PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iron Sheik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Powell
vs
Sheik

200 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
266 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

New World Order Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Powell !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iron Sheik !
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell misses with a two punch combination.
Powell shoots in and drives through. Sheik sprawls well.

Powell clinches up with Sheik and pushes him back against the cage.
Sheik wants to break free but Powell has control.
Sheik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Powell is stalling here.
Sheik wants to break the clinch but can't.

Powell jumps guard.
Sheik has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Powell is proving hard to escape from.

Powell looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Powell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sheik on the ground.
Sheik being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sheik stands up and waves to Powell to follow him.
Sheik stuffs the takedown.
Powell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sheik as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Powell . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Powell shoots in but Sheik avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Powell is breathing heavily.
Powell shoots in looking for a takedown but Sheik manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Powell 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sheik stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sheik wants it to stay on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell is looking to clinch but Sheik is avoiding it.
Powell closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sheik circles away.
Sheik avoids a punch combination nicely.
Powell fails to land the takedown.
Sheik slaps away a takedown attempt from Powell , before circling back to the center of the mat.
Powell misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Powell .
Powell shoots in looking for a takedown but Sheik manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Powell 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Powell fails with a takedown attempt.
Powell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Powell throws a head kick but Sheik moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Powell throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sheik 's waist but Sheik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Powell off to one side.
Powell tries to clinch but Sheik moves out of range.
No luck for Powell with that takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Powell is defended easily by Sheik .
Scott Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Powell dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Powell shoots in but Sheik avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sheik keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Powell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Powell . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Powell swinging wildly here.
Powell wants to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Powell shoots in but Sheik avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell moves in looking to clinch but Sheik pushes him off.
Powell shoots for a double leg takedown but Sheik sprawls well. He's pushed Powell 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Powell throws a head kick but Sheik moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Powell or perhaps it was just good defense by Sheik which made him look bad.
Powell shoots in for a double leg but Sheik sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell misses with a takedown attempt - Sheik sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Powell tries to clinch up.
Powell shoots in for a takedown but Sheik shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Powell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Powell tries to clinch but Sheik is having none of it.
Powell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iron Sheik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Powell misses with a low kick.
Sheik leaves Powell with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell misses the shot to the body.
Powell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sheik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Powell is defended easily by Sheik .
Powell is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sheik sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Powell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Powell misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Powell with that takedown attempt.
Powell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sheik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Powell tries for a takedown but Sheik sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Sheik as Powell shoots in.
Powell fails with a takedown attempt.
Sheik moves out of range as Powell throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Powell dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Powell throws a head kick that misses.

Powell moves into the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Powell .

Powell decides to pull guard.
Sheik wanted to stand there but Powell had control of the position.
Sheik is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sheik avoids the head kick by Powell .
Sheik dodges the punch combination from Powell .
Powell misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell shoots in for a double leg but Sheik sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Powell is looking to clinch but Sheik is avoiding it.
Powell shoots for a double leg takedown but Sheik sprawls well. He's pushed Powell 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sheik avoids a punch combination nicely.
Powell closes the distance and clinches up with Sheik , looking for a takedown. Powell pushes Sheik against the cage but Sheik circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Powell . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Powell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sheik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Powell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sheik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell throws a head kick but Sheik moves out of range.
Powell moves in looking to clinch but Sheik pushes him off.
Powell misses with a body kick.
No joy there for Powell , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Powell shoots in but Sheik avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sheik stuffs the takedown attempt from Powell . Powell gets slowly back to his feet.
Powell shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sheik as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Powell .
Powell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Powell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Powell looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sheik is fending him off so far but Powell persists. Nope, Sheik circles away and we're back to standing.
Powell shoots in for a takedown but Sheik shows good takedown defense.
Iron Sheik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott Powell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Powell tries to clinch up but Sheik circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Powell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Powell , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

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