PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between M J Shain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russell Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shain comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck. M J Shain has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

J Shain
vs
Lynn

178 cm
41
194 lbs
41 - 30 - 2

194 cm
34
195 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 30 - 2, fighting out of New York, M J Shain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Russell Lynn!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lynn throws a front kick aimed at Shain's knee but Shain avoids it well.
Lynn shoots in looking for a takedown. Shain tries to sprawl out of it but Lynn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Shain manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Shain dodges the punch combination from Lynn.
A jab from Shain finds it's way through Lynn's defenses.
Lynn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lynn needs to keep his hands up - Shain had a free shot at his head there.
Lynn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lynn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shain was well out of range. Poor timing from Lynn.
Lynn moves in looking to clinch but Shain pushes him off.
Shain is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lynn misses with a body shot.
Shain appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shain swings for the body but Lynn moves out of range.
Lynn throws a big shot that misses.
Shain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lynn.
Good exchange - Shain coming out on top.
Lynn missing with a left hand there. Shain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lynn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lynn cracks Shain with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shain defending well as Lynn loads up on a big left hand.
Shain is looking to counter punch.
Shain is looking to slow Lynn down with leg kicks.

Shain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lynn, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lynn.
Shain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Lynn breaks the clinch.
Lynn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shain swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lynn.
Shain takes a swing at Lynn's ribcage but misses.
Shain lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shain misses with a wild body shot.
Lynn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shain.
Lynn tries to score with a low kick but Shain moves his leg out of the way.
Shain tries to clinch but Lynn is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shain throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Shain.
Shain scores with a kick to the body.
Lynn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shain counters with a straight right hand.

Lynn is rocked!
Shain lands with a right and another and another! Lynn is in big trouble! Shain lands again and this time it's lights out for Lynn! A quality knockout there for Shain.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). M J Shain!
A very excited looking M J Shain made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.