PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Justin Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Shannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Justin Fighter has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Justin Fighter seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Fighter
vs
Shannon

186 cm
27
190 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Global Empire MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Fighter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brett Shannon!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter misses with a two punch combination.
Fighter cracks Shannon with an open hand slap.

It looks like Brett Shannon has been cut.
Shannon is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fighter sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fighter misses with a wild combination.
Fighter tries to bum rush Shannon with a series of wild strikes but Shannon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fighter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Shannon scores with a takedown into Fighter's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Shannon looking to pass the guard.
Fighter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Shannon wants to pass the guard but Fighter is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Justin Fighter wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Fighter looks to land a combination but Shannon avoids it well.

Shannon shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fighter napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Shannon lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Shannon throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Shannon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Shannon working the head with strikes.
Shannon scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fighter managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Shannon.
Shannon lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Shannon working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shannon lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fighter down.
Shannon in side control lands a decent elbow.
Shannon working the ground and pound.
Fighter struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shannon in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Shannon tries to advance to mount but Fighter denies him.
Shannon has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Shannon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Shannon working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shannon looking to finish Fighter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fighter!
Shannon working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Shannon landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shannon is landing with some decent strikes but Fighter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shannon postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fighter looks a forlorn figure.
Shannon lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Shannon.
Shannon looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shannon landing shots from mount.
Shannon landing strikes from the mount and Fighter is in trouble!
The referee warns Fighter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Shannon with shots to the head and body - Fighter looks very uncomfortable down there.

Fighter is rocked!
Shannon punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oh Fighter is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fighter is breathing heavily.
Shannon lands a big elbow - Fighter is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Fighter is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Brett Shannon!