PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darth Ottesen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ottesen
vs
Scott

185 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

183 cm
21
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darth Ottesen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Scott!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ottesen throws a body punch but Scott moves out of range.
Scott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ottesen.
Horrible takedown by Scott or perhaps it was just good defense by Ottesen which made him look bad.
A swing and a miss from Ottesen.

Ottesen gets caught flat footed, as Scott shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Scott slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Scott wants to control from the top but Ottesen keeps moving.
Ottesen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Scott is one step ahead there.

Scott is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Ottesen is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Ottesen has escaped and now he's on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott keeping moving, preventing Ottesen from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott looking to control but Ottesen passes into half guard.
Scott wants to control but Ottesen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scott wants to get back to full guard but Ottesen has passed into side control.
Scott can't escape the position.
Ottesen trying to control but Scott is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ottesen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Scott keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Scott swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Scott is desperately trying to improve his position but Ottesen has a good base and remains in mount.
Ottesen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ottesen lands a big elbow.
Ottesen tries to control but Scott wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ottesen lands a nice shot to the head.
Ottesen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Scott hang on?
Scott is desperately trying to improve his position but Ottesen has a good base and remains in mount.
You get the feeling that Scott really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Scott is in all sorts of trouble here.
Scott swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Scott is wriggling around trying to escape.
Scott looks gassed!
Ottesen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ottesen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Scott is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Scott wants to control but Ottesen is having none of it.
Scott tries to reverse the position but Ottesen maintains control.
Scott throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Scott is trying to escape the mount.
Scott tries to hold on but Ottesen pushes him away.
Scott is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darth Ottesen dominated that round.
That's time! Ottesen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ottesen misses with a wild body shot.
Scott will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Scott takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ottesen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Scott's waist but Scott gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ottesen off to one side.
Scott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ottesen.
Scott shoots in for a double leg but Ottesen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Scott doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ottesen counters with a two punch combo.
Darth Ottesen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Scott.
Ottesen throws a jab when Scott was well out of range.
Ottesen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Scott shoots in for a takedown but Ottesen shows good takedown defense.
Scott avoids the head kick by Ottesen.
Ottesen fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Scott looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ottesen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Scott is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Scott lands with a punch from half guard.
Ottesen is in trouble now - Scott has advanced to mount!
Ottesen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Scott working Ottesen over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ottesen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Scott trying to control but Ottesen is having none of it.
Scott scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ottesen?
Scott looking to control and managing it successfully.
Scott lands a big elbow.
Scott lands a nice shot to the head.
Scott putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott breaks from Ottesen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Scott with shots to the head and body - Ottesen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Scott looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Scott postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ottesen looks a forlorn figure.
Scott landing strikes from the mount and Ottesen is in trouble!
Scott working Ottesen over with strikes here.
Scott breaks from Ottesen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ottesen is in a horrible position here. Scott smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Scott with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ottesen is in a horrible position here. Scott smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ottesen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Scott connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott landing strikes from the mount and Ottesen is in trouble!
Scott lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Scott scoring with strikes but Ottesen is staying in there.
Scott postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ottesen looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott landing punches.
Ottesen is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Scott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Scott gets a takedown into half guard.
Scott seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ottesen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ottesen missing with punches from the bottom.

Scott seems to be looking for submissions.
Scott not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Scott working Ottesen over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ottesen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ottesen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Ottesen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ottesen looking for a sweep. Not yet Ottesen, not yet.
Ottesen keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.
Scott stands up over Ottesen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ottesen wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Scott slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Scott lands a few punches from side control.

Scott stands up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Scott.
A lull in the action here.

Scott decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ottesen to his feet.
Darth Ottesen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Scott gets a takedown into half guard.
Ottesen preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Scott looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ottesen taking some punishment here, with Scott in his half guard.
Scott seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott prevents Ottesen from improving his position.
Ottesen has hold of Scott's hands but Scott slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ottesen is trying to get back to full guard.
Scott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ottesen keeps working.
Scott winds up and cracks Ottesen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Scott.
Scott wants to take a breather but Ottesen is having none of it.

Scott decides to stand up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Scott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Scott 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Scott!