PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Sheppard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashwan Balrak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashwan Balrak has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jimmy Sheppard's chin.

Sheppard
vs
Balrak

180 cm
26
211 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

183 cm
26
204 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Sheppard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ashwan Balrak!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheppard connects with the punch.

Sheppard drops Balrak with a left right combo! Sheppard follows him down to the ground into side control.

It looks like Ashwan Balrak has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sheppard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Balrak is rocked!
Sheppard is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sheppard lands a few punches from side control.
Balrak is letting Sheppard control him for a moment.
Sheppard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sheppard moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balrak takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sheppard passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Balrak!
Sheppard controlling from mount.
Sheppard landing punches.
Sheppard controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sheppard is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Balrak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheppard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sheppard lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Balrak is in a horrible position here. Sheppard smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Balrak is still in real trouble! Can Sheppard finish him?
Sheppard postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Balrak is out cold - huge knockout for Sheppard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jimmy Sheppard!
Jimmy Sheppard decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.