PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deair Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deair Shaw looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Shaw
vs
Bird

224 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
287 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Deair Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Big Bird!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird ducks under a wild hook from Shaw.

Bird shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Shaw napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ground and pound from Bird seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bird working the ground and pound.
Bird throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bird working the ground and pound from side control.
Bird tries to advance to mount but can't.
Bird trying to control the position but Shaw is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bird blocks the strikes from Shaw.
Bird cracks Shaw with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bird lands an elbow.
Shaw is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bird scoring with punches and elbows.
Shaw on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shaw tries to get out of the position.
An elbow from Bird crashes against the mat.
Bird looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Shaw is avoiding damage well.
Check out the look on Bird's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Shaw is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bird is controlling him well.
Shaw is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bird tries to advance to mount but Shaw denies him.
Bird sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Shaw is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird trying to control the action but Shaw is working from the bottom.
Bird lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Shaw down.
Bird working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bird wants to control but Shaw is keeping him busy.
Bird looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Shaw is avoiding damage well.
Bird lands an elbow.
Bird looks up at the clock and then as Shaw takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bird smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bird throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Shaw takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bird working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bird trying to control the position but Shaw is working away.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bird fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Bird gets the takedown into side control.
Bird is putting a hurting on Shaw here, landing some big shots from side control.

Shaw is rocked!
Shaw tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Oh Shaw is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bird creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Shaw sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Shaw seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Bird's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Shaw tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bird wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shaw keeps working.
Bird moves into full mount!
Shaw taking shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shaw is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bird lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Bird dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bird shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bird thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Shaw avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bird.
Bird sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shaw defending well though.
Shaw avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bird.
Bird thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shaw's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bird working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bird throwing shots but Shaw is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bird is looking to take a break and control but Shaw is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Bird closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bird landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shaw blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bird.
Bird working over Shaw with some ground and pound. Shaw looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bird frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bird landing strikes from the mount.
Bird really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shaw. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bird cracks Shaw with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bird lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shaw hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird connects with a bit shot that sees Shaw covering up! More strikes from Bird and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bird is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Big Bird!