PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Serge Higgins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dontae Sheldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sheldon has chosen Salmon Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Higgins
vs
Sheldon

167 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

175 cm
19
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serge Higgins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dontae Sheldon!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheldon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sheldon defending well as Higgins loads up on a big left hand.
Higgins throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Sheldon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sheldon.
Higgins tries to break the clinch but Sheldon is controlling the position.
A body shot lands from Sheldon.
Sheldon has Higgins pressed against the cage, preventing Higgins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sheldon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Higginss head.
Sheldon lands a body punch.
Higgins wants to get back to striking at distance but Sheldon won't allow it.
Sheldon has Higgins pressed against the cage, preventing Higgins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sheldon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Higgins backwards.
Sheldon is working Higgins over against the cage.
Higgins wants to get back to striking at distance but Sheldon won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Higgins is trying to force a seperation but Sheldon has the dominant position.
Sheldon cracks Higgins with a nice body shot.
Sheldon lands a body shot.
Sheldon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Higgins working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Sheldon.
Sheldon lands a body shot.
Higgins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sheldon has him pressed against the cage.
Higgins tries to break the clinch but Sheldon is controlling the position.
Sheldon scores with a shot to the side of Higgins's head.
Sheldon lands a shoulder strike.

Higgins is rocked!
Sheldon misses with some punches.
Higgins is trying to push Sheldon away but Sheldon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sheldon lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Higgins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Higgins blocks an uppercut.
Higgins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sheldon misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Higgins.
Sheldon has a couple of punches blocked by Higgins.
Sheldon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sheldon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Higgins is trying to force a seperation but Sheldon has the dominant position.
Higgins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Higgins blocking some punches.
Sheldon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sheldon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sheldon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sheldon has a couple of punches blocked by Higgins.
Sheldon has a couple of punches blocked by Higgins.
Higgins is trying to break the clinch but Sheldon is controlling him.
Higgins tries to break the clinch but Sheldon is controlling the position.
Sheldon working aggressively here.
Sheldon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Higgins trying to control the position but instead, Sheldon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Higgins into the cage.
Higgins seems to have got his legs back now.
Sheldon lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon lands with a right to the head.
Higgins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sheldon lands a big right hand that drops Higgins! The killer instinct kicks in and Sheldon finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sheldon!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dontae Sheldon!
A pretty intense looking Dontae Sheldon took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.