to the head.

Sandelos breaks from the clinch.
Arlovski swats away the attempt to clinch by Sandelos.
Arlovski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Arlovski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Arlovski throws a leg kick but Sandelos moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sandelos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Arlovski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Arlovski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Arlovski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sandelos's hands.
Arlovski lands a jab to the nose.
Arlovski just misses with a punch to the body.
Arlovski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arlovski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sandelos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Arlovski shoots in for a takedown but Sandelos shows good takedown defense.
Sandelos tries to clinch up but Arlovski circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab from Arlovski misses.
Arlovski tries for a takedown but Sandelos circles away easily
and Sandelos counters with a good, hard body kick but Arlovski shrugs it off.
Arlovski is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arlovski. Sandelos does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski shoots for a double leg takedown but Sandelos sprawls well. He's pushed Arlovski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sandelos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sandelos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sandelos is looking to clinch.
Arlovski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sandelos circles away.
Sandelos tries to clinch up but Arlovski circles away and keeps his distance.
Sandelos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Arlovski fails to land with a series of punches.
Sandelos tries to clinch but Arlovski moves out of range.
Sandelos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arlovski.
Jonathan Sandelos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arlovski tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sandelos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Arlovski somewhat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arlovski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Arlovski tries to keep at a distance but Sandelos has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Narcaleptic Arlovski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Sandelos tries to clinch but Arlovski is having none of it.
Narcaleptic Arlovski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sandelos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arlovski.
Arlovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arlovski throws a leg kick that misses.

Sandelos drives through and clinches with Arlovski against the cage.
Arlovski avoids a wild elbow strike from Sandelos.
Sandelos blocks an uppercut.
Sandelos effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Sandelos for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Sandelos throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski looking to slow down the pace here.
Sandelos is trying to break the clinch but Arlovski has him pressed against the cage.

Sandelos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sandelos tries to clinch but Arlovski is having none of it.
Arlovski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Arlovski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sandelos moves in looking to clinch but Arlovski pushes him off.
Arlovski misses with a body shot.
Sandelos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arlovski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sandelos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandelos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sandelos misses with the combination.
Sandelos looks to land a combination but Arlovski avoids it well.
Arlovski connects with a solid leg kick.
Arlovski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sandelos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sandelos checks a leg kick.
Arlovski connects with an inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Sandelos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Arlovski connects with a nice looking jab.
Sandelos takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arlovski scores with a hook.
Arlovski shoots in and drives through. Sandelos sprawls well.
Jonathan Sandelos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Narcaleptic Arlovski.
Arlovski swats away the attempt to clinch by Sandelos.
Arlovski looks to land a combination but Sandelos avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sandelos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sandelos as Arlovski tries to tie him up.
Arlovski misses with a body punch.
Jonathan Sandelos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sandelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arlovski blocks it with crossed arms.
Arlovski working hard to break the clinch.
Sandelos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Arlovski up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Sandelos breaks from the clinch.
Arlovski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arlovski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Arlovski throws a head kick that misses.
Narcaleptic Arlovski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Sandelos pushes Arlovski up against the cage in a clinch.
Sandelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arlovski blocks it with crossed arms.

Arlovski gets control of Sandelos's arms and successfully pulls guard. Arlovski will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Arlovski looking for a triangle here. Sandelos is fighting it but it looks tight! Arlovski pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Sandelos is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Narcaleptic Arlovski!