PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin McCann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tony shahing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCann comes to the cage accompanied by Bitches. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as tony shahing enters the cage!

McCann
vs
shahing

180 cm
22
202 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
219 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Pure Juice

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin McCann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, tony shahing!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCann wants to slow shahing down by chopping away at his legs.
McCann looks to land a combination. shahing sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
shahing will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

McCann moves into the clinch successfully.
shahing wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCann has him pressed against the cage.
McCann lands a body shot.
McCann working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
shahing is trying to break free.
McCann lands a right hand.
McCann throws a punch but it's blocked by shahing.
shahing has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McCann is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
McCann gets underhooks to prevent shahing's takedown attempt.
Justin McCann has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of tony shahing.

McCann breaks from the clinch.
McCann slips a jab and a cross from shahing.
shahing shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
shahing avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCann misses with a two punch combination.
McCann looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
shahing pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCann throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
shahing throws a series of punches but McCann moves out of range.
McCann fails with the takedown.
McCann falls off balance throwing a combination
and shahing counters with a lovely straight right hand!
shahing tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McCann swivels and escapes.
shahing jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McCann's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and McCann duly obliges.
shahing looks gassed!
shahing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
shahing throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justin McCann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCann fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

shahing darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
shahing prevents McCann from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
shahing trying to control the action but McCann is working from the bottom.
McCann is trying to get back to full guard.
McCann is trying to stand.
shahing is tying to control. McCann wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shahing keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

shahing is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and McCann defends it well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McCann swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McCann works shahing's body with a nice hook.

McCann scores a takedown into full mount!
shahing is trying desperately to improve position.
shahing tries to hold on but McCann postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
shahing tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

shahing swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McCann counters with a nice body shot.
McCann slips under a jab.
A big right from shahing misses.
McCann misses the shot to the body.
shahing throws a right hand that McCann ducks under and follows up with a left that McCann also avoids with ease.

McCann shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McCann showed some decent athleticism there.
shahing is trying to maintain the position but McCann is very close to passing his half guard.
McCann tries to stand and escape but shahing is controlling the position.
shahing tries to regain full guard. Instead though, McCann has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
shahing gets back to half guard.
shahing is breathing heavily.
shahing works his way to full guard. Good work.
shahing can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McCann controls the pace.
McCann knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for shahing on the ground.
shahing looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McCann would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
shahing is trying to keep McCann in close.
McCann has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of shahing is proving hard to escape from.
shahing is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shahing looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McCann fails to land with a series of punches.
McCann throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
shahing falls off balance throwing a combination
and McCann counters with a two punch combo.
McCann stalks shahing and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into shahing's face. shahing staggers backwards, shaken.

McCann has shahing up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCann creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Come on McCann - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
shahing wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCann has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McCann just misses with a elbow thrown towards shahing's brow.
shahing tries to score a body lock takedown but McCann shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
shahing gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McCann.
shahing looking to slow down the pace here.
shahing tries to score a body lock takedown but McCann shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right from McCann.
shahing is trying to break free.

McCann breaks from the clinch.
McCann misses with a series of wild punches.
shahing scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
shahing keeps the fight on the outside.
McCann lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as shahing backs up against the cage.
McCann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin McCann dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

shahing is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from shahing misses.
McCann is looking to clinch but shahing is avoiding it.
McCann misses with a series of wild punches.
McCann tries to bum rush shahing with a series of wild strikes but shahing uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McCann throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some wild striking there from McCann.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCann pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by shahing as he checks the leg kick.
McCann throws a series of punches but shahing moves out of range.
McCann looks to land a combination but shahing avoids it well.
McCann throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
shahing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from McCann does no damage.
A lazy body kick from shahing
and McCann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by McCann as he connects with a hook.
No joy there for McCann, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
shahing misses with a body punch
and McCann counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
McCann throws a combination but it was largely blocked by shahing.
An inside leg kick from McCann misses.
McCann pulls out of a head kick attempt.
shahing swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McCann blocks a head kick by shahing.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by shahing!
McCann throws a nice looking combination but shahing bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from McCann misses.
McCann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from shahing.
McCann wants to clinch.
shahing checks a leg kick.
McCann on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
shahing tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McCann takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shahing slips a jab and a cross from McCann.
McCann doesn't manage to clinch there - shahing circles away.
shahing blocks a head kick by McCann.
shahing dodges the punch combination from McCann.
McCann swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCann throws a combination. shahing tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McCann, right into the meat.
McCann misses with a series of wild punches.
shahing tries to clinch up but McCann circles away and keeps his distance.
shahing tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McCann swivels and escapes.
shahing takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McCann does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A jab from shahing finds it's way through McCann's defenses.
McCann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck for McCann with that takedown attempt.

shahing moves into the clinch successfully.

McCann lands a takedown into guard.
tony shahing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCann controls from within his opponent's guard.
shahing thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Justin McCann.
Well McCann has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin McCann!