PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stack Shillings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lexington Snape (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snape is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DJ Tiësto - Carmina Burana: Remixed. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shillings
vs
Snape

209 cm
40
282 lbs
39 - 9 - 0

185 cm
28
285 lbs
25 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stack Shillings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Lexington Snape!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snape takes one to the chin there.
Shillings throws the kick towards the body but Snape avoids it.
Snape wants to counter with a clinch but Shillings pushes him away.

Snape has closed the distance and engaged Shillings in a clinch.
Shillings scores with a shot to the side of Snape's head.
Snape tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shillings avoids it.
Snape goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Snape prevents a body shot from Shillings.
Shillings misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shillings swings wildly with an uppercut but Snape uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snape prevents a body shot from Shillings.
Shillings lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shillings on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shillings on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shillings tries to throw a body punch but Snape avoids it by throwing Shillings back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snape throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but Shillings avoids the damage to the body.
Snape blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shillings lands a left hand that snaps the head of Snape backwards.
Snape tries to throw a body punch but Shillings avoids it by throwing Snape back against the cage.
Snape lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snape lands a knee to the body.
Snape using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shillings is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape lands a knee to the body.
Shillings takes a knee to the side of the body.
Snape stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Snape.
A short body shot lands from Snape as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Snape.
Snape lands a nice shot to the body.
Snape is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shillings takes an elbow to the forehead.
Snape lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Snape lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Stack Shillings has been cut.
Shillings has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Snape misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Snape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snape can't find room to land a body shot as Shillings controls the action.
We've been informed that Snape has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nice elbow from Snape.
Shillings on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shillings tries to throw a body punch but Snape avoids it by throwing Shillings back against the cage.
Snape can't find room to land a body shot as Shillings controls the action.
Snape lands an elbow that stopped Shillings in his tracks for a moment.
Snape blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shillings is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Snape utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Snape.
Shillings managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.

Shillings's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Snape wants to clinch up but Shillings keeps it at a distance.

Snape moves into the clinch successfully.
Shillings is trying to maintain a safe position but Snape gets an underhook and turns Shillings into the cage.
Shillings swings wildly with an uppercut but Snape uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snape looking to throw knees to the head but Shillings is blocking nicely.
Snape looking to throw knees to the head but Shillings is blocking nicely.
Snape trying to land knees to the body.

Shillings breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shillings tries a head kick but it misses.
Snape wants to counter with a clinch but Shillings pushes him away.
A big left from Shillings misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shillings throws the left hand but Snape avoids the punch easily.
Snape wants to counter the offense by Shillings and move into the clinch position.
Snape steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shillings.
Snape is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Snape has closed the distance and engaged Shillings in a clinch.
Shillings blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snape misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snape throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Snape crunches a lovely knee into Shillings's ribcage.
Snape connects with a knee to the head.
Snape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shillings is defending well for now.
Snape lands a hook to the side of the head.
Snape lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shillings takes an elbow to the temple.
Snape tries a knee to the head but Shillings blocks it.

Shillings breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Shillings gets tackled into the cage by Snape. Snape maintains the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shillings tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shillings takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snape lands an elbow just above Shillings 's eye.
Snape putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shillings in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Snape scores with a shoulder strike.
Snape working Shillings over with knees to the body.
Snape throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Snape.
A hook to the body from Snape.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shillings.
Snape scores with a nice hook to the head.
Snape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snape lands with a right to the head.

Shillings is rocked!
Shillings trying to control the position but instead, Snape has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shillings into the cage.
Oh Shillings is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Snape jerks Shillings's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Shillings drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Snape goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Snape because Shillings was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Lexington Snape!
After the fight, Lexington Snape was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.