PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sky Scrape (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Lecic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scrape's entrance music is Jark Prongo - Movin through your system. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Scrape
vs
Lecic

202 cm
22
217 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
22
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Behold The Beast
Behold The Beast

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sky Scrape!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Lecic!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Scrape.
Scrape swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lecic.
A swing and a miss from Scrape.
Scrape lands with a slapping head kick.
Scrape motions for Lecic to come forward. Scrape throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lecic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lecic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Scrape finds it's way round the side to connect with Lecic's head.
Scrape throws a nice looking combination but Lecic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lecic ducks under a wild hook from Scrape.
Lecic keeps the fight on the outside.
Sky Scrape seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scrape misses the jab.
Lecic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Scrape scores with a jab.
Scrape misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scrape swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scrape misses with a head kick.
Lecic looks to land a left hand but Scrape moved out of range nicely.
Scrape uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lecic.
Scrape throws a looping overhand right but Lecic ducks down to avoid it.
Lecic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scrape was well out of range. Poor timing from Lecic.
Lecic throws a body punch but Scrape moves out of range.
Scrape scores with a decent looking hook.
Lecic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scrape sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Scrape avoids the body shot from Lecic.
Lecic throws a jab but it's blocked by Scrape.
Good standup being displayed there by Scrape as he connects with a hook.
Scrape thuds a left hand into Lecic's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecic walks into a straight right hand from Scrape.
Lecic misses with a series of wild punches.
Scrape jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scrape misses the jab.
Scrape tries to score with a low kick but Lecic moves his leg out of the way.

Scrape scores with a takedown into Lecic's guard.
Lecic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Scrape will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lecic is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Lecic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Scrape looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lecic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lecic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lecic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lecic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lecic trying to control from Scrape's half guard. Scrape has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Lecic is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Scrape had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lecic defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scrape trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Scrape throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lecic distracts Scrape with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lecic not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lecic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Scrape swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Scrape working for a triangle but Lecic defends it easily.
Lecic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scrape works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sky Scrape dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Scrape tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lecic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lecic. Scrape does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lecic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lecic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lecic wants it to stay on the feet.
Scrape throws the left hand but Lecic avoids the punch easily.
Scrape misses with a wild body shot.
Scrape motions for Lecic to come forward. Scrape throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Lecic.
Lecic moves away from the strike by Scrape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scrape throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lecic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Scrape throws out a leg kick but Lecic moves out of range and Scrape only half commits.
Scrape scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Lecic misses its intended target.
Scrape throws an overhand right that lands on Lecic's shoulder, as Lecic tries to avoid the shot.
Scrape on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Marko Lecic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scrape misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scrape thows a body shot but no joy.
Lecic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scrape tries to clinch there but Lecic circles away.
Lecic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Scrape misses with a hook.
Lecic falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Scrape counter with a right hand.
Scrape misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

A jab-cross combination lands for Lecic and sends Scrape crashing to the mat! Lecic follows him down to the mat - Scrape regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Lecic trying to control the action but Scrape is working from the bottom.
Scrape wants to improve his position but Lecic is controlling well.
Scrape is working hard here to advance position.
Scrape manages to get to full guard.
Scrape avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lecic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Scrape is keeping the position for now.
Lecic trying to control the position from guard on top but Scrape is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lecic throwing strikes from guard but Scrape blocks nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lecic throws a body punch but Scrape moves out of range.
Scrape scores with a shot to the body.
Lecic misses with a wild body shot.
Scrape tries to clinch up.
Lecic misses with a wild body shot.
Lecic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scrape.
Scrape fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lecic.
Lecic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Scrape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Scrape lands a jab to the nose.
Lecic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lecic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Scrape comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sky Scrape is winning the standup battle so far.
Scrape misses with a straight right.
Nice cross by Scrape.
Scrape throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lecic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Scrape darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lecic moves into full guard.
Scrape working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lecic's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lecic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scrape is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Scrape misses with a low kick.
Lecic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scrape tries to score with a low kick but Lecic moves his leg out of the way.
Lecic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Scrape rather than just go for the knockout.
Lecic swings for the body but Scrape moves out of range.
Lecic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Scrape moves into range and clinches up with Lecic.
Lecic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lecic lands a shot to the body.
Lecic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Scrape blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Lecic.
Lecic lands a right hand.
Scrape blocking some punches.
Lecic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lecic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scrape is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lecic is keeping busy.
Lecic tries a body shot but Scrape blocks it.
Scrape misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Scrape.
Scrape's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lecic lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Scrape.
Scrape tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lecic's elbow.
Scrape throws a punch but it's blocked by Lecic.
Scrape with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lecic scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lecic has a couple of punches blocked by Scrape.
Lecic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lecic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scrapes head.
Lecic tries to work over Scrape's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Lecic.
Lecic tries to work over Scrape's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lecic stops a takedown attempt from Scrape.
Scrape throws a punch but it's blocked by Lecic.
A left hand lands to the body for Lecic.
Lecic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lecic.
Lecic lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Lecic.
Scrape misses with the head strike.
Scrape is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lecic lands with a left to the head.
Lecic scores with a hook to the body.
Lecic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scrape or not.
Lecic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scrape or not.
Marko Lecic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecic lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lecic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for Lecic.
Lecic lands an uppercut.

Lecic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Lecic misses.
Lecic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scrape manages to avoid it.
Lecic misses with a wild body shot.
Lecic throws a combination that misses
and Scrape counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lecic thinking.
Scrape misses with a wild body shot.
Scrape scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Scrape jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Scrape shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lecic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lecic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sky Scrape is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scrape trying to control the position from guard on top but Lecic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lecic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lecic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Scrape preventing the sweep.
Lecic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lecic is pulling down on Scrape's head to control his posture.
Scrape trying to control but Lecic is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Scrape scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Scrape's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Scrape duly obliges.
Scrape throws an overhand right that lands on Lecic's shoulder, as Lecic tries to avoid the shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right hand to the body from Lecic.
Scrape blocks an uppercut.
Scrape wants a takedown but no success here.
Lecic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Lecic.
Lecic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lecic is leaning against Scrape and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Lecic.

Lecic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Nice combo by Lecic! Oh, that's hurt him - Scrape falls to the canvas and Lecic follows him into side control.

Scrape is rocked!
Lecic lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Scrape down.
Oh Scrape is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lecic working the head with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Lecic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Scrape 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sky Scrape!