PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Scott (ranked 1322 p4p, 1005 weight class) and Tama Ruiha (ranked 173 p4p, 138 weight class). Ruiha has chosen Polynesian Traditional Music as his entrance music. Tama Ruiha has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with David Scott's chin.

Scott
vs
Ruiha

194 cm
31
215
12 - 3 - 1

180 cm
30
194
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, David Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Tama Ruiha!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiha lands with a nice body punch.
Ruiha misses with an uppercut
and Scott counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Scott takes the fight into the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Scott has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Scott is trying to pull guard but Ruiha turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Scott is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ruiha to keep the fight standing.
Ruiha throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruiha.
Ruiha misses with some punches.

Scott pulls guard successfully.
Ruiha 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.

Scott is looking for a triangle but Ruiha pushes his legs off easily.

Scott is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Ruiha frees his head nicely. Oh but Scott has switched to an armbar! Ruiha is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). David Scott!
During a confident post fight interview, David Scott thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.