PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shogun Sherk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and freeman hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sherk
vs
hall

180 cm
23
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
135 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shogun Sherk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, freeman hall!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hall swinging wilding here.
hall misses with a jab, cross combination.

Sherk moves into range and clinches up with hall.

Sherk has picked hall up - he's going for a ride! Sherk dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Sherk is looking for a kimura here.
Sherk trying to control the action but hall is working from the bottom.
hall tries to kick Sherk off but Sherk keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sherk slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed hall's head.

Sherk is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sherk is pressing down on hall's thigh, looking to free his foot. hall is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sherk is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
hall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sherk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but hall swivels and escapes.
Sherk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
hall goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sherk slips a jab and a cross from hall.
Sherk avoids a punch combination nicely.
freeman hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sherk shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sherk is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherk trying to control but he's not successful this time.
hall wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sherk.
You get the feeling that hall really doesn't like being in this position too much.
hall looks gassed!
Sherk wants to control the pace but hall is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sherk looking to ground and pound but hall is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
hall avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sherk.
hall really wants to buck Sherk off and get back to his feet.
Sherk really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
hall blocking the ground and pound.
Sherk tries to control but hall wriggling away.
BOOM! Sherk connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sherk sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shogun Sherk 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.

Some wild striking there from hall.
hall throws a series of punches but Sherk moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from hall.
hall scores with a sloppy right hand. Sherk should have avoided that one.

Sherk shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Sherk is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! hall is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shogun Sherk!