PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Scribner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Che Satomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satomi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad Boys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Scribner
vs
Satomi

180 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

185 cm
28
180 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Scribner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Che Satomi!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scribner swings for the body but Satomi moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Satomi. Scribner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scribner misses with a hook.
Scribner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Satomi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Scribner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Scribner throws a sloppy head kick and Satomi moves out of range easily.
Satomi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Scribner can pounce on him.
Scribner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scribner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Satomi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Scribner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Satomi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scribner swats away the attempt to clinch by Satomi.
Satomi misses with a hook. Scribner ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satomi thuds a left hand into Scribner's body.
Scribner thows a body shot but no joy.
Scribner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scribner scores with a punch to the head.
Scribner with a nice cross.
Scribner lands a head kick. Satomi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Scribner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scribner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Satomi. Scribner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Satomi looks to land a combination but Scribner avoids it well.
Satomi slips a jab and a cross from Scribner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satomi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Satomi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scribner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Satomi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
No joy there for Scribner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Scribner slips a straight right by Satomi.
Eric Scribner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scribner misses with an uppercut.
Satomi moves out of range of the body kick from Scribner.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Scribner.
Scribner falls off balance throwing a combination

and Satomi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satomi is trying to control the action in half guard but Scribner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Satomi is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Scribner doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Satomi.
Scribner is trying to stand.

Satomi is trying to work for a kimura but Scribner is defending well.
Scribner is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Satomi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Scribner defending well though.

Satomi wants to work for an arm triangle but Scribner is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Scribner regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Satomi.
Satomi pushing down on Scribner's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Satomi stalling away here and it's allowed Scribner to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Satomi stops Scribner from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Scribner dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Scribner moves out of range as Satomi strikes.
Scribner tries to move into range but Satomi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A solid body kick from Scribner.
Scribner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Satomi avoids the head kick by Scribner.
Satomi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Scribner is looking to wear down Satomi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Scribner lands with a kick to the temple. Satomi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Good standup being displayed there by Scribner as he connects with a hook.
Eric Scribner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satomi slips a straight right by Scribner.
Scribner moves out of range of the strikes.
Scribner lands a head shot.
Satomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scribner.
Scribner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scribner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scribner leaves Satomi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Scribner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Satomi is looking to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Scribner scores with a four punch combination!
Scribner keeps the fight on the outside.
Scribner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Satomi doesn't seem bothered though.
Satomi is breathing heavily.
Scribner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Scribner throws a head kick but Satomi moves out of range.
Scribner misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satomi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Satomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Scribner lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Scribner.
Scribner misses with a double jab

and Satomi counters with a shoot takedown. Scribner fights it but they end up in guard.

Satomi drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Scribner dives on top into guard.
Scribner tries to stand but Satomi is controlling from the bottom.

Scribner gets to his feet - Satomi follows without any prompting.
Scribner lands with a kick to the ribs.
Scribner misses with a body shot.
Scribner misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satomi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Scribner moves out of range as Satomi strikes.
Scribner misses with a series of wild punches.
Scribner loads up on a big right hand but Satomi slips the punch.
Scribner tries to land a front kick but Satomi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Scribner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Satomi looks to land a combination but Scribner avoids it well.
Satomi slips under a jab.
Scribner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Satomi to counter with a crisp jab.
Scribner misses with a looping right.

That's four 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.
A jab from Satomi misses.
Scribner wants to clinch

and Satomi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Scribner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Satomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Scribner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scribner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Satomi drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Scribner manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Satomi has Scribner in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Scribner dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A punch combination from Scribner misses.
Scribner misses with a combination
and Satomi counters with a stiff right hand.
Satomi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Scribner tries to avoid it but Satomi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Scribner to the ground. Scribner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Satomi tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scribner tries to clinch but Satomi is having none of it.
Scribner misses with a combination
and Satomi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Scribner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scribner loads up on a big right hand but Satomi slips the punch.
Scribner throws a head kick that misses.
Satomi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Scribner to score with a decent uppercut.
Scribner missing with a left hand there. Satomi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Scribner scores with a three punch combo!
Satomi avoids the body shot from Scribner.
No joy there for Scribner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Scribner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Satomi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Satomi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scribner.
Scribner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Satomi.

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.
A jab from Scribner finds it's way through Satomi's defenses.
Scribner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Satomi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Satomi tries to clinch there but Scribner circles away.
Scribner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Satomi counters by moving into the clinch.
Satomi throws a head punch that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Satomi.
Satomi tries to pull guard but Scribner holds him up against the cage and eventually Satomi drops back down to his feet.
Scribner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Satomi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Satomi has Scribner pressed against the cage, preventing Scribner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Satomi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Satomi fails to pull guard.
Eric Scribner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Che Satomi.

Satomi breaks from the clinch.
Eric Scribner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scribner misses with a combination

and Satomi counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satomi thows a big elbow that misses.
Satomi tries to free his leg and advance position but Scribner is retaining full guard.
Scribner keeping moving, preventing Satomi from controlling successfully.
Satomi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scribner keeping full guard, as Satomi tries to pass.

Satomi has gone for a leg lock! Scribner slips out almost immediately though and dives into Satomi's guard.
Scribner wanted to stand there but Satomi had control of the position.

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.

Scribner has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Satomi to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Scribner is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Satomi pulls down on the head and he's put Scribner to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Che Satomi!