PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uhtred Ragnarson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ragnarson
vs
Scott

185 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Uhtred Ragnarson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Scott!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Ragnarson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Despite the aggression on Scott's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Scott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ragnarson misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarson.
Scott looking to throw knees to the head but Ragnarson is blocking nicely.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Scott looking to throw knees to the head but Ragnarson is blocking nicely.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarson blocks it with crossed arms.
Ragnarson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Scott with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarson fails to land.

Ragnarson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ragnarson throws a body shot but no joy.
Scott is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Scott gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson tries to break free but Scott pushes him back against the cage.
Ragnarson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scott misses with a knee strike.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ragnarson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ragnarson's efforts to push away.
Scott looking to throw knees to the head but Ragnarson is blocking nicely.
Scott tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Scott with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ragnarson misses with some punches.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scott blocks an uppercut.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scott looks winded!
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ragnarson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ragnarson has a couple of punches blocked by Scott.
Ragnarson has had enough of the clinch but Scott keeps him there for the moment.
Ragnarson misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnarson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scott's elbow.
Scott looking to throw knees to the head but Ragnarson is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson misses with a punch to the body.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarson blocks it with crossed arms.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ragnarson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ragnarson is trying to break the clinch but Scott has him pressed against the cage.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ragnarson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ragnarson is trying to break free.
Ragnarson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnarson wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Scott has Ragnarson pressed against the cage, preventing Ragnarson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ragnarson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Ragnarson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ragnarson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarson fails to land.
Ragnarson is trying to break the clinch but Scott is controlling him.
Ragnarson is looking to break free of the clinch but Scott has double underhooks.
Ragnarson stalling in the clinch but Scott improves position.
Ragnarson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ragnarson misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott has Ragnarson pressed against the cage, preventing Ragnarson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scott tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ragnarson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarson blocks it with crossed arms.
Ragnarson throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
Ragnarson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ragnarson tries to stall but Scott uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ragnarson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarson tries to circle away but Scott has him pinned against the cage.
Ragnarson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ragnarson is trying to force a seperation but Scott has the dominant position.
Ragnarson working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ragnarson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scott backwards.
Ragnarson misses with the head strike.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarson blocks it with crossed arms.
Ragnarson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Scott has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Scott dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Scott wants to clinch up but Ragnarson keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Ragnarson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ragnarson tries to keep at a distance but Scott has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scott looking to throw knees to the head but Ragnarson is blocking nicely.
Scott connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ragnarson's face.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ragnarson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks it.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scott prevents a body shot from Ragnarson.
Ragnarson is trying to push Scott away but Scott has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Scott has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Scott with a knee to the head.
Scott is breathing heavily.
Ragnarson tries a body shot but Scott blocks it.
Ragnarson lands a body shot.
Scott blocks an uppercut.
Ragnarson can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarson.
Ragnarson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Scott has him pressed against the cage.
Ragnarson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ragnarson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scott misses with a knee strike.
Scott blocks an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Scott.
Ragnarson wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Ragnarson misses with the head strike.
Ragnarson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarson is looking to break free of the clinch but Scott has double underhooks.
Ragnarson looking to slow down the pace here.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarson blocks it with crossed arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ragnarson is trying to break the clinch but Scott has him pressed against the cage.
Ragnarson tries to work over Scott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ragnarson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ragnarson's efforts to push away.
Ragnarson tries a body shot but Scott blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson is trying to break free.
Scott keeps control of Ragnarson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks with his arms.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ragnarson working hard to break the clinch.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ragnarson is trying to break the clinch but Scott is controlling him.
Michael Scott seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Ragnarson.
Scott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scott prevents Ragnarson from breaking the clinch.
Ragnarson is trying to stall.
Ragnarson working hard to break the clinch.
Scott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scott misses with a knee strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scott.
Ragnarson can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Scott keeps control of Ragnarson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Scott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ragnarson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarson throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Scott is keeping busy.
Scott blocking some punches.
Ragnarson can't break the clinch.
Ragnarson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarson throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks it.
Scott keeps control of Ragnarson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Scott throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ragnarson can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Ragnarson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ragnarson is trying to maintain a safe position but Scott gets an underhook and turns Ragnarson into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Michael Scott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Scott slips under a jab.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Ragnarson pushes him off.
Ragnarson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ragnarson misses with an uppercut. Scott saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott wants to clinch up but Ragnarson keeps it at a distance.
Ragnarson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarson misses with a two punch combination.
As Ragnarson backs off Scott throws a huge counter combo but Ragnarson manages to avoid it all.
Ragnarson misses with a series of wild punches.
As Ragnarson backs off Scott throws a huge counter combo but Ragnarson manages to avoid it all.
Ragnarson looks to land a right hand but Scott moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Scott gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ragnarson misses with a punch to the body.
Scott throws a knee to the head but misses.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ragnarson working aggressively here.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ragnarson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Scott is keeping busy.
Ragnarson working hard to break the clinch.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks with his arms.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks with his arms.
Scott takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scott throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ragnarson is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott prevents a body shot from Ragnarson.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scott connects with a knee to the head.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks it.
Ragnarson has had enough of the clinch but Scott keeps him there for the moment.
Ragnarson wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Ragnarson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ragnarson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Scott is keeping busy.
Ragnarson is looking to control Scott's arms but Scott gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ragnarson has his back to the cage.
Maybe Ragnarson would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Ragnarson leaning against his opponent.
Ragnarson stalling in the clinch but Scott improves position.
Scott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ragnarson's efforts to push away.
Scott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ragnarson's efforts to push away.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarson blocks it with crossed arms.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks it.
Scott tries a knee to the head but Ragnarson blocks it.
Uhtred Ragnarson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarson.
Ragnarson tries to work over Scott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarson is trying to break free.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ragnarson is trying to break the clinch but Scott has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Ragnarson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ragnarson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ragnarson circles away from the clinch attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michael Scott.
I've got Scott 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight for Michael Scott!
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight for Michael Scott!
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Michael Scott!

Michael Scott wins by unanimous decision!