PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nickolas Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bryant
vs
Shields

170 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
22
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nickolas Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Shields!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bryant misses with a wild body shot.
Shields wants to clinch.
Bryant tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No joy there for Shields, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bryant shoots in for a double leg but Shields sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Shields lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bryant circles away quickly and effectively.
Shields tries to clinch but Bryant moves out of range.
Shields fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shields misses with a few strikes there.
Bryant circles away from the clinch attempt.

Bryant changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shields looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bryant cracks Shields with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Shields throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Shields wants to get back to his feet but Bryant drags him back down.
Shields misses with an elbow from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields wants to get back to his feet.
Bryant lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Shields taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bryant lands a nice forearm strike.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shields can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bryant wants to control but Shields is keeping him busy.
Shields gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bryant landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bryant looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Shields tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bryant has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Shields throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Shields is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant landing shots from mount.
Bryant 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.
Shields can't escape the position.
Shields wants to control but Bryant is having none of it.
Bryant putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bryant raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Bryant.
Bryant lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bryant loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Shields scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Bryant land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Bryant stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nickolas Bryant!