PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Charles (ranked 5682 p4p, 24529 weight class) and Ridley Scott (ranked 545 p4p, 593 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Charles
vs
Scott

181 cm
19
176
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
180
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Threads of Fate

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reggie Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ridley Scott!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
Charles fails to land with a series of punches.
Charles throws a body shot but no joy.
Charles misses with a kick to the body.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Scott is just out of range.
Scott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Scott takes the fight into the clinch.
Scott lands a nice uppercut.
Scott pushes Charles back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Charles is trying to break free.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Charles backwards.

Scott has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Charles clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott tries to get the hooks in deep but Charles pushed the leg off.
Charles rolls, trying to escape but Scott keeps control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Charles.
Scott really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Charles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Charles trying to control the hands but Scott breaks the grip.
Scott is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Charles up.
Charles breaks Scott's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Scott is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Charles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Scott is keeping the position for now.
Scott looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Scott utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles chips away with some ground and pound.
Scott controlling the position.
Charles looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Charles definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Charles lands a couple of elbows.
Scott keeping moving, preventing Charles from controlling successfully.
Scott controls Charles momentarily but Charles frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scott trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Charles will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Charles's guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Charles trying to control the position here.
Scott with a flurry of punches that miss.
Scott postures up.
Scott trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom.

Charles had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Scott defends it easily.
Scott makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles looking to control.
Charles pulls Scott in close to prevent any damage.
Scott is working Charles over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Charles not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Scott landing some decent shots from guard.
Charles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Scott stopping the sweep attempt from Charles.
Scott content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Charles not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Scott working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ridley Scott dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Left hook, right uppercut from Scott.
Scott checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Charles walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. Scott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Charles there as he acknowledges the shot.
Charles throws a low kick but Scott moves out of range easily.

Charles decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ridley Scott has got the better of the ground game so far.
Charles trying to control the pace.
Scott is refusing to be controlled, as Charles sits in half guard.
Scott wants to improve his position but Charles is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Charles manages to mount him!
Charles working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Charles wants to control but Scott has made it back to half guard. Nice work.

Charles is looking for a kimura but Scott is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Charles to get the leverage.
Scott won't allow Charles to pass to mount.
Scott wants to get back to full guard but Charles has passed into side control.
Scott is trying to control Charles's posture but Charles avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries to advance to mount but Scott denies him.
Charles lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Charles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Scott keeps working.
Scott can't do much from the bottom here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Scott can do anything to dispel that myth.
Scott is looking to reverse the position.
Scott struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles cracks Scott with a big elbow.
Charles trying to control the action but Scott is working from the bottom.
Scott has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Scott struggling a bit here.
Scott is looking for a sweep.
Scott avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Charles.
Scott sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Charles looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Scott tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Charles seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Charles is looking to advance position but Scott won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Charles dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Scott moves into the clinch.
Charles wants to stall.
Scott wants a takedown but no success here.
Scott lands an uppercut.

Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charles swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
Charles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scott manages to avoid it.
Scott jabs at Charles's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott scores with a jab to the jaw.
Scott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Charles throws a body punch but Scott moves out of range.
Scott doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Scott.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles is trying to control Scott's posture but Scott avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles is looking for a sweep.
Scott lands a nice forearm strike.
Scott scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Charles to see if he's OK.
Charles is working to avoid the ground and pound but Scott connects with a decent elbow.
Scott is working Charles over with some ground and pound from side control.
Scott throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Scott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Charles keeps working.
Charles tries to buck Scott off but Scott is having none of it.
Charles takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Scott cracks Charles with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles manages to get back to half guard.
Scott is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Scott working the head and body with strikes.
Scott is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Charles tries to get to full guard but Scott has control of the leg.
Scott is thwarting Charles's attempts to control the position.
Scott is looking to take a break and control but Charles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Charles is trying to control but can't.

Charles looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Scott seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Charles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Charles manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Scott got a little sloppy there for a moment and Charles has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Scott has managed to get both his arms back between Charles's legs - danger averted.
Scott trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom.

Charles looking for a guillotine here but Scott defends easily.
Scott sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Charles working for a triangle but Scott defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Charles looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Scott stays in close to Charles's body and controls the position.
Scott lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Charles is trying to control the position but Scott postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Scott missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Charles trying to control the position.
Scott throws a big elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ridley Scott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Scott has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29

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