PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Scoby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Russell is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Russell
vs
Scoby

190 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Russell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Desmond Scoby!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Russell gets tackled into the cage by Scoby. Scoby maintains the clinch.
Scoby lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scoby looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Russell wants to break free but Scoby has control.

Scoby has hold of one of Russell's legs. Russell is fighting the takedown attempt but Scoby gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Scoby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Scoby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scoby scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Scoby throws a big right hand that misses.
Scoby trying to control the position from guard on top but Russell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Scoby drops back looking for a leg! Russell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Russell manages to kick Scoby off! Scoby jumps back into Russell's guard.
Scoby trying to control but Russell is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scoby scoring with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Scoby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Russell is breathing heavily.

Scoby gets to his feet - Russell follows without any prompting.
Scoby misses with a double jab.
Russell moves in looking to clinch but Scoby pushes him off.
Desmond Scoby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scoby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scoby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Scoby drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Scoby scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Scoby with a nice head shot there.
Scoby advances to half guard.

Scoby is trying to work for a kimura but Russell is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scoby not doing much here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scoby moves into full mount! Russell won't be happy about that!
Russell really wants to buck Scoby off and get back to his feet.
Scoby landing shots from mount.
Scoby lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Scoby is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Russell is surviving well by controlling Scoby's body position as best he can.
Scoby landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell taking shots to the head.
Scoby landing strikes from the mount and Russell is in trouble!
Scoby landing strikes from the mount and Russell is in trouble!
Scoby raining down shots from the mount!
Russell wants to get back to his feet.
Russell is in a horrible position here. Scoby smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Scoby looking to secure an arm triangle but Russell defends it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scoby lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Russell is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Scoby with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Scoby looking to secure an arm triangle but Russell defends it well.
Scoby has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Russell's face.
Scoby has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Scoby lands a heavy elbow.

Scoby has control of Russell's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Russell regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Scoby has control of Russell's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Russell regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Scoby 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.
Russell can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Scoby controls the pace.

Scoby stands and steps away. Russell gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Russell misses with a few strikes there.
Scoby scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Scoby rushes Russell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Russell tries to break free but Scoby pushes him back against the cage.
Scoby misses with a punch on the inside.
Scoby lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Scoby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Scoby takes the fight into the clinch.
Scoby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Russell backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scoby controlling the action here for a moment.
Scoby has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Scoby makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scoby has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Russell is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Scoby.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Scoby digs a right hand underneath Russell's ribcage. Russell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Russell gets underhooks to prevent Scoby's takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scoby lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Russell or not.
Scoby misses with a body punch.
Scoby tries to pull guard but Russell holds him up against the cage and eventually Scoby drops back down to his feet.
Adam Russell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Scoby.
Scoby scores with a shot to the side of Russell's head.
Russell working hard to break the clinch.
Scoby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scoby throws a head punch that misses.
Russell gets underhooks to prevent Scoby's takedown attempt.
Scoby is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Russell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scoby lands a nice uppercut.
Russell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scoby is stalling here.
Scoby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scoby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Russell's efforts to push away.
Scoby drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Russell gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Russell dodges an elbow strike from Scoby.
A bit of stalling here from Scoby.
Scoby misses with the head strike.
Scoby holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Russell wants to break free but Scoby has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell is trying to force a seperation but Scoby has the dominant position.
Russell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Scoby is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scoby content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Scoby lands with a right to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scoby.
Scoby's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scoby struggles to land a body shot inside as Russell controls his hands.
Desmond Scoby seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Scoby misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Desmond Scoby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Scoby tries to bum rush Russell with a series of wild strikes but Russell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Russell slips a jab and a cross from Scoby.
Russell is looking to clinch but Scoby is avoiding it.
Scoby throws a nice looking combination but Russell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Russell tries to clinch there but Scoby circles away.
Russell looks to land a right hand but Scoby moved out of range.

Scoby scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Scoby missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Russell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Scoby on the ground.
Scoby scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Scoby is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Russell has managed to free his arm - good work.
Russell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Scoby is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Desmond Scoby has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scoby is trying to control. Russell wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Scoby.
Scoby is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Scoby lands with a punch from half guard.
Scoby scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Scoby is looking for a kimura but Russell is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Scoby to get the leverage.
Scoby prevents Russell from standing back up.
Scoby trying to control the pace.
Scoby passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Scoby looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Scoby has control of Russell's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Russell regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Scoby landing strikes from the mount and Russell is in trouble!
Scoby landing strikes from the mount.
Scoby is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Scoby is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Russell to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Russell shrugs it off.
Scoby lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Scoby looking for a guillotine from mount but Russell is having none of it.
Scoby dominating with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Russell that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Scoby is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Scoby!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Desmond Scoby!