PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clifford Hankins (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.

Scott
vs
Hankins

197 cm
22
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Team S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clifford Hankins!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott throws a head kick but Hankins moves out of range.
Hankins doesn't manage to clinch there - Scott circles away.
Scott lands with an overhand left.
Hankins throws a sloppy head kick
and Scott counters with a nice uppercut.
Hankins's corner calls for a 1-2. Hankins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Nathan Scott has been cut.
Scott throws a right and a left that Hankins avoids nicely.
Scott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Hankins clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hankins ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hankins no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hankins has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Scott stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Clifford Hankins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scott lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Hankins misses
and Scott counters with a head kick. That will keep Hankins thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hankins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Scott tries to clinch there but Hankins circles away.
Hankins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A jab from Hankins misses.
Scott stuffs the takedown.
Hankins fails with a takedown attempt.
Nathan Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clifford Hankins.
Hankins fails to land the takedown.

Hankins forces Scott back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hankins looks gassed!

Hankins manages to break the clinch.
Scott goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hankins lands an overhand right.
Hankins fails with the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hankins darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Scott knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hankins on the ground.
Scott is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Scott looks like he's trying to stand up.
Scott is trying to escape back to his feet but Hankins uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Scott is trying to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Scott throws a right hand that Hankins ducks under and follows up with a left that Hankins also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hankins works Scott's body with a nice hook.
Hankins with a lazy takedown attempt
and Scott counters with a big head kick but Hankins shrugs it off.
Scott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Scott tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Hankins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hankins.
Hankins prevents Scott from breaking the clinch.

Hankins breaks from the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hankins.

Hankins bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scott tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Hankins presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Hankins controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clifford Hankins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Scott's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hankins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Scott pinned against the cage. Scott gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Hankins has Scott up against the cage in a clinch.
Scott with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Scott breaks from the clinch.
Hankins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body kick there by Scott.
Hankins closes the distance but Scott moves to the side
and Scott counters with a head kick. That will keep Hankins thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hankins sizes up Scott with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Hankins scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Scott wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

Hankins has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Scott wants to clinch.

Scott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hankins, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hankins wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Scott is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hankins goes for a takedown attempt but Scott pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch but Hankins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Scott throws a head kick that misses

and Hankins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hankins.
Scott could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A short uppercut from Scott.
Scott wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Hankins manages to break the clinch.
Scott throws a leg kick which misses Hankins's front leg but catches the back leg as Hankins tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott thumps Hankins with a low kick.
Hankins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nathan Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clifford Hankins.
Scott thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hankins if he has to take too many more of those.
Scott fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hankins on the side of the head.
Scott tries a head kick but it misses.

Hankins rushes Scott and presses him up against the cage.

Hankins manages to break the clinch.
Scott scores with a punch to the head.
Scott lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Scott.
Hankins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Scott is fending him off so far but Hankins persists. Nope, Scott circles away and we're back to standing.
Hankins walks into a left hand.
Hankins wants to clinch
and Scott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Scott clobbers Hankins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hankins is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hankins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Scott.
Hankins closes the distance but Scott moves to the side
and Scott counters with a big head kick but Hankins shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Clifford Hankins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nathan Scott's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Scott wants to clinch up but Hankins keeps it at a distance.
Scott looks to land a combination but Hankins avoids it well.
Nathan Scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hankins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Scott counters with a two punch combo.
Hankins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Scott throws a combination that misses

and Hankins holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Scott is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Scott misses with a knee strike.
Scott is trying to break the clinch but Hankins has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hankins pulls guard.

Hankins has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Scott off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Hankins fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hankins shoots in but Scott avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nathan Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clifford Hankins.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Scott.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Scott looking to throw knees to the head but Hankins is blocking nicely.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hankins blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Scott tries to break the clinch but Hankins is controlling the position.

Hankins jumps guard and drags Scott to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hankins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Scott postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Scott wants to get up but he can't break Hankins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Scott has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hankins has Scott pulled in close to control his posture.
Hankins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Scott's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott is looking to stand back up but Hankins counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Scott.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Scott taking some punishment here, with Hankins in his half guard.
Hankins is taking a breather. Scott says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hankins is keen to just control but Scott is a slippery customer.
Scott wants to get back to full guard.
Hankins stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Scott tries to kick Hankins off in order to stand up. Hankins Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Hankins advances nicely into full mount.
Hankins controlling from the full mount.
Scott is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hankins raining down shots from the mount!
Nathan Scott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clifford Hankins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hankins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

And that's the end of the fight!
Clifford Hankins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hankins 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clifford Hankins!