PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between DJ Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Cedeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Shaw
vs
Cedeno

160 cm
21
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Likes comics

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, DJ Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eduardo Cedeno!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw tries a head kick but it misses.
Cedeno steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Shaw.
Cedeno throws the kick towards the body but Shaw avoids it.
Shaw wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
No joy there for Shaw, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cedeno misses with a takedown
and Shaw counters with a one-two to the body.
Shaw shoots in but Cedeno avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cedeno throws a series of punches but Shaw avoids them all with ease.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cedeno.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cedeno pushes Shaw up against the cage in a clinch.
Cedeno is looking to break free of the clinch but Shaw has double underhooks.
Shaw missing with knees to the body.

Shaw breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shaw looking to score a takedown here. Cedeno is defending well but Shaw drives through and ends up in Cedeno's guard.
Cedeno has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cedeno working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shaw.

Shaw thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Shaw throwing strikes from guard but Cedeno blocks nicely.
Cedeno controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw trying to control the position from guard on top but Cedeno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cedeno seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Cedeno clinches up with Shaw and pushes him back against the cage.
Shaw has Cedeno pressed against the cage, preventing Cedeno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shaw fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Shaw's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Cedeno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DJ Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shaw tries to pull guard but Cedeno holds him up against the cage and eventually Shaw drops back down to his feet.
A knee to the head by Shaw.
Cedeno displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shaw up against the cage.
Shaw effectively controlling the action here.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
Cedeno working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Shaw pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cedeno goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cedeno blocks a head kick by Shaw.

Cedeno moves into the clinch.
Shaw is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cedeno gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Shaw taking a breather.
Shaw jumps guard but Cedeno stands there with Shaw around his waist. Shaw gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cedeno will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shaw up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cedeno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that DJ Shaw will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Shaw shoots in for a double leg but Cedeno sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Cedeno clinches up with Shaw and pushes him back against the cage.

Shaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shaw takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shaw slaps away a takedown attempt from Cedeno, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Cedeno gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shaw is trying to pull guard but Cedeno turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Cedeno forces Shaw back against the cage and clinches.
Shaw wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DJ Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Shaw jumps guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cedeno stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Shaw looks for a takedown but Cedeno sprawls well.
Cedeno throws a combination. Shaw tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Shaw will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cedeno throws a head kick that misses.

Cedeno takes the fight into the clinch.

Cedeno breaks from the clinch.

Cedeno gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw prevents the takedown attempt.
Cedeno trying to land knees to the body.
Cedeno drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cedeno is trying to break free.

Shaw manages to break the clinch.
A left and a right from Cedeno both land. Nice combination.
DJ Shaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cedeno lands with a nice combination. Shaw backs away looking to recover.
Shaw fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cedeno manages to avoid it.
Cedeno throws a combination. Shaw tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cedeno circles away.
Cedeno has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cedeno leaves Shaw with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cedeno stuffs the takedown attempt from Shaw. Shaw gets slowly back to his feet.
Cedeno let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cedeno fails to land the takedown.
Shaw tries for a takedown but Cedeno sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cedeno shoots for a double leg takedown but Shaw sprawls well. He's pushed Cedeno's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Shaw is looking to counter the offense by Cedeno and move into the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Shaw is defended easily by Cedeno.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cedeno lands a right hook to the body.
Cedeno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cedeno keeps the fight on the outside.
Cedeno lunges at Shaw with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shaw's hand.
Cedeno throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Shaw shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Shaw showed some decent athleticism there.
Shaw lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Cedeno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Cedeno. No joy for Shaw on that attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cedeno!
Cedeno throws a series of punches but Shaw moves out of range.
Shaw looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
No joy there for Cedeno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shaw with a poor takedown
and Cedeno counters with a nice uppercut.
Cedeno looks to land a combination but Shaw avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Shaw.
Cedeno defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DJ Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cedeno gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cedeno stalling against the cage.
Cedeno goes for a takedown attempt but Shaw pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cedeno throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shaw's waist but Shaw gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cedeno off to one side.
Shaw doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Cedeno counters by clinching up.
Shaw keeps control of Cedeno as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cedeno is trying to force a seperation but Shaw has the dominant position.

Cedeno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eduardo Cedeno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cedeno is looking to clinch but Shaw is avoiding it.
Shaw lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cedeno takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shaw takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cedeno is fending him off so far but Shaw persists. Nope, Cedeno circles away and we're back to standing.
Shaw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cedeno misses with a takedown attempt - Shaw sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Shaw throws a quick counter head kick but Cedeno was just out of range.
Cedeno moves in looking to clinch but Shaw pushes him off.
Shaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shaw walks into a stiff left hand from Cedeno.
Cedeno lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cedeno swats away the attempt to clinch by Shaw.
Cedeno unleashes a big counter combination but Shaw bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cedeno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shaw wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cedeno closes the distance but Shaw moves to the side
and Shaw counters with a three punch combo that has Cedeno backing up. Cedeno nods at Shaw to acknowledge the strikes.
Cedeno misses with a wild combination.

Cedeno moves into the clinch successfully.
Shaw tries to pull guard but Cedeno forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Shaw wants to break free but Cedeno has control.
Shaw is trying to push Cedeno away but Cedeno has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cedeno wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shaw has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cedeno stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shaw looking to throw knees to the head but Cedeno is blocking nicely.
Shaw trying to stall but Cedeno improves his position.
Shaw is trying to break free.
Cedeno wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cedeno prevents a body shot from Shaw.

Cedeno breaks the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Cedeno clinches.
Cedeno tries to circle away but Shaw has him pinned against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eduardo Cedeno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cedeno has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Cedeno!