PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Rook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Scarlet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rook comes to the cage accompanied by Shinedown-Simple Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rook
vs
Scarlet

178 cm
18
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

:: Happy Pills ::

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Will Rook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Will Scarlet!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rook misses with a kick to the body
and Scarlet connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Scarlet fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rook sprawls well initially but Scarlet persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Rook wants to control but Scarlet is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Scarlet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rook's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scarlet missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Scarlet prevents Rook from improving his position.
Scarlet scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Scarlet has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Scarlet keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Scarlet thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Rook to regain full guard.
Scarlet scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarlet wanted to stand there but Rook had control of the position.
Rook trying to control the position.
Scarlet 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.

Scarlet has gone for a leg lock! Rook slips out almost immediately though and dives into Scarlet's guard.
Scarlet is looking to stand up but Rook isn't so interested in that idea.
Rook tries to stand but Scarlet is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Scarlet looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rook trying to stand up but can't free himself from Scarlet's guard.
Rook looking to sit in guard and control but Scarlet gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Scarlet postures up and lands a big shot to Rook's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Scarlet 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.
Scarlet thows a big elbow that misses.
Rook could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rook keeping full guard, as Scarlet tries to pass.
Scarlet with a flurry of punches that miss.
Scarlet is stalling in the full guard.
Rook wants to stand but Scarlet is controlling the position.
Scarlet loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

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.
Scarlet lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rook looking to hit a scissor sweep but Scarlet is one step ahead there.
Scarlet connects with a couple of short punches.
Rook is breathing heavily.
Rook utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Scarlet postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Scarlet postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Scarlet dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rook fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Scarlet.

Scarlet shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rook napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee asks Scarlet politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Scarlet prefers to stall for the moment though.
Rook takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Scarlet lands an elbow.
Scarlet staying calm.
Rook can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rook defending against the ground and pound.
Rook is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rook gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rook keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rook is trying to stand up here but Scarlet is controlling him well.
Scarlet is controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Scarlet has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Scarlet is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rook defends it well.
Scarlet controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Will Scarlet.

Rook takes the fight into the clinch.
Scarlet drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rook gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rook is trying to break free.
Scarlet is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rook pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Scarlet gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Scarlet winds up and cracks Rook with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Will Scarlet has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rook is trying to get back to full guard.
Scarlet thows a huge punch but Rook dodges it nicely.
Scarlet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rook is refusing to be controlled, as Scarlet sits in half guard.
Rook trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Scarlet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Scarlet closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rook is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Scarlet is controlling him well.
Rook is trying to control Scarlet's posture but Scarlet avoids it.

Scarlet tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rook is not content to let Scarlet control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarlet working the ground and pound.
Scarlet scoring with punches and elbows.
Rook wants to control but Scarlet postures up.
Rook taking punishment in the form of punches.
Scarlet looks up at the clock and then as Rook takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Scarlet smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rook is working to avoid the ground and pound but Scarlet connects with a decent elbow.
Scarlet just content to control the position.

Scarlet tries for a kimura but Rook is defending well.
Rook can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scarlet scores with a couple of short elbows.
Scarlet trying to control the action but Rook is working from the bottom.
Rook might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Scarlet creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Scarlet scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rook to see if he's OK.
Scarlet taking a breather here.
Scarlet working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scarlet trying to control the action but Rook is working from the bottom.
Scarlet is staying tight to Rook's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Will Rook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Will Scarlet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scarlet avoids the strikes from the bottom by Rook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Will Scarlet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Scarlet winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Scarlet!