PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Shannigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shannigan comes to the cage accompanied by Slaughtered. The Hero is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shannigan
vs
Hero

187 cm
25
213 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Shannigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Hero!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shannigan lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like The Hero has been cut.
Hero tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shannigan throws the left hand but Hero avoids the punch easily.
Hero scores with a nice strike.
Hero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shannigan.
A bone on bone clash there as Shannigan blocks the leg kick.
The Hero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hero misses with a shot to the body
and Shannigan counters with a straight right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Hero.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hero misses with a left hand
and Shannigan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hero misses with a leg kick
and Shannigan counters with a left to the body.
Hero throws a lazy head kick
and Shannigan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shannigan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shannigan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shannigan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hero rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shannigan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hero falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shannigan counters with a stiff right hand.

That has opened up The Hero's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero slips under a jab from Shannigan.
Hero walks into a straight right hand from Shannigan.
Hero works Shannigan's body with a nice hook.
Hero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shannigan circles away quickly and effectively.
Hero moves out of range of the strikes.
Hero lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Shannigan connects with a crisp jab.
Shannigan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Shannigan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hero ducks under a wild hook from Shannigan.
Shannigan moves out of range of the body kick from Hero.
Hero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hero lands a two punch combo.
Hero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shannigan misses with a lunging right hand
and Shannigan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hero throws a lazy uppercut
and Shannigan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hero looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shannigan misses with a lunging right hand
and Hero counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hero tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hero scores with a sloppy right hand. Shannigan should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Hero.
Shannigan throws a hook but Hero blocks it.
Hero throws a combination that misses
and Hero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hero thows a leg kick but Shannigan checks it
enabling Shannigan to counter with a crisp jab.
Hero throws a head kick that misses
and Shannigan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hero throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shannigan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hero misses with a hook
and Shannigan counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The cut above The Hero's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Decent striking displayed by Shannigan there.
Shannigan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hero throws a lazy uppercut
and Shannigan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shannigan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Heros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hero takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Hero is rocked!

The Hero's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hero gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Shannigan gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Shannigan!