PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Souza (ranked 2035 p4p, 257 weight class) and Stan Shamrock (ranked 1904 p4p, 240 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Stan Shamrock was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Souza
vs
Shamrock

188 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
187 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ronaldo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stan Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Souza.

Shamrock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Souza jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Shamrock walks away with a smile on his face. Souza gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Souza.

Shamrock forces Souza back against the cage and clinches.
Shamrock presses Souza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shamrock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shamrock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shamrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shamrock lands with a short shot to the head.
Souza has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Shamrock is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Souza tries to score a body lock takedown but Shamrock shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronaldo Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Souza's head.
Shamrock lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Ronaldo Souza has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shamrock works on Souza's body with a couple of short punches.
We've been hearing reports that Souza has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Souza goes for a takedown attempt but Shamrock pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Shamrock has Souza up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Shamrock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shamrock is leaning against Souza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shamrock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Souza's head.
Shamrock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a left to the head.
Shamrock pushes Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
Shamrock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shamrock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shamrock lands a right hand.
Shamrock cracks Souza with a nice body shot.
Shamrock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Shamrock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souza backwards.

Souza is rocked!
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Oh Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shamrock lands a body punch.
Souza seems to have got his legs back now.
A body shot lands from Shamrock.
Shamrock is leaning against Souza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shamrock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock lands with a short shot to the head.
Shamrock lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shamrock digs a right hand into Souza's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Souza's gas tank.
Shamrock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Souza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shamrock unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Souza! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Shamrock is unloading with more strikes now! Souza drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stan Shamrock!