PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Robert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deair Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Robert
vs
Shaw

183 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

210 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Robert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Deair Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robert looks to throw the jab but Shaw is out of range.

Robert takes the fight into the clinch.
Robert creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shaw's defenses.

It looks like Deair Shaw has been cut.
Robert lands a knee to the body.
Robert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shaw's efforts to push away.
Robert lands a damaging elbow.
Shaw avoids a wild elbow strike from Robert.
Robert lands a nice knee to the body.
Robert looking to throw knees to the head but Shaw is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robert with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robert using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shaw has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Robert pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Robert with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robert landing knees to the body.

Shaw decides to pull guard.
Robert distracts Shaw with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Robert wants to control from the top but Shaw keeps moving.
Robert scoring with some ground and pound.
Robert looking to pass the guard.
Shaw wants to stand and escape but Robert is having none of it.
Shaw looks winded!
Robert loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Robert working some strikes from top position.
Shaw utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Robert scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robert scoring with some ground and pound.
Robert lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shaw wants to stand but Robert is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robert postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Robert working some strikes from top position.
Robert postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Robert landing with the ground and pound.
Robert lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robert is pushing down on Shaw's leg trying to pass to half guard. Shaw is fighting to maintain full guard but Robert has managed to sneak the leg through.
Robert winds up and cracks Shaw with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've been hearing good reports from Robert's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robert looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shaw with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Robert trying to control from half guard but Shaw is working away.
Robert looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shaw with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Robert working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Robert lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Shaw has hold of Robert's hands but Robert slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Shaw has hold of Robert's hands but Robert slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Shaw is rocked!
Robert working Shaw over with strikes.
Shaw is still in real trouble! Can Robert finish him?
Robert lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Shaw quite badly. Shaw pulls Robert in close trying to recover. Robert postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Shaw on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Shaw doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Robert!