PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tevin Shay (ranked 734 p4p, 1103 weight class) and Patrick Nielson (ranked 85 p4p, 130 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Shay
vs
Nielson

183 cm
23
193
7 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
188
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite 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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tevin Shay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Nielson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nielson tries to score with a low kick but Shay moves his leg out of the way.
Shay throws an overhand right that lands on Nielson's shoulder, as Nielson tries to avoid the shot.
Shay swings for the body but Nielson moves out of range.
Nielson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nielson throws a hook but Shay avoids it easily.
Nielson swings for the body but Shay moves out of range.
Nielson thows a leg kick but Shay checks it

and Shay counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nielson tries to roll over but Shay keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nielson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shay missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shay wants to pass the guard but Nielson is defending well.
Shay scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shay sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Nielson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shay working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Shay not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nielson wants to control but Shay is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nielson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shay.
We've been hearing that Shay has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Shay seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nielson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nice strikes from Shay there.
Nielson gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nielson controls Shay momentarily but Shay frees himself.
Nielson keeping moving, preventing Shay from controlling successfully.
Shay postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shay tries to free his leg and advance position but Nielson is retaining full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

Nielson is looking for a triangle here but Shay uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Nielson wants to control but Shay postures up.
Shay lands some shots froms side control.
Shay in side control lands a decent elbow.
Shay sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nielson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Shay lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Nielson down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nielson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Shay is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Shay with shots to the head and body - Nielson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Shay with good strikes from the mount here!
Nielson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shay controlling from mount.
Shay raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shay postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nielson looks a forlorn figure.
Nielson tries to lock up and control but Shay gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shay trying to control but Nielson is having none of it.
Nielson tries to hold on but Shay pushes him away.
Shay with the ground and pound from mount.
Nielson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Shay raining down shots from the mount!
Shay with a couple of short strikes.
Shay raining down shots from the mount!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Shay unloading with bombs!

Nielson is rocked!
Shay with shots to the head and body - Nielson looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shay scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nielson is still in real trouble! Can Shay finish him?
Shay looking to control but Nielson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nielson seems to have recovered his senses.
Nielson is desperately trying to improve his position but Shay has a good base and remains in mount.

Shay moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Nielson has worked his arm free - good work by Nielson!
Nielson can't do much from the bottom here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nielson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Nielson wants to control but Shay postures up.
Shay cracks Nielson with a big right hand but Nielson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Shay landing strikes.
Shay trying to control the action but Nielson is working from the bottom.
Shay sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nielson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Shay tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shay has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Shay thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nielson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nielson trying to control from the bottom.
Nielson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nielson pulls Shay in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shay avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nielson keeping moving, preventing Shay from controlling successfully.
Shay throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nielson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shay trying to control but Nielson is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nielson misses with an uppercut. Shay saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tevin Shay dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nielson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shay avoids the head kick by Nielson.
Nielson scores with a push kick.
Shay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nielson misses with an uppercut.
Nielson keeps Shay at a distance using the push kick.
Nielson thows a leg kick but Shay checks it

and Shay decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Nielson's guard.
Shay throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shay tries to free his leg and advance position but Nielson is retaining full guard.
Nielson wants to sweep but no luck.

Nielson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Shay stacks Nielson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Shay!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A control attempt from Nielson but he's now mounted!
Shay lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nielson hang on?
Nielson wants to control but Shay is having none of it.
Shay connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shay controlling the pace for now.
Nielson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shay wants to control the pace but Nielson is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nielson is trying to escape the mount.
Shay raining down hammerfists from mount.
Nielson is desperately trying to improve his position but Shay has a good base and remains in mount.
Nielson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shay putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nielson can do to turn this around?
Nielson wants to hold on but Shay pushes him away.
Nielson is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Shay is staying active.

Nielson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Shay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shay lands with some strikes.
Nielson can't escape the position.
Shay tries to control but Nielson wriggling away.
Shay landing strikes from the mount and Nielson is in trouble!
Shay working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nielson tries to hold on but Shay pushes him away.
Shay has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nielson's face.
Nielson wants to hold on but Shay pushes him away.
Shay wants to control the pace but Nielson is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nielson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shay sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nielson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shay avoids the attempt from Nielson to control.
Shay looking to control but Nielson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shay avoids the attempt from Nielson to control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shay scoring with strikes but Nielson is staying in there.
Tevin Shay overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nielson tries to lock up and control but Shay gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shay landing strikes from the mount and Nielson is in trouble!
Shay lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nielson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Shay lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shay 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 six minutes gone in the round.
Nielson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Shay is working away from the top position though.
Shay lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Shay is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nielson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shay's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shay's back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
I really don't envy Shay right now.
Despite being in a bad position, Shay is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.
Shay tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shay is desperately trying to improve his position but Nielson has a good base and remains in mount.
Shay doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Shay is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shay wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Shay trying to control the hands but Nielson won't let him.

Nielson is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Shay defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shay is in bad spot here.
Will Nielson go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Shay trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Nielson keeps control of the position easily here as Shay tries to buck him off.
Nielson avoiding Shay 's attempts to control his hands.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shay is keeping busy.
Shay tries to escape the position.
Shay trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Nielson struggling to keep hold of the position.
Shay rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Nielson wants to work for an arm triangle but Shay is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Shay tries to roll over but Nielson keeps him under control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tevin Shay dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Shay misses with a straight right.
Shay lands a really nice looking cross but Nielson seems unphased.
Shay throws a hook but Nielson avoids it easily.
And Nielson tries to counter it with a takedown but Shay pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Shay scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nielson lands a jab.
Tevin Shay is winning the standup battle so far.
Nielson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shay.
Shay shoots in but no luck this time.
Nielson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nielson misses with a jab to the body

and Shay counters with a single leg into guard. Nielson didn't expect that.
Shay wants to control from the top but Nielson keeps moving.
Nielson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielson is trying to keep Shay in close.
Nielson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Shay trying to control but Nielson is working from the bottom.

Nielson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shay defends it easily.
Our spies down at at Triumph Over Fear inform us that Nielson has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

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.
Shay is working Nielson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Shay trying to control the position from guard on top but Nielson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shay stands up over Nielson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shay's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Nielson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shay throwing strikes from guard but Nielson blocks nicely.
Shay throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shay drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Nielson dives on top into guard.

Shay throws his legs up looking for a submission but Nielson uses it to pass to side control.
Shay is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Nielson is keen to just control but Shay is a slippery customer.
Nielson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shay's head.

Nielson 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.

Shay actively working from the bottom here.
Shay trying to hold on to Nielson's head to control him but Nielson postures up.
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. Nielson connects with a nice short shot to Shay's temple.
Patrick Nielson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nielson is trying to control the action in half guard but Shay is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shay wants to control but Nielson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shay wants to sweep but Nielson has passed to side control!
Nielson working away.
Nielson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shay keeps working.
Shay sneaks back into half guard.
Shay trying to hold on to Nielson's head to control him but Nielson postures up.

That's six 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.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nielson scores with a jab to the body.
Shay takes a swing at Nielson's ribcage but misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Shay.
Nielson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Shay off and has taken his back!
Nielson controlling well, preventing Shay from escaping the position.
Shay is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Nielson.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shay is covering up but some of the strikes from Nielson are getting through and doing damage.
Shay trying to control the hands but Nielson breaks the grip.

Nielson is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Shay defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Nielson is hanging on to Shay's back as he tries to escape.
Nielson throwing sloppy strikes.
Nielson gets his hands free as Shay looks to control.
Nielson throwing sloppy strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shay looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Shay is trying to break free.

Nielson looking for the choke but no joy.
Shay tries to break free.
Nielson scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nielson throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

Nielson goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Shay escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Nielson wants to improve his position but Shay is controlling well.
Shay seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nielson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shay seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Shay misses with a head shot. Nielson uses the momentum to regain guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patrick Nielson.
I think Shay has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tevin Shay!
Our winner, Tevin Shay, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.