PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Faustina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Michaels has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Michaels
vs
Faustina

199 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
167 lbs
0 - 16 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shane Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saint Faustina!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Michaels gets a takedown into half guard.
Michaels lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Michaels working over Faustina with some ground and pound. Faustina looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Faustina wants to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Michaels.
Michaels is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Michaels will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Michaels seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Faustina on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Faustina has hold of Michaels's hands but Michaels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faustina on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Faustina is rocked!
Michaels looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Faustina is still in real trouble! Can Michaels finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels is thwarting Faustina's attempts to control the position.
Michaels looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Faustina is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Michaels scores with a couple of nice shots.
Michaels has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Michaels lands a nice short elbow.
Michaels lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Faustina! More strikes land and this one is all over! Michaels jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Michaels!
Shane Michaels seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.