PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Shaw (ranked 6482 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cassius Pereira (ranked 6286 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Shaw has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shaw
vs
Pereira

180 cm
22
194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Greg Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cassius Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pereira clinches up with Shaw and pushes him back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Pereira.
Pereira lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pereira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pereira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
Pereira throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pereira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shaws head.
A head punch on the inside from Shaw fails to land.
Pereira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shaw up against the cage.
Pereira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
Pereira lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
A short right from Pereira.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
I was talking to Shaw's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Pereira.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
A short right from Pereira.
Pereira lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pereira.
Pereira lands with a short shot to the head.
Pereira lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
A short right from Pereira on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pereira lands with a light punch inside.
Pereira lands an uppercut.
Pereira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
Pereira lands a shoulder strike.
Pereira lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shaw or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pereira.
Pereira scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Pereira.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shaw.
Pereira stalls.
Pereira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pereira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pereira dodges an elbow strike from Shaw.
A hook to the body from Pereira.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pereira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pereira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Pereira.
Pereira working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Shaw is rocked!
Pereira is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pereira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Shaw is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pereira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pereira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pereira lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
Pereira creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Shaw's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Shaw drops to his knees and Pereira pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cassius Pereira!