PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Shermann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shermann comes into the arena with Nirvana - Dumb blaring out of the sound system. Harold Shermann has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shermann
vs
Wood

186 cm
26
300 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harold Shermann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Drew Wood!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wood slaps away a takedown attempt from Shermann, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Wood shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Shermann is trying to defend but Wood finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Shermann kicks off Wood and gets to his feet.
Wood slaps away a takedown attempt from Shermann, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Shermann.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shermann working away.
Wood seems a little lost for a moment, as Shermann dominates the positioning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood prevents Shermann from moving into mount.
Wood managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Shermann.
Wood can't do much from the bottom here.
Wood is looking for a sweep.
Shermann scoring with punches and elbows.
Shermann controlling the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Shermann'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.
Wood is trying to control Shermann's posture but Shermann avoids it.
Shermann controlling the position from side mount.
Wood regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shermann looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wood with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shermann blocks the strikes from Wood.
Shermann slows the pace down in half guard.

Wood manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Wood drives through with a takedown into guard.

Shermann uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Shermann takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shermann is breathing heavily.

Wood gets the takedown into side control.

Shermann bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Wood shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Shermann napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood is looking to take a break and control but Shermann is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shermann avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Wood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shermann is not content to let Wood control the position.
Shermann struggling a bit here.
Shermann manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Shermann trying to control but Wood postures up.
Wood is looking to take a break and control but Shermann is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Shermann dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wood closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Shermann did well to prevent Wood getting side control.

Shermann manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Wood keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.

Shermann is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Wood can't fight it off and eventually Shermann manages to take the fight to the floor. Wood looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Shermann working some strikes from top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shermann looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Shermann got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wood has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Shermann has managed to get both his arms back between Wood's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wood is trying to control the position but Shermann postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shermann slips nicely into half guard.
Wood trying to control here.
Wood gets full guard.
Shermann distracts Wood with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wood is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Shermann is controlling him.
Shermann is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Shermann is in close to Wood's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shermann slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Wood controls Shermann momentarily but Shermann frees himself.
Wood tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wood is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Shermann's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Harold Shermann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood misses with a kick to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wood.

It looks like Harold Shermann has been cut.

Shermann throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Wood tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Shermann is in Wood's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shermann is working Wood over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Shermann postures up and lands a big shot to Wood's brow.
Shermann controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Shermann could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Shermann passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wood gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Shermann is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wood can do to turn this around?
Shermann is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shermann postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shermann is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Shermann's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Shermann postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Shermann dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harold Shermann's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Shermann swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shermann paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood is looking to clinch.
Wood throws a head kick but Shermann moves out of range.
Wood stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wood wants it to stay on the feet.

Wood closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Shermann makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Shermann is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Wood's half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shermann takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wood trying to control but Shermann postures up.
Well, if Shermann is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Wood pushes Shermann off and gets back to his feet.
Wood moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Drew Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick by Shermann misses
and Wood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shermann.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wood shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Shermann is trying to defend but Wood finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
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!
Wood is trying to control the action in half guard but Shermann is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shermann trying to control from the bottom.
Wood wants to control but Shermann is keeping him busy.
Shermann taking some punishment here, with Wood in his half guard.

Wood is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Shermann defends it well.
Shermann controlling the position for now.
Harold Shermann is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shermann is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Shermann keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Wood trying to control from half guard but Shermann is working away.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shermann is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wood displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Shermann.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harold Shermann. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Wood shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wood showed some decent athleticism there.
Wood trying to pass the guard but Shermann defending well.
Wood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Shermann is doing well to control the position and prevent Wood from advancing to side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Wood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shermann has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harold Shermann!