PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shan Aristio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Bill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aristio comes to the cage accompanied by Living in Victory. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sonny Bill was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Aristio
vs
Bill

182 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
20
199 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shan Aristio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sonny Bill!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aristio closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bill's guard.
Aristio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Aristio controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Aristio seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bill for as long as he can get away with.
Aristio wants to pass the guard but Bill is keeping the position.
Aristio throws a strike but Bill rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bill keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Aristio's head.
Aristio wants to stand and escape but Bill is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aristio keeping moving, preventing Bill from controlling successfully.
Aristio wants to sweep here but Bill controlling him for the moment.
Bill is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Aristio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Aristio has control of Bill's left arm, preventing Bill from doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bill shoots in for a double leg but Aristio sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aristio slaps away a takedown attempt from Bill, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Aristio scores a takedown into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Aristio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aristio fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Aristio knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bill on the ground.
Aristio takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Aristio unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Aristio controlling the pace for now.
Aristio's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bill really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Bill that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Aristio working the ground and pound effectively.
Bill taking shots to the head.
Aristio punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bill working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aristio with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bill is squirming around, avoiding Aristio's attempts to control the action.
Bill tries to hold on but Aristio pushes him away.
Aristio controlling from the full mount.
Aristio unloading with bombs!

Bill is rocked!
Bill takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Aristio's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shan Aristio!
After winning the bout, Shan Aristio thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.