PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Shelby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Massimiliano Tormento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shelby's entrance music is Amazing. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shelby
vs
Tormento

185 cm
29
185 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

177 cm
28
180 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

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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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Shelby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Massimiliano Tormento!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tormento connects with an inside leg kick.
Shelby lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tormento at a distance.
Tormento misses with the combination.
Tormento throws a head kick that misses.
Nate Shelby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shelby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tormento.
Tormento throws a shot from downtown. Shelby moves away and avoids it.
Tormento lands a right hook to the body.
Tormento motions for Shelby to come forward. Tormento throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tormento takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice cross by Tormento.
Shelby moves out of range of the body kick from Tormento.
Shelby looks to score with a jab to the body but Tormento is just out of range.
Tormento is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shelby.
Tormento just misses with a punch to the body.
Shelby missing with a left hand there. Tormento was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shelby.
Shelby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shelby has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shelby there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Tormento misses.
Shelby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tormento thows a leg kick but Shelby checks it
and Shelby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tormento checks a leg kick.
Shelby moves out of range of the strikes.
Shelby moves out of range of the leg kick from Tormento.
Tormento keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tormento misses with an uppercut.
Shelby takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Nate Shelby has been cut.
Tormento tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shelby was well out of range. Poor timing from Tormento.
Shelby misses with a wild body shot.
Tormento lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shelby ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tormento throws a hook to the side of Shelby's head but Shelby sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shelby jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tormento throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shelby makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nate Shelby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shelby just misses with a punch to the body.
Tormento blocks the body kick.
Tormento with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice combination there by Shelby.
Shelby lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shelby throws a front kick aimed at Tormento's knee but Tormento avoids it well.
Shelby throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tormento throws out a leg kick but Shelby moves out of range and Tormento only half commits.
Tormento tries a head kick but it misses.
Tormento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tormento ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shelby moves away.
Tormento cracks the inside of Shelby's front leg.
Shelby misses with a jab to the body
and Tormento counters with a left to the body.
Shelby cracks Tormento with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tormento throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Shelby to counter with a crisp jab.
Tormento misses with a body kick.
Shelby lands a jab to Tormento's midsection.
Shelby throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tormento tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shelby was well out of range. Poor timing from Tormento.
Tormento looks to land a combination but Shelby avoids it well.
Shelby is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Shelby scores with a body shot.
Tormento on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tormento misses with a straight right.
Tormento closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Shelby.
Tormento throws a low kick, looking for Shelby's leg but Shelby calmly moves out of range.
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!
Shelby fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tormento looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tormento moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shelby misses with a straight left.
Tormento pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Shelby misses with a straight left.
Tormento swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shelby loads up on a big right hand but Tormento slips the punch.
Shelby is looking to wear down Tormento with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tormento misses with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shelby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tormento misses with a kick to the body.
Tormento on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tormento chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shelby can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nate Shelby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nate Shelby's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tormento pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Shelby scores with a nice right hand.
Shelby avoids the body shot from Tormento.
Shelby blocks a jab.
Tormento throws a hook to the side of Shelby's head but Shelby sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shelby throws a chopping leg kick but Tormento manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Shelby defending well as Tormento loads up on a big left hand.
Shelby swings for the body but Tormento moves out of range.
Massimiliano Tormento is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shelby slips a straight right by Tormento.
Tormento throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shelby throws a series of strikes that have Tormento backpedaling.
Shelby loads up on a big right hand but Tormento slips the punch.
Shelby moves out of range of the body kick from Tormento.
Tormento scores with the left hand. Shelby knows he should have avoided that one.

Tormento scores with a takedown into Shelby's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelby bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tormento's guard.
Shelby wanted to stand there but Tormento had control of the position.
Tormento wants to sweep here but Shelby controlling him for the moment.
Tormento is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tormento wants to sweep but no luck.
Shelby not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Tormento had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shelby defends it easily.
Tormento bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Shelby's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shelby trying to control the position.
Tormento is fighting to break Shelby's control of his arms but Shelby is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tormento showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tormento stopping the sweep attempt from Shelby.
Shelby is working hard here to advance position.
Shelby is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nate Shelby.

Shelby has taken the fight to the clinch.

Tormento breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shelby cracks Tormento with a good jab.
Tormento misses with the combination.
Tormento closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tormento takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shelby misses with an uppercut. Tormento saw that one coming.
Shelby connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tormento's hands.
Shelby lands a glancing blow to the side of Tormento's head.
Shelby moves in looking to clinch but Tormento pushes him off.
Shelby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tormento manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tormento loads up on a big right hand but Shelby slips the punch.
Shelby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tormento shoots in but Shelby avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tormento attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Tormento. That snapped Shelby's head back.
Nate Shelby is winning the standup battle so far.
Shelby digs a good hook to Tormento's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shelby throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tormento misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tormento throws a body punch but Shelby moves out of range.
Shelby throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tormento takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shelby scores with a jab to the head.
Shelby clobbers Tormento with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Shelby misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tormento. That's going to slow Shelby down.
Tormento lands a high kick!
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 Nate Shelby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nate Shelby's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tormento loads up on a big right hand but Shelby slips the punch.

Shelby is rocked!
Tormento looks to land a right hand but Shelby moved out of range.
Oh Shelby is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A slow jab from Tormento misses its intended target.
Tormento throws out a loose jab but Shelby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Tormento throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Shelby is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Massimiliano Tormento!
Massimiliano Tormento managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, OVERDOSE Factory: Q159.2 Energy and more!, into his post fight interview.