PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Shine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Truck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Shine
vs
Truck

183 cm
19
176 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

155 cm
22
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Sydney Fight Gear
Popeye Nutritional Supplement

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 St Petersburg, Ivan Shine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ted Truck!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Truck swinging wildly here.
Truck has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Shine is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A nice combination there by Truck.

It looks like Ivan Shine has been cut.
Shine fails with the takedown.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Truck's defenses.
Shine lands a nice elbow.
Truck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Truck backwards.
Shine avoiding damage as Truck throws knees to the body.
Truck just leaning against Shine, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Truck stalling the fight.
A short right from Shine.
Stalling in the clinch from Truck.

Shine has Truck pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Shine pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Truck tumbling to the mat - Shine dives into Truck's guard.
Truck is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Truck utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shine is working Truck over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Shine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Shine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shine stands and throws Truck's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Shine has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Truck!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shine lands a couple of good shots and Truck has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Shine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shine tries to keep control of the position but Truck is staying busy.
Truck is in bad spot here.
Shine throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Shine lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

Truck is rocked!

It looks like Ted Truck has been cut.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Truck is still in real trouble! Can Shine finish him?
Shine lands a massive punch from the back that knocks Truck out cold! Shine jumps to his feet and celebrates wildly with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ivan Shine!
During a confident post fight interview, Ivan Shine thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.