PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otto Scheckter (ranked 1586 p4p, 1049 weight class) and Adam Alkoun (ranked 221 p4p, 151 weight class). Adam Alkoun is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Scheckter
vs
Alkoun

178 cm
25
180
5 - 0 - 0

178 cm
27
178
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

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 5 - 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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adam Alkoun!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scheckter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Scheckter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Alkoun pushes Scheckter up against the cage in a clinch.
Scheckter definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Scheckter effectively controlling the action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Scheckter just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alkoun's brow.
Alkoun pushes Scheckter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alkoun lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scheckter.
Scheckter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alkoun's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Alkoun's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Scheckter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Scheckter pushes off an throws an elbow but Alkoun leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Alkoun pushes Scheckter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scheckter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Adam Alkoun has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scheckter.
Scheckter tries to work over Alkoun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alkoun lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scheckter backwards.
Alkoun throws a punch but it's blocked by Scheckter.
Alkoun lands a left hand.
Alkoun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scheckter lands an uppercut.
Scheckter lands with a left to the head.
Scheckter throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alkoun avoids a wild elbow strike from Scheckter.
Scheckter misses with a punch to the body.
Scheckter misses with the head strike.
Alkoun lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alkoun.
Scheckter blocks an uppercut.
Alkoun misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Alkoun doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alkoun throws a punch but it's blocked by Scheckter.
Scheckter blocks an uppercut.
Alkoun lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scheckter creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Scheckter has a couple of punches blocked by Alkoun.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scheckter.
Alkoun lands a right hand.
Scheckter creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Scheckter misses with a punch to the body.
Alkoun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scheckter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scheckter misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scheckter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scheckter trying to stall but Alkoun improves his position.
Alkoun misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Alkoun.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alkoun throws a head punch that misses.
Scheckter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alkoun lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alkoun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scheckter swings wildly with an uppercut but Alkoun uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Scheckter.
Scheckter prevents a body shot from Alkoun.
Scheckter blocks a body shot from Alkoun.
Scheckter tries to throw a body punch but Alkoun avoids it by throwing Scheckter back against the cage.
Alkoun cracks Scheckter with a nice body shot.
Alkoun working aggressively here.
Scheckter looking to slow down the pace here.
Scheckter lands an elbow inside.
Alkoun lands a nice shot to the body.
Scheckter lands an elbow just above Alkoun 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scheckter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alkoun lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Scheckter is breathing heavily.
A short right from Alkoun.
Alkoun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alkoun.
Alkoun working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Scheckter fails to land.
Alkoun lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scheckter.
Alkoun blocks the elbow strike.
Alkoun lands a body shot.
Scheckter taking a breather.
Alkoun makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alkoun lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scheckter backwards.
Alkoun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scheckter lands an elbow inside that Alkoun shrugs off.
A short left from Alkoun.

Scheckter is rocked!
Alkoun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Scheckter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Scheckter misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Alkoun.
Alkoun lands a hook that snaps the head of Scheckter backwards.
Alkoun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alkoun throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alkoun unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Scheckter! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Alkoun is unloading with more strikes now! Scheckter drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Alkoun!