PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skip Sheffield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stamaths Bitakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sheffield might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Invasion. Skip Sheffield has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sheffield
vs
Bitakos

225 cm
21
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Skip Sheffield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stamaths Bitakos!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheffield blocks a head kick by Bitakos.
Bitakos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sheffield swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Sheffield fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bitakos, pushing him back against the cage.
Sheffield lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bitakos backwards.
Sheffield lands a left hand.
Bitakos should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bitakos is trying to push Sheffield away but Sheffield has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bitakos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sheffield.

Sheffield breaks from the clinch.
Sheffield avoids the head kick by Bitakos.

Bitakos instigates a clinch.
Sheffield lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bitakos backwards.
Bitakos misses with an elbow strike.

Sheffield breaks from the clinch.
Bitakos looks for the body kick but Sheffield saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Sheffield. Those never looked like landing.

Sheffield drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sheffield makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sheffield cracks Bitakos with a solid left hand.
Bitakos looks winded!
Sheffield scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sheffield keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bitakos's head.

Bitakos is rocked!
Sheffield arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Bitakos's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Skip Sheffield!
A pretty intense looking Skip Sheffield took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.