PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Warner Shelton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eat Weed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Shelton
vs
Weed

213 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
133 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Warner Shelton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eat Weed!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ron Honeybunn and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weed shoots in but Shelton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Weed looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Shelton is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Weed's half guard.
Shelton tries to stand and escape but Weed is controlling the position.

Shelton is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Weed has managed to free his arm - good work.
Weed tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Weed has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Shelton 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.
Weed striking from half guard on the bottom.

Shelton is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shelton.
Shelton blocks the strikes from Weed.
Weed misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Shelton wants to stand up but Weed has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Weed keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shelton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Shelton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Shelton content to control rather than advance.
Shelton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shelton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed has hold of Shelton's hands but Shelton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Weed misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Shelton working Weed over with strikes.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Weed punching from the bottom.
Shelton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Shelton is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Weed is just riding it out for now. Shelton eventually gives up the hold.
Weed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shelton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Shelton there.

Shelton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Weed defends it well.
Weed tries to get to full guard but Shelton has control of the leg.
Shelton blocks the strikes from Weed.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Shelton blocks the strikes from Weed.
Shelton working Weed over with strikes.
Shelton working over Weed with some ground and pound. Weed looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Weed misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Weed wants to improve his position but Shelton is controlling well.
Shelton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Shelton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Weed defends it well.
Weed misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ground and pound from Shelton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warner Shelton dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Shelton lands with a kick to the temple. Weed shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Shelton lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shelton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Shelton closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Weed quickly recovers to half guard.

Shelton is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Weed has managed to free his arm - good work.
Weed tries to get to full guard but Shelton has control of the leg.

Shelton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Weed defends it well.
Shelton throwing shots but Weed is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weed throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Well, if Shelton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Weed is looking to improve his position.

Shelton is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Weed doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Shelton.
Shelton working over Weed with some ground and pound. Weed looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Weed lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Shelton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.

Weed is defending against the submission attempts here by Shelton.
Shelton thows a huge punch but Weed dodges it nicely.
Shelton lands strikes from half guard.
Weed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shelton.
Ground and pound from Shelton.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed wants to get back to full guard.
Shelton working the head and body with strikes.

Shelton is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Weed doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Shelton.
Weed moves into full guard.
Shelton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shelton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Weed throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Shelton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Shelton is in close to Weed's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Weed has momentary wrist control but Shelton slips an elbow through the middle.
Weed striking off his back but it's not causing Shelton any problems.
Shelton throws a big right hand that misses.
Weed throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Weed is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Weed lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shelton has hold of Weed's hands but Weed slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shelton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Weed working Shelton over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warner Shelton dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Weed avoids a punch combination nicely.

Shelton darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Shelton wants to work for an arm triangle but Weed is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Weed punching from the bottom.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Shelton prevents Weed from improving his position.
Well, if Shelton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Weed is defending against the submission attempts here by Shelton.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Shelton lands a nice short elbow.

Shelton is trying to work for a kimura but Weed is defending well.
Weed misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Weed makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Weed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Weed will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Warner Shelton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Weed will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Shelton lands a couple of elbows.
Weed striking off his back but it's not causing Shelton any problems.
Weed is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Shelton scoring with some ground and pound.
Weed throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Weed trying to strike off his back.
Weed manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shelton manages to get himself to full guard.
Weed with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shelton is trying to keep Weed in close.
Weed postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Weed postures up.
Weed stands up over Shelton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shelton wants to stand but Weed is controlling the position.
Shelton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Weed stands up over Shelton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shelton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Weed landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Weed's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shelton wants to stand but Weed is controlling the position.
Weed connects with a couple of short punches.
Weed is in close to Shelton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shelton is trying to control the position but Weed postures up.
Weed postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Weed distracts Shelton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weed throwing strikes from guard but Shelton blocks nicely.
Shelton wants to sweep here but Weed controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weed postures up.
Eat Weed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Warner Shelton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shelton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eat Weed.
Well Shelton 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 Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Warner Shelton!