PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otto Scheckter (ranked 4748 p4p, 4835 weight class) and Robert Arrnaud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Scheckter
vs
Arrnaud

178 cm
25
180
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
167
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otto Scheckter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Arrnaud!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scheckter misses with the combination.
Arrnaud fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Scheckter throws a lazy right hand but Arrnaud sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Otto Scheckter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Scheckter.

Scheckter takes the fight into the clinch.

Arrnaud breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scheckter throws a front kick aimed at Arrnaud's knee but Arrnaud avoids it well.
Scheckter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arrnaud.
Scheckter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Scheckter, as that shot connected.
Scheckter swinging wildly here.

Arrnaud forces Scheckter back against the cage and clinches.
Arrnaud fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Arrnaud has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Scheckter after a bit of a struggle.
Otto Scheckter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Arrnaud.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Arrnaud successfully pulls guard.
Arrnaud has Scheckter pulled in close to control his posture.
Arrnaud wants to sweep here but Scheckter controlling him for the moment.
Arrnaud is trying to keep Scheckter in close.
Scheckter not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Arrnaud is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Scheckter is aware though and is defending well.
Scheckter controlling from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Scheckter trying to control but Arrnaud is working from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Scheckter cracks Arrnaud with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Scheckter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Arrnaud's head.
A jab lands there for Scheckter.
Arrnaud is looking to clinch.
Arrnaud wants to clinch up but Scheckter keeps it at a distance.
Scheckter lands with an overhand left.
Arrnaud takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Otto Scheckter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scheckter swings for the body but Arrnaud moves out of range.
Arrnaud steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Scheckter.
Scheckter scores with a jab to the head.
Scheckter lands a glancing blow to the side of Arrnaud's head.
Arrnaud takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Arrnaud tries to clinch up but Scheckter circles away and keeps his distance.
Arrnaud is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scheckter tries to clinch up but Arrnaud circles away and keeps his distance.
Scheckter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arrnaud is looking to clinch.
Scheckter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Arrnaud blocks a jab.
Scheckter lands a nice shot that snaps Arrnaud's head back.

Arrnaud is rocked!
Scheckter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arrnaud moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Arrnaud instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Arrnaud creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Scheckter scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Scheckter throws an elbow but misses.
Arrnaud blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arrnaud wants to get back to striking at distance but Scheckter won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Scheckter.
Arrnaud tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Scheckter just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scheckter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scheckter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Scheckter.
Arrnaud throws an elbow that misses.
Scheckter misses with the head strike.
Arrnaud tries for a takedown but Scheckter manages to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Arrnaud.
Scheckter lands a damaging elbow.
Arrnaud is trying to maintain a safe position but Scheckter gets an underhook and turns Arrnaud into the cage.
Scheckter lands a body punch.
Arrnaud looks winded!
Scheckter lands with a left to the head.
Arrnaud is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Scheckter to keep the fight standing.
Arrnaud blocks a body shot from Scheckter.
Scheckter lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Scheckter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Scheckter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Arrnaud. Arrnaud circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Scheckter dominated that 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.

A left lands for Scheckter.
Scheckter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Arrnaud tries a head kick but it misses.
Scheckter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scheckter lands a jab to the head.
Scheckter fails to land with a series of punches.
Scheckter leaves Arrnaud with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Scheckter misses its target.
Scheckter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Arrnaud showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scheckter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scheckter lands a body shot.
Arrnaud fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Scheckter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Scheckter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Arrnaud is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scheckter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Robert Arrnaud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scheckter tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Arrnaud is able to avoid easily.
Arrnaud checks the leg kick.
Scheckter leaves Arrnaud with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Otto Scheckter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Arrnaud.
Arrnaud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scheckter lands a jab to the head.

Scheckter moves into the clinch successfully.
A left hand lands to the body for Scheckter.
Scheckter lands an elbow inside that Arrnaud shrugs off.
Scheckter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Scheckter keeps control of Arrnaud as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Scheckter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Scheckter lands an uppercut.
Arrnaud is trying to stall.

Arrnaud jumps guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scheckter is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Scheckter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Arrnaud is keeping the position for now.
Arrnaud looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Scheckter puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrnaud is trying to get back to full guard.
Scheckter controlling the pace.
Arrnaud tries to get to full guard but Scheckter has control of the leg.
Scheckter trying to mount his opponent but Arrnaud defends it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Scheckter is keen to just control but Arrnaud is a slippery customer.
Arrnaud is pressing down on Scheckter's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Scheckter pushes down on Arrnaud's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Scheckter is taking a breather. Arrnaud says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Scheckter is thwarting Arrnaud's attempts to control the position.
Arrnaud is trying to stand up here but Scheckter is controlling him well.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Scheckter lands a nice looking body shot.
Scheckter throws a shot to the body.
Arrnaud takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A cross from Scheckter lands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Scheckter dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Scheckter rushes Arrnaud and presses him up against the cage.
Scheckter managing to block the knees to the body from Arrnaud.
Arrnaud blocks an elbow strike.
Arrnaud letting Scheckter take a breather here.
Arrnaud wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scheckter holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Scheckter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scheckter.
Scheckter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Scheckter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scheckter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arrnaud blocks an uppercut.
Arrnaud taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Arrnaud takes an elbow to the temple.
Scheckter looking to slow down the pace here.
Scheckter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scheckter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arrnaud can do to turn this around?
Arrnaud blocking some punches.
Arrnaud drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Scheckter breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arrnaud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arrnaud blocks a head kick by Scheckter.
Horrible takedown attempt by Arrnaud or perhaps it was just good defense by Scheckter, which made it look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scheckter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Scheckter lands a lovely overhand right.
Arrnaud moves out of range as Scheckter strikes.
Otto Scheckter is winning the standup battle so far.
Scheckter throws the left hand but Arrnaud avoids the punch easily.
Scheckter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arrnaud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown attempt by Arrnaud or perhaps it was just good defense by Scheckter, which made it look bad.
Otto Scheckter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Arrnaud.
Arrnaud takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Arrnaud takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jab from Scheckter.
Scheckter jabs at Arrnaud's body.
Scheckter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arrnaud is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrnaud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arrnaud throws a sloppy head kick and Scheckter moves out of range easily.
Scheckter digs a good body shot into Arrnaud's ribs.
Scheckter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Scheckter throws a front kick aimed at Arrnaud's knee but Arrnaud avoids it well.
Arrnaud unleashes a big counter combination but Scheckter bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Scheckter lands a body shot.
Scheckter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arrnaud takes a kick to the side of the head.
Scheckter throws a head kick that misses.
Scheckter lands with a good body shot.
Scheckter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Scheckter throws a head kick but Arrnaud moves out of range.
Scheckter cracks Arrnaud with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Scheckter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arrnaud manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scheckter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Arrnaud at a distance.
Scheckter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Scheckter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Scheckter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Arrnaud's head.
Scheckter connects with a body shot.
Scheckter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arrnaud.
Scheckter lands with a hook. Arrnaud tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Scheckter tries to close the distance and clinch but Arrnaud swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arrnaud wants to counter with a clinch but Scheckter pushes him away.
Scheckter throws a combination. Arrnaud tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Scheckter slaps away a takedown attempt from Arrnaud, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Scheckter lands with an overhand left.
Robert Arrnaud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scheckter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scheckter throws a leg kick

and Arrnaud moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otto Scheckter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Scheckter 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otto Scheckter!