PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Prime
vs
Shaw

193 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Optimus Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Shaw!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shaw manages to avoid it.
Shaw closes the distance looking to clinch
and Prime counters with a straight right hand.
Shaw is looking to clinch.
Shaw slips under a jab from Prime.
Shaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prime.
Prime looks to land a left hand but Shaw moved out of range nicely.
Shaw wants to clinch but Prime slips to the side
and Prime counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shaw thinking.
Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prime works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shaw closes the distance but Prime moves to the side
and Prime counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Prime lands a jab to Shaw's midsection.
Prime scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shaw in his tracks.
Shaw is looking to clinch but Prime is avoiding it.
Prime connects with a crisp jab.

Shaw moves into the clinch.

Shaw manages to break the clinch.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prime swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Prime scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shaw takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Prime clobbers Shaw with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prime scores with a hook to the body. Shaw takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Optimus Prime seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prime throws a sloppy body shot

and Shaw counters by clinching up.
Shaw misses with a hook to the ribs.

Shaw breaks from the clinch.
Prime lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prime misses with an attempted mid kick.
Prime uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Prime is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch but Prime swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Prime.
Prime tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shaw was well out of range. Poor timing from Prime.
Prime circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab from Prime.
Shaw tries to clinch
and Prime counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shaw takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prime. Shaw does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shaw with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Prime to score with a decent uppercut.
Prime swats away the attempt to clinch by Shaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prime. Shaw does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shaw is looking to clinch but Prime is avoiding it.
Prime takes a swing at Shaw's ribcage but misses.
Prime comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shaw slips a jab from Prime.
Prime is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Shaw has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shaw keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Prime's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Optimus Prime dominated that round.
That's time! Prime's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prime misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shaw.
Shaw walks into a straight right hand from Prime.
Shaw darts in trying to clinch
and Prime counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shaw takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Prime dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shaw slips under a jab from Prime.
The fighters circle momentarily. Prime darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Prime circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shaw.
Shaw walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Prime misses the shot to the body.
Shaw checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shaw tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prime manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Prime just misses with a punch to the body.
Shaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
Prime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Prime throws a lazy right hand but Shaw sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shaw tries to clinch
and Prime cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Prime paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Prime pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shaw takes one on the button.
Shaw has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Prime misses with an uppercut. Shaw saw that one coming.
Prime throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Prime misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Prime. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Prime.
Shaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prime.
Prime thows a left - swing and a miss!
Prime cracks Shaw with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Prime misses.
Shaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prime fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shaw manages to avoid it.
Shaw is looking to clinch.
Shaw tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Prime counters with a nice uppercut.
Optimus Prime is winning the standup battle so far.
Prime connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shaw uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Prime.
Shaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shaw darts in trying to clinch
and Prime counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big right from Prime misses.
Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prime swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Prime lands with an uppercut that bounces Shaw off the cage and back into range.
Prime lands a body shot.
Prime fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shaw manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shaw wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Optimus Prime dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Prime throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shaw walks into a left hand.
Shaw closes the distance looking to clinch
and Prime makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Prime lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Prime throws a hook but Shaw avoids it easily.
Prime jabs at Shaw's body.
Shaw wants to clinch up but Prime keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Prime throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shaw is looking to clinch but Prime is avoiding it.
Prime lands an overhand right.
Prime swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prime's jab looks to have found its range, popping Shaw under the eye.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Prime paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Prime scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Prime throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shaw stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shaw on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Prime ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shaw moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime cracks Shaw with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shaw uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Prime.
Shaw wants to clinch up but Prime keeps it at a distance.
Prime swings for the body but Shaw moves out of range.
Prime ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shaw moves away.
Prime circles away from the clinch attempt.
Prime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shaw ducks under a wild hook from Prime.
Shaw is looking to clinch.
Shaw fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shaw wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shaw there as he acknowledges the shot.
Prime misses with a looping right.
Shaw doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Prime digs a good body shot into Shaw's ribs.
Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot by Prime.
Johnny Shaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Prime fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Shaw takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Prime tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shaw was well out of range. Poor timing from Prime.
Prime scores with a shot to the body.
Shaw moves out of range as Prime strikes.
Prime scores with a jab.
Prime listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shaw avoids the body shot from Prime.
Prime ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shaw moves away.
Johnny Shaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Optimus Prime is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Prime swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Optimus Prime showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Prime, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Optimus Prime!