PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Boris Mcpherson (ranked 9281 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Scorpio (ranked 5927 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mcpherson
vs
Scorpio

168 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boris Mcpherson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hank Scorpio!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Chris Dean and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Scorpio.
Scorpio tests Mcpherson's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Scorpio rushes Mcpherson and presses him up against the cage.
Scorpio's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stalling in the clinch from Scorpio.
The crowd are getting on Scorpio's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Scorpio effectively controlling the action here.
Mcpherson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Scorpio walks away with a smile on his face. Mcpherson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Scorpio feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mcpherson's calf.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Scorpio. Those never looked like landing.
Mcpherson appears to be looking for a big counter.

Scorpio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mcpherson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcpherson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Scorpio to keep the fight standing.
Mcpherson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boris Mcpherson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcpherson is trying to pull guard but Scorpio turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mcpherson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcpherson jumps guard but Scorpio turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Scorpio stalling.
Scorpio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Scorpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcpherson blocks it with crossed arms.

Mcpherson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Scorpio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Scorpio lands a right hand.

Scorpio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mcpherson moves into range and clinches up with Scorpio.
Mcpherson tries to pull guard but Scorpio won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A knee to the head by Scorpio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Scorpio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Scorpio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mcpherson has Scorpio pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Scorpio manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mcpherson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Scorpio smiles and moves away.
Scorpio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Scorpio clinches up against the cage.
Scorpio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scorpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mcpherson's efforts to push away.
Mcpherson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Scorpio slowing the pace effectively.
Mcpherson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Scorpio to keep the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcpherson jumps guard but Scorpio turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Scorpio pressing his opponent against the cage.
Scorpio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Boris Mcpherson has been cut.

Mcpherson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Scorpio regains guard.

Scorpio has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Mcpherson has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Mcpherson is breathing heavily.
Mcpherson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mcpherson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Scorpio just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mcpherson fails to pull guard.
Scorpio pushes Mcpherson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Scorpio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Scorpio lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcpherson won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scorpio scores a nice knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Scorpio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scorpio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcpherson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Scorpio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Scorpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scorpio lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcpherson won't want to take too many of those.
Scorpio lands a nice knee to the body.
Scorpio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcpherson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Scorpio landing knees to the body.
Scorpio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mcpherson's defenses.
Scorpio scores with a knee to the head.
Scorpio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Scorpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scorpio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mcpherson takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Scorpio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Mcpherson's cut.
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.

Scorpio has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mcpherson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Scorpio lands a left hand.
Scorpio is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Still in the clinch, Scorpio scores with a nice short uppercut.

Mcpherson is rocked!
Scorpio lands a big right hand that drops Mcpherson! The killer instinct kicks in and Scorpio finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Scorpio!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hank Scorpio!