PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Paul
vs
Shaw

167 cm
27
154 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
157 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Shaw!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw scores with a decent looking hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Paul throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Paul uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shaw.
Paul rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shaw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shaw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paul.
Shaw misses with a wild body shot.
Shaw misses with a straight right.
Paul lands a head shot.
Paul throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shaw swings for the body but Paul moves out of range.

Shaw drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Paul is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Shaw missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shaw throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Paul kicks Shaw off and gets to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul throws a shot from downtown. Shaw moves away and avoids it.
Paul throws a right hand that Shaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Shaw also avoids with ease.
Paul throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shaw misses the shot to the body.
Shaw scores with a jab to the body.
Shaw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paul.
Shaw jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shaw scores with a body shot.
Paul lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shaw circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw lands with a nice body punch.
Shaw jabs Paul right on the nose. Paul blinks but takes it well.
Shaw swings for the body but Paul moves out of range.
Nice shot by Shaw.

Shaw shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Paul napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Shaw tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shaw has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Shaw tries for a kimura but Paul is defending well.
Paul tries to escape but Shaw is in control.
Paul knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shaw on the ground.
Shaw scoring with punches and elbows.

Shaw wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Paul, who protects the arm well.
Shaw landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul is trying to get back to his feet.
Shaw looks up at the clock and then as Paul takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shaw smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Paul is breathing heavily.
Paul wants to get back to his feet but Shaw drags him back down.
Shaw misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Shaw working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Shaw looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shaw misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Shaw is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Paul looks calm but he's in trouble here. Shaw gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Paul is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Shaw lets go of the hold and Paul can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sam Shaw!