PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and One Scoup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malik comes to the cage accompanied by Stronger. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Malik
vs
Scoup

173 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, One Scoup!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scoup fails to land with a series of punches.
Malik walks into a straight right hand from Scoup.
Scoup rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scoup keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Scoup throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Scoup jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Scoup throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Malik looks for a takedown but Scoup sprawls well.
Scoup looks to score with a jab to the body but Malik is just out of range.
Malik shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Scoup pinned against the cage. Scoup gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammad Malik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Scoup does it's job there.
Scoup throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Scoup scores with a nice strike.
Scoup is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Scoup tries to bum rush Malik with a series of wild strikes but Malik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Scoup throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Scoup does no damage.
Malik shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Scoup but Scoup pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Malik misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Malik is breathing heavily.
Scoup lands a really nice looking cross but Malik seems unphased.
Malik could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Scoup will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Scoup scores with a nice right hand.
Scoup throws a right and a left that Malik avoids nicely.
Scoup keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Scoup lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Malik backs up against the cage.
Malik takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Scoup throws a combination. Malik tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Malik is rocked!
Malik throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Scoup's waist but Scoup gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Malik off to one side.
Oh Malik is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Malik shoots in but Scoup avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Malik seems to have got his legs back now.
Malik throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malik shoots in for a takedown but Scoup shows good takedown defense.
Malik slips a jab and a cross from Scoup.
Malik shoots for a double leg takedown but Scoup sprawls well. He's pushed Malik's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Scoup swinging wilding here.
Scoup lands a hook that stumbles Malik back into the cage. Scoup follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Malik to the canvas! Scoup pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Malik has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). One Scoup!