PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quintus Daedalus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Shephard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daedalus comes to the cage accompanied by Spartacus Soundtrack. Shephard has chosen You All Everybody as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Daedalus
vs
Shephard

189 cm
33
248 lbs
24 - 8 - 1

188 cm
25
245 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Quintus Daedalus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Shephard!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shephard shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Daedalus manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Daedalus keeping moving, preventing Shephard from controlling successfully.
Shephard looking to sit in guard and control but Daedalus gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shephard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Daedalus drops back looking for a leg! Shephard is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Shephard manages to kick Daedalus off! Daedalus jumps back into Shephard's guard.
Shephard trying to keep a closed guard but Daedalus is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daedalus trying to control the position from guard on top but Shephard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shephard working a defensive guard here.
Daedalus works over Shephard with some ground and pound from guard.
Daedalus postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jack Shephard was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Shephard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Daedalus drives through with a takedown into Shephard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Daedalus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Daedalus looking to pass the guard.
Daedalus trying to control but Shephard is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daedalus controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daedalus trying to control but Shephard is working from the bottom.
Shephard wants to sweep here but Daedalus controlling him for the moment.
Daedalus throws a strike but Shephard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Daedalus keeping moving, preventing Shephard from controlling successfully.
Shephard stopping the sweep attempt from Daedalus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shephard stands and steps away. Daedalus gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Shephard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shephard throws a body punch but Daedalus moves out of range.
Daedalus misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shephard counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Quintus Daedalus has been cut.
Shephard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Daedalus.
Daedalus smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Quintus Daedalus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daedalus throws a leg kick which misses Shephard's front leg but catches the back leg as Shephard tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daedalus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Daedalus pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shephard is out of range and Daedalus settles back down.
Shephard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Daedalus throws a one two combo.

It looks like Jack Shephard has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shephard avoids a kick to the body.
Shephard throws a nice looking combination but Daedalus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daedalus tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Shephard defends well and Daedalus ends up having to push Shephard into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Shephard wants to break free but Daedalus has control.
Daedalus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shephard is trying to push Daedalus away but Daedalus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Shephard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daedalus has him pressed against the cage.
Daedalus has Shephard pressed against the cage, preventing Shephard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daedalus works on Shephard's body with a couple of short punches.
Daedalus misses with a punch to the body.
Shephard tries to circle away but Daedalus has him pinned against the cage.
Shephard is looking to break free of the clinch but Daedalus has double underhooks.
Daedalus lands a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shephard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daedalus tries a body shot but Shephard blocks it.
Daedalus gets through Shephard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Daedalus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quintus Daedalus dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Daedalus.
Shephard connects with a right hand. Daedalus shakes it off.
Daedalus getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Daedalus shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shephard eats them both and turns towards Daedalus to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Daedalus misses with a body kick.
Shephard connects with a body shot that sends Daedalus's belly button to the back.
Daedalus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good exchange - Daedalus coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shephard scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Daedalus lands a leg kick that knocks Shephard off balance momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daedalus. Shephard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daedalus lands a jab to the head.
Shephard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shephard misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daedalus dodges the punch combination from Shephard.
Shephard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daedalus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shephard. That did some damage!

Shephard tries to sprawl but Daedalus drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Shephard tries to roll over but Daedalus keeps him under control.
Shephard is trying to control but can't.
Shephard is refusing to be controlled, as Daedalus sits in half guard.
Shephard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Daedalus is working away from the top position though.
Shephard avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Daedalus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daedalus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Daedalus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Daedalus prevents Shephard from improving his position.
Daedalus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shephard is in trouble now - Daedalus has advanced to mount!
Daedalus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Shephard is looking to escape.
Shephard is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daedalus landing shots from mount.
Daedalus looking to finish Shephard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shephard!

The cut above Jack Shephard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Daedalus landing punches.

Jack Shephard's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Shephard's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Quintus Daedalus!
Quintus Daedalus retains his heavyweight title!
Quintus Daedalus decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.