PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Scott (ranked 3097 p4p, 2701 weight class) and Julio Clemente (ranked 387 p4p, 336 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Clemente's choice of entrance music: Falcão - MV Bill. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Scott
vs
Clemente

190 cm
28
186
12 - 9 - 0

218 cm
25
220
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Clemente!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Scott looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Clemente misses with a body shot.
Scott walks into a jab.
Clemente swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scott feinted with a counter takedown.
Scott misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Clemente fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Clemente is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Clemente looks to land a left hand but Scott moved out of range nicely.
Scott appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Scott is trying hard to land a takedown here. Clemente sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Clemente looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clemente throws a right hand that misses

and Scott counters with a single leg into guard. Clemente didn't expect that.
Scott with a nice head shot there.
Clemente looking for a sweep. Not yet Clemente, not yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Scott is looking to work some ground and pound but Clemente has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott postures up in Clemente's guard and throws a big left but Clemente blocks it.
Scott might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Scott pushes down on Clemente's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Clemente can do anything to dispel that myth.
Clemente wants to improve his position but Scott is controlling well.
Scott not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Clemente wants to control but Scott is keeping busy.
Scott scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Scott scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Scott not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Clemente on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Scott throwing shots but Clemente is blocking nicely.
Clemente avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Scott.
Clemente keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Scott looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Scott connects with a nice short shot to Clemente's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clemente blocking the ground and pound attempt from Scott.
Scott is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clemente blocking the ground and pound attempt from Scott.
Clemente wants to improve his position but Scott is controlling well.
Scott has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Scott missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Scott missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Scott working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott throwing shots but Clemente is blocking nicely.
Scott is nestled in close to Clemente, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Clemente has hold of Scott's hands but Scott slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Scott lands strikes from half guard.
Scott lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Scott sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clemente defending well though.
Nice strikes from Scott there.
Clemente has hold of Scott's hands but Scott slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott is nestled in close to Clemente, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Clemente on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Clemente is rocked!
Clemente keeping hold of Scott's head, controlling as best he can.
Clemente is still in real trouble! Can Scott finish him?
Scott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clemente's head.
Clemente seems to have recovered his senses.
Clemente avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Scott.
Scott lands with a punch from half guard.
Clemente is trying to stand back up but Scott is controlling him
Scott working over Clemente with some ground and pound. Clemente looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Scott lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clemente avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Scott.
Scott looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clemente with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Scott moves nicely into side control.
Scott working the body and head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clemente throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Scott throws an elbow but Clemente slips to the side and avoids it well.
Scott misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Scott working the ground and pound but Clemente is defending the strikes.
Scott creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
An elbow from Scott crashes against the mat.
Clemente tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Scott wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clemente is trying to control Scott's posture but Scott avoids it.
Clemente is looking to reverse the position.
Clemente managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Scott.
Scott creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Clemente sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sloppy strikes there by Scott.
Scott working the ground and pound.
Clemente is looking to regain half guard here but Scott keeps moving and retains side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Scott dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Scott ducks right into an uppercut from Clemente.
Clemente misses with a hook

and Scott counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Scott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clemente can do to turn this around?
Clemente has hold of Scott's hands but Scott slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Scott not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Clemente trying to hold on to Scott's head to control him but Scott postures up.
Clemente keeping control of the position.
Scott looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Scott.
Scott winds up and cracks Clemente with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clemente is trying to control but can't.
Nice strikes from Scott there.
Scott looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clemente with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clemente wants to improve his position but Scott is controlling well.
Scott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clemente's head.
Scott seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Scott looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clemente with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clemente tries to get to full guard but Scott has control of the leg.
Clemente is breathing heavily.
Scott working Clemente over with strikes.
Clemente tries to get to full guard but Scott has control of the leg.
Scott looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clemente with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Scott lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Clemente quite badly. Clemente pulls Scott in close trying to recover. Scott postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Clemente on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Clemente doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy Scott!
Post fight, an emotional Jeremy Scott said 'Im calling out the chump of the division. We each have a win lets get the trilogy bout and get me that strap.'.