PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Mccaughan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Shamrock might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rockstar. Eric Mccaughan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shamrock
vs
Mccaughan

180 cm
24
206 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Team S.W.A.T.

Team S.W.A.T.
Team S.W.A.T.

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Mccaughan!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Shamrock rushes Mccaughan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shamrock gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mccaughan.
Shamrock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shamrock fails to pull guard.
Shamrock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Mccaughan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Shamrock regains guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mccaughan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shamrock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mccaughan preventing the sweep.

Shamrock looking for a guillotine here but Mccaughan defends easily.
Shamrock keeping moving, preventing Mccaughan from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shamrock working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mccaughan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mccaughan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mccaughan trying to control the position from guard on top but Shamrock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mccaughan wanted to stand there but Shamrock had control of the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mccaughan fails with the takedown.
Mccaughan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Shamrock shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mccaughan throws a sloppy head kick and Shamrock moves out of range easily.
Shamrock tries to clinch up but Mccaughan circles away and keeps his distance.
Mccaughan misses with a wild combination.
Mccaughan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A right-left combo lands from Shamrock.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock stuffs the takedown.
Mark Shamrock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Mccaughan.

Shamrock clinches.
Shamrock has Mccaughan pushed against the cage.
Mccaughan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shamrock gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mccaughan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Shamrock pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mccaughan looks gassed!
Shamrock fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Shamrock is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mccaughan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mccaughan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Shamrock gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Shamrock manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Shamrock working for a triangle but Mccaughan defends it easily.
Mccaughan with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shamrock has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mccaughan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mccaughan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mccaughan landing some decent shots from guard.
Shamrock keeping moving, preventing Mccaughan from controlling successfully.
Shamrock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mccaughan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mccaughan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Mccaughan drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Mccaughan seems to have locked his on tight now - Shamrock screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Mccaughan, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Eric Mccaughan!