PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Clifford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Clifford will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Scott
vs
Clifford

187 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
169 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Attliction

Valhalla War Gear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sean Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Clifford!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clifford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Scott motions for Clifford to come forward. Scott throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clifford tries to clinch up but Scott circles away and keeps his distance.

Scott gets a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Clifford.
Scott misses with an elbow over the top.
Clifford jumps guard but Scott stands there with Clifford around his waist. Clifford gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Clifford breaks the clinch.
Clifford tries to clinch

and Scott counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Scott.
Scott missing with knees to the body.
Clifford looking to slow down the pace here.
Scott goes for a takedown attempt but Clifford pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Clifford drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Clifford decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Scott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Clifford's sensitive parts.
Scott throws a head kick but Clifford moves out of range.
Clifford gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Scott counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Scott turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Clifford regains half guard.
Still in half guard, Scott seems content to control.
Scott's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Scott is keen to just control but Clifford is a slippery customer.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Scott is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Clifford doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Scott.
Scott wants to control but Clifford is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sean Scott just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Clifford shoots and misses

and Scott decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Clifford's guard.
Sean Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Clifford.
Clifford looks gassed!
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Clifford is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clifford is keeping the position for now.
Clifford is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Scott slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Clifford keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.
Scott not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clifford tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clifford keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clifford looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Scott tries to keep at a distance but Clifford has taken the fight into the clinch.
Clifford tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Scott has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Clifford avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Clifford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scott throws a body kick that misses.
Clifford lands with a slapping head kick.
Scott scores with a kick to the midsection.

Scott moves into the clinch.
Scott pressing his opponent against the cage.
Clifford tries to pull guard but Scott won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clifford managing to block the knees to the body from Scott.
Scott landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Clifford pushes off an throws an elbow but Scott leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Clifford controls the action.
Clifford managing to block the knees to the body from Scott.

Clifford breaks from the clinch.
Clifford fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scott. That's going to slow Clifford down.
Clifford throws a head kick that misses
and Scott counters with a good, hard body kick but Clifford shrugs it off.

Clifford gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Scott has Clifford pressed against the cage.
Clifford tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Clifford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scott blocks it with crossed arms.
Clifford just leaning against Scott, taking a breather.
Scott tries for a takedown. No joy.
Clifford scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Clifford manages to break the clinch.
Clifford wants to clinch up but Scott keeps it at a distance.
A clash of legs there as Clifford blocks the low kick.
Scott tries to clinch up.
Clifford throws a half hearted mid kick.
Scott throws and low kick but Clifford moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Scott dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Clifford tries to keep at a distance but Scott has taken the fight into the clinch.
Clifford tries to land a knee to the head but Scott blocks with his arms.
Scott changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Clifford fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sean Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clifford tries to close the distance and clinch but Scott swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clifford misses the shot to the body.
Clifford stuffs the takedown attempt from Scott. Scott gets slowly back to his feet.
Scott throws a low kick but Clifford avoids it.

Scott gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Scott.
Scott tries to stall but Clifford uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Clifford tries to stall but Scott uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Scott breaks from the clinch.
Scott misses with a series of wild punches.

Scott has closed the distance and engaged Clifford in a clinch.
Clifford keeps control of Scott as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clifford tries to pull guard but Scott holds him up against the cage and eventually Clifford drops back down to his feet.
Clifford misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clifford tries a knee to the head but Scott blocks it.
Scott manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Clifford jumps into guard, dragging Scott to the mat.

Clifford is looking for a triangle but Scott pushes his legs off easily.
Clifford being controlled here, momentarily.
Scott won't allow Clifford to sweep him here.
Scott not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Scott looking to sit in guard and control but Clifford gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Scott wants to improve his position but instead Clifford has moved into half guard.
Scott keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clifford is just content to waste time from the top position. Scott takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Clifford is breathing heavily.
Clifford pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Scott is keeping the position for now.

Clifford postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Scott is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Clifford, into his guard.
Scott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clifford swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Scott gets to his feet. Clifford looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Clifford connects with a body shot.
Clifford avoids a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clifford blocks a head kick by Scott.
Scott avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scott is looking to slow Clifford down with leg kicks.
Clifford tries to clinch up
and Scott counters with an inside leg kick.

Scott feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Scott thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Clifford is looking to sweep but instead, Scott has passed into half guard.

Clifford looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Clifford trying to hold on to Scott's head to control him but Scott postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clifford is trying to stand up here but Scott is controlling him well.

Clifford looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Scott is looking for a kimura here.
Clifford regains full guard. Nicely done.
Scott wants to control from the top but Clifford keeps moving.

Scott drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Scott jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Scott moves into the clinch successfully.

Scott breaks from the clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Clifford crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Scott - the referee stops the clock and Clifford gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Scott. Clifford manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Scott dominated that second round.
That's time! Scott's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Clifford tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Scott counters with a body kick that stops Clifford in his tracks momentarily.
Clifford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clifford throws a head kick but Scott moves out of range.
Clifford misses with a kick to the body
and Scott counters with a head kick.
Scott throws a leg kick which misses Clifford's front leg but catches the back leg as Clifford tries to avoid it.
Scott feints and then cracks Clifford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clifford down.

Scott pushes Clifford up against the cage in a clinch.

Scott breaks from the clinch.
Scott scores with a leg kick.
Sean Scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clifford tries to clinch

and Scott holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Scott wants a takedown.
Scott tries for a takedown. No joy.
Clifford is working for takedown but Scott is calmly controlling the position for now.
Scott with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scott missing with knees to the body.
Clifford wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Clifford can't break the clinch.
Scott is trying to stall.
Scott misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clifford.

Clifford pulls Scott into guard.
Clifford looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Clifford working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Scott doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Scott manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Clifford 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 controlling from the top position.

Clifford looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Clifford preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Scott stopping the sweep attempt from Clifford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Scott thows a big elbow that misses.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Clifford is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scott sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Clifford has his foot on Scott's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Scott works his way back into a safe position though.
Scott slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Clifford looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott postures up.

Clifford is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Scott wants to control from the top but Clifford keeps moving.
Scott content to stall in guard here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sean Scott just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Clifford throws a head kick but Scott moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Scott closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Scott scores with a couple of short elbows.
Clifford is letting Scott control him for a moment.
Scott cracks Clifford with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Scott decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Scott throws a sloppy head kick and Clifford moves out of range easily.
Scott misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mark Clifford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Scott looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

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

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 Sean Scott.
Well Scott has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

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