PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Shoota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Tandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Shoota has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shoota
vs
Tandy

225 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Shoota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Tandy!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tandy wants to clinch.

Tandy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tandy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tandy looking to throw knees to the head but Shoota is blocking nicely.
Shoota is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tandy lands an elbow just above Shoota 's eye.
Tandy landing knees to the body.
Tandy looking to throw knees to the head but Shoota is blocking nicely.
Shoota is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tandy keeps control of Shoota as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tandy.
Tandy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shoota blocks it with crossed arms.
Tandy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shoota.
Tandy with a knee to the head.
Shoota is looking to break free of the clinch but Tandy has double underhooks.
Shoota is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tandy prevents Shoota from breaking the clinch.

Shoota works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Tandy has a closed guard, preventing Shoota from standing up.
Shoota has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tandy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Shoota preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tandy is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tandy connects with a knee to the head.
Shoota is looking to break free of the clinch but Tandy has double underhooks.
Shoota tries to break the clinch but Tandy is controlling the position.
Tandy gets underhooks to prevent Shoota's takedown attempt.
Tandy gets underhooks to prevent Shoota's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Shoota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shoota wants a takedown but no success here.
Tandy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shoota really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nice elbow from Tandy.
Tandy crunches a lovely knee into Shoota's ribcage.
Tandy lands an elbow that stopped Shoota in his tracks for a moment.
Tandy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Shoota is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Tandy.
Shoota wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tandy has him pressed against the ropes.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shoota drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tandy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Shoota throws a right hand that Tandy ducks under and follows up with a left that Tandy also avoids with ease.
Shoota throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Tandy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tandy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shoota's face.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tandy lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Tandy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tandy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shoota takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy crunches a lovely knee into Shoota's ribcage.
Shoota is trying to break free.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Tandy.
Tandy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shoota.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shoota takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Tandy.
Shoota is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tandy scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Tandy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tandy tries to clinch but Shoota moves out of range.
Shoota misses with a looping left.
Tandy fails with an attempt to clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tandy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A swing and a miss from Shoota.
Tandy tries to clinch but Shoota moves out of range.
Shoota rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tandy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King Shoota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shoota rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tandy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tandy doesn't manage to clinch there - Shoota circles away.
Shoota looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tandy tries to clinch there but Shoota circles away.
A jab from Shoota misses.
Tandy tries to clinch but Shoota moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tandy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tandy tries to clinch up.
Shoota connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tandy tries to clinch up.
Jab by Shoota.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shoota looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tandy tries to clinch but Shoota moves out of range.
Tandy wants to clinch up but Shoota keeps it at a distance.
Shoota throws a nice looking combination but Tandy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tandy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoota tries to break the clinch but Tandy is controlling the position.
Shoota tries to score a body lock takedown but Tandy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Shoota is looking to break free of the clinch but Tandy has double underhooks.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy tries a knee to the head but Shoota blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tandy.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Shoota takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tandy misses with a knee strike.
Tandy lands an elbow inside.
Shoota wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shoota wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tandy has him pressed against the ropes.
Tandy prevents Shoota from breaking the clinch.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy scores a nice knee to the body.
Tandy lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy landing knees to the head.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shoota is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy lands a nice elbow.
Shoota wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tandy has him pressed against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Tandy.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tandy landing knees to the body.
Tandy lands an elbow just above Shoota 's eye.
Nice elbow from Tandy.
Shoota has had enough of the clinch but Tandy keeps him there for the moment.
Shoota is trying to break free.
Tandy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Shoota manages to break the clinch.
Tandy tries to clinch but Shoota is having none of it.
Shoota throws a series of punches but Tandy moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tandy lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Tandy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tandy slips a jab and a cross from Shoota.

Tandy clinches with his opponent.
Shoota wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shoota has had enough of the clinch but Tandy keeps him there for the moment.
Shoota can't get the takedown.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Shoota wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shoota is looking to break free of the clinch but Tandy has double underhooks.
Shoota wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shoota looking for a takedown.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy looking to throw knees to the head but Shoota is blocking nicely.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy misses with a knee strike.
Shoota has had enough of the clinch but Tandy keeps him there for the moment.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shoota wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shoota looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Shoota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shoota takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tandy crunches a lovely knee into Shoota's ribcage.
Tandy landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tandy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shoota's face.
Shoota takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tandy landing knees to the body.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tandy prevents Shoota from breaking the clinch.
Tandy scores a nice knee to the body.
Tandy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Shoota is rocked!
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Shoota is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shoota takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brock Tandy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tandy lands an elbow inside that Shoota shrugs off.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Shoota has Tandy pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Tandy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Shoota seems to have got his legs back now.
Tandy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tandy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tandy scores a nice knee to the body.
Tandy landing knees to the body.
Tandy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shoota takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shoota blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shoota looking for a takedown.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shoota tries to break the clinch but Tandy is controlling the position.
Tandy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shoota's face.
Tandy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Tandy.
Shoota is trying to break free.
Shoota is trying to break free.
Tandy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tandy scores a nice knee to the body.
Tandy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shoota tries for a takedown but Tandy manages to get underhooks.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy lands an elbow just above Shoota 's eye.
Tandy lands an elbow that stopped Shoota in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Shoota escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shoota misses with an uppercut. Tandy saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shoota avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tandy clinches with his opponent.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Shoota takes an elbow to the temple.
Shoota has had enough of the clinch but Tandy keeps him there for the moment.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Tandy really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tandy tries to clinch but Shoota moves out of range.
Shoota throws a series of punches but Tandy avoids them all with ease.

Tandy moves into the clinch successfully.
Tandy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tandy prevents Shoota from breaking the clinch.
Tandy lands an elbow just above Shoota 's eye.
Shoota wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tandy has him pressed against the ropes.
Shoota is trying to break the clinch but Tandy has him pressed against the ropes.
Shoota tries to break the clinch but Tandy is controlling the position.
Shoota can't get the takedown.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy scores a nice knee to the body.
Shoota looking for a takedown.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy keeps control of Shoota as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tandy scores with a knee to the head.
Shoota takes an elbow to the temple.
Shoota wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tandy has him pressed against the ropes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Tandy scores a nice knee to the body.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shoota wants to get back to striking at distance but Tandy won't allow it.
Tandy lands an elbow just above Shoota 's eye.
Shoota takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tandy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shoota is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy with a knee to the head.
Tandy landing knees to the head.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tandy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shoota blocks it with crossed arms.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy connects with a knee to the head.
Shoota is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Shoota wants to get back to striking at distance but Tandy won't allow it.
Shoota wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Shoota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tandy.
Shoota takes an elbow to the temple.
Tandy tries to land a knee to the head but Shoota blocks with his arms.
Tandy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tandy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees to the body from Tandy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tandy lands an elbow inside.
Tandy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shoota has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tandy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shoota has had enough of the clinch but Tandy keeps him there for the moment.
Shoota has had enough of the clinch but Tandy keeps him there for the moment.
Tandy prevents Shoota from breaking the clinch.
Shoota is looking to break free of the clinch but Tandy has double underhooks.
Tandy connects with a knee to the head.
Shoota drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tandy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tandy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shoota's defenses.
Shoota wants to break free but Tandy has control.
Tandy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shoota's face.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shoota tries to score a body lock takedown but Tandy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Knees to the body from Tandy.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tandy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Tandy dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Tandy slips a straight right by Shoota.
Shoota throws a right hand that Tandy ducks under and follows up with a left that Tandy also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tandy fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Shoota.
Tandy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shoota swats away the attempt to clinch by Tandy.
Tandy wants to clinch.
Shoota misses with the combination.
Shoota avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tandy is looking to clinch but Shoota is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tandy tries to clinch up.
Shoota misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Tandy has managed to clinch.
Shoota drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tandy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Tandy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tandy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoota tries to break the clinch but Tandy is controlling the position.
Tandy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tandy lands an elbow inside.
Tandy lands a knee to the head.
Tandy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tandy.
Shoota wants to break free but Tandy has control.
Tandy lands a knee to the body.
Tandy gets underhooks to prevent Shoota's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Shoota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shoota goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tandy prevents it.
Tandy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shoota's face.
Tandy landing knees to the body.
Tandy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tandy crunches a lovely knee into Shoota's ribcage.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy connects with a knee to the head.
Tandy crunches a lovely knee into Shoota's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tandy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shoota lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tandy lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Tandy.
Tandy landing knees to the body.

Shoota breaks the clinch.
Tandy is looking to clinch.
Shoota tries to bum rush Tandy with a series of wild strikes but Tandy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shoota circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tandy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shoota scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tandy in his tracks.
Nice cross by Shoota.
Tandy tries to clinch but Shoota is having none of it.
Tandy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shoota swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shoota looks to land a left hand but Tandy moved out of range nicely.
Shoota swinging wilding here.
Tandy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
King Shoota is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Tandy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tandy prevents Shoota from breaking the clinch.
King Shoota has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brock Tandy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tandy.
Tandy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Tandy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tandy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Tandy!