PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Archibald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince The Pince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Archibald
vs
The Pince

180 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Archibald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vince The Pince!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Archibald looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Archibald performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Archibald prevents The Pince from improving his position.
Archibald trying to mount his opponent but The Pince defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Archibald seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The Pince is trying to stand.
The Pince moves into full guard.
The Pince 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.

That's two 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.
Archibald trying to control but The Pince is working from the bottom.
The Pince looking to hit a scissor sweep but Archibald is one step ahead there.
The Pince is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The Pince tries to close the distance and clinch but Archibald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The Pince shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Archibald flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
It looks like The Pince is going to stand back up.
Archibald is looking to control The Pince's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Archibald avoid being mounted?
Archibald on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Archibald tries to get out of the position.
The Pince tries to stand and escape but Archibald is controlling the position.
Archibald works his way to full guard. Good work.
The Pince looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Archibald wants to get back to his feet but The Pince is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The Pince tries to free his leg and advance position but Archibald is retaining full guard.
The Pince trying to control the position from guard on top but Archibald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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

Archibald gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The Pince misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Pince.
The Pince being controlled against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Archibald avoiding damage as The Pince throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Pince.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Scott Archibald will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The Pince looks for the body kick but Archibald saw that one coming.
The Pince blocks a leg kick.

Archibald is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in The Pince's half guard.
Archibald not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Archibald prevents The Pince from improving his position.
Archibald is trying to control the action in half guard but The Pince is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Pince is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Archibald thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing The Pince to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Archibald throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Archibald trying to control the position from guard on top but The Pince is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Archibald showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Pince tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Archibald counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The Pince is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Archibald jumps into side control!
The Pince manages to work his way to half guard, despite Archibald's best efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archibald wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Pince keeps working.
The Pince is trying to stand back up but Archibald is controlling him
Archibald trying to mount his opponent but The Pince defends it.
The Pince trying to control here.
Archibald wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Pince keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Pince makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

The Pince shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Pince postures up.
Archibald looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Pince is one step ahead there.
Archibald is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Archibald is working an open guard so The Pince takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The Pince fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Pince throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Archibald shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The Pince wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Archibald dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Archibald shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Archibald was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Scott Archibald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Pince is looking to improve his position but Archibald isn't that keen on the idea.
Archibald tries to control but The Pince wriggling away.
Archibald lands a big elbow.
Archibald controlling from the full mount.
The Pince is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pince wants to hold on but Archibald pushes him away.
The Pince is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The Pince wants to control but Archibald is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Archibald lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Archibald looking to finish The Pince with some ground and pound. This is bad for The Pince!
The Pince regains half guard.
Archibald content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

The Pince kicks Archibald off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Pince throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Archibald closes the distance and clinches.
Archibald wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Pince connects with a nasty looking knee right to Archibald's face.
Archibald tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Pince just stands there and leans against the cage.

Archibald manages to pull guard.
The Pince trying to control but Archibald is working from the bottom.
The Pince would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Archibald is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and The Pince defends well.

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.

Archibald has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes The Pince off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Archibald shoots for a takedown but The Pince saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The Pince misses with a combination

and Archibald holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Pince lands a good knee to the midsection. Archibald won't want to take too many of those.
Archibald fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vince The Pince has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott Archibald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Archibald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Pince looking to throw knees to the head but Archibald is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Archibald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Archibald, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

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