GFC World Heavyweight Championship
Scott and Pride trade blows to start. Scott traps Pride against the ropes, but the referee forces a clean break. Pride finds a side head lock, and we’ve got dueling “Jay Pride! Chandler Scott!” chants from the crowd. Scott connects with a kick to the leg, wraps Pride’s leg around the middle rope, and kicks the ropes to wrench the leg. He steps away, tapping his temple to signal his intellect as he looks out at the crowd. Scott gets a side headlock takedown and repeatedly drives his knee into Pride’s thigh. Chandler then DDT’s Pride’s leg into the mat, but Pride gets back to his feet and connects with an uppercut as he tries to tip the match back in his favour. Pride traps Scott in the corner, but Scott whips Pride to the opposite corner. Pride runs up the turnbuckles and flips over Scott. Scott goes for the Harvard Hammer but Pride ducks it. Scott takes Pride down to the mat and continues to work over the legs by locking in the Indian Death Lock.
Pride breaks the hold and connects with a kick to the ribs. Pride whips Scott to the ropes and goes for a drop kick, but Scott grabs the ropes to prevent contact. Scott locks in a Figure Four before releasing, kicking Pride’s face into the mat for a two count. Scott has been working over Pride’s left knee and leg all match thus far, he’s obviously got a plan and he’s sticking to it. Scott launches Pride to the outside and goes for a baseball slide, but Pride side steps him and whips him into the barrier. Pride rolls Scott back into the ring, heads up top, and connects with a missile drop kick for a two count. Pride locks in a seated abdominal stretch and intermittently drives an elbow into Scott’s ribs. Scott finally breaks the hold with knees to the face, but Pride retaliates with a knee to Scott’s skull. Scott goes for a Figure Four, but Pride kicks him to the corner. Scott again goes for the Figure Four, but Pride rolls him up for a two count. Pride locks in a surfboard! Pride rolls back with the surfboard and gets Scott all the way up. Pride pulls Scott down into a surfboard / chin lock combination before rolling into a Dragon Sleeper. Great moves linked together from Jay Pride and Chandler Scott is reeling.
Scott finally breaks the hold and goes to work with mounted punches and elbows. Scott gets to his hands and knees, but Pride catches him with a flying knee to the kidneys. Pride connects with another knee to the kidneys, but on the third try Scott evades and catches Pride with a bridging fisherman’s suplex for a two count. Pride regains control with a snap suplex, heads up top, and connects with a flying European uppercut for a two count. Scott and Pride get back to their feet, hit the ropes, and hit each other with simultaneous cross bodies! They take a moment to recover and Scott charges Pride in the corner, but Pride gets a boot up and plants it in Scott’s face. Scott regains control and goes for a suplex, but Pride floats over. Pride charges Scott, but Scott back body drops him over the top rope and follows up with a suicide dive!! Scott rolls Pride back into the ring and goes for a clothesline, but Pride catches Scott with a drop kick in mid-air for a two count. Pride gets to his feet as Scott gets to his knees, and Pride works over Scott with a VICIOUS volley of kicks. Pride goes for a kick to the head, but Scott catches the leg and takes him down with a Dragon Screw. Scott locks in the Figure Four Leg Lock, but Pride sits up so that he and Scott can trade slaps. Pride finally gets to the ropes to force the break
Scott goes for a shin breaker, but Pride floats over into a roll-up for a two count. Scott and Pride trade near falls, but the sequence ends with Pride landing a SICK kick to Scott’s head for a long two count. “This is awesome!” chant from the crowd. And, yes, I was joining in at this point. Pride takes Scott up top and goes for a superplex, but Scott shoves Pride to the side, crotching him on the top rope. Pride is sitting crotched on the top rope, so Scott heads to the adjacent ring apron and connects with a springboard clothesline that knocks Pride off the ropes! Scott pulls Pride back to the middle of the ring for a LONG two count. Scott goes for the Harvard Hammer, but Pride rolls Chandler into a pin for a two count.
Scott fights back and hits Pride with a scoop slam and heads up top. Scott connects with the Elbow Drop from the top, but Scott took some shots to his ribs earlier in the match and he seemed to wince after landing on them with the elbow drop. Pride capitalises and drives his knees into Scott’s ribs. Pride traps Scott in the corner and goes to work with an absolutely vicious volley of knees to the ribs. Scott escapes and hits a running clothesline in the corner. He tries for another but Pride ducks, bounces off the ropes and connects with the World of Sport Special! 1…2… NO! Chandler’s shoulder is up at the last moment. Pride grabs the arm of Scott as he throws it up, dragging him to his feet and hoisting him onto his shoulders. Pride Eater? No… Jay wobbles slightly and Scott spots a chance to escape as he slips off Pride’s shoulder. HARVARD HAMMER!! Cover! 1…2…3!!!
Your winner, and NEW GFC World Heavyweight Champion, Chandler Scott!