PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ming Tollie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and gav shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ming Tollie has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tollie
vs
shaw

197 cm
21
173 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

186 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ming Tollie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, gav shaw!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

shaw gets a takedown into half guard.
shaw throwing shots but Tollie is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
shaw stalling away here and it's allowed Tollie to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

shaw drops back looking for a leg! Tollie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tollie manages to kick shaw off! shaw jumps back into Tollie's guard.
Tollie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

shaw drops back looking for a leg! Tollie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tollie manages to kick shaw off! shaw jumps back into Tollie's guard.
shaw trying to control but Tollie is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tollie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but shaw can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

shaw is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

shaw is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Tollie is breathing heavily.
shaw tries to free his leg and advance position but Tollie is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
shaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
shaw fails in his attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from shaw.
shaw throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
shaw shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tollie as he jumps to the side.
shaw tries to clinch up but Tollie circles away and keeps his distance.
shaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tollie keeps the fight on the outside.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from shaw.
shaw moves in looking to clinch but Tollie pushes him off.
shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tollie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tollie.
shaw looks to move to half guard but instead Tollie has passed into mount! Damn!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
shaw tries to control Tollie's body but Tollie pushes him off. shaw squirms to his side and now Tollie has his back!

Tollie is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. shaw defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Tollie controlling well, preventing shaw from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
shaw is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ming Tollie dominated that round.
That's time! Tollie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

shaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - shaw looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
shaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
shaw wants to clinch.
Tollie swats away the attempt to clinch by shaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
shaw misses with a jab, cross combination.
shaw lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
shaw tries to clinch but Tollie moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tollie misses with a double jab.
shaw tries to clinch up.
Tollie shoots in but no luck this time.
shaw swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Tollie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
shaw regains full guard. Nicely done.

shaw working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tollie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tollie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Tollie stands up from shaw's guard - Tollie perhaps looking for a knockout.
shaw looks to land a combination. Tollie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tollie scores with a takedown into shaw's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

shaw has an active guard here but Tollie has managed to pass into half guard.

shaw looking for submissions off his back.
shaw has a hand on Tollie's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Tollie takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shaw is in all sorts of trouble here.

Tollie has control of shaw's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and shaw regains control of the situation pretty easily.
shaw sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

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.
shaw trying to control here.

shaw looking for submissions off his back.
shaw trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ming Tollie dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tollie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has shaw pinned against the cage. shaw gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

shaw drives through with a takedown into guard.
shaw must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

shaw thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
shaw trying to control the position from guard on top but Tollie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

shaw drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and shaw jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
shaw stands and throws Tollie's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tollie manages to work his way to half guard, despite shaw's best efforts.
shaw trying to advance position but Tollie counters by regaining guard.

Tollie is looking for a triangle but shaw pushes his legs off easily.

Tollie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
shaw is looking to work some ground and pound but Tollie has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
shaw in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
shaw thows a big elbow that misses.
shaw passes into half guard.
shaw throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
shaw stalling away here and it's allowed Tollie to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
shaw trying to control but Tollie is working from the bottom.
Tollie pulls shaw in to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shaw stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tollie swivels though and keeps the full guard.

shaw drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and shaw jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tollie keeping full guard, as shaw tries to pass.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
shaw swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four 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.
shaw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
shaw tries to clinch there but Tollie circles away.
Tollie fails with the takedown

and shaw counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
shaw trying to control the action but Tollie is working from the bottom.

shaw is looking for a kimura but Tollie is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for shaw to get the leverage.
gav shaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

shaw is looking for a kimura here.

shaw wants to work for an arm triangle but Tollie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
gav shaw comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tollie 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ming Tollie!