PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drew Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Paul
vs
Scott

190 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Drew Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Scott!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Scott looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Scott passes to side control.
Scott lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Scott stands up.

Scott fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Paul sprawls well initially but Scott persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Scott is just content to waste time from the top position. Paul takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Paul has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Scott can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Paul keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.
Scott looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott trying to control but Paul is working from the bottom.
Paul is wriggling around but Scott manages to pass to half guard.
Scott is thwarting Paul's attempts to control the position.
Scott works his way into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Paul is looking to reverse the position.
Scott working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scott working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott is working Paul over with some ground and pound from side control.
Paul managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Scott.

Scott looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Paul tries to improve position but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Scott has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Scott working the ground and pound.
Scott prevents Paul from escaping the position.
Paul is breathing heavily.
Scott working the ground and pound.

Scott is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Paul has escaped the position, nice work there.
Scott connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Paul some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul is trying to improve his position.

Scott is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Paul has escaped the position, nice work there.
Paul tries to improve position but can't.
Scott is putting a hurting on Paul here, landing some big shots from side control.
Scott lands an elbow.
Scott working the ground and pound.

Scott working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul taking punishment in the form of punches.
Paul is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Scott working the ground and pound from side control.

Scott thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Paul wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Paul to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Scott dominated that round.
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.

A head kick misses from Scott.

Scott shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Paul's guard.
Scott is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Scott trying to control but Paul is working from the bottom.
Scott sitting in guard here, content to control.

Paul has his foot on Scott's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Scott works his way back into a safe position though.
Scott is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Paul throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Scott advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott cracks Paul with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Scott lands a nice forearm strike.
Scott scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Paul to see if he's OK.
Scott cracks Paul with a big elbow.
Scott content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Paul taking punishment in the form of punches.
Scott working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott moves into full mount!
Scott punishing his opponent with strikes.
Scott pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Scott landing strikes, looking to finish!
Scott controlling from mount.
Scott breaks from Paul's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Scott.
Scott scoring with strikes but Paul is staying in there.
Scott in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Scott working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Paul takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Scott goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Paul is on top in guard.
Christian Scott has got the better of the ground game so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Scott is on top in guard.
Paul wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Scott is now in half guard.

Paul is defending against the submission attempts here by Scott.

Scott 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul is not content to let Scott control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Paul gets caught flat footed, as Scott shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Scott lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Paul throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Scott escapes and throws Paul's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Scott scoring with punches from side control.
Paul tries to buck Scott off but Scott is having none of it.
Scott taking a breather here.
Paul takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Scott is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Paul will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott scores with punches from side control.
Scott working the ground and pound.

Scott wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Paul, who protects the arm well.
Scott working the ground and pound.
Paul is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Scott asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Scott has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Paul looking for a sweep but Scott has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Scott scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A nice elbow there by Scott.
Paul can't escape the position.
Scott punishing his opponent with strikes.

Scott working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Paul keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Scott with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Paul is looking to escape.
Scott sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Scott lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Scott landing punches.
Paul is bucking up trying to escape but Scott cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Scott in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul is in a horrible position here. Scott smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Scott lands a big elbow.
Paul is looking to get to half guard.
Paul is bucking up trying to escape but Scott cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Scott wants to control the pace but Paul is squirming around nicely.
Paul is looking to improve his position but Scott isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Drew Paul has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christian Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Scott blocks Paul's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Scott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Scott has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30

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