PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nate Kronic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aeron Scarret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kronic
vs
Scarret

174 cm
22
156 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

172 cm
20
156 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nate Kronic!
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, Aeron Scarret!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kronic forces Scarret back against the cage and clinches.
Scarret makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scarret can't find room to land a body shot as Kronic controls the action.

Kronic breaks from the clinch.
Kronic misses with a leg kick
and Scarret connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kronic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nate Kronic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kronic clinches up against the cage.
Kronic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kronic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kronic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Scarret lands a hook that snaps the head of Kronic backwards.
Scarret landing knees to the head.

It looks like Nate Kronic has been cut.
Kronic is looking to break free of the clinch but Scarret has double underhooks.
Scarret using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scarret on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kronic tries to land a knee to the head but Scarret blocks with his arms.
Scarret using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scarret looking to throw knees to the head but Kronic is blocking nicely.
Scarret missing with knees to the body.
Scarret keeps control of Kronic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Scarret tries to land knees in the clinch but Kronic avoids the damage to the body.
Kronic tries to break free but Scarret pushes him back against the cage.
Scarret throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kronic blocks it with crossed arms.
Kronic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Scarret.
Kronic is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kronic is trying to break the clinch but Scarret is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronic avoiding damage as Scarret throws knees to the body.
Scarret digs a right hand underneath Kronic's ribcage. Kronic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Scarret landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Scarret is working Kronic over against the cage.
Scarret cracks Kronic with a nice body shot.
Kronic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scarret is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scarret misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kronic.
Scarret missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scarret.
Kronic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scarret lands with a light punch inside.
Scarret is working Kronic over against the cage.
Scarret lands a knee to the head.
Scarret is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Scarret.
A short right from Scarret on the inside.
Scarret is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kronic is defending well for now.
Kronic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scarret tries a knee to the head but Kronic blocks it.
Scarret keeps control of Kronic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Scarret throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Scarret lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scarret missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Scarret putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kronic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scarret cracks Kronic with a nice body shot.
Scarret is working Kronic over against the cage.
Scarret unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kronic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Scarret working Kronic over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scarret lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kronic.
Scarret presses Kronic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kronic throws an elbow that misses.
Scarret digs a right hand into Kronic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kronic's gas tank.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Scarret obliges.
Scarret lands a nice uppercut.
Scarret scores a nice knee to the body.
Scarret with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kronic tries to land knees in the clinch but Scarret avoids the damage to the body.
Scarret lands a knee to the body.
Kronic can't break the clinch.
Scarret lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scarret landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Scarret lands a good knee to the midsection. Kronic won't want to take too many of those.
Scarret is leaning against Kronic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Scarret lands a shot to the body.
Scarret connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kronic's face.
Kronic can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scarret unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kronic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Scarret landing knees to the head.
Scarret throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Scarret.
Kronic tries to break the clinch but Scarret is controlling the position.
Scarret is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kronic tries to circle away but Scarret has him pinned against the cage.
Scarret lands a hook that snaps the head of Kronic backwards.
Kronic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Scarret in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kronic can't break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Scarret.
A left hand lands to the body for Scarret.
A shot in the inside from Scarret.
Scarret presses Kronic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kronic managing to block the knees to the body from Scarret.

Kronic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kronic throws a combination that misses
and Scarret counters with a nice uppercut.
Kronic steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Scarret. That one must have hurt.
Scarret dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kronic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kronic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kronic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good shot there by Scarret.
Kronic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Scarret counters with a good low kick that Kronic was not able to check.
Scarret lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Scarret darts in and clinches Kronic up against the cage.
Scarret using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kronic trying to land knees to the body.
Scarret lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scarret.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scarret lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Scarret stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scarret tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Scarret.
Scarret unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from Scarret.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aeron Scarret dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Kronic's cut.
That's time! Kronic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Scarret clinches.
Scarret lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kronic is trying to force a seperation but Scarret has the dominant position.
Scarret trying to land knees to the body.
Scarret lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kronic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scarret.
Scarret lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Scarret.
Scarret with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Scarret managing to block the knees to the body from Kronic.
Scarret scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Scarret creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Scarret on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Scarret.
Scarret scores a nice knee to the body.
Kronic is trying to push Scarret away but Scarret has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Scarret is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scarret keeps control of Kronic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Scarret scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Scarret lands with a right to the head.
Scarret putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kronic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kronic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scarret throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kronic blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarret lands a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Scarret.
Scarret with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Scarret obliges.
Scarret missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Scarret obliges.
Kronic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Scarret putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kronic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kronic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scarret blocks it with crossed arms.
Scarret misses with a knee strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Scarret.
Scarret works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scarret scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kronic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scarret trying to land knees to the body.
Scarret tries to land knees in the clinch but Kronic avoids the damage to the body.
Kronic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kronic tries to break free but Scarret pushes him back against the cage.
Scarret tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kronic avoids it.

Kronic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scarret scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronic throws a predictable looking body shot
and Scarret counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scarret scores with a nice strike.
Kronic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scarret counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kronic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kronic misses with a leg kick
enabling Scarret to counter with a crisp jab.
Kronic throws a left and a right that both miss

and Scarret counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Scarret.
A left hand lands to the body for Scarret.
Scarret tries to land knees in the clinch but Kronic avoids the damage to the body.
Scarret lands a nice knee to the body.
Scarret digs a right hand underneath Kronic's ribcage. Kronic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Scarret is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kronic is defending well for now.
Scarret is working Kronic over against the cage.
Kronic wants to get back to striking at distance but Scarret won't allow it.
Scarret landing knees to the head.
Scarret connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kronic's face.
Scarret connects with a knee to the head.
Kronic has had enough of the clinch but Scarret keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kronic is trying to break the clinch but Scarret has him pressed against the cage.
Scarret digs a right hand underneath Kronic's ribcage. Kronic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Scarret keeps control of Kronic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Scarret landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Scarret scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aeron Scarret seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice left hand lands by Scarret.
Kronic is looking to break free of the clinch but Scarret has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Scarret scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scarret working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Scarret tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Scarret lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kronic.
Kronic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scarret avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Scarret.
Scarret stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kronic can't break the clinch.
Scarret works on Kronic's body with a couple of short punches.
Scarret with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kronic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kronic throws an elbow but it misses.
Scarret gets through Kronic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Scarret landing knees to the head.
Kronic working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kronic is trying to push Scarret away but Scarret has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kronic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Scarret scores with a knee to the head.

Kronic breaks from the clinch.

Scarret moves into the clinch.
Scarret throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kronic blocks it with crossed arms.
Kronic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scarret scores with a hook to the body.
Kronic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kronic avoiding damage as Scarret throws knees to the body.
Scarret tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kronic's elbow.

Kronic breaks from the clinch.

Kronic moves into the clinch.
Kronic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Kronic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kronic misses with a shot to the body

and Scarret counters by clinching up.
Kronic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Scarret has him pressed against the cage.
Scarret lands a body shot in the clinch.
Scarret utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Scarret thuds a left hand into Kronic's body.
Scarret connects with a looping right hand.
Kronic throws a sloppy head kick
and Scarret counters with a nice uppercut.
Kronic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Scarret counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick by Kronic misses
and Scarret counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Scarret throws a series of strikes that have Kronic backpedaling.
Nate Kronic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kronic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab lands there for Scarret.
Scarret thumps Kronic with a low kick.
Scarret connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Scarret scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scarret scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronic blocks a head kick by Scarret.

Kronic drives through and clinches with Scarret against the cage.
Scarret with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Scarret.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scarret.
Kronic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scarret is working Kronic over against the cage.
Scarret using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scarret has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Scarret.
A right handed body shot lands from Scarret.
Kronic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Scarret.
Scarret working Kronic over with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Scarret.
Scarret is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kronic is defending well for now.
Scarret scores with a hook to the body.
Scarret tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kronic avoids it.
Kronic tries to land knees in the clinch but Scarret avoids the damage to the body.
Scarret tries a knee to the head but Kronic blocks it.
Kronic avoiding damage as Scarret throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronic wants to break free but Scarret has control.
Scarret digs a right hand underneath Kronic's ribcage. Kronic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Scarret is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kronic is defending well for now.
Good body shot from Scarret.
Scarret lands an uppercut.
Scarret misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kronic.
Kronic is trying to break the clinch but Scarret is controlling him.
Scarret keeps control of Kronic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Scarret.
A frustrated look appears on Kronic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scarret connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kronic's face.
Kronic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Scarret tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kronic has had enough of the clinch but Scarret keeps him there for the moment.
Scarret lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scarret lands a left hand.

Kronic breaks the clinch.
A shot to the body from Kronic misses
and Scarret counters with a straight right hand.
Kronic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kronic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kronic closes the distance and clinches.
Kronic is trying to break free.
Scarret tries to land knees in the clinch but Kronic avoids the damage to the body.
Kronic takes a shot to the head.
Kronic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scarret avoiding damage as Kronic throws knees to the body.
Scarret is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scarret with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scarret avoiding damage as Kronic throws knees to the body.
Scarret keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kronic's efforts to push away.
Scarret landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kronic tries to break free but Scarret pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Scarret scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scarret crunches a lovely knee into Kronic's ribcage.
Scarret has Kronic pressed against the cage, preventing Kronic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scarret looking to throw knees to the head but Kronic is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kronic throws an elbow but misses.
Kronic managing to block the knees to the body from Scarret.
Kronic tries to circle away but Scarret has him pinned against the cage.

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.
Scarret blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kronic avoiding damage as Scarret throws knees to the body.
Nate Kronic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Kronic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kronic throws a leg kick
and Scarret counters with a straight right hand.
Kronic misses with a leg kick
and Scarret counters with a left to the body.
Kronic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scarret counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kronic misses with a double jab
and Scarret counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kronic throws a lazy uppercut
and Scarret counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kronic swings away with a body shot that misses
and Scarret counters with a nice body shot.
Scarret throws a shot to the body.
Kronic misses with a double jab

and Scarret holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aeron Scarret comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Scarret has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aeron Scarret!