PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Denke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kasey Scorpion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scorpion is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jiu Jitsu. Kasey Scorpion will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Denke
vs
Scorpion

175 cm
23
180 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

187 cm
26
160 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Denke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kasey Scorpion!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Scorpion closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Scorpion lands a nice shot to the body.
Denke can't find room to land a body shot as Scorpion controls the action.
Scorpion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Denke working aggressively here.
Denke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Denke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Scorpion pushes Denke back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Scorpion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Denke.
Scorpion blocks an elbow strike from Denke.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Denke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Denke fails to land.
Denke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Denke pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Denke blocks an uppercut.
Denke lands an elbow just above Scorpion 's eye.
Denke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Denke gets through Scorpion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
Denke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Denke lands a body shot.
A short right from Scorpion.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Denke throws an elbow but misses.

Denke manages to break the clinch.
Scorpion 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.
Scorpion connects with a body shot.

Scorpion takes the fight into the clinch.
Denke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scorpion lands a shot to the body.
Denke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Denke blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scorpion.
Denke has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Denke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Denke scores with a shoulder strike.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as Denke controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Denke.
Scorpion is working Denke over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Scorpion.

Denke breaks from the clinch.
Scorpion tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Denke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Denke misses its intended target.
Scorpion is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Scorpion finds it's way through Denke's defenses.
Denke throws an overhand right that lands on Scorpion's shoulder, as Scorpion tries to avoid the shot.
Scorpion misses with a hook
and Denke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Denke throws a hook but Scorpion avoids it easily.
Scorpion rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Denke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Scorpion scores with a hook.
Scorpion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Denke.
The fighters circling - Denke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion lands with a right hand.
Denke falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scorpion counters with a straight right hand.

Scorpion lands a left and a right that send Denke crashing to the mat, dazed. Scorpion thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Denke is rocked!

It looks like Karl Denke has been cut.
Scorpion throws a monster overhand right that drops Denke! Scorpion follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kasey Scorpion!
After winning the bout, Kasey Scorpion thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.