PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Deaton (ranked 4602 p4p, 4590 weight class) and Pablo Hernandez (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.

Deaton
vs
Hernandez

193 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
213
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Deaton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pablo Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deaton throws a right and a left that Hernandez avoids nicely.
Hernandez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Deaton throws out a powerful jab.
Deaton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Deaton lands with a straight right. Hernandez didn't see that one coming.
Hernandez is looking to clinch but Deaton is avoiding it.
Deaton scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Deaton finds it's way through Hernandez's defenses.
Deaton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hernandez connects with the punch.

It looks like Scott Deaton has been cut.
Scott Deaton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Deaton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hernandez moves out of range as Deaton strikes.
Hernandez works Deaton's body with a nice hook.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Deaton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hernandez.
Jab by Hernandez.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Deaton clinches up against the cage.
Deaton lands a hook that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Hernandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Deaton blocks it with crossed arms.
Hernandez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Deaton avoids it.
Hernandez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Hernandez.
Deaton blocks the elbow strike.
Hernandez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deaton is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hernandez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Deaton or not.
Deaton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Hernandez misses with an elbow over the top.
Hernandez has a couple of punches blocked by Deaton.
Hernandez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hernandez working aggressively here.
Hernandez has a couple of punches blocked by Deaton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deaton lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Deaton avoids a wild elbow strike from Hernandez.
Deaton is pushing Hernandez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Hernandez fails to land.
Hernandez tries to throw a body punch but Deaton avoids it by throwing Hernandez back against the cage.
Deaton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Deaton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Deaton as Hernandez tries to tie him up.
Deaton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hernandezs head.
Nice body punch from Deaton.
Hernandez lands a body shot.
Hernandez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Deaton backwards.
Hernandez misses with the head strike.
Deaton blocks the elbow strike.
Deaton pushes Hernandez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deaton stalling the fight.
Deaton stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Deaton for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Deaton lands with a light punch inside.
Hernandez misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Deaton scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hernandez.
Deaton lands with a short shot to the head.
Deaton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Deaton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deaton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Deaton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Deaton blocking some punches.
Deaton lands with a left to the head.
Deaton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hernandez.
Deaton is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deaton avoids a wild elbow strike from Hernandez.
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!
Hernandez scores with a shoulder strike.
Hernandez is trying to stall.
Deaton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hernandez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hernandez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hernandez pushes off an throws an elbow but Deaton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hernandez working aggressively here.
Deaton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Deaton.
Hernandez misses with some punches.
Deaton stalling against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez has a couple of punches blocked by Deaton.
Deaton prevents a body shot from Hernandez.
Deaton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Deaton leaning against his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Scott Deaton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Scott Deaton's cut.
That's time! Deaton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Deaton lands a jab to the head.
A lazy left from Deaton finds it's target.
Deaton defending well as Hernandez loads up on a big left hand.
Deaton with a jab.
A shot to the body from Hernandez misses

and Deaton counters by moving into the clinch.
Deaton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hernandez has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hernandez working aggressively here.
Hernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hernandez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Deaton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hernandez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Deaton's brow.
Hernandez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Deaton stalling against the cage.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Deaton has Hernandez pressed against the cage.
Deaton lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deaton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deaton lands a shot to the body.
Deaton stalling.
Come on Deaton - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch on the inside from Hernandez fails to land.
Hernandez throws a head punch that misses.
Deaton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Deaton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Deaton has Hernandez pushed against the cage.
Hernandez throws a punch but it's blocked by Deaton.
Hernandez trying to land knees to the body.
Hernandez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Deaton backwards.
Deaton lands with a left to the head.
Hernandez misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Deaton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Deaton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Deaton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Deaton digs a right hand into Hernandez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hernandez's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Hernandez.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hernandez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hernandez misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Deaton.
Hernandez lands a left hand.
Deaton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hernandez.
Hernandez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Deaton stalling against the cage.
Hernandez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Deaton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hernandez lands a nice uppercut.
Scott Deaton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Deaton misses with a punch on the inside.
Deaton misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hernandez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deaton.
Deaton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hernandez working aggressively here.
Deaton lands a right hand.
Deaton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hernandez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Deaton lands a left hand.
Deaton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deaton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Deaton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hernandez can do to turn this around?
Deaton stalls.
Deaton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deaton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hernandez can't find room to land a body shot as Deaton controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deaton scores with a shoulder strike.
Deaton works on Hernandez's body with a couple of short punches.
Deaton lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Deaton controlling the action here for a moment.
Deaton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Deaton.
Hernandez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hernandez letting Deaton take a breather here.
Deaton scores with a shot to the side of Hernandez's head.
Hernandez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hernandez lands with a left to the head.
Deaton lands a shoulder strike.
Hernandez looking to throw knees to the head but Deaton is blocking nicely.
Hernandez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Deaton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Scott Deaton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hernandez slips a straight right by Deaton.
Hernandez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Deaton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hernandez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Deaton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Deaton's corner calls for a 1-2. Deaton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hernandez.
Deaton throwing a counter right hand but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Deaton tests Hernandez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Deaton scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deaton jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Deaton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hernandez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deaton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.
Deaton is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Deaton misses with an uppercut
and Hernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
Deaton misses with a body shot.
Jab, jab by Deaton - just one landing.
Deaton misses with a looping right.
Hernandez lands with a nice body punch.
Hernandez's corner calls for a 1-2. Hernandez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Deaton throws a hook but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Deaton throws a jab when Hernandez was well out of range.

Nice combo by Hernandez! Oh, that's hurt him - Deaton falls to the canvas and Hernandez follows him into side control.

Scott Deaton's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Hernandez cracks Deaton with a big elbow.

Deaton is rocked!
Hernandez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Deaton keeps working.
Pablo Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Deaton is trying to improve his position.
Hernandez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Deaton is trying to get back to half guard.
Deaton gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hernandez is trying to control. Deaton wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Deaton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Deaton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Deaton seems keen to control Hernandez's posture.
Hernandez looking to sit in guard and control but Deaton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deaton working some strikes from top position.
Deaton content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Deaton lands a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Scott Deaton.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Deaton, 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Scott Deaton!
A victorious Scott Deaton thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.