PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sam Phuey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ejay Shazad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Phuey
vs
Shazad

171 cm
24
144 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

162 cm
22
135 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Phuey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ejay Shazad!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Phuey moves into the clinch successfully.

Phuey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shazad looks to land a right hand but Phuey moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phuey. Shazad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phuey scores with a decent looking hook.
Phuey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shazad throws out the jab.
Shazad misses the shot to the body.
Shazad misses with a looping left.
Phuey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shazad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Phuey.
Phuey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shazad looks to land a body kick but Phuey moved away.
Shazad throws a sloppy head kick and Phuey moves out of range easily.
Phuey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Shazads jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Shazad takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phuey moves out of range of the leg kick from Shazad.
Phuey moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shazad misses with a body kick.
Phuey scores with a punch to the head.
Phuey jabs Shazad to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Phuey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Phuey throws a sloppy head kick and Shazad moves out of range easily.
Shazad thows a body shot but no joy.
Phuey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shazad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phuey manages to avoid it.
Phuey scores with a body shot.
Shazad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phuey moves away.
Shazad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phuey.
Shazad connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A shot to the body from Shazad misses
and Phuey counters with a nice leg kick.
Shazad just misses with a punch to the body.
Shazad lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shazad clobbers Phuey with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick from Phuey lands but Shazad takes it in his stride.
Phuey wants to land a leg kick but Shazad is out of range.
Phuey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Phuey cracks Shazad with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Shazad throws a predictable looking body shot
and Phuey counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Phuey stuns Shazad with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shazad checks a low kick from Phuey.
Phuey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shazad manages to avoid it.
Phuey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shazad's hands.
Shazad throws a body punch but Phuey moves out of range.
Shazad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shazad misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Shazad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shazad ducks right into an uppercut from Phuey.
Phuey feints and then cracks Shazad's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shazad down.
Phuey slips a jab from Shazad.
Shazad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shazad throws a hook but Phuey blocks it.
Shazad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phuey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shazad.
Phuey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A head kick misses from Phuey.
Phuey avoids the head kick by Shazad.
Shazad throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Shazad checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shazad chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Phuey can pounce on him.
Phuey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Phuey feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shazad's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phuey slips under a jab.
Shazad swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Phuey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shazad.
Shazad slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Phuey throws a low kick but Shazad moves out of range easily.
Shazad throws a lazy right hand but Phuey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phuey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shazad.
Shazad misses with a wild body shot.
Phuey is looking to score with low kicks.
Shazad throws an off balance right hand
and Phuey counters with an outside leg kick.

Phuey forces Shazad back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shazad takes a knee to the side of the body.
Phuey connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shazad's face.
Shazad is trying to force a seperation but Phuey has the dominant position.
Phuey crunches a lovely knee into Shazad's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Phuey dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Phuey lands with a right hand.
Shazad throws a low kick, looking for Phuey's leg but Phuey calmly moves out of range.
Shazad takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ejay Shazad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shazad moves out of range of the leg kick from Phuey.
Phuey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shazad.
Shazad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phuey lands a leg kick that knocks Shazad off balance momentarily.
Shazad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phuey manages to avoid it.
Phuey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shazad swings for the body but Phuey moves out of range.
Phuey slips under a jab.
Shazad lands the left hand.
Shazad has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Phuey.
Phuey scores with a leg kick.
Shazad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shazad throws an overhand right that lands on Phuey's shoulder, as Phuey tries to avoid the shot.
Phuey sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Shazad ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Shazad blocks the leg kick.
Shazad throws a nice looking combination but Phuey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Phuey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shazad's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Phuey throws a leg kick but Shazad moved away.
Phuey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Phuey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Phuey staying out of range there.
Shazad connects with a single shot there.
Phuey scores with a decent looking hook.
Shazad waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Phuey.
Phuey throws a right and a left that Shazad avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phuey scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phuey is looking to land body kicks.
A jab lands there for Shazad.
Phuey scoring well with a low kick there.
Phuey lands the left hand.
Shazad digs a good body shot into Phuey's ribs.
Phuey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Phuey avoids the head kick by Shazad.
Shazad throws out a loose jab but Phuey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shazad throws a right and a left that Phuey avoids nicely.
Shazad throws a body punch but Phuey moves out of range.
Phuey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shazad.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Phuey lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shazad has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shazad and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shazad blocks a low kick nicely.
Phuey scores with a decent looking hook.
Phuey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Phuey attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Shazad misses the target.
Shazad throws a big shot that misses.
Phuey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shazad misses with a wild body shot.
Phuey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shazad misses with a left hand
and Phuey counters with a slapping leg kick.
Phuey tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Phuey misses with a hook.
Shazad fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shazad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phuey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Phuey lands with an overhand left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shazad.
Nice uppercut lands for Shazad. That snapped Phuey's head back.
Phuey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Phuey is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Shazad lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phuey throws a leg kick but Shazad sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shazad scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phuey thumps Shazad with a low kick.
Shazad moves away from the strike by Phuey.
Shazad misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shazad pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sam Phuey is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Phuey.
Shazad scores with the left hand. Phuey knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sam Phuey will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Shazad jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shazad lands a jab to the head.
Shazad scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Phuey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shazad swings for the body but Phuey moves out of range.
Phuey moves out of range of the strikes.
Shazad punishes Phuey's body with a nice straight punch.
Phuey doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phuey. Shazad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phuey tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shazad is able to avoid easily.
Phuey throws a leg kick which misses Shazad's front leg but catches the back leg as Shazad tries to avoid it.
Phuey throws a jab when Shazad was well out of range.
Shazad looks to throw the jab but Phuey is out of range.
Phuey uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shazad has time to react.
Shazad fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phuey takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phuey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shazad throws a jab but it's blocked by Phuey.
Shazad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shazad throws a sloppy head kick and Phuey moves out of range easily.
Phuey blocks a jab.
Phuey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Shazad.
Shazad pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Shazad scores with a nice head shot.
Shazad misses with a straight left.
Phuey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shazad.
Phuey walks into a jab.
Shazad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phuey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Phuey.
Phuey moves in looking to clinch but Shazad pushes him off.
Shazad misses the shot to the body.
Shazad swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Phuey.
A swing and a miss from Shazad.
Shazad misses with a wild body shot.
Sam Phuey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shazad takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Shazad takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phuey tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shazad is able to avoid easily.
Shazad throws a head kick but Phuey moves out of range.
Shazad misses the jab.
Phuey checks a low kick from Shazad.
Phuey slips a jab from Shazad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shazad avoids the body shot from Phuey.
Shazad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phuey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Phuey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phuey throws a series of punches but Shazad moves out of range.
Shazad checks a low kick from Phuey.
Phuey feints and then cracks Shazad's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shazad down.
Phuey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Phuey moves away from the strike by Shazad.
Shazad has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shazad there as he acknowledges the shot.
Phuey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shazad.
Shazad misses with a wild combination.
Shazad scores with a jab to the body.
Shazad misses with a left hand
and Phuey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phuey slips under a jab from Shazad.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shazad.
Phuey looks to land a body kick but Shazad moved away.
Phuey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shazad misses with a hook.
Shazad throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Phuey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shazad looks to throw the jab but Phuey is out of range.
Ejay Shazad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shazad.
Shazad throws a head kick but Phuey moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shazad fails to land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shazad swings for the body but Phuey moves out of range.
Phuey lands a really nice looking cross but Shazad seems unphased.
Shazad takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the body from Shazad misses
and Phuey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ejay Shazad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Phuey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sam Phuey!