PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Showme Damone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Damone's choice of entrance music: Slam by ONYX/Biohazard. Showme Damone has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Scott Wilson's chin.

Wilson
vs
Damone

190 cm
21
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Showme Damone!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Wilson as Damone shoots in.

Damone closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wilson did well to prevent Damone getting side control.

Wilson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Damone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Wilson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wilson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Damone actively working from the bottom here.
Damone is looking to control Wilson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Damone avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Damone wants to get back to his feet.
Wilson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Damone defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damone trying to control from the bottom.
Damone has hold of Wilson's hands but Wilson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wilson slips a nice elbow through Damone's hands, connecting with Damone's forehead.
Wilson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wilson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wilson throws a strike but Damone avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Wilson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Damone looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Damone looks gassed!
Wilson works over Damone with some ground and pound from guard.
Wilson throws a strike but Damone rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson has control of Damone's left arm, preventing Damone from doing any damage.
Wilson wants to stand but Damone is controlling the position.
Wilson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wilson keeping moving, preventing Damone from controlling successfully.
Wilson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wilson keeping moving, preventing Damone from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Damone shoots and misses

and Wilson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Damone's guard.
Damone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wilson.
Damone is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wilson wants to get back to his feet.
Wilson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damone trying to control from half guard but Wilson is working away.
Wilson tries to kick Damone off but Damone keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Wilson trying to control but Damone postures up.
Damone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Damone is trying to control. Wilson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Damone throws a nice head kick!
Damone tries for a takedown but Wilson circles away easily

and Wilson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Damone's guard.
Scott Wilson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Showme Damone.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Wilson dominated that 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.

Damone has closed the distance and engaged Wilson in a clinch.
Wilson gets underhooks to prevent Damone's takedown attempt.

Wilson is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Damone can't fight it off and eventually Wilson manages to take the fight to the floor. Damone looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wilson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damone is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Wilson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Damone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wilson throws a strike but Damone rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Damone cracks Wilson with a solid left hand.
Damone wants to control from the top but Wilson keeps moving.
Damone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Damone trying to control the position from guard on top but Wilson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wilson has momentary wrist control but Damone slips an elbow through the middle.
Wilson wants to get back to his feet but Damone is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Damone makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Damone is looking to stand up but Wilson won't let him.
Wilson keeping full guard, as Damone tries to pass.

Wilson manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Damone.
Wilson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Damone has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damone working away.
Wilson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Damone on the ground.
Wilson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Damone is putting a hurting on Wilson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wilson wants to get back to his feet but Damone drags him back down.

Damone thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wilson wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Damone wants to control but Wilson is keeping him busy.
Damone scoring with punches from side control.
Damone in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Wilson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Damone asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Damone trying to control the action but Wilson is working from the bottom.
Damone cracks Wilson with a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Showme Damone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Wilson slaps away a takedown attempt from Damone, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Wilson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Damone!
Wilson landing strikes from the mount.
Wilson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Scott Wilson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wilson landing punches.
Damone is trying desperately to improve position.
Damone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson lands a heavy elbow.
Damone holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Wilson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Wilson thowing shots but they're missing.
Wilson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Damone holds on to Wilson around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Wilson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two 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.
Wilson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Damone because Wilson loaded up on that one.
Damone holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Wilson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Damone trying desperately to get to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wilson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Damone takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wilson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Damone because Wilson loaded up on that one.
Wilson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a heavy elbow.
Wilson misses with a head shot.
Damone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Damone slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wilson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Damone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Damone is trying to stand back up but Wilson is controlling him
Damone is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wilson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Damone trying to hold on to Wilson's head to control him but Wilson postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wilson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wilson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Damone's head.
Wilson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Damone's head.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Damone throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wilson was covering up waiting for the punch and Damone finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Damone decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Damone shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Scott Wilson.
I think Wilson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

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