PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shayne Emory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthoney Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Shayne Emory has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Emory
vs
Pettis

159 cm
20
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shayne Emory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthoney Pettis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettis ducks under a wild hook from Emory.
Emory lands a right hook to the body.
Emory misses the jab.
Emory fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pettis manages to avoid it.
Emory cracks a nice hook into Pettis's ribs.
Pettis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Emory just misses with a punch to the body.
Emory looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Emory loads up on a big right hand but Pettis slips the punch.
Emory connects with a looping right hand.
Emory works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Emory scores with a jab to the head.
Emory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emory throws a series of strikes that have Pettis backpedaling.
Pettis ducks under a wild hook from Emory.
Emory connects with the punch.
Emory throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emory throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pettis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Emory misses the jab.
Emory throws a body punch but Pettis moves out of range.
Emory throws the left hand but Pettis avoids the punch easily.
Emory throws out a loose jab but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emory throws a lazy right hand but Pettis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emory throws a jab but it's blocked by Pettis.
Emory fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pettis manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Emory. Those never looked like landing.
Emory connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Emory misses with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Emory.
Emory scores with a nice head shot.
A lazy left from Emory finds it's target.
A jab lands there for Emory.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Emory misses.
Shayne Emory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emory swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.
Emory lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pettis at a distance.
Pettis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Emory is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Emory scores with a sloppy right hand. Pettis should have avoided that one.
Pettis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emory.
A jab lands there for Emory.
Emory lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Emory throws out a loose jab but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emory fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Emory keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Emory misses with a wild body shot.
Emory throws a body punch but Pettis moves out of range.
Emory listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Emory throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pettis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emory.
Emory throws a right hand that misses

and Pettis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Emory won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emory struggling a bit here.
Pettis throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shayne Emory dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pettis needs to keep his hands up - Emory had a free shot at his head there.
Emory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emory throws a body shot but no joy.
Pettis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice shot lands for Emory.
A swing and a miss from Emory.
Emory lands a jab to Pettis's midsection.
Emory swings away with a body shot that misses

and Pettis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pettis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pettis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Emory defending well though.
Emory blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pettis.
Pettis is looking to advance position but Emory won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emory is defending against the submission attempts here by Pettis.
Emory is doing well to control the position and prevent Pettis from advancing to side control.
Pettis drops an elbow to the side of Emory's head.
Pettis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Pettis is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Emory is just riding it out for now. Pettis eventually gives up the hold.
Pettis thows a huge punch but Emory dodges it nicely.
Emory is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emory is looking to escape.
Emory wants to get back to full guard.
Pettis working over Emory with some ground and pound. Emory looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pettis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pettis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pettis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pettis throwing shots but Emory is blocking nicely.
Pettis throwing shots but Emory is blocking nicely.
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!
Emory avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pettis.
Emory might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pettis lands a nice short elbow.
Pettis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Emory avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pettis.
Emory avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pettis.
Pettis has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Facebreaker Academy. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emory trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emory on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pettis prevents Emory from improving his position.
Anthoney Pettis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pettis thows a huge punch but Emory dodges it nicely.
Pettis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pettis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Emory knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pettis on the ground.
Pettis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Pettis there.
Pettis scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Pettis is working for a submission of some sort.
Emory keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Pettis seems to be working for a kimura but Emory defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pettis lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emory wants to get back to his feet.

Pettis is looking for a kimura but Emory is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pettis to get the leverage.

Pettis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Emory defends it well.
Emory avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pettis.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emory gets full guard.
Emory wants to sweep but no luck.
Pettis landing with the ground and pound.
Pettis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthoney Pettis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pettis checks a low kick from Emory.
Donk. Emory catches Pettis right on the button with a cross.
Emory lands a right hook to the body.
A slow jab from Emory misses its intended target.
Emory misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pettis.
Pettis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Emory connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shayne Emory is winning the standup battle so far.
Emory throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emory works Pettis's body with a nice hook.
Emory tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pettis was well out of range. Poor timing from Emory.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emory throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emory dips to his left and cracks Pettis with an uppercut!
Pettis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pettis blocks a jab.
Emory just misses with a punch to the body.
Pettis tries to move into range but Emory moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Emory lands with a cross.
Shayne Emory is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emory fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pettis manages to avoid it.
Pettis slips a jab from Emory.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emory lands with a nice combination. Pettis backs away looking to recover.
Pettis blocks a leg kick.
Emory scores with a hook to the body. Pettis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Emory lands a slapping body shot.
Emory swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emory misses the shot to the body.
Pettis checks a low kick from Emory.
Emory dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emory misses with a hook

and Pettis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pettis drops an elbow to the side of Emory's head.
Pettis working the head and body with strikes.
Emory wants to get back to full guard.
Pettis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Emory tries to get to full guard but Pettis has control of the leg.
Pettis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Emory is looking for a sweep. Pettis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pettis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pettis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emory avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pettis.
Pettis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Pettis 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.
Pettis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Emory makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Pettis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emory lands with a cross.
Emory swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.
Emory misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shayne Emory showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Emory has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shayne Emory!
Shayne Emory seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.