PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Josiah Scurlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Scurlock
vs
Glover

173 cm
26
144 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

170 cm
28
143 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

MMA ANIMAL

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josiah Scurlock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Glover!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glover with a poor takedown

and Scurlock counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Glover preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Glover pulls Scurlock in close to his closed guard and prevents Scurlock from doing any damage or advancing position.
Scurlock wants to pass the guard but Glover is keeping the position.
Glover can't keep his opponent in guard - Scurlock advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Glover works his way to full guard. Good work.
Scurlock throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Glover looking to control.
Scurlock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Glover is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scurlock postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Scurlock missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Scurlock trying to control the position from guard on top but Glover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scurlock postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover keeping full guard, as Scurlock tries to pass.
Glover scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Glover throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Glover trying to control the position.
Glover doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Glover controls Scurlock momentarily but Scurlock frees himself.
Scurlock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Glover throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Glover wants to control the position but Scurlock says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Scurlock tries to pass the half guard into mount. Glover knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Scurlock scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Scurlock thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock prevents Glover from improving his position.
Scurlock not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Glover has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Glover is pressing down on Scurlock's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Scurlock postures up.
Scurlock stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Glover swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scurlock landing some decent shots from guard.
Glover throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Scurlock postures up.
Scurlock thows a big elbow that misses.
Glover can't keep his opponent in guard - Scurlock advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Glover trying to hold on to Scurlock's head to control him but Scurlock postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock is trying to control the action in half guard but Glover is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Glover manages to get to full guard.
Glover throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Scurlock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Glover trying to keep a closed guard but Scurlock is proving a slippery customer.
Scurlock stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Glover swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Scurlock stands up out of Glover's guard for a moment - Glover manages to land a nice upkick.
Glover is striking off his back. Scurlock thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Glover tries to roll over but Scurlock keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Scurlock thows a huge punch but Glover dodges it nicely.
Scurlock moves into full mount! Glover won't be happy about that!
Scurlock in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scurlock in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Glover is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scurlock raining down shots from the mount!
Glover throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Glover misses with a takedown
and Scurlock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Glover tries for a takedown but Scurlock circles away easily
letting Scurlock counter with a right hand.
Glover shoots and misses
and Scurlock counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Josiah Scurlock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Larry Glover.
Scurlock misses with an uppercut.
Glover has his takedown stuffed
and Scurlock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Glover is rocked!
Glover walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Glover is still on wobbly legs! Can Scurlock finish him?
Scurlock closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Glover! Scurlock dives in looking to finish! Glover is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josiah Scurlock!
Josiah Scurlock retains his bantamweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Josiah Scurlock thanked MMA ANIMAL for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).