PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Neer (ranked 5069 p4p, 4865 weight class) and Jonas Demetrio (ranked 609 p4p, 595 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Neer
vs
Demetrio

190 cm
18
193
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
187
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Overeem’s Horse Meat

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scotty Neer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonas Demetrio!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Demetrio. Beautiful body shot.
Demetrio looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Neer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Neer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Demetrio! But no joy.
Neer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Demetrio stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Demetrio wants it to stay on the feet.
Demetrio moves out of range of the body kick.
Neer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Neer shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Demetrio's guard.
Neer throws a strike but Demetrio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Demetrio is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Neer has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Demetrio is looking to defend but Neer has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Demetrio! Neer pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Demetrio taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Scotty Neer!
Scotty Neer spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.