PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masjid Amirpour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coltion Scheihing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amirpour comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Turn You Loose. Masjid Amirpour has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Amirpour
vs
Scheihing

191 cm
25
213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good in bed

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Masjid Amirpour!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Coltion Scheihing!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Amirpour closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Scheihing quickly recovers to half guard.
Amirpour not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Scheihing looking for submissions off his back.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Amirpour in particular looking to stall.
Amirpour throwing shots but Scheihing is blocking nicely.
Amirpour will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Amirpour thows a huge punch but Scheihing dodges it nicely.
Amirpour seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amirpour frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Amirpour throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Amirpour with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amirpour controlling from the full mount.
Amirpour throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amirpour looking to control and managing it successfully.
Amirpour with shots to the head and body - Scheihing looks very uncomfortable down there.
Amirpour can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Scheihing is looking to escape.
Amirpour lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Scheihing looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amirpour scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Scheihing?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amirpour lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amirpour controlling from the full mount.
Amirpour connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Amirpour in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Amirpour unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Amirpour connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scheihing is in a horrible position here. Amirpour smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Scheihing that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amirpour controlling from mount.
Scheihing is desperately trying to improve his position but Amirpour has a good base and remains in mount.
Amirpour controlling his opponent.
Amirpour with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masjid Amirpour dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Amirpour jabs at Scheihing's body.
Masjid Amirpour seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scheihing on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Scheihing gets caught flat footed, as Amirpour shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Amirpour postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Amirpour controls from within his opponent's guard.
Scheihing can't keep his opponent in guard - Amirpour advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Scheihing regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Amirpour.

Amirpour stands up and waves to Scheihing to follow him.
Scheihing is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Scheihing gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Amirpour trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Amirpour engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Amirpour makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Amirpour slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amirpour throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scheihing works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Amirpour postures up in Scheihing's guard and throws a big left but Scheihing blocks it.
Amirpour throws a big right hand that misses.
Amirpour controlling from the top position.
Amirpour throws an elbow that misses. Scheihing uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Amirpour's guard. Nice move by Scheihing!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amirpour manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Amirpour tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Amirpour scoring with strikes but Scheihing is staying in there.
Amirpour in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Amirpour is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scheihing can do to turn this around?
Amirpour takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Amirpour raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amirpour with a couple of short strikes.
Scheihing is bucking up trying to escape but Amirpour cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The referee warns Scheihing that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Amirpour with a couple of short strikes.

Amirpour wants to finish this one by submission but Scheihing is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Amirpour.
The referee warns Scheihing that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masjid Amirpour 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!

Amirpour throws a shot to the body.

Amirpour takes the fight into the clinch.
Amirpour cracks Scheihing with a nice body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Amirpour takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Scheihing gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Amirpour.
Amirpour keeps control of Scheihing as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Amirpour - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Masjid Amirpour.

Amirpour clinches with his opponent.
Scheihing takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amirpour stalling the fight.
Amirpour keeps control of Scheihing as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Amirpour pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Amirpour closes the distance and clinches.
Amirpour pushes Scheihing back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Scheihing jumps guard but Amirpour stands there with Scheihing around his waist. Scheihing gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Amirpour pressing his opponent against the cage.
Amirpour lands a body shot.

Amirpour has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Scheihing is trying to keep an underhook but Amirpour manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Amirpour looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amirpour seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Scheihing for as long as he can get away with.

We're going to have a standup here because Masjid Amirpour wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Amirpour clinches up against the cage.

Amirpour breaks from the clinch.
Scheihing takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A shot to the liver by Amirpour. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Amirpour has Scheihing up against the cage in a clinch.
Amirpour lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scheihing backwards.
Amirpour works on Scheihing's body with a couple of short punches.
Amirpour lands a nice shot to the body.
Masjid Amirpour is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Amirpour is stalling here.

Amirpour manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amirpour changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Amirpour keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Amirpour gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Amirpour effectively controlling the action here.

Amirpour pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Amirpour closes the distance and clinches.
Amirpour content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Amirpour seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Amirpour gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masjid Amirpour showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Amirpour 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masjid Amirpour!
Masjid Amirpour was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.