PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bank Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filip Decapovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Decapovic has chosen You Want Blood (You Got It) - AC/DC as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Shamrock
vs
Decapovic

192 cm
23
198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bank Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filip Decapovic!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shamrock drives through and clinches with Decapovic against the cage.
Shamrock crunches a lovely knee into Decapovic's ribcage.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Decapovic.
Shamrock pushes off an throws an elbow but Decapovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Decapovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock crunches a lovely knee into Decapovic's ribcage.
Decapovic looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but Decapovic blocks with his arms.
Shamrock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but Decapovic blocks with his arms.
A short left from Shamrock.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shamrock throws an elbow but misses.

Decapovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shamrock shoots in but Decapovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Decapovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shamrock.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Decapovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Decapovic misses the jab.
Shamrock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch but Decapovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Decapovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Shamrock clinches with his opponent.
Decapovic takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Decapovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shamrock.
Nice elbow from Shamrock.
Shamrock trying to land knees to the body.
Shamrock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Decapovic's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Decapovic backwards.
Nice elbow from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a light punch inside.
Decapovic avoids the elbow strike from Shamrock, against the cage.
Shamrock with a knee to the head.
Shamrock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Decapovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Decapovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice straight punches there by Decapovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Decapovic.
Decapovic scores with a shot to the body.
Decapovic misses with a wild combination.
Shamrock moves in looking to clinch but Decapovic pushes him off.
Decapovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shamrock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shamrock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Decapovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decapovic.
Decapovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock wants to clinch.
Shamrock wants to clinch up but Decapovic keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Decapovic's corner calls for a 1-2. Decapovic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Shamrock has Decapovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Shamrock misses with a punch to the body.

Decapovic breaks from the clinch.
Shamrock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shamrock tries to clinch but Decapovic moves out of range.
Decapovic misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Decapovic misses the target.
Decapovic lands a slapping body shot.
Decapovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Shamrock takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Decapovic thuds a left hand into Shamrock's body.
Decapovic misses the shot to the body.
Shamrock throws a head kick that misses.
Shamrock wants to clinch.
Shamrock has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Decapovic finds it's way round the side to connect with Shamrock's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decapovic connects with a crisp jab.
Shamrock moves out of range of the strikes.
Decapovic misses with a body shot.
Shamrock doesn't manage to clinch there - Decapovic circles away.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. Decapovic moves away and avoids it.
Shamrock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decapovic.
Decapovic scores with a jab.
A left lands for Shamrock.
Decapovic lands a right hook to the body.
Filip Decapovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch but Decapovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice cross by Shamrock.
Decapovic connects with the punch.
Shamrock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Decapovic.

Shamrock has managed to clinch.

Decapovic breaks from the clinch.
Decapovic thows a body shot but no joy.

Shamrock takes the fight into the clinch.
Shamrock keeps control of Decapovic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decapovic wants to break free but Shamrock has control.
Decapovic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shamrock keeps control of Decapovic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shamrock trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Shamrock.
Knees to the body from Shamrock.

Decapovic breaks the clinch.
Shamrock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shamrock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Decapovic misses the jab.
Bank Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decapovic looks to land a right hand but Shamrock moved out of range.
Shamrock is looking to clinch but Decapovic is avoiding it.
Shamrock wants to clinch.
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Decapovic lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shamrock tries to clinch but Decapovic moves out of range.
Decapovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shamrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shamrock throws a series of punches but Decapovic avoids them all with ease.
Decapovic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Shamrock had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jab, jab by Decapovic - just one landing.

Decapovic tries to keep at a distance but Shamrock has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bank Shamrock dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Shamrock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Decapovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shamrock shoots in for a takedown but Decapovic shows good takedown defense.
Decapovic lands with a straight right. Shamrock didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Bank Shamrock has been cut.
Decapovic scores with a hook to the body. Shamrock takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shamrock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shamrock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Decapovic scores with a decent looking hook.
Decapovic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Decapovic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shamrock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Shamrock is rocked!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Decapovic lands with a hook. Shamrock tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Oh Shamrock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Decapovic throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Shamrock colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Decapovic as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Shamrock is left battered and dazed whilst Decapovic and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Filip Decapovic!