PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Shamrock (ranked 294 p4p, 45 weight class) and Robin Yount (ranked 209 p4p, 29 weight class). Bobby Shamrock could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Robin Yount's chin.

Shamrock
vs
Yount

180 cm
36
179 lbs
32 - 12 - 0

195 cm
29
183 lbs
25 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Amped Performance

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 32 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Robin Yount!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yount scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shamrock checks a low kick from Yount.
An attempted straight right counter from Shamrock misses the target.
Yount throws a shot from downtown. Shamrock moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Shamrock misses the target.
Sloppy strikes from Shamrock. Those never looked like landing.
Yount cracks the inside of Shamrock's front leg.
Shamrock lands with a nice body punch.
Yount throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yount throws a poor cross that misses
and Shamrock counters with a nice uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yount!

Shamrock instigates a clinch.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yount.
A short right from Shamrock on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Yount throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Shamrock.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yount.
Shamrock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yount trying to land knees to the body.
Yount throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shamrocks head.
Shamrock lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
Shamrock lands a left hand.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yount's elbow.
Yount blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yount lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Shamrock.
Yount blocking some punches.
Yount throws a punch but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Yount blocks an uppercut.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Yount's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shamrock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Yount is rocked!

It looks like Robin Yount has been cut.
Nice body punch from Shamrock - that landed with a thud.
Yount is still on wobbly legs! Can Shamrock finish him?
Yount tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yount lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've been hearing reports that Shamrock has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Shamrock misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yount misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Shamrock.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shamrock.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Yount.
Yount tries a knee to the head but Shamrock blocks it.
Yount utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shamrock working aggressively here.
Shamrock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yount blocks it with crossed arms.
We've been informed that Yount has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yount.
Yount blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yount crunches a lovely knee into Shamrock's ribcage.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yount avoids it.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shamrock lands with a left to the head.
Yount is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shamrock avoids a wild elbow strike from Yount.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Yount uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock cracks Yount with a nice body shot.
Yount prevents a body shot from Shamrock.
Yount blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yount seems to have recovered his senses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Yount throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yount backwards.
Yount lands an elbow inside that Shamrock shrugs off.

It looks like Bobby Shamrock has been cut.
Yount scores with a knee to the head.
Yount lands a body punch.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yount.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yount just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shamrock's brow.
Shamrock gets through Yount's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shamrock avoiding damage as Yount throws knees to the body.
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body.
Shamrock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yount presses Shamrock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yount pushes off an throws an elbow but Shamrock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Yount uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yount throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
Yount tries to land a knee to the head but Shamrock blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Yount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yount blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yount lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shamrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yount.
Shamrock misses with some punches.
Yount blocking some punches.
Yount lands a good knee to the midsection. Shamrock won't want to take too many of those.
Shamrock blocks the elbow strike.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Yount controls his hands.
Shamrock throws an elbow that misses.
Yount blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yount lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shamrock throws a head punch that misses.
Yount utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shamrock is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yount scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Yount uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Shamrock dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yount scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yount tries to score with a low kick but Shamrock moves his leg out of the way.
Shamrock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yount connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yount thows a leg kick but Shamrock checks it
and Shamrock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yount's jab looks to have found its range, popping Shamrock under the eye.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Yount moves out of range.
Shamrock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yount scores with a body shot.
Yount misses with a jab to the body
and Yount takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick by Yount misses
and Yount takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yount has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Yount.
Shamrock avoids the body shot from Yount.
Yount misses with a right hand
and Shamrock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yount keeps Shamrock at a distance using the push kick.
Robin Yount seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shamrock blocks a leg kick.
Yount connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shamrock drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yount scoring well with a low kick there.
Yount throws a right hand that Shamrock ducks under and follows up with a left that Shamrock also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Shamrock misses the target.
Shamrock takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yount throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shamrock tries to counter by clinching up but Yount breaks away and moves out of range.
Yount swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shamrock counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yount fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shamrock's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yount connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shamrock scrambles back to his feet.
Yount wants to clinch but Shamrock slips to the side
and Shamrock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yount clobbers Shamrock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Shamrock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shamrock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Yount.
It looked like Shamrock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yount looks to throw the jab but Shamrock is out of range.
Yount swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yount scores with a push kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yount. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yount throws a wild body kick that Shamrock sees coming a mile off.
Yount scores with a nice head shot.
A head kick by Yount misses
and Shamrock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yount wants to clinch.
Yount throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock is looking to counter punch.
Yount throws a combination that misses
and Shamrock counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yount looks to land a right hand but Shamrock moved out of range.
Shamrock half committed to a counter leg kick.
Yount turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shamrock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yount.
A low kick from Yount misses
enabling Shamrock to counter with a crisp jab.
Yount misses with a left hand
and Shamrock counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yount lands a high kick!
Yount gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Shamrock counters with a big right hand! Oh Yount is in trouble here! Shamrock follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Shamrock!
Bobby Shamrock thanked the fans post fight for their support.