PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shannon Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baraka Obamacare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Icky Thump. Obamacare has chosen Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Collins
vs
Obamacare

185 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
176 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shannon Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Baraka Obamacare!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obamacare throws a combination that misses
and Collins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Collins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Obamacare, pushing him back against the cage.
Obamacare throws a head punch that misses.

Obamacare breaks the clinch.
Collins definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Collins looking to score a takedown here. Obamacare is defending well but Collins drives through and ends up in Obamacare's guard.
Collins throwing strikes but missing.
Collins is working Obamacare over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Collins won't allow Obamacare to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Obamacare is on top in guard.

Collins can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Obamacare controls the pace.
Obamacare preventing the sweep.
Obamacare is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Collins controls Obamacare momentarily but Obamacare frees himself.
Obamacare has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Collins is proving hard to escape from.
Obamacare looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obamacare is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Collins controls Obamacare momentarily but Obamacare frees himself.
Obamacare seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Collins has his hands on Obamacare's head, controlling the position.
Obamacare wants to get up but he can't break Collins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Obamacare controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Obamacare wants to stand but Collins is controlling his posture from full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Obamacare doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Obamacare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collins.

Oooooh!!! Obamacare has knocked Collins down with a huge combo! Obamacare steps away and waves a wobbly Collins back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Shannon Collins has been cut.
Collins swings for the body but Obamacare moves out of range.
Collins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obamacare.
A left lands for Obamacare.
Obamacare swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Collins counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Obamacare tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Obamacare trying to keep a closed guard but Collins is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Obamacare is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Obamacare is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Obamacare looking to control but Collins passes into half guard.
Obamacare is refusing to be controlled, as Collins sits in half guard.
Collins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Collins prevents Obamacare from standing back up.
Obamacare trying to control but Collins postures up.
Ground and pound from Collins.
Obamacare has hold of Collins's hands but Collins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Collins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Obamacare keeps working.
Collins performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Obamacare wants to control but Collins is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins wants to take a breather but Obamacare is having none of it.
Obamacare is trying to control but can't.
Obamacare is looking for a sweep. Collins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Obamacare taking some punishment here, with Collins in his half guard.
Obamacare slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Collins works over Obamacare with some ground and pound from guard.
Collins with a nice head shot there.
Obamacare throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Collins stops Obamacare from standing up.
Obamacare tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Obamacare trying to control the position.
Collins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Obamacare is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Collins is controlling him.
Obamacare is trying to control the position from the bottom.
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 Shannon Collins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shannon Collins's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Collins clinches.
A short right from Collins.
Collins lands with a light punch inside.

Obamacare escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Obamacare throws a nice looking combination but Collins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Collins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Collins swings for the body but Obamacare moves out of range.
Obamacare displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Collins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Obamacare.
Obamacare walks into a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
No joy there for Obamacare, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Obamacare throws a right hand that Collins ducks under and follows up with a left that Collins also avoids with ease.
Collins is looking for a counter combo.
Obamacare throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Collins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Collins.
Obamacare is pressed up against the cage. Collins has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Obamacare down to the mat. Obamacare avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Obamacare misses the shot to the body.
Baraka Obamacare seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Collins swings for the body but Obamacare moves out of range.
Obamacare misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins scores with a decent looking hook.
Collins staying out of range there.
Obamacare throws a jab but it's blocked by Collins.
Collins is looking to clinch.
Obamacare lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Collins lands a lovely overhand right.
Obamacare misses with a double jab
and Collins counters with a right hand to the body.
Baraka Obamacare is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Collins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Collins shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Collins showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obamacare is positioning himself well to prevent Collins advancing to mount.
Obamacare is trying to stand up here but Collins is controlling him well.
Shannon Collins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Obamacare is looking to improve his position.
Collins working over Obamacare with some ground and pound. Obamacare looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins stops Obamacare from getting back to his feet.
Obamacare has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Collins is working away from the top position though.
Obamacare is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Collins scores with a couple of nice shots.
Obamacare trying to control here.
Collins performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Obamacare tries to kick Collins off but Collins keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Collins looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Obamacare gets back to full guard.
Collins lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obamacare not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Collins won't allow Obamacare to get back to his feet.
Collins lands a couple of elbows.
Obamacare wants to get back to his feet but Collins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Collins landing with the ground and pound.
Collins scoring with some ground and pound.
Obamacare keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
Obamacare is pulling down on Collins's head to control his posture.
Collins won't allow Obamacare to sweep him here.
Obamacare is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Collins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Obamacare's head.
Obamacare has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Collins lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obamacare working a defensive guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Collins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Collins scoring with some ground and pound.
Obamacare looking to control.
Obamacare is pulling down on Collins's head to control his posture.
Collins scoring with punches to the head and body.
Collins with a nice head shot there.
Obamacare tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Obamacare tries to strike from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Obamacare can do anything to dispel that myth.
Obamacare bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Collins's guard.

Obamacare is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Obamacare is continuing to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shannon Collins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shannon Collins's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Collins closes the distance and pushes Obamacare back into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Collins as the two fighters clinch.

Collins has picked Obamacare up - he's going for a ride! Collins dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Obamacare is trying to maintain the position but Collins is very close to passing his half guard.
Obamacare tries to roll over but Collins keeps him under control.
Collins wants to take a breather but Obamacare is having none of it.
Obamacare tries to kick Collins off but Collins keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Collins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Collins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Obamacare has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Collins is working away from the top position though.
Collins wants to control but Obamacare is keeping him busy.
Obamacare wants to control but Collins is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins winds up and cracks Obamacare with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Collins lands with a punch from half guard.
Collins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Obamacare with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Obamacare wants to get back to his feet.
Obamacare wants to control but Collins is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Collins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Collins controlling the pace.
Collins lands strikes from half guard.
Obamacare trying to hold on to Collins's head to control him but Collins postures up.
Obamacare gets back to full guard.
Collins is working Obamacare over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Collins throwing strikes but missing.
Obamacare managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Collins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Obamacare is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Obamacare can do to turn this around?
Obamacare is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Obamacare keeping full guard, as Collins tries to pass.
Obamacare wants to stand and escape but Collins is having none of it.
Collins is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Collins stands up over Obamacare, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Collins is in close to Obamacare's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Collins preventing the sweep.
Obamacare is still trying to improve position.
Obamacare pulls Collins in close to his closed guard and prevents Collins from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins is working Obamacare over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Obamacare trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Collins is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Obamacare trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Collins stays in close to Obamacare's body and controls the position.
Baraka Obamacare has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shannon Collins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Collins pushing down on Obamacare's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Collins looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Obamacare is looking for a sweep. Collins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Obamacare pushes Collins off looking to stand but Collins dives back in and keeps control.

Obamacare looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Obamacare has his hands clasped together around Collins's back. He's all about the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Collins is looking to take a break and control but Obamacare is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Collins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Obamacare.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shannon Collins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Collins, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shannon Collins!
Shannon Collins managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hellraiser FightGear, into his post fight interview.