PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Nut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Nut
vs
Scott

190 cm
23
197 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

183 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Nut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Scott!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nut moves into the clinch successfully.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nut lands a knee to the head.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Scott is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nut avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scott's brow.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Scott lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Nut.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but Nut blocks with his arms.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nut managing to block the knees to the body from Scott.
Nice elbow from Nut.
Nut lands a nice elbow.
Scott takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nut has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nut lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scott.
Scott stalls.
Scott takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Scott.
Scott unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scott blocks it with crossed arms.
Scott avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Nut is breathing heavily.
Scott blocks an elbow strike.
Scott dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
Nut crunches a lovely knee into Scott's ribcage.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nut avoids it.
Nut avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nut.
Scott throws a knee to the head but misses.
Scott wants to stall.
Nut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scott avoids it.
Scott avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Nut misses with a knee strike.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scott.
Scott misses with a knee strike.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Nut blocks it.
Nut unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scott landing knees to the body.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scott.
Scott dodges an elbow strike from Nut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott trying to land knees to the body.
Scott lands a knee to the body.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scott misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nut.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nut has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scott is defending well for now.
Scott utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Scott connects with a knee to the head.
Nut managing to block the knees to the body from Scott.
Nut with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scott lands a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Scott scores with a hook to the body.
Scott scores with a knee to the head.
Nut avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Nut throws an elbow but it misses.
Nut tries to land a knee to the head but Scott blocks with his arms.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scott lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Scott.
Scott lands a damaging elbow.
Scott tries to land knees in the clinch but Nut avoids the damage to the body.
Scott taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Scott managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Scott managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Nut tries a knee to the head but Scott blocks it.
Nut takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scott taking a breather.
Scott stalling the fight.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nut throws an elbow but it misses.
Scott missing with knees to the body.
Scott blocks an elbow strike.
Scott landing knees to the body.
Scott stalls.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Scott misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nut.
Nut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scott utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Scott takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Scott blocks the elbow strike.
Nut missing with knees to the body.
Scott will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nut up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scott's brow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but Scott leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
Scott presses Nut against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Scott working Nut over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nut up against the cage.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nut looking to throw knees to the head but Scott is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Christian Scott will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nut misses with a low kick.
Nut throws the kick towards the body but Scott avoids it.
Scott throws a lazy body kick

and Nut counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scott misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nut.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nut avoids it.
Knees to the body from Nut.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scott avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Scott landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nut.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Nut takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Nut.
Nut lands a damaging elbow.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Scott trying to land knees to the body.
Nut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scott is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut tries to land a knee to the head but Scott blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Scott will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nut up against the cage.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Nut blocks it.
Scott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Nut avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
Nut throws an elbow but it misses.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Nut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scott unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scott stalling the fight.
Scott working Nut over with knees to the body.
Nut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scott tries to land knees in the clinch but Nut avoids the damage to the body.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nut pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Nut avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
Scott blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Christian Scott seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scott lands a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Scott.
Scott avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Scott missing with knees to the body.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scott.
Scott lands a body punch in the clinch.
Scott looking to slow down the pace here.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scott looking to stall.
Scott pressing his opponent against the cage.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Scott.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nut in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scott putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nut in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scott connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nut's face.
Scott crunches a lovely knee into Nut's ribcage.
Nut misses with a knee strike.
Scott looking to throw knees to the head but Nut is blocking nicely.
Scott taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Scott scores with a knee to the head.
Nut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scott tries to stall but Nut uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Scott avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nut has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scott avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Scott avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
Scott is looking to control Nut's arms but Nut gets an underhook and turns him. Now Scott has his back to the cage.
Nut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Scott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but Nut blocks with his arms.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Nut blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott blocks the elbow strike.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scott.
Nut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Scott tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Nut avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scott avoids it.
Scott misses with a knee strike.
Nut unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scott tries to land knees in the clinch but Nut avoids the damage to the body.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nut letting Scott take a breather here.
Scott avoids a wild elbow strike from Nut.
Nut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Scott lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nut takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scott trying to land knees to the body.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nut avoids it.
Nut lands an elbow just above Scott 's eye.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Scott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nut feints and then cracks Scott's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Scott down.

Scott forces Nut back against the cage and clinches.
Nut lands a knee to the head.
Scott wants to stall.
Scott missing with knees to the body.
Scott takes an elbow to the temple.
Nut pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scott takes an elbow to the temple.
Nut putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Scott in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nut lands a nice elbow.
A knee to the head by Nut.
Nut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Scott obliges.
Nut throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
A knee to the head by Scott.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scott avoids it.
Nut managing to block the knees to the body from Scott.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Scott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Scott trying to land knees to the body.
Scott lands a good knee to the midsection. Nut won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Nut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nut throws an elbow but it misses.
Scott lands a knee to the head.
Scott putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nut in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scott lands a body shot.
Nut tries a knee to the head but Scott blocks it.
Scott dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
Scott landing knees to the head.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scott crunches a lovely knee into Nut's ribcage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nut landing knees to the body.
Scott scores a nice knee to the body.
Scott landing knees to the head.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nut avoids it.
Nut connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scott's face.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Scott throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nut lands an elbow inside that Scott shrugs off.
Scott blocks an elbow strike.
Nut lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nut swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scott dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Scott blocks an elbow strike.
Scott landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nut avoids it.
Scott blocks the elbow strike.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nut avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nut is defending well for now.
Scott blocks the elbow strike.
Scott is stalling here.
Scott missing with knees to the body.
Nut lands a knee to the body.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Scott trying to land knees to the body.
Scott misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nut.
Scott is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nut lands an uppercut.
Scott avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nut misses with the head strike.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nut lands a damaging elbow.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nut has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scott landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Scott using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Knees to the body from Scott.
Scott slows down the pace here.
Nut misses with a knee to the head.
Nut letting Scott take a breather here.
Scott blocks an elbow strike from Nut.
Nut managing to block the knees to the body from Scott.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nut lands an elbow inside that Scott shrugs off.

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.
Scott trying to control the position but instead, Nut has worked for underhooks and has pushed Scott into the cage.
Nut lands an elbow inside that Scott shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Scott avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Scott takes an elbow to the temple.
Scott with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nut looking to throw knees to the head but Scott is blocking nicely.
Nut missing with knees to the body.
Scott gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nut avoids it.
Scott manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Scott.
Sam Nut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nut blocks it with crossed arms.
Christian Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Nut blocks it.
Nut takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scott blocks the elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Christian Scott.
I've got Scott winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Christian Scott!