PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Zebek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Scholes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randy Scholes struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zebek
vs
Scholes

181 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sebastian Zebek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Randy Scholes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zebek tries to clinch up.
Zebek moves in looking to clinch but Scholes pushes him off.
Zebek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scholes dodges the punch combination from Zebek.
Zebek fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Scholes checks it well.
Zebek tries to clinch there but Scholes circles away.
Scholes dodges the punch combination from Zebek.
A punch combination from Zebek misses.
Scholes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zebek throws out the jab.
Zebek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scholes blocks the body kick.
Zebek throws a series of punches but Scholes moves out of range.
Scholes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zebek.

Scholes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Scholes showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Scholes is working for a kimura but Zebek is defending it quite comfortably.

Scholes looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Zebek pushes Scholes off looking to stand but Scholes dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Scholes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Zebek is trying to stand back up but Scholes is controlling him

Scholes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zebek sees it coming and defends easily.

Scholes seems to be working for a kimura but Zebek defends the submission attempt.
Scholes is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Zebek!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Scholes working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Zebek tries to buck Scholes off but he can't manage it.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Scholes moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Zebek has worked his arm free - good work by Zebek!
Zebek knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Scholes on the ground.

Scholes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Scholes in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Zebek is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Randy Scholes!