PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafal Karczewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karczewski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Within Temptation - The Howling kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Shaw
vs
Karczewski

187 cm
21
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
19
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafal Karczewski!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shaw closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Karczewski's guard.
Shaw stays in close to Karczewski's body and controls the position.
Karczewski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Shaw throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shaw stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karczewski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shaw throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Karczewski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shaw pushes down on Karczewski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Shaw content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Shaw trying to pass the guard but Karczewski defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shaw thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Shaw thows a huge punch but Karczewski dodges it nicely.
Karczewski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shaw.
Karczewski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shaw.
Shaw thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Karczewski's head.
Shaw working over Karczewski with some ground and pound. Karczewski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Shaw looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Shaw slows the pace down in half guard.
Shaw landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shaw thows a huge punch but Karczewski dodges it nicely.
Shaw throwing shots but Karczewski is blocking nicely.
Shaw scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shaw thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karczewski won't allow Shaw to pass to mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Karczewski taking some punishment here, with Shaw in his half guard.
Karczewski looks gassed!
Shaw working Karczewski over with strikes.
Shaw throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Shaw seems content to control.
Shaw has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Shaw working Karczewski over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shaw looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Shaw lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karczewski taking some punishment here, with Shaw in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shaw sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Shaw lands strikes from half guard.
Shaw looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karczewski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Shaw connects with a nice short shot to Karczewski's temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shaw is nestled in close to Karczewski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Shaw passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Karczewski!
Shaw looking to finish Karczewski with some ground and pound. This is bad for Karczewski!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Shaw dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Shaw shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Shaw trying to control but Karczewski is working from the bottom.
Karczewski is looking to stand up but Shaw isn't so interested in that idea.
Shaw postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shaw is in close to Karczewski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shaw with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shaw scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shaw is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Karczewski is breathing heavily.
Shaw advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karczewski on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Shaw keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ground and pound from Shaw.
Shaw slips a nice elbow through Karczewski's hands, connecting with Karczewski's forehead.
Shaw winds up and cracks Karczewski with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Shaw lands a nice short elbow.
Karczewski has hold of Shaw's hands but Shaw slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karczewski taking some punishment here, with Shaw in his half guard.
Shaw is taking a breather. Karczewski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shaw working over Karczewski with some ground and pound. Karczewski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shaw sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Danny Shaw overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shaw's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Shaw lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Shaw connects with a nice short shot to Karczewski's temple.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Shaw working Karczewski over with strikes.
Karczewski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shaw. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shaw seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Shaw slows the pace down in half guard.
Shaw is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karczewski can do to turn this around?
Shaw landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shaw is nestled in close to Karczewski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shaw is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shaw slips a nice elbow through Karczewski's hands, connecting with Karczewski's forehead.
Shaw frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Shaw with the ground and pound from mount.
Shaw breaks from Karczewski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shaw fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shaw pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shaw content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Shaw dominated that second round.
That's time! Shaw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Shaw shoots in and bounces Karczewski off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shaw accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Karczewski can't keep his opponent in guard - Shaw advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Shaw working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Shaw sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Karczewski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw slips a nice elbow through Karczewski's hands, connecting with Karczewski's forehead.
Shaw working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Shaw looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karczewski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karczewski has hold of Shaw's hands but Shaw slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Shaw landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shaw is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shaw is nestled in close to Karczewski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karczewski taking some punishment here, with Shaw in his half guard.
Karczewski has hold of Shaw's hands but Shaw slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shaw lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shaw is taking a breather. Karczewski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Shaw seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Karczewski for as long as he can get away with.
Karczewski is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shaw scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Shaw.
Ground and pound from Shaw.
Shaw is nestled in close to Karczewski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Karczewski has hold of Shaw's hands but Shaw slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Shaw lands a nice short elbow.
Shaw working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Karczewski on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shaw works his way into full mount!
Shaw working Karczewski over with strikes here.

Karczewski is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Shaw.
Shaw working Karczewski over with strikes here.
Shaw putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shaw breaks from Karczewski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big strike lands for Shaw! That's really hurt Karczewski and he's turned his back - Shaw keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Shaw jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Shaw!