PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacque St Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Shields could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jacque St Martin's chin.

Shields
vs
St Martin

180 cm
27
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jake Shields!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque St Martin!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shields closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
St Martin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Shields is pressed up against the cage. St Martin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shields down to the mat. Shields avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
St Martin throws a series of strikes that have Shields backpedaling.
Shields misses with a combination
and St Martin counters with a stiff right hand.
St Martin closes the distance but Shields moves to the side

and Shields counters with a shoot takedown. St Martin fights it but they end up in guard.
St Martin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shields.
Shields works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Still in half guard, Shields seems content to control.
St Martin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shields. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shields lands strikes from half guard.
Shields landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Martin looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shields keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shields is working for a kimura but St Martin is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shields with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
St Martin trying to control but Shields postures up.
Shields looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Jake Shields has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

St Martin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shields to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Shields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shields is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Shields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
St Martin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Martin being controlled here, momentarily.

We're going to have a standup here because Jake Shields wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Shields shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Shields stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Martin tries to sprawl but Shields drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shields lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Shields stands up out of the half guard.

Shields looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shields working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shields lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Shields dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

St Martin gets caught flat footed, as Shields shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Shields stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Shields changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. St Martin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
St Martin wants to get back to his feet but Shields is dominant here and he's now got St Martin's back!

Shields sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! St Martin taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jake Shields!