PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rivers Naughton (ranked 5210 p4p, 576 weight class) and William Scout (ranked 5797 p4p, 612 weight class). William Scout will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Naughton
vs
Scout

170 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 The Island, Rivers Naughton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Scout!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scout throws a head kick that misses.

Scout closes the distance and clinches.
Naughton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Scout misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Naughton.
Scout tries to land knees in the clinch but Naughton avoids the damage to the body.

Naughton has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Scout uses from the top position.

Naughton has his foot on Scout's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Scout works his way back into a safe position though.
Scout must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Scout wants to control from the top but Naughton keeps moving.
Naughton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Scout is looking for a sweep. Naughton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naughton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Scout is looking for a sweep. Naughton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naughton tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Naughton drops an elbow to the side of Scout's head.
Naughton content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Scout is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Naughton jumps into side control!
Scout being controlled for a moment.
Naughton creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scout is looking for a sweep.
Naughton is looking to take a break and control but Scout is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Naughton works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Naughton cracks Scout with a big right hand but Scout just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Naughton is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Scout knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Scout is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Naughton is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Scout knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Naughton trying to control the position but Scout is working away.
Naughton working away.

Naughton tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Naughton has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Scout can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Naughton controls the position.
Scout looks to move to half guard but instead Naughton has passed into mount! Damn!
Scout working to try and regain half guard.
Naughton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Naughton scoring with strikes but Scout is staying in there.

Naughton looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rivers Naughton dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Naughton circles away from the clinch attempt.

Naughton forces Scout back against the cage and clinches.

Scout's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Scout clinches up against the cage.
Naughton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Scout walks away with a smile on his face. Naughton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Scout forces Naughton back against the cage and clinches.
Naughton prevents a takedown attempt there.

Scout breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Naughton swats away the attempt to clinch by Scout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scout stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Scout wants it to stay on the feet.
Naughton shoots for a takedown but Scout saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rivers Naughton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Scout closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Naughton to the mat! Naughton manages to get full guard.
Naughton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Naughton tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scout trying to control but Naughton is working from the bottom.
Naughton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Scout manages to get himself to full guard.

Naughton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Naughton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Naughton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Naughton connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scout working a defensive guard here.
Scout has a closed guard, preventing Naughton from standing up.
Naughton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Our spies down at at ELITE Island Gym (All Elite Coaches) inform us that Scout has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Naughton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Naughton wants to control from the top but Scout keeps moving.
Naughton seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Scout misses with a jab, cross combination.

Naughton looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Naughton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scout can do to turn this around?
Scout seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naughton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Scout had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Naughton defends it easily.
Scout is breathing heavily.
Naughton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rivers Naughton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Naughton with a nice head shot there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Scout throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Naughton escapes and throws Scout's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Scout is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rivers Naughton will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Scout tries to clinch but Naughton moves out of range.
Naughton feinted with a counter takedown.
Scout shoots in for a takedown but Naughton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Naughton drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Naughton creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Naughton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Naughton wants to stand but Scout is controlling his arm.
Naughton tries to advance to mount but Scout denies him.
Naughton is looking to take a break and control but Scout is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naughton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Naughton controls the position from side control.
Naughton tries to stand but Scout is controlling his head.
Scout is trying to escape the position but Naughton is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Naughton tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Naughton in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Scout is trying to work for a sweep but Naughton has mounted him!
Scout takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Naughton landing strikes from the mount and Scout is in trouble!
Naughton takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Naughton landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naughton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Naughton wants to get back to his feet but Scout is holding on tight.
Scout is desperately trying to improve his position but Naughton has a good base and remains in mount.

Naughton looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Scout tries to hold on but Naughton postures up.
Naughton working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naughton working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Naughton postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Scout looks a forlorn figure.
Naughton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Scout?
Scout takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Naughton looking to control and managing it successfully.
Naughton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Naughton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Naughton landing shots from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rivers Naughton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Naughton, 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rivers Naughton!