PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hamish MacNab (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Shelter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shelter has chosen Boom! Shake The Room as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

MacNab
vs
Shelter

157 cm
25
145 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

172 cm
25
154 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hamish MacNab!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Shelter!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shelter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by MacNab. MacNab obviously looking to wear him down.
Shelter shoots for a takedown but MacNab saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
MacNab misses the shot to the body.
A good leg kick by MacNab.

MacNab gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shelter to score an easy takedown into full guard.

MacNab pushes Shelter off and gets back to his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for MacNab.
Shelter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Shelter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
MacNab turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shelter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shelter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
MacNab lands with a nice body punch.
Shelter looks gassed!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelter is looking for a takedown up against the cage. MacNab gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hamish MacNab has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Shelter.
MacNab lands a damaging elbow.
MacNab lands a hook that snaps the head of Shelter backwards.
MacNab lands an elbow inside that Shelter shrugs off.
MacNab lands an elbow inside.
MacNab gets through Shelter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shelter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
MacNab lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from MacNab.
MacNab creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shelter's defenses.

It looks like Anderson Shelter has been cut.
MacNab lands an elbow that stopped Shelter in his tracks for a moment.
MacNab lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from MacNab.
MacNab creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shelter's defenses.
MacNab lands an elbow inside.
MacNab lands an elbow just above Shelter 's eye.
MacNab landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for MacNab.
MacNab landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
MacNab lands a damaging elbow.
MacNab using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for MacNab.
Shelter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from MacNab.
Shelter takes an elbow to the forehead.
MacNab creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shelter's defenses.
MacNab lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from MacNab.
Shelter drops down looking for an ankle pick but MacNab pulls his leg out and moves away.
MacNab works over Shelter's head and body with a nice combination.

That has opened up Anderson Shelter's cut even more.

MacNab gets in close and instigates a clinch.
MacNab is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from MacNab.
Knees in the clinch landing for MacNab.
MacNab landing some nice looking knees to the body.
MacNab gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
MacNab utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
MacNab lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacNab creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shelter's defenses.
MacNab lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MacNab lands a nice knee to the body.
MacNab lands a nice knee to the body.
MacNab landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
MacNab landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shelter takes a knee right on the jaw!
MacNab lands a good knee to the midsection. Shelter won't want to take too many of those.
MacNab lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from MacNab on the inside.
Shelter takes a knee to the side of the body.
MacNab lands an elbow inside.
MacNab unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shelter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
MacNab lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from MacNab.

The cut above Anderson Shelter's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
MacNab lands a nice elbow.
Shelter takes an elbow to the temple.
Shelter is working for takedown but MacNab is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shelter can't get the takedown.
Shelter takes an elbow to the forehead.
MacNab connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shelter's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacNab scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from MacNab.
MacNab gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from MacNab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
MacNab lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shelter or not.
MacNab scores a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, MacNab scores with a nice short uppercut.
MacNab scores a nice knee to the body.
MacNab throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shelters head.
MacNab lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
MacNab comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from MacNab.
MacNab lands a nice elbow.
MacNab lands a nice elbow.
MacNab lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacNab lands a knee to the head.
MacNab lands a damaging elbow.
Shelter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shelter takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamish MacNab dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Shelter's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

MacNab thows a body shot but no joy.
Shelter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
MacNab scores with a sloppy right hand. Shelter should have avoided that one.
MacNab just misses with a punch to the body.
Shelter is looking to land body kicks.
MacNab moves into range and connects with a jab.
No luck for Shelter with that takedown attempt.
MacNab fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shelter.
Shelter moves forwards but MacNab connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shelter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from MacNab finds it's way round the side to connect with Shelter's head.
Shelter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
MacNab connects with a solid leg kick.
Hamish MacNab is winning the standup battle so far.
Shelter is breathing heavily.
MacNab connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
MacNab stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelter takes one on the button.
MacNab is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shelter can do to turn this around?

MacNab gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shelter changes levels and goes for a takedown here. MacNab fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hamish MacNab has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Shelter.
Good standup being displayed there by MacNab as he connects with a hook.
Shelter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
MacNab gets a clinch.
MacNab with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
MacNab lands an elbow just above Shelter 's eye.
Shelter takes an elbow to the temple.
MacNab lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
MacNab lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MacNab lands an elbow inside.
MacNab lands a knee to the head.
MacNab lands with a right to the head.
MacNab scores a nice knee to the body.
Shelter takes an elbow to the forehead.
MacNab gets underhooks to prevent Shelter's takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, MacNab scores with a nice short uppercut.
MacNab creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shelter's defenses.
MacNab utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hamish MacNab has scored more points in the clinch so far.
MacNab lands a nice knee to the body.
MacNab tries to land knees in the clinch but Shelter avoids the damage to the body.
Shelter tries to score a body lock takedown but MacNab shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
MacNab tries a knee to the head but Shelter blocks it.
Shelter takes an elbow to the forehead.
MacNab lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from MacNab.
MacNab gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from MacNab.
MacNab lands a nice elbow.
MacNab works on Shelter's body with a couple of short punches.
MacNab lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from MacNab.
MacNab using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
MacNab lands an elbow just above Shelter 's eye.
Shelter tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacNab is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
MacNab lands an elbow that stopped Shelter in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from MacNab.
MacNab lands an elbow just above Shelter 's eye.
MacNab lands a nice elbow.

Anderson Shelter's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
MacNab lands an elbow inside that Shelter shrugs off.
MacNab lands an elbow just above Shelter 's eye.
MacNab lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
MacNab gets underhooks to prevent Shelter's takedown attempt.
MacNab lands with a right to the head.
MacNab creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shelter's defenses.
MacNab using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
MacNab lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anderson Shelter's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hamish MacNab!