PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zac Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jefferson comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To The Jungle. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jefferson
vs
Scott

185 cm
20
186 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

188 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zac Jefferson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Scott!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jefferson.
Jefferson has a takedown stuffed.

Scott shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jefferson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Jefferson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Scott won't allow Jefferson to sweep him here.
Scott sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jefferson's guard.
Scott sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jefferson defending well though.
Scott works his way into side control.
Scott working the ground and pound but Jefferson is defending the strikes.
Jefferson is trying to improve his position.
Jefferson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Scott off and has taken his back!
Scott rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Jefferson 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jefferson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jefferson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Jefferson is looking for a kimura here.

Jefferson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jefferson is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Scott regains full guard. Nicely done.
Scott throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Scott wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Scott utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Scott has his foot on Jefferson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jefferson works his way back into a safe position though.

Scott has his foot on Jefferson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jefferson works his way back into a safe position though.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jefferson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jefferson wants to pass the guard but Scott is keeping the position.
Jefferson with a flurry of punches that miss.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Scott scores with a one two! Jefferson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jefferson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Scott counters with a stiff right hand.
Brian Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson misses with a takedown attempt
and Scott counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zac Jefferson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Scott closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jefferson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Scott tries to get to full guard but Jefferson has control of the leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Scott manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Scott is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Scott tries to pass to full mount but Jefferson defends it.
Scott lands with a punch from half guard.
Jefferson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Scott tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jefferson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson trying to hold on to Scott's head to control him but Scott postures up.
Scott really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jefferson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jefferson gets back to full guard.
Jefferson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Scott manages to get himself to full guard.
Scott is trying to control the position but Jefferson postures up.
Jefferson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Scott is keeping the position for now.
Jefferson pushing down on Scott's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Scott wants to get back to full guard but Jefferson has passed into side control.

Jefferson looking to secure an arm triangle but Scott defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Scott dominated that round.
That's time! Jefferson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Scott misses with a series of wild punches.
Scott throws out a loose jab but Jefferson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jefferson has his takedown stuffed
and Scott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jefferson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Scott to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Jefferson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Scott defends well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jefferson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Scott's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Jefferson throwing strikes from guard but Scott blocks nicely.
Jefferson wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.
Jefferson looking to pass the guard.
Scott controls Jefferson momentarily but Jefferson frees himself.

Jefferson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Scott keeping full guard, as Jefferson tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Scott looking for a sweep. Not yet Scott, not yet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Scott lands with a cross.

Scott closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jefferson did well to prevent Scott getting side control.
Jefferson gets back to full guard.
Scott must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Jefferson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Scott can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Scott preventing the sweep.
Scott postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jefferson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jefferson trying to keep a closed guard but Scott is proving a slippery customer.
Scott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Scott avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Jefferson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Scott defends well.
Jefferson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Scott is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jefferson is looking to sinch up a triangle. Scott throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Jefferson's body to avoid the submission. Jefferson has instead reached around Scott's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Jefferson arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Zac Jefferson!
Zac Jefferson is the new middleweight champion!