PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shy Shuiilew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dude Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shy Shuiilew has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Shuiilew
vs
Love

169 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shy Shuiilew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dude Love!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shuiilew swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Love should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Shuiilew's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Shuiilew duly obliges.
Love dodges the punch combination from Shuiilew.
Shuiilew misses with a two punch combination.
Shuiilew lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Shuiilew fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shuiilew fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Shuiilew, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love wants to clinch.
Shuiilew closes the distance but Love moves to the side

and Love decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Shuiilew's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love won't allow Shuiilew to get back to his feet.

Love drops back looking for a leg! Shuiilew is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Shuiilew manages to kick Love off! Love jumps back into Shuiilew's guard.
Love looks gassed!
Love passes into half guard.
Shuiilew wants to get back to his feet.

Shuiilew is defending against the submission attempts here by Love.
Shuiilew tries to kick Love off but Love keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

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

Love seems to be working for a kimura but Shuiilew defends the submission attempt.

Love is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Shuiilew is just riding it out for now. Love eventually gives up the hold.

Shuiilew pushes Love off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shuiilew looks to land a combination. Love sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shuiilew swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Love counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Love is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Shuiilew is just riding it out for now. Love eventually gives up the hold.
Love prevents Shuiilew from standing back up.
Love works his way into full mount!

Love jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Shuiilew manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shuiilew prevents Love from improving position.

Love goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Shuiilew has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Love but great work by Shuiilew.

Shuiilew stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Some wild striking there from Shuiilew.
A right-left combo lands from Shuiilew.
Shuiilew looks to land a combination. Love sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dude Love will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shuiilew tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shuiilew misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shuiilew misses with a two punch combination.
Shy Shuiilew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Shuiilew misses.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Shuiilew.
Shuiilew misses with a double jab

and Love counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Love jumps guard.

Shuiilew got a little sloppy there for a moment and Love has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Shuiilew has managed to get both his arms back between Love's legs - danger averted.

Love throws his legs up looking for a submission but Shuiilew uses it to pass to side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Love manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Love looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Love is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Shuiilew is tapping! Great win for Love!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dude Love!