PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Scar Ambe (ranked 5544 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soloman Cook (ranked 5267 p4p, 485 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.

Ambe
vs
Cook

177 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scar Ambe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Soloman Cook!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ambe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cook is looking to clinch but Ambe is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Cook misses the target.
Cook throws a hook to the side of Ambe's head but Ambe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A left lands for Cook.

Ambe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cook tries a body shot but Ambe blocks it.
Ambe tries a knee to the head but Cook blocks it.
Cook is trying to pull guard but Ambe has him pressed against the cage.
Ambe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ambe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ambe'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.
Ambe trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ambe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cook is defending well for now.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ambe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cook tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ambe just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cook avoiding damage as Ambe throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambe stalling in the clinch.
Cook can't find room to land a body shot as Ambe controls the action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ambe has Cook pressed against the cage.
Cook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cook working aggressively here.
Cook jumps guard but Ambe turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Scar Ambe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soloman Cook.
Cook tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ambe smiles and moves away.
Cook wants to clinch up but Ambe keeps it at a distance.
Ambe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cook blocks a jab.
Soloman Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ambe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cook.
Cook wants to clinch up but Ambe keeps it at a distance.
Cook misses the shot to the body.
Ambe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ambe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cook.
Cook throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ambe throwing a counter right hand but Cook manages to avoid it.
Cook wants to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Ambe misses the target.
Cook throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ambe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cook swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ambe throwing a counter right hand but Cook manages to avoid it.
Ambe missing with a left hand there. Cook was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ambe misses with a body shot.
Cook digs a good body shot into Ambe's ribs.
Ambe misses with an uppercut.
Cook looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ambe takes one to the chin there.
Ambe throws a hook to the side of Cook's head but Cook sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cook just misses with a punch to the body.
Ambe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
Cook lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cook has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cook ducks under a wild hook from Ambe.

Ambe has managed to clinch.
Ambe is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Cook's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Cook is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ambe to keep the fight standing.
Ambe prevents a body shot from Cook.
Cook blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ambe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cook misses with a body punch.
Ambe prevents a body shot from Cook.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ambe's elbow.
Cook blocks an uppercut.
Ambe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ambe taking a breather.
Ambe blocks a body shot from Cook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Ambe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cook blocks it with crossed arms.
Ambe tries to land a knee to the head but Cook blocks with his arms.
Cook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cook misses with a short punch on the inside.

Ambe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cook fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cook lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ambe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ambe throws a hook but Cook avoids it easily.
Ambe misses with a kick to the body.
Ambe slips a straight right by Cook.
Ambe misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.

Ambe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ambe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Scar Ambe will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ambe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ambe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Cook gets tackled into the cage by Ambe. Ambe maintains the clinch.
Ambe blocks a body shot from Cook.
Cook tries a body shot but Ambe blocks it.
Ambe tries to land a knee to the head but Cook blocks with his arms.
Ambe just leaning against Cook, taking a breather.
Ambe has Cook pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ambe for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Cook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Ambe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ambe is struggling to control the position.
Ambe stalling in the clinch.
Ambe gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Ambe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ambe taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Scar Ambe.
Ambe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cook.
Cook lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ambe swats away the attempt to clinch by Cook.
Nice defenses there by Cook.
Cook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Ambe.
Cook throws out a counter right but Ambe avoids it with no problem.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ambe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ambe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cook looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cook is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ambe.
A little feinted left hand from Ambe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cook moves out of range as Ambe throws a body kick.
A big left from Ambe misses.
Cook misses with a wild body shot.
Cook is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ambe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws a big shot that misses.
Cook just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Ambe misses its intended target.
Cook blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cook! But no joy.
Cook missing with a left hand there. Ambe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Cook misses.
Cook connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ambe slips a jab from Cook.
Cook waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ambe.
Cook will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ambe throwing a counter right hand but Cook manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ambe ducks under a wild hook from Cook.
Ambe keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ambe misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cook.
Cook throws out a loose jab but Ambe uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Ambe misses the target.
Cook connects with a jab.
Cook slips under a jab.
Cook throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ambe.
Cook tries to clinch but Ambe moves out of range.
Ambe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cook works Ambe's body with a nice hook.
Cook's corner calls for a 1-2. Cook obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ambe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cook to score with a decent uppercut.
Cook tries to clinch but Ambe is having none of it.
Cook throws a series of punches but Ambe avoids them all with ease.
Ambe throws a jab when Cook was well out of range.
Ambe throws an overhand right that lands on Cook's shoulder, as Cook tries to avoid the shot.
Cook misses with a hook. Ambe ducked under it nicely.
Ambe is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Cook there.
Cook looks to score with a jab to the body but Ambe is just out of range.
Ambe throwing a counter right hand but Cook manages to avoid it.
Cook looks to land a right hand but Ambe moved out of range.
Cook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ambe.
Ambe ducks under a wild hook from Cook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ambe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cook.
Ambe throwing a counter right hand but Cook manages to avoid it.
Cook lands a glancing blow to the side of Ambe's head.
Cook blocks a jab.
Cook is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ambe throws a hook but Cook blocks it.
Ambe misses the shot to the body.
Cook tries to clinch up.
Ambe ducks under a wild hook from Cook.
Ambe throwing a counter right hand but Cook manages to avoid it.
Ambe slips under a jab from Cook.
Ambe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soloman Cook showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Cook throws a right hand that misses

and Ambe counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A head punch on the inside from Ambe fails to land.
Cook has a couple of punches blocked by Ambe.
Ambe slowing the pace effectively.
Ambe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but Ambe avoids it by throwing Cook back against the cage.
Ambe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cook misses with the head strike.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cook misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cook misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cook misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cook fails to pull guard.
Cook blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cook tries to work over Ambe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cook is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ambe to keep the fight standing.
Ambe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ambe.
A head punch on the inside from Cook fails to land.
Cook misses with a punch on the inside.
Cook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ambe lands with a short shot to the head.
Ambe blocking some punches.
Ambe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cook misses with a punch to the body.
Cook jumps guard but Ambe turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Scar Ambe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soloman Cook.
Ambe stalling.
Ambe taking a breather.
Ambe blocks a body shot from Cook.
Ambe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ambe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cook misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ambe blocking some punches.
Ambe is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cook managing to block the knees to the body from Ambe.
Cook blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ambe takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch on the inside from Ambe fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ambe.
Ambe is pushing Cook up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but Ambe avoids it by throwing Cook back against the cage.
Cook working aggressively here.
Ambe misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambe has Cook pushed against the cage.
Ambe stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Scar Ambe.
A swing and a miss from Ambe.
Ambe takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cook fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ambe on the side of the head.
Cook looks to throw the jab but Ambe is out of range.
Cook looks to score with a jab to the body but Ambe is just out of range.
Ambe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Cook does it's job there.
Ambe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cook.
Ambe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ambe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cook ducks under a wild hook from Ambe.
Ambe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cook throws out the jab.
Ambe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cook to score with a decent uppercut.
Cook scores with a sloppy right hand. Ambe should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cook throws a right and a left that Ambe avoids nicely.
Cook swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ambe moves away.
Ambe misses with a straight right.
Ambe walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ambe looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ambe misses with a straight right.
Cook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cook throws a body shot but no joy.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ambe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ambe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ambe walks into a stiff left hand from Cook.
Ambe slips a jab and a cross from Cook.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch but Ambe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Ambe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Soloman Cook.
I think Cook has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soloman Cook!