PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between joseph shelley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitaly Doubinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

shelley
vs
Doubinski

177 cm
20
178 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
23
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, joseph shelley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitaly Doubinski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
shelley ducks under a wild hook from Doubinski.

shelley shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
shelley controlling from the full mount.
shelley seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Doubinski for as long as he can get away with.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
shelley dominating with strikes here.
shelley looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doubinski tries to reverse the position but shelley maintains control.
shelley controlling from the full mount.
Doubinski wants to control but shelley is having none of it.

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.
shelley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. joseph shelley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Doubinski gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows shelley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
shelley passes Doubinski's left leg - he's now in half guard.
shelley trying to mount his opponent but Doubinski defends it.
shelley with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
shelley is looking to take a break and control but Doubinski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Still in half guard, shelley seems content to control.
Doubinski wants to get back to full guard.
shelley content to control rather than advance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

joseph shelley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Doubinski with a lazy takedown attempt

so shelley counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
shelley is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
shelley's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. joseph shelley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Doubinski throws a nice looking combination but shelley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

shelley closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
shelley is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Doubinski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but shelley wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
shelley is looking to take a break and control but Doubinski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Doubinski is being controlled here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Doubinski is pushing shelley's head away, looking to escape. shelley manages to hold on to the position though.
Doubinski is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee asks shelley politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. shelley prefers to stall for the moment though.

The referee stands the fighters back up. joseph shelley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Doubinski closes the distance but shelley moves to the side

so shelley counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shelley's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Doubinski controls shelley momentarily but shelley frees himself.
shelley trying to control but Doubinski is working from the bottom.
Doubinski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
shelley trying to control but Doubinski is working from the bottom.
Doubinski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
shelley slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
shelley just content to control the position.
Doubinski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but shelley wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
shelley remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

joseph shelley dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Doubinski misses with a takedown attempt

and shelley counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
shelley sitting and controlling from the half guard.

shelley stands up from half guard.
Doubinski wants to clinch

and shelley decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Doubinski's guard.
Doubinski wants to stand but shelley is controlling the position.
Doubinski trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
shelley looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
shelley looking to pass the guard.
shelley slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Doubinski has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but shelley has passed into side control.

That's two 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.
Doubinski is trying to get back to half guard.
shelley takes a little break here. Doubinski wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Doubinski wants to control but shelley postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shelley is staying tight to Doubinski's torso, preventing him from escaping.

The referee stands the fighters back up. joseph shelley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Doubinski closes the distance but shelley moves to the side

and shelley counters with a nice double leg into side control. Doubinski won't be happy with that.
shelley grinds an elbow into Doubinski's temple.
shelley controlling the position.
joseph shelley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
shelley wants to lay and pray for a moment but Doubinski keeps working.
The referee asks shelley politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. shelley prefers to stall for the moment though.
Doubinski is trying to work for a sweep but shelley has mounted him!
shelley controlling from mount.
Vitaly Doubinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
joseph shelley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Doubinski is in all sorts of trouble here.

And that's the end of the fight!
joseph shelley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well shelley 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... joseph shelley!