PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Moks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rustly Shackleford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Moks
vs
Shackleford

175 cm
22
182 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

184 cm
24
180 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stefan Moks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rustly Shackleford!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moks looks to land a left hand but Shackleford moved out of range nicely.

Shackleford closes the distance and clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Shackleford.
Moks tries to circle away but Shackleford has him pinned against the cage.
Moks working hard to break the clinch.
Shackleford has a couple of punches blocked by Moks.
Shackleford lands a body punch in the clinch.
Moks working hard to break the clinch.
Shackleford goes for a takedown attempt but Moks pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shackleford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moks checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moks throws a one two combo.

It looks like Rustly Shackleford has been cut.
Shackleford moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A jab from Moks misses.
Shackleford moves out of range of the strikes.
Moks lands with an uppercut that bounces Shackleford off the cage and back into range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Shackleford.
Shackleford attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shackleford cracks Moks with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shackleford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shackleford thuds his right hand into Moks's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice defenses there by Shackleford.
Shackleford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moks manages to avoid it.
Stefan Moks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shackleford avoids the body shot from Moks.
Shackleford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moks.
Shackleford throws a head kick that misses.
Shackleford thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shackleford does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shackleford is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Shackleford clinches up with Moks and pushes him back against the cage.

Shackleford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Shackleford.
Shackleford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shackleford lands a jab.
Moks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Moks connects with a looping right hand.
Moks misses with an uppercut. Shackleford saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Moks misses.
Moks loads up on a big right hand but Shackleford slips the punch.
Moks swinging wildly here.
A clash of legs there as Moks blocks the low kick.
Shackleford scores with the left hand. Moks knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shackleford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Moks swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shackleford.
A swing and a miss from Moks.
Shackleford misses with a body shot.
Moks digs a good hook to Shackleford's body.
Moks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shackleford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moks walks into a jab.
Moks lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Moks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shackleford is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Moks had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Shackleford dips to his left and cracks Moks with an uppercut!
Moks looks to score with a jab to the body but Shackleford is just out of range.
Moks throws a poor cross that misses
and Shackleford counters with a straight right hand.
Moks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheers as Moks lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shackleford doesn't seem phased though.
Shackleford throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Moks throws a jab but it's blocked by Shackleford.
Shackleford just misses with a punch to the body.
Moks throws a series of punches but Shackleford moves out of range.
Shackleford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shackleford throws a body punch but Moks moves out of range.
Moks displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Moks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shackleford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moks cracks Shackleford with a good jab.
Shackleford misses with an uppercut.

Shackleford pushes Moks up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Shackleford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shackleford throws out a powerful jab.
A jab lands there for Moks.
Shackleford will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Moks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rustly Shackleford's cut.
That's time! Moks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shackleford's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Moks connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shackleford scrambles back to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Moks misses the target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moks checks a leg kick.
Stefan Moks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moks misses with a body shot.
Shackleford dodges the punch combination from Moks.
Shackleford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Moks scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shackleford doesn't seem bothered though.
Shackleford throws a hook but Moks avoids it easily.
Moks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shackleford.
Moks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Moks scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moks lands a nice hook to Shackleford's body. Shackleford takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Moks scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Moks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Shackleford clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shackleford wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shackleford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moks tries to circle away but Shackleford has him pinned against the cage.

Shackleford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moks misses with a few strikes there.
Shackleford attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Moks keeps the fight on the outside.
Moks misses the jab.
Shackleford closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shackleford jabs Moks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shackleford throws a sloppy head kick and Moks moves out of range easily.
Shackleford listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Moks comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shackleford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moks throws a hook but Shackleford blocks it.
Shackleford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moks.
Shackleford has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Moks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moks throws a jab but it's blocked by Shackleford.

Shackleford closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Shackleford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moks checks a low kick from Shackleford.
Shackleford with a nice cross.
Shackleford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moks throws out the jab.
A big left from Moks misses.
Moks walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Moks thows a left - swing and a miss!

Shackleford drives through and clinches with Moks against the cage.
Moks prevents a takedown attempt there.
Moks can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moks breaks the clinch.
Moks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shackleford throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Moks misses its intended target.
A big left from Shackleford misses.
A head kick from Shackleford lands but Moks takes it in his stride.
Shackleford scores with a punch to the head.
Moks misses with a two punch combination.
Moks misses with a straight right.
Moks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Moks drops Shackleford with a beautiful combination! Shackleford stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Moks is looking for the KO!

Shackleford is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moks misses with a left hand
enabling Shackleford to counter with a crisp jab.
Shackleford is still on wobbly legs! Can Moks finish him?
Moks throws a hook to the side of Shackleford's head but Shackleford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shackleford. Moks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shackleford seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moks just misses with a punch to the body.

Shackleford gets a clinch.
Moks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shackleford drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Moks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shackleford lunges at Moks with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Moks's hand.
Moks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shackleford counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shackleford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Moks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Shackleford clinches with his opponent.
Shackleford is trying to push Moks away but Moks has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Moks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rustly Shackleford's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.

Moks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Shackleford plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Shackleford lands a jab.
Moks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moks misses with an uppercut.
Moks scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Moks slips a jab and a cross from Shackleford.
Shackleford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Moks.
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!
Moks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shackleford moves away from the strike by Moks.
Moks misses with a combination
and Shackleford counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moks looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shackleford cracks Moks with a good jab.
Moks misses with a jab to the body
and Shackleford counters with a stiff right hand.
Stefan Moks is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Moks.
Shackleford takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Moks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Moks lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Shackleford lands with a thumping leg kick.
Moks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shackleford is looking to clinch but Moks is avoiding it.
Moks throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Moks misses with a jab to the body
and Shackleford counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Shackleford throws a nice looking combination but Moks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shackleford avoids the body shot from Moks.
Shackleford lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moks takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A combination from Moks does no damage.
Shackleford swinging wildly here.
Shackleford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shackleford throws a good cross that connects.
Shackleford pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A lazy left from Moks finds it's target.
Moks throws a jab when Shackleford was well out of range.
Moks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shackleford.

Moks lands a left and a right that send Shackleford crashing to the mat, dazed. Moks thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Moks just misses with a punch to the body.
Moks is pawing at Shackleford, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Shackleford's nose. Shackleford is badly hurt! Moks pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Shackleford tries desperately to hold on but Moks is relentless in his assault! As Shackleford receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Moks away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Moks!
A relieved looking Stefan Moks thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.