PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chance Birmbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graeme Shark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graeme Shark has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chance Birmbaum's chin.

Birmbaum
vs
Shark

175 cm
19
176 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chance Birmbaum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Graeme Shark!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Birmbaum closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shark tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Birmbaum avoids the attempt from Shark to control.
Birmbaum controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Birmbaum cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shark tries to hold on but Birmbaum postures up.
Birmbaum looking to finish Shark with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shark!
Birmbaum breaks from Shark's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Birmbaum landing strikes from the mount and Shark is in trouble!
Shark is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birmbaum lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shark hang on?
Birmbaum with good strikes from the mount here!
Shark is in a horrible position here. Birmbaum smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Shark takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Birmbaum is landing with some decent strikes but Shark is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Birmbaum fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shark in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Birmbaum.
Birmbaum with shots to the head and body - Shark looks very uncomfortable down there.
Birmbaum is landing with some decent strikes but Shark is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Birmbaum lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shark is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Birmbaum lands a big shot there that rocks Shark but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Birmbaum controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shark is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shark tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shark takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Birmbaum cracks Shark with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Birmbaum 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.
Shark tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Birmbaum.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birmbaum scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Shark?
Birmbaum controlling the pace for now.
Shark takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Birmbaum lands a big elbow.
We've been hearing that Birmbaum has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Shark throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Birmbaum landing strikes, looking to finish!
Birmbaum fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Birmbaum in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Birmbaum controlling the pace for now.
Birmbaum working Shark over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Birmbaum lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Birmbaum with good strikes from the mount here!
Birmbaum lands a big elbow.
Birmbaum lands a big elbow.
Birmbaum is landing with some decent strikes but Shark is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Birmbaum breaks from Shark's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Shark is rocked!
Birmbaum fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shark is still in real trouble! Can Birmbaum finish him?
Birmbaum looking to finish Shark with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shark!
Birmbaum softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Shark is out cold! Birmbaum jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chance Birmbaum!
After winning the bout, Chance Birmbaum thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.