PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Barry Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steinar Sting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott comes to the cage accompanied by Bang - By Barry Scott. Steinar Sting is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Scott
vs
Sting

160 cm
31
144 lbs
23 - 9 - 1

168 cm
33
154 lbs
32 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!)
Reaper Combatwear

Conviction
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steinar Sting!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barry Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sting tries to sprawl but Scott drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sting is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scott wants to take a breather but Sting is having none of it.

Sting is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Scott pulls his head out easily.
Sting has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Scott is working away from the top position though.
Scott passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sting!
Scott with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sting takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sting is wriggling around trying to escape.
Scott wants to control the pace but Sting is squirming around nicely.
Sting is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Scott connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Scott connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Scott lands with some strikes.
Scott putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott wants to control the pace but Sting is squirming around nicely.
Sting is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Scott 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.
Sting in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Scott prevents Sting from getting the reversal.
Scott lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sting is looking to get to half guard.
Sting is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Scott landing strikes from the mount.
Scott content just to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Scott tries to control but Sting wriggling away.
Sting is looking to improve his position but Scott isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting is squirming around, avoiding Scott's attempts to control the action.
Scott sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Scott is stalling here but it's allowed Sting to get half guard.

Scott is looking for a kimura but Sting is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Scott to get the leverage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Scott lands a nice short elbow.
Scott trying to control the action but Sting is working from the bottom.
Scott lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sting is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott trying to control from Sting's half guard. Sting has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Sting is looking for a triangle here but Scott uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Scott lands a few punches from side control.
Scott has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Sting!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sting is looking to get to half guard.
Scott fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott controlling the position easily from mount.
Scott landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Scott dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Scott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sting misses with a body kick.
Sting misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scott avoids the head kick by Sting.
Scott closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sting takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sting misses with a head kick.
Scott misses with a hook.
Scott throws a good cross that connects.
Scott connects with a nice looking jab.
Scott stuffs the takedown attempt from Sting. Sting gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Sting 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sting jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sting misses with a lunging right hand
and Scott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Scott scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Scott is looking to take a break and control but Sting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sting is trying to get back to half guard.
Scott throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Sting works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Scott is trying to control the action in half guard but Sting is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Sting is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Scott pulls his head out easily.
Sting is trying to control but Scott passes into side control!
Scott wants to control but Sting is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sting is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sting is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Scott is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Scott sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Scott tries to control but Sting wriggling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott controlling the pace for now.
Scott wants to control the pace but Sting is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting is bucking up trying to escape but Scott cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Scott trying to control but Sting is having none of it.
Scott content just to control the position here.
Barry Scott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Scott trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Scott content just to control the position here.
Scott can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sting is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sting gets back to half guard.
Scott is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Barry Scott has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sting tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Sting fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Scott sprawls well initially but Sting persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sting throwing shots but Scott is blocking nicely.
Scott trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Scott dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sting on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Scott. Scott obviously looking to wear him down.
Scott scores with a body shot.
Sting lands with a kick to the ribs.
Scott throws a lazy uppercut

so Sting counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Scott has Sting pulled in close to control his posture.
Scott is trying to control the position from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sting looking to sit in guard and control but Scott gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Sting is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sting throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Scott sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Scott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Sting is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sting is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sting is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Scott is aware though and is defending well.
Steinar Sting has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sting is keeping the position for now.

Sting looking for a guillotine here but Scott defends easily.
Scott slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Sting working for submissions but it's allowed Scott to get to half guard.

Scott wants to work for an arm triangle but Sting is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting trying to control here.

Sting is defending against the submission attempts here by Scott.

Sting is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Scott pulls his head out easily.
Scott seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sting does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Scott controlling the action here.
Scott wants to control but Sting is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sting is trying to get back to full guard.
Scott is stalling here. Sting is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Scott seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sting has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Scott is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sting's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sting not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barry Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sting throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scott wants to get back to full guard.
Sting throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steinar Sting.
Well Scott has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Scott!
A victorious Barry Scott thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.