PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Platero Scrappypants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Scrappypants
vs
Hall

190 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 Sydney, Platero Scrappypants!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Barry Hall!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scrappypants lands a nice hook to Hall's body. Hall takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barry Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scrappypants ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
A jab from Hall misses.
Scrappypants works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Scrappypants looks to land a combination. Hall sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Barry Hall has been cut.
Hall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hall takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Scrappypants throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall swings away with a body shot that misses
and Scrappypants counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hall avoids the body shot from Scrappypants.
Scrappypants swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Jab by Scrappypants.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hall looks gassed!
Scrappypants misses with a wild body shot.
Scrappypants throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Scrappypants scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hall doesn't seem bothered though.
Scrappypants misses with a few strikes there.
Hall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hall clinches.
The is referee keeping an eye on Scrappypants - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Scrappypants creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Scrappypants avoids the head kick by Hall.
Hall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scrappypants counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Hall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hall throws a hook but Scrappypants blocks it.
Scrappypants just misses with a punch to the body.
Scrappypants goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Scrappypants fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
Scrappypants jabs at Hall's body.
Hall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Scrappypants lands a shot to the body.
Scrappypants could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scrappypants stalling in the clinch.
Scrappypants cracks Hall with a nice body shot.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Scrappypants.
Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Scrappypants has him pressed against the cage.
Hall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scrappypants lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Scrappypants.
Hall letting Scrappypants take a breather here.
Scrappypants lands a shot to the body.
Hall misses with an elbow strike.
Hall looking to slow down the pace here.
Scrappypants's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scrappypants lands a body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Scrappypants takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Scrappypants landing knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Scrappypants just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hall's brow.
Hall avoiding damage as Scrappypants throws knees to the body.
Scrappypants prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.
Scrappypants taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Scrappypants misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
Hall letting Scrappypants take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A right hand to the body from Scrappypants.
Scrappypants lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The is referee keeping an eye on Scrappypants - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Scrappypants lands a body shot.
Scrappypants's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Scrappypants lands a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Scrappypants - that landed with a thud.
Scrappypants missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Platero Scrappypants dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barry Hall's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Scrappypants moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Scrappypants misses with a wild body shot.
Scrappypants misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall wants to clinch but Scrappypants slips to the side

and Scrappypants counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Scrappypants working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Scrappypants scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Hall working for a triangle but Scrappypants defends it easily.
Hall really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Scrappypants. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Scrappypants postures up in Hall's guard and throws a big left but Hall blocks it.
Hall has momentary wrist control but Scrappypants slips an elbow through the middle.
Hall working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Scrappypants.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Scrappypants trying to control the position from guard on top but Hall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scrappypants looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scrappypants passes Hall's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Scrappypants throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scrappypants passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hall!
Scrappypants putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Scrappypants putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Scrappypants looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Scrappypants in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Hall is rocked!
Scrappypants scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hall?
Hall is still in real trouble! Can Scrappypants finish him?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Scrappypants cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Scrappypants 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.
Scrappypants lands a big shot there that rocks Hall but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall is bucking up trying to escape but Scrappypants cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Scrappypants punishing his opponent with strikes.
Scrappypants lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Scrappypants working Hall over with strikes here.
Scrappypants working Hall over with strikes here.
Hall is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hall is trying to escape the mount.
Hall slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall trying to control but Scrappypants postures up.
Hall seems to have recovered his senses.
Scrappypants looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Scrappypants not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scrappypants thows a huge punch but Hall dodges it nicely.
Scrappypants working Hall over with strikes.
Hall avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Scrappypants.
Scrappypants lands strikes from half guard.

That has opened up Barry Hall's cut even more.
Scrappypants lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

The cut above Barry Hall's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Scrappypants thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hall's head.
Ground and pound from Scrappypants.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Barry Hall's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Platero Scrappypants!