PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cherry might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to D-12 - Fight Music . Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jake Shields enters the cage!

Cherry
vs
Shields

175 cm
26
175 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

183 cm
32
170 lbs
23 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem
BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Shields!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shields gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cherry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Shields is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Shields utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shields tries to strike from the bottom.

Shields had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cherry defends it easily.
Shields keeping full guard, as Cherry tries to pass.
Cherry slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cherry is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cherry trying to control but Shields is working from the bottom.

Shields looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shields is keeping the position for now.
Cherry scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cherry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cherry content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cherry slips nicely into half guard.
Cherry working over Shields with some ground and pound. Shields looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shields taking some punishment here, with Cherry in his half guard.
Shields trying to control but Cherry postures up.
Cherry slips a nice elbow through Shields's hands, connecting with Shields's forehead.
Cherry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cherry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields is trying to maintain the position but Cherry is very close to passing his half guard.
Shields manages to get to full guard.
Cherry throws a big right hand that misses.

Shields has his feet on Cherry's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Cherry shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shields is defending against the submission attempts here by Cherry.
Shields taking some punishment here, with Cherry in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry is trying to control. Shields wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cherry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shields defending well though.

Cherry is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Shields is just riding it out for now. Cherry eventually gives up the hold.
Shields wants to control but Cherry is keeping busy.
Shields makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Shields.
Cherry trying to control but Shields is working from the bottom.
Cherry working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shields looking to control.
Shields has momentary wrist control but Cherry slips an elbow through the middle.
Cherry postures up and lands a big shot to Shields's brow.

Cherry got a little sloppy there for a moment and Shields has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cherry has managed to get both his arms back between Shields's legs - danger averted.
Cherry cracks Shields with a solid left hand.
Cherry chips away with some ground and pound.
Cherry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cherry distracts Shields with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shields keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully.

Shields has his foot on Cherry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cherry works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Shields working for submissions but it's allowed Cherry to get to half guard.
Cherry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Shields enables Cherry to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Shields manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Cherry wants to pass the guard but Shields is keeping the position.
Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but Shields is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cherry preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cherry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cherry scoring with some ground and pound.

Shields is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cherry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shields can do to turn this around?
Cherry trying to control but Shields is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shields had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cherry defends it easily.
Cherry trying to control but Shields is working from the bottom.
Cherry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cherry is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cherry chips away with some ground and pound.
Cherry controlling from the top position.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Shields keeps moving.
Buster Cherry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cherry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry throwing strikes from guard but Shields blocks nicely.

Shields is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Cherry has his hands clasped together but Shields extends and breaks Cherry's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Shields.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jake Shields!
Jake Shields thanked the fans post fight for their support.