PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Erick Clap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Scissorhands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clap comes to the cage accompanied by Burn it to the ground. Erick Clap could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edward Scissorhands's chin.

Clap
vs
Scissorhands

172 cm
28
150 lbs
9 - 6 - 2

163 cm
34
145 lbs
29 - 14 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Erick Clap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Scissorhands!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scissorhands tries to bum rush Clap with a series of wild strikes but Clap uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clap misses with a low kick as Scissorhands jumps back.
Scissorhands uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clap.
Scissorhands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scissorhands connects with a body shot.
Scissorhands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clap thinks about countering with a head kick.
We've been informed that Scissorhands has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Good shot there by Clap.
Clap has been working on his boxing with his coaches at River's Edge Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A big left from Scissorhands misses.
Scissorhands has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Clap.
Nice cross by Scissorhands.
Scissorhands uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clap.
Scissorhands scores with a nice strike.
Clap cracks a nice hook into Scissorhands's ribs.
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!

Scissorhands gets tackled into the cage by Clap. Clap maintains the clinch.
Scissorhands scores with a shot to the side of Clap's head.
Scissorhands misses with a body punch.
Clap blocks a body shot from Scissorhands.
Clap lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clap tries to land knees in the clinch but Scissorhands avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clap prevents a body shot from Scissorhands.
Clap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clap blocks a body shot from Scissorhands.
Scissorhands working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Scissorhands lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clap backwards.
Scissorhands is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Scissorhands tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clap's elbow.
A hook to the body from Clap.
Clap blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scissorhands tries to work over Clap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scissorhands tries to work over Clap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clap lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scissorhands backwards.
Clap misses with a punch to the body.
Scissorhands tries a body shot but Clap blocks it.
Scissorhands can't find room to land a body shot as Clap controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clap.
Scissorhands lands with a left to the head.
Scissorhands lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clap backwards.
Clap fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clap cracks Scissorhands with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scissorhands pushes Clap back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Clap softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Clap.
Scissorhands working aggressively here.
Clap goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scissorhands can't find room to land a body shot as Clap controls the action.
Scissorhands misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clap is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scissorhands is defending well for now.
Scissorhands can't find room to land a body shot as Clap controls the action.
Scissorhands misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clap is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Clap doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Clap pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scissorhands throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scissorhands looks to land a right hand but Clap moved out of range.
Scissorhands with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clap with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Clap throws a body punch but Scissorhands moves out of range.
Clap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clap takes a swing at Scissorhands's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Clap. Those never looked like landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Scissorhands.
Clap ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Scissorhands lands a high kick!
Clap swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clap checks a leg kick nicely.
Clap tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Scissorhands throws a right hand that misses
and Clap counters with a nice body kick.
Scissorhands lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Scissorhands.
A head kick misses from Scissorhands.
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!
Scissorhands walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Clap checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Clap avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Scissorhands circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scissorhands misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scissorhands cracks the inside of Clap's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands misses with a body shot.
Clap keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Clap throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Clap fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Scissorhands checks it well.
Scissorhands connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Clap with a jab.
Clap misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scissorhands.
Clap throws a body shot but no joy.
Scissorhands ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clap moves away.
Scissorhands throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Clap.
Clap looks to score with a jab to the body but Scissorhands is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scissorhands connects with an inside leg kick.
Scissorhands misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clap looks to land a left hand but Scissorhands moved out of range nicely.
Clap lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Edward Scissorhands will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Clap tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scissorhands was well out of range. Poor timing from Clap.
Scissorhands connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Clap.
Scissorhands lands a right hook to the body.
Clap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Edward Scissorhands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clap with a hook.
Scissorhands lands with a kick to the ribs.
Scissorhands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clap on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Scissorhands. Scissorhands obviously looking to wear him down.
Scissorhands swings for the body but Clap moves out of range.
Scissorhands with a hook.
Scissorhands fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clap manages to avoid it.
A big right from Scissorhands misses.
Clap drops down looking for a counter takedown but Scissorhands sprawls and moves away.
Clap misses with a two punch combination.
Clap is looking to wear down Scissorhands with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Scissorhands scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Scissorhands takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Scissorhands tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clap fakes the leg kick and cracks Scissorhands in the body.
Scissorhands lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Clap throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clap throws a head kick but Scissorhands moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Scissorhands as he connects with a hook.
Scissorhands throws a body punch but Clap moves out of range.
Scissorhands jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clap is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Scissorhands comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Scissorhands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clap.
Clap throws the kick towards the body but Scissorhands avoids it.
Clap takes a kick to the side of the head.
A lazy body kick from Scissorhands

and Clap counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scissorhands moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Clap works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clap not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Scissorhands trying to control from the bottom.
Scissorhands is not content to let Clap control the position.
Clap is thwarting Scissorhands's attempts to control the position.
Clap trying to mount his opponent but Scissorhands defends it.
Clap wants to take a breather but Scissorhands is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clap works his way into side control.

Scissorhands throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Edward Scissorhands is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clap bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Scissorhands ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clap moves away.
Clap tries to clinch up.
Scissorhands is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Clap with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Clap.
Clap walks into a left hand.
Clap throws a big shot that misses.
Scissorhands lands a nice looking body shot.
Clap lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Clap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scissorhands missing with a left hand there. Clap was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Scissorhands throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Scissorhands misses with an uppercut.
Clap half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Scissorhands throws a shot to the body.
Scissorhands lands a jab to Clap's midsection.
Scissorhands throws a wild body kick that Clap sees coming a mile off.
Edward Scissorhands seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clap throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clap keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Clap swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Scissorhands scores with a kick to the midsection.
Scissorhands throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Scissorhands.
Clap doesn't manage to clinch there - Scissorhands circles away.
Scissorhands lands a jab to Clap's midsection.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scissorhands. That's going to slow Clap down.
Clap lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Scissorhands showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Clap misses with a hook.
Clap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scissorhands manages to avoid it.
Scissorhands tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clap was well out of range. Poor timing from Scissorhands.
Clap lands with an uppercut that bounces Scissorhands off the cage and back into range.
A left lands for Clap.

Scissorhands is rocked!
Scissorhands slips under a jab from Clap.
Clap has a takedown stuffed.

Clap feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Scissorhands controls Clap momentarily but Clap frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clap throwing strikes but missing.
Scissorhands avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clap missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Scissorhands seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Clap tries to free his leg and advance position but Scissorhands is retaining full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Scissorhands can't keep his opponent in guard - Clap advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Scissorhands manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Clap trying to control but Scissorhands is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Clap sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Scissorhands's guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Clap connects with a nice short shot to Scissorhands's temple.
Clap seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Scissorhands does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Erick Clap overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Clap looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scissorhands wants to control but Clap is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Erick Clap has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clap tries to pass the half guard into mount. Scissorhands knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Scissorhands lands with a thumping leg kick.
Clap throws a half hearted mid kick.
Clap misses the shot to the body.
Clap walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Scissorhands checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Clap with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Clap misses with a takedown attempt - Scissorhands sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Scissorhands lands a nice looking body shot.
Scissorhands connects with a single shot there.
Clap misses with a low kick.
Clap throws a solid leg kick but Scissorhands takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Clap.
Clap checks the leg kick.
Clap takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clap takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Scissorhands throws a hook to the side of Clap's head but Clap sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Scissorhands throws a lazy right hand but Clap sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
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!
Clap gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Clap is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Scissorhands throws a leg kick which misses Clap's front leg but catches the back leg as Clap tries to avoid it.

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 Erick Clap.
I think Scissorhands 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Edward Scissorhands!
As Edward Scissorhands got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Feed me Brophy next.'.