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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pohaku Scott (ranked 4898 p4p, 1454 weight class) and Goran Dragic (ranked 563 p4p, 191 weight class). Scott comes into the arena with Ukulele Lady- Arlo Guthrie blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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191 cm 22 212 1 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm 21 213 4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler Counter fighter Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pohaku Scott! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Goran Dragic! The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Scott lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dragic circles away quickly and effectively. Dragic shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Scott manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Scott wants to stand but Dragic is controlling the position. Dragic tries to free his leg and advance position but Scott is retaining full guard. Scott wants to stand but Dragic is controlling the position. Scott preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Scott keeping moving, preventing Dragic from controlling successfully. Dragic drops back, looking for a kneebar! Scott looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Scott looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Scott!
That's one minute gone in the round. Scott wants to stand but Dragic is controlling his arm. Dragic is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Dragic sneaks back into half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Dragic looking for submissions off his back. We've been hearing good reports from Scott's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. It looks like Scott is going to stand back up.
Dragic looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
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 wants to stand up but Dragic is controlling the position.
Dragic looking for submissions off his back. Dragic wants to get back to full guard. Scott seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Scott with a nice cross. Dragic with a poor takedown and Scott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Scott lands a big head kick that sends Dragic tumbling to the mat! Scott takes a step backwards and waves Dragic back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Dragic is rocked!
It looks like Goran Dragic has been cut. A kick lands to the mid section there for Scott. Dragic is still on wobbly legs! Can Scott finish him? The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Scott moves in close and cracks Dragic with a massive right hand! Dragic, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Scott!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pohaku Scott!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
35% |
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