PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sid Shuck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Arellano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juan Arellano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shuck
vs
Arellano

170 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sid Shuck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Arellano!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arellano takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Arellano keeps the fight on the outside.
Arellano moves out of range of the strikes.
Shuck swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arellano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shuck throws out the jab.
Shuck tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shuck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Arellano scores with a shot to the body.
Arellano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Arellano slips under a jab from Shuck.
Arellano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Arellano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Arellano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shuck doesn't seem phased though.
Shuck misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arellano lands a nice shot to the body.
Shuck tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shuck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Arellano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shuck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Shuck.
Arellano ducks under a wild hook from Shuck.

Shuck has managed to clinch.
Shuck has Arellano pressed against the cage, preventing Arellano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Arellano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shuck throws a shot from downtown. Arellano moves away and avoids it.
Arellano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Sid Shuck has been cut.
Shuck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Arellano.
Arellano swings for the body but Shuck moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Arellano.
Shuck misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arellano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shuck throws a combination that misses
and Arellano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shuck looks to clinch
and Arellano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sid Shuck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shuck takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shuck is looking to slow Arellano down with leg kicks.
Arellano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shuck to score with a decent uppercut.
Arellano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shuck tries to clinch but Arellano is having none of it.
Arellano's corner calls for a 1-2. Arellano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Arellano lands a jab to Shuck's midsection.
Shuck wants to clinch but Arellano slips to the side
and Arellano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shuck throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shuck bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Arellano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Shuck throws a hook but Arellano blocks it.
Shuck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arellano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shuck shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shuck can pounce on him.
Arellano moves out of range of the strikes.
Arellano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A punch combination from Arellano misses.
Arellano looks gassed!
Shuck connects with a high kick.
Shuck lands a high kick!
A head kick misses from Shuck.
Shuck throws a jab when Arellano was well out of range.
Arellano staying out of range there.
Shuck swinging wilding here.
Shuck misses with an uppercut. Arellano saw that one coming.
Arellano misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arellano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shuck moves away.
Shuck throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Arellano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shuck lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Shuck scores with a nice strike.
Shuck scoring well with a low kick there.
Shuck throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arellano just misses with a punch to the body.
Arellano avoids the head kick by Shuck.
Shuck throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arellano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arellano.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arellano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shuck throws a head kick that misses.
Arellano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Arellano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sid Shuck's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shuck tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shuck wants to clinch
and Arellano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arellano lands with a straight right. Shuck didn't see that one coming.
Arellano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shuck.
Arellano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shuck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shuck throws a shot from downtown. Arellano moves away and avoids it.
Shuck scores with the left hand. Arellano knows he should have avoided that one.
Arellano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shuck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Arellano throws a shot from downtown. Shuck moves away and avoids it.
Shuck wants to clinch up but Arellano keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Shuck misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arellano moves out of range of the strikes.
Arellano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shuck.
Shuck waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Arellano.
Arellano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shuck.
Shuck throws out a loose jab but Arellano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shuck misses with a looping right.
Shuck tries to clinch up.
Shuck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shuck.
Arellano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arellano looks to land a left hand but Shuck moved out of range nicely.
Arellano slips under a jab from Shuck.
Arellano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arellano throws a low kick, looking for Shuck's leg but Shuck calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A slow jab from Shuck misses its intended target.
Arellano missing with a left hand there. Shuck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut there from Shuck.
Arellano keeps the fight on the outside.
Arellano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shuck thumps Arellano with a low kick.
Arellano is breathing heavily.
Arellano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shuck misses with an uppercut. Arellano saw that one coming.
Arellano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shuck fails with an attempt to clinch.
Arellano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shuck.
Shuck looks to land a right hand but Arellano moved out of range.
Arellano takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shuck tries a head kick but it misses.
Shuck misses the jab.
Arellano keeps the fight on the outside.
Juan Arellano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shuck plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Shuck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shuck pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shuck feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Arellano's calf.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Arellano!
Sid Shuck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arellano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shuck manages to avoid it.
Shuck misses with a straight left.
Arellano throws a series of punches but Shuck moves out of range.
Arellano throws a right hand that Shuck ducks under and follows up with a left that Shuck also avoids with ease.
Arellano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shuck.
Shuck connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Arellano momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shuck lands with a slapping head kick.
Arellano walks into a left hand.
Arellano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shuck misses with a hook. Arellano ducked under it nicely.
Shuck tries to close the distance and clinch but Arellano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shuck goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Shuck lands a high kick!
Arellano avoids the head kick by Shuck.
Shuck connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arellano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shuck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arellano takes a swing at Shuck's ribcage but misses.
Arellano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shuck throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sid Shuck dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sid Shuck's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Shuck throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shuck wants to clinch up but Arellano keeps it at a distance.
Shuck gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Arellano.
Arellano blocks a jab.
Shuck waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Arellano.
Shuck plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A jab from Shuck finds it's way through Arellano's defenses.
Arellano misses the shot to the body.
Shuck throws a head kick that half lands.
Arellano takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A big left from Shuck misses.
Arellano blocks a head kick by Shuck.
Shuck paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Arellano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shuck wants to clinch up but Arellano keeps it at a distance.
Arellano misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shuck throws a hook but Arellano blocks it.
Shuck moves out of range of the strikes.
Arellano misses with a wild body shot.
Shuck is looking to clinch.
Shuck lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Shuck.
A head kick misses from Shuck.
Arellano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shuck.
Arellano takes a kick to the side of the head.
Shuck lands with a right hand.
Arellano avoids the head kick by Shuck.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shuck, as that shot connected.
Shuck lands a nice shot that snaps Arellano's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arellano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shuck sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shuck looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shuck doesn't manage to clinch there - Arellano circles away.
Shuck tries to clinch up but Arellano circles away and keeps his distance.
Shuck tries a head kick but it misses.

Shuck clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Arellano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shuck is trying to force a seperation but Arellano has the dominant position.
Shuck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shuck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arellano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shuck with a knee to the head.

Shuck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shuck throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shuck.
Shuck cracks Arellano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Shuck throws a combination that misses
and Arellano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shuck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shuck, as that shot connected.
Shuck tries to clinch up.
Shuck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shuck throws a right and a left that Arellano avoids nicely.
Good leg kick by Shuck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Shuck.
Shuck fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shuck connects with a high kick.
Shuck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shuck throws a shot from downtown. Arellano moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shuck looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Shuck throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shuck throws out a loose jab but Arellano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shuck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shuck throws an overhand right that lands on Arellano's shoulder, as Arellano tries to avoid the shot.
Shuck misses with an uppercut.
Arellano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Shuck throws the left hand but Arellano avoids the punch easily.
Arellano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shuck circles away quickly and effectively.
Arellano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shuck manages to avoid it.
Shuck throws a jab but it's blocked by Arellano.
Arellano staying out of range there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sid Shuck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shuck has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sid Shuck!