PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hendrix Villareiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sheep Shane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane has chosen 2pac-Gangsters paradise as his entrance music. Hendrix Villareiz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Villareiz
vs
Shane

188 cm
23
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

195 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hendrix Villareiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sheep Shane!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villareiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shane.
Shane takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Villareiz looks to land a body kick but Shane moved away.
Shane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sheep Shane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villareiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shane.
Shane slips under a jab from Villareiz.
Good work by Shane as he checks the leg kick.
Shane throws the left hand but Villareiz avoids the punch easily.
Shane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Villareiz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shane.
Shane throws a lazy right hand but Villareiz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shane misses the shot to the body.
Villareiz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shane.

It looks like Hendrix Villareiz has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shane slips a straight right by Villareiz.
Shane misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Villareiz circles away quickly and effectively.
Villareiz misses the body punch
and Shane counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Villareiz.
Shane is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Villareiz rather than just go for the knockout.
Villareiz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Villareiz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Villareiz is breathing heavily.
Shane lands a nice hook to Villareiz's body. Villareiz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villareiz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shane swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Shane lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Villareiz sprawling to the canvas. Shane follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Villareiz hang on?
Shane trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shane not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shane slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shane's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Despite being in the dominant position, Sheep Shane just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shane misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four 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.
Villareiz has a takedown stuffed.
Shane clobbers Villareiz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Villareiz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Villareiz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shane to score with a decent uppercut.
Shane on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shane lands a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Villareiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shane swings for the body but Villareiz moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sheep Shane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hendrix Villareiz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A punch combination from Shane misses.
Shane slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hendrix Villareiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shane throws a jab when Villareiz was well out of range.
Shane paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Villareiz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Villareiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shane lands with a shot to the body.
Shane takes a swing at Villareiz's ribcage but misses.
Shane lands a glancing blow to the side of Villareiz's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shane just misses with a punch to the body.
Shane throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Villareiz fails to land with a series of punches.
Shane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shane takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Villareiz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sheep Shane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villareiz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Villareiz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shane just misses with a punch to the body.
Shane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shane misses with a combination
and Villareiz counters with a nice body kick.
Shane has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Villareiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shane's sensitive parts.
Villareiz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Villareiz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villareiz dives in and grabs Shane's left leg, looking for a takedown. Shane pushes down on Villareiz's head and hops out.
Villareiz connects with a solid leg kick.
Villareiz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Villareiz misses with a two punch combination.
Shane will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Villareiz lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villareiz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Villareiz looks for the body kick but Shane saw that one coming.
Shane throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Villareiz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shane misses with a shot to the body
and Villareiz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Villareiz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Villareiz lands a front kick.
Villareiz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shane counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hendrix Villareiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shane takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shane throws a right and a left that both miss.

Villareiz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Villareiz showed some decent athleticism there.
Shane is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villareiz wants to stand up but Shane has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Villareiz trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Shane kicks off Villareiz and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hendrix Villareiz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hendrix Villareiz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Shane.
Villareiz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shane finds it's way round the side to connect with Villareiz's head.
Shane stuffs the takedown attempt from Villareiz. Villareiz gets slowly back to his feet.
Shane throws a left and a right that both miss
and Villareiz counters with a series of strikes. Shane will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Villareiz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Villareiz or perhaps it was just good defense by Shane which made him look bad.
Villareiz looks to land a left hand but Shane moved out of range nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Villareiz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shane wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shane scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villareiz dodges the punch combination from Shane.
Shane misses with the combination.
Villareiz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shane lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Villareiz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shane blocks a leg kick.
Shane tries to move into range but Villareiz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice defenses there by Villareiz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shane looks to land a combination but Villareiz avoids it well.
Shane has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shane dodges the punch combination from Villareiz.
A bone on bone clash there as Shane blocks the leg kick.
Sheep Shane seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Villareiz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shane.
Villareiz misses the body punch
enabling Shane to counter with a crisp jab.
Shane blocks a head kick by Villareiz.
Shane thuds a left hand into Villareiz's body.
Villareiz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Villareiz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shane to score with a decent uppercut.
Villareiz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shane circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shane swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Villareiz.
Villareiz fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hendrix Villareiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shane lands a right hook to the body.
Shane sizes up Villareiz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Villareiz was well out of range. Poor timing from Shane.
Shane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shane uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Villareiz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Villareiz chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shane misses with a two punch combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Villareiz. That's going to slow Shane down.
Shane chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Villareiz can pounce on him.
Shane misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Villareiz to counter with a crisp jab.
Shane displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Villareiz.
Shane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Villareiz.
Villareiz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shane manages to avoid it.
Villareiz staying out of range there.
Villareiz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Shane scores with the left hand. Villareiz knows he should have avoided that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sheep Shane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shane has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sheep Shane!