PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Derek Scarlatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benton Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Styles has chosen Rocky Remix as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Scarlatti
vs
Styles

172 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

174 cm
25
157 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derek Scarlatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benton Styles!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Styles dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Scarlatti. That did some damage!
Styles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Styles.
Scarlatti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Scarlatti tries to clinch but Styles moves away
and Styles counters with a good low kick that Scarlatti was not able to check.
Styles misses with a head kick.
Styles jabs at Scarlatti's body.
Scarlatti closes the distance and clinches up with Styles, looking for a takedown. Scarlatti pushes Styles against the cage but Styles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Styles swats away the attempt to clinch by Scarlatti.
Styles lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Styles throws a sloppy head kick and Scarlatti moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles scores with a crisp jab that stopped Scarlatti in his tracks.
A low kick from Scarlatti misses
and Styles counters with a nice body shot.
Styles lands with a thumping leg kick.
Styles connects with an inside leg kick.
Styles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Scarlatti's calf.
Styles leaves Scarlatti with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Styles with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Scarlatti is breathing heavily.
Scarlatti tries to clinch
and Styles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Styles darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Styles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Scarlatti under the eye.
Scarlatti's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Styles connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Scarlatti scrambles back to his feet.
Scarlatti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Styles stuns Scarlatti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Styles fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big right from Scarlatti misses.
Styles fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Scarlatti.
Styles plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Scarlatti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Scarlatti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Styles scores with a body shot.
Styles chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Scarlatti takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Scarlatti shoots in for a takedown but Styles shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Scarlatti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Styles throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Scarlatti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Scarlatti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Styles throws a shot to the body.
Styles is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Scarlatti rather than just go for the knockout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Styles thuds a left hand into Scarlatti's body.
Benton Styles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Styles scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Styles throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Scarlatti's head.
Styles connects with a leg kick. Scarlatti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Styles lands a big head kick that sends Scarlatti tumbling to the mat! Styles takes a step backwards and waves Scarlatti back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Scarlatti is rocked!
Styles steps in with a hook that catches Scarlatti right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Styles follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Scarlatti looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benton Styles!
A very excited looking Benton Styles rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.