PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stanislav Krauss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LaVern Shirley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Krauss
vs
Shirley

167 cm
30
156 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

170 cm
32
152 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanislav Krauss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, LaVern Shirley!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krauss avoids a punch combination nicely.

Shirley darts in and clinches Krauss up against the cage.
Shirley stalling in the clinch.
Shirley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shirley is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Krauss lands a body shot in the clinch.
Shirley has a couple of punches blocked by Krauss.
A head punch on the inside from Krauss fails to land.
Krauss lands a nice shot to the body.
Shirley lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shirley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirley just leaning against Krauss, taking a breather.

Shirley gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Krauss regains guard.
Shirley throws an elbow that misses. Krauss uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Shirley's guard. Nice move by Krauss!
Shirley is pulling down on Krauss's head. It's preventing any offense from Krauss, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shirley is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Shirley is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Krauss wants to stand but Shirley is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shirley is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Krauss is aware though and is defending well.
Krauss has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Shirley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Krauss preventing the sweep.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shirley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shirley is trying to keep Krauss in close.

Shirley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shirley working for a triangle but Krauss defends it easily.
Shirley is pulling down on Krauss's head. It's preventing any offense from Krauss, at least for the moment.
Shirley has a closed guard, preventing Krauss from standing up.
Shirley is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shirley working for submissions but it's allowed Krauss to get to half guard.
Shirley is trying to get back to full guard.
Shirley controlling the position well.
Shirley wants to improve his position but Krauss is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LaVern Shirley dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Krauss tries to land a body kick
and Shirley counters with a left to the body.
Krauss slips under a jab.
Krauss connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shirley momentarily.
Krauss swinging wildly here.
Shirley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Krauss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krauss is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shirley.

It looks like Stanislav Krauss has been cut.
Shirley checks a leg kick.
Krauss swinging wildly here.
Krauss moves away from the strike by Shirley.
Shirley avoids the body shot from Krauss.
Krauss throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shirley scores with a jab. Krauss acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shirley looks to land a right hand but Krauss moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krauss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krauss throws a push kick but Shirley slaps the foot to one side.
Shirley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Krauss throws a series of punches but Shirley moves out of range.
Shirley avoids the body shot from Krauss.
Shirley misses with a wild body shot.
Stanislav Krauss is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krauss fails to land with a series of punches.

Shirley closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Shirley is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Shirley thows a huge punch but Krauss dodges it nicely.
Shirley wants to pass the guard but Krauss is defending well.
Shirley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shirley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Shirley is looking to advance position but Krauss won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shirley has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Krauss defend it? Shirley steps over the head and cranks it - Krauss is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Shirley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). LaVern Shirley!