PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scottie Pippen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Ua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mack Ua has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pippen
vs
Ua

177 cm
21
188 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scottie Pippen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mack Ua!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pippen jabs Ua to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've been told by Pippen's head coaches at Farrell Pikey Camp that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ua slips under a jab.
Ua looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pippen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pippen catches Ua with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ua walks into a left hand.
Pippen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ua appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pippen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ua is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pippen throws a combination that misses
and Ua counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pippen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ua has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ua needs to keep his hands up - Pippen had a free shot at his head there.
Ua misses with a hook to the body
and Pippen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Scottie Pippen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ua ducks under a wild hook from Pippen.
It seemed like Ua was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pippen misses with an uppercut. Ua saw that one coming.
Ua misses the jab.
Pippen misses with a looping right.
Ua looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ua avoids the body shot from Pippen.
Ua looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pippen lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ua walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pippen misses with an uppercut. Ua saw that one coming.
Ua looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pippen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pippen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Ua is rocked!
Pippen pounces like a tiger and cracks Ua with a vicious hook! Ua is down but not out! Pippen follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Scottie Pippen!
Our winner, Scottie Pippen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.