PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Canadian Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Scofield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Scofield has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Canadian Assassin's chin.

Assassin
vs
Scofield

178 cm
23
170 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Canadian Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Scofield!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Scofield drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Scofield working the ground and pound from side control.

Scofield is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Assassin has escaped the position, nice work there.
Assassin is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Assassin is trying to control Scofield's posture but Scofield avoids it.
Assassin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assassin slips a nice elbow through Scofield's hands, connecting with Scofield's forehead.
Assassin working the head and body with strikes.
Assassin working Scofield over with strikes.
Assassin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Assassin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Scofield looking for submissions off his back.
Scofield is controlling Assassin's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Assassin throwing shots but Scofield is blocking nicely.
Assassin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Assassin winds up and cracks Scofield with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Assassin 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin working over Scofield with some ground and pound. Scofield looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Assassin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assassin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Scofield defending well though.

Assassin seems to be working for a kimura but Scofield defends the submission attempt.
Assassin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Assassin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Assassin working Scofield over with strikes.

Scofield looking for submissions off his back.
Scofield looks gassed!
Assassin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assassin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Assassin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Scofield defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Assassin thows a huge punch but Scofield dodges it nicely.
Assassin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Scofield taking some punishment here, with Assassin in his half guard.
Assassin 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.
Scofield won't allow Assassin to pass to mount.
Scofield is looking to improve his position.
Assassin slips a nice elbow through Scofield's hands, connecting with Scofield's forehead.
Assassin working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assassin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Scofield with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Scofield looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Assassin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Scofield wants to improve his position but Assassin is controlling well.

Assassin is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Scofield has managed to free his arm - good work.

Assassin seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scofield is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Assassin scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Canadian Assassin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Assassin stuffs the takedown attempt from Scofield. Scofield gets slowly back to his feet.
Scofield fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Assassin tries for a takedown but Scofield circles away easily

and Scofield decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Assassin's guard.
Scofield is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scofield postures up in Assassin's guard and throws a big left but Assassin blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scofield looking to sit in guard and control but Assassin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Assassin 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.
Assassin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Assassin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Assassin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Scofield avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Assassin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Scofield is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Assassin, into his guard.
Scofield must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scofield trying to control the position from guard on top but Assassin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Assassin is trying to keep Scofield in close.
Assassin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assassin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Scofield keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Assassin seems to be working for a kimura but Scofield defends the submission attempt.
Assassin prevents Scofield from improving his position.
Scofield blocking the ground and pound attempt from Assassin.
Scofield wants to control but Assassin is keeping busy.

Assassin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Scofield avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Assassin.
Assassin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Scofield on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Scofield is trying to control but can't.
Canadian Assassin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Assassin seems to be looking for submissions.
Assassin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Scofield is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Assassin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Assassin's back!
Assassin rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Michael Scofield will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Assassin fails with the takedown

and Scofield counters with a single leg into guard. Assassin didn't expect that.
Assassin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Scofield.
Scofield looking to pass the guard.
Scofield throws and elbow that misses. Assassin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Scofield's guard. Nice move by Assassin!
Scofield takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Assassin won't allow Scofield to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scofield preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Assassin drops back, looking for a kneebar! Scofield looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Scofield looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Scofield!
Assassin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Scofield seems to be looking for submissions.
Assassin trying to control from the bottom.
Scofield tries to pass to full mount but Assassin defends it.

That's two 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.

Scofield is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Assassin manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Assassin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Scofield decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Assassin's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scofield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Scofield wants to control from the top but Assassin keeps moving.

Scofield drops back, looking for a kneebar! Assassin looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Assassin looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Assassin!
Assassin cracks Scofield with a big elbow.

Assassin is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Scofield looks calm but he's in trouble here. Assassin gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Scofield is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Assassin lets go of the hold and Scofield can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Canadian Assassin!