PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mendonca Deushe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Roscrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendonca Deushe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Deushe
vs
Roscrow

185 cm
18
206 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

193 cm
19
207 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mendonca Deushe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shane Roscrow!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Deushe. No joy for Roscrow on that attempt.
Roscrow tries to land a front kick but Deushe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Roscrow lands a jab to the nose.
Deushe slaps away a takedown attempt from Roscrow, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roscrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Deushe circles away quickly and effectively.
Roscrow fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Deushe on the side of the head.
Roscrow is looking to clinch.
Roscrow lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Roscrow gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Deushe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Deushe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Roscrow has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Deushe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Deushe prevents Roscrow from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deushe throws an elbow that misses. Roscrow uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Deushe's guard. Nice move by Roscrow!
Roscrow is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Roscrow advances to half guard.
Roscrow wants to free his trapped foot but Deushe is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Roscrow thows a huge punch but Deushe dodges it nicely.
Roscrow is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Shane Roscrow.
Roscrow throws a sloppy head kick and Deushe moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roscrow throws a right and a left that Deushe avoids nicely.
Roscrow tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Deushe counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Roscrow bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Deushe's guard.
Roscrow is stalling in the full guard.
It looks like Roscrow might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Shane Roscrow hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Roscrow lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Roscrow drops Deushe with a left right combo! Roscrow follows him down to the ground into side control.

Deushe is rocked!

Roscrow stands up.
Oh Deushe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roscrow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Deushe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roscrow lands with a right and another and another! Deushe is in big trouble! Roscrow lands again and this time it's lights out for Deushe! A quality knockout there for Roscrow.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shane Roscrow!