PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between German Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). German Shepherd has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shepherd
vs
Andrews

175 cm
25
145 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

175 cm
24
143 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, German Shepherd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wayne Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shepherd moves to clinch but Andrews breaks away

so Andrews counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Andrews content to stall in guard here.

Andrews drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Andrews jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shepherd wants to stand but Andrews is controlling the position.
Andrews not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but Shepherd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andrews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shepherd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Andrews sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shepherd's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews controlling the action here.
Shepherd on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shepherd tries to get out of the position.

Andrews maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Shepherd could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Andrews has cracked it and Shepherd is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Andrews!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Wayne Andrews!