PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Potter (ranked 1428 p4p, 1168 weight class) and Crazy Mike (ranked 195 p4p, 154 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Potter
vs
Mike

184 cm
27
195
11 - 8 - 0

190 cm
27
218
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Pulling Guard

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Crazy Mike!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mike's hands.
Mike defending well as Potter loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mike! But no joy.
Potter misses with a left hand
and Mike counters with a straight right hand.
Potter scores with a nice head shot.

Potter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mike lands with a left to the head.
Mike is stalling here.
Mike throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Potter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mike or not.
Mike controlling the action here for a moment.
Mike prevents a body shot from Potter.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mike's elbow.
Mike pushes Potter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Potter lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mike is trying to stall.
Mike dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but Mike uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Mike scores with a hook to the body.
Potter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mike lands a shoulder strike.
Mike is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mike looking to stall.
Mike seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Good body shot from Potter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Mike.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Potter struggles to land a body shot inside as Mike controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mike blocks a body shot from Potter.
Potter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Potter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Mike.
Mike blocks a body shot from Potter.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mike lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Potter.
Potter misses with some punches.
Mike softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mike blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike displaying some good clinch control by pressing Potter up against the cage.
Potter tries to throw a body punch but Mike avoids it by throwing Potter back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Mike blocks an uppercut.
Mike stalling the fight.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Mike's coach down at London MMA Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Mike's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Mike is leaning against Potter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mike takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Potter scores with a shoulder strike.
Potter digs a right hand underneath Mike's ribcage. Mike let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Potter is leaning against Mike and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Potter lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Mike.
Mike lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Potter backwards.
Mike trying to stall but Potter improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Potter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Potter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mike looking to stall.
Potter takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mike manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mike blocking some punches.
Potter tries to work over Mike's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mike looking to stall.
Potter digs a right hand underneath Mike's ribcage. Mike let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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 Potter will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Potter blocks a head kick by Mike.
Potter wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Potter missing with a left hand there. Mike was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mike uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Potter.
Potter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scott Potter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter throws a hook to the side of Mike's head but Mike sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've been told by Potter's head coaches at Fight Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A lazy left from Mike finds it's target.
Potter throws a body punch but Mike moves out of range.
Mike looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd cheers as Potter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mike doesn't seem phased though.

Mike is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Potter ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Mike clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Scott Potter!
In his post fight interview, Scott Potter started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.