PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Action (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Scott will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Action
vs
Scott

185 cm
20
197 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rock Action!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Scott!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Action slips a jab and a cross from Scott.
Scott scores with a shot to the body.
Scott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Action moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Action shoots for a takedown but Scott saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Action is looking to clinch but Scott is avoiding it.
Scott misses with the combination.
Action closes the distance and clinches up with Scott, looking for a takedown. Action pushes Scott against the cage but Scott circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Action or perhaps it was just good defense by Scott which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rock Action. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scott moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Scott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice shot by Scott.
Scott throws a series of punches but Action avoids them all with ease.
Scott works the jab nicely.

Action has Scott up against the cage in a clinch.

Action manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Action looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Action gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Action throws an elbow but it misses.
Action drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Scott gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Scott wants to break the clinch but can't.
Action misses with a knee strike.
Action connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Michael Scott has been cut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Action goes for a takedown attempt but Scott pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Action takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Scott keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Scott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Action fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Scott avoids it really well and circles away.
Action is breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Scott. That snapped Action's head back.
Action has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Scott scores with a jab to the head.
Action tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Scott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Scott does no damage.
Action tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Scott swivels and escapes.
Scott lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott tries a head kick but it misses.
Rock Action seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scott displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A punch combination from Scott misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Scott scores with a four punch combination!
Scott lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with the combination.
A combination from Scott does no damage.
Scott works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scott throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Scott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scott moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Scott misses with a double jab.
Action fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Action fails with a takedown attempt.
Scott defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Action.
Scott misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Action does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Scott lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Scott lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jab from Scott.
Action tries to clinch but Scott moves out of range.
Jab from Scott.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Scott is working the combinations to good effect here.
Action closes the distance and clinches up with Scott, looking for a takedown. Action pushes Scott against the cage but Scott circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Scott misses with a series of wild punches.
Scott misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scott displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Action showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scott.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Scott dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Scott looks to land a combination but Action avoids it well.
Scott stuffs the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Action or perhaps it was just good defense by Scott which made him look bad.
Scott lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Action backs up against the cage.
Scott stuffs the takedown attempt from Action. Action gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rock Action. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scott scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Scott misses with a double jab.
Scott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Scott misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Scott swinging wildly here.
Action tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Scott swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scott lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Action is looking to clinch but Scott is avoiding it.
Scott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scott lands with an overhand left.
Action has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Scott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Action tries to close the distance and clinch up but Scott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scott stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Scott wants it to stay on the feet.
Action moves in looking to clinch but Scott pushes him off.
Action fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice straight punches there by Scott. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Scott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott swats away the attempt to clinch by Action.
Scott throws a series of strikes that have Action backpedaling.
Scott misses with a wild combination.
Scott lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Action slips a jab and a cross from Scott.
Action fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scott might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Scott throws a right and a left that Action avoids nicely.

Scott drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Scott throwing strikes from guard but Action blocks nicely.
Scott scoring with some ground and pound.

Action is looking for a triangle but Scott pushes his legs off easily.
Scott wants to control from the top but Action keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Action's guard.
Scott is trying to control the action in half guard but Action is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Scott is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Action is looking to escape.

Scott is working for a submission of some sort.
Scott is looking to take a break and control but Action is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Scott is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Scott is just content to waste time from the top position. Action takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Action throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Scott trying to control but Action is working from the bottom.

Action is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Action looking to hit a scissor sweep but Scott is one step ahead there.

Action has his foot on Scott's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Scott works his way back into a safe position though.
Scott wants to control from the top but Action keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Scott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
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!

Action misses with a takedown attempt

and Scott decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Action's guard.
Action is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Scott drops back looking for a leg! Action is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Action manages to kick Scott off! Scott jumps back into Action's guard.
Scott wants to control from the top but Action keeps moving.
Scott throws a big right hand that misses.
Action looking to control.
Scott looking to pass the guard.

Action had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Scott defends it easily.
Scott wants to control from the top but Action keeps moving.
Scott must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Action wants to sweep but no luck.
Action keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.
Action working a defensive guard here.

Action looking for subs off his back but Scott has passed one foot through into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scott wants to pass the guard but Action is defending well.

Scott is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Action trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Scott seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Action does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Scott is looking for a kimura here.
Scott perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Action has one foot on Scott's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Action tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Scott counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Action thinking.
Action misses with a takedown
and Action takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Action takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Scott cracks Action with a right hand to the side of the head.
Action clinches but Scott breaks the clinch
and Scott counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Action tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Scott counter with a right hand.
Rock Action has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Action showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scott.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Action. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Action takes one to the chin there.
Action tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Scott counters with a left to the body.
Action doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Scott counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rock Action. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Action darts in trying to clinch

and Scott counters with a single leg into guard. Action didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Action is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Action keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.
Action keeping full guard, as Scott tries to pass.
Scott throwing strikes but missing.
Scott advances to half guard.

Action looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Action missing with punches from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Scott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Scott winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Scott!