PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shepherd Bushiri (ranked 149 p4p, 19 weight class) and Fredrik Stenberg (ranked 16 p4p, 6 weight class). Shepherd Bushiri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bushiri
vs
Stenberg

172 cm
28
135 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

177 cm
32
164 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shepherd Bushiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fredrik Stenberg!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stenberg dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stenberg throws a right hand that Bushiri ducks under and follows up with a left that Bushiri also avoids with ease.
Stenberg tried to score with a low kick but Bushiri checks it.
As Stenberg backs away, Bushiri returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bushiri misses with a hook
and Stenberg counters with a nice uppercut.
Bushiri throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Bushiri finds it's way through Stenberg's defenses.
Stenberg throws a right hand that misses
and Bushiri counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stenberg misses with a hook. Bushiri ducked under it nicely.
Bushiri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bushiri fakes the leg kick and cracks Stenberg in the body.
Stenberg blocks a leg kick.
Stenberg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bushiri paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stenberg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bushiri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stenberg's sensitive parts.
Stenberg avoids the body shot from Bushiri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenberg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stenberg listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bushiri throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stenberg throws out a powerful jab.
Bushiri lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bushiri scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stenberg doesn't seem bothered though.
A good leg kick by Bushiri.
Bushiri looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stenberg with a hook.
Stenberg looks for a takedown but Bushiri sprawls well.
Stenberg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bushiri is looking to wear down Stenberg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stenberg takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bushiri fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stenberg is out of range.
Shepherd Bushiri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bushiri tries to land a front kick but Stenberg steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stenberg throws a leg kick which misses Bushiri's front leg but catches the back leg as Bushiri tries to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Stenberg 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stenberg looks for a takedown but Bushiri sprawls well.
Stenberg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bushiri tries to counter by clinching up but Stenberg breaks away and moves out of range.
Bushiri is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Stenberg on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bushiri. Bushiri obviously looking to wear him down.
Bushiri scores with a body shot.
Stenberg moves out of range as Bushiri throws a body kick.
Stenberg scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stenberg throws a hook but Bushiri avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bushiri throws a low kick but Stenberg avoids it.
Stenberg misses with a double jab.
Bushiri is looking to land body kicks.
Stenberg cracks Bushiri with a good jab.
Stenberg moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shepherd Bushiri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bushiri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stenberg.
Bushiri throwing a counter right hand but Stenberg manages to avoid it.
Bushiri looks to land a body kick but Stenberg moved away.
The crowd cheers as Stenberg lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bushiri doesn't seem phased though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bushiri, right into the meat.
Stenberg lands the left hand.
Stenberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bushiri moves away.
Jab by Stenberg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab by Bushiri.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bushiri connects with a solid leg kick.
Stenberg is looking to clinch but Bushiri is avoiding it.
Bushiri tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stenberg is able to avoid easily.
Bushiri shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A cross from Bushiri lands.
Bushiri blocks a jab.
Bushiri tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Stenberg manages to circle out of the way.
Bushiri throws a leg kick
and Stenberg counters with a nice body shot.
Stenberg just misses with a punch to the body.
Stenberg connects with a leg kick. Bushiri looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bushiri slips under a jab.
Bushiri misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stenberg! But no joy.
Bushiri takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stenberg is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bushiri had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bushiri changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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 Shepherd Bushiri will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bushiri slips under a jab from Stenberg.
Bushiri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bushiri misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Stenberg to counter with a crisp jab.
Stenberg checks the leg kick.
Stenberg moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stenberg goes for a double leg but Bushiri avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bushiri continues to drive forward.
Stenberg's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stenberg tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stenberg throws out a leg kick but Bushiri moves out of range and Stenberg only half commits.
Bushiri is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Shepherd Bushiri is winning the standup battle so far.
Bushiri takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bushiri wants to slow Stenberg down by chopping away at his legs.
Bushiri throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Stenberg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Stenberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stenberg lands a hook that snaps the head of Bushiri backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bushiri is working Stenberg over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bushiri lands a right hand.
Bushiri misses with a punch to the body.
Stenberg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stenberg working aggressively here.
Stenberg misses with some punches.
Bushiri throws a head punch that misses.
Stenberg misses with a punch on the inside.
Stenberg working aggressively here.
Stenberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Bushiri controls his hands.
Stenberg blocks a body shot from Bushiri.
Bushiri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bushiri lands a nice shot to the body.
Stenberg has a couple of punches blocked by Bushiri.
Stenberg lands a shot to the body.
Stenberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bushiri misses with a body punch.
Stenberg throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Stenberg.
Bushiri lands a shot to the body.

Stenberg gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stenberg is looking to work some ground and pound but Bushiri has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bushiri wants to stand and escape but Stenberg is having none of it.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Stenberg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stenberg is looking to work some ground and pound but Bushiri has wrist control.
Stenberg prevents Bushiri from getting back to his feet.
Bushiri trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Stenberg postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bushiri avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stenberg landing with the ground and pound.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bushiri pushes Stenberg off and gets back to his feet.

Stenberg shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Stenberg was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bushiri gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Stenberg to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Stenberg is looking to work some ground and pound but Bushiri has wrist control.
Stenberg lands a couple of elbows.
Fredrik Stenberg has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bushiri wants to get back to his feet but Stenberg is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stenberg landing some decent shots from guard.
Bushiri is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Stenberg cracks Bushiri with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bushiri wants to stand up but Stenberg is controlling him.
Stenberg landing some decent shots from guard.

Bushiri is rocked!
Stenberg works over Bushiri with some ground and pound from guard.
Oh Bushiri is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bushiri controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stenberg connects with a couple of short punches.
Stenberg loads up on a big left hand. Bushiri felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Stenberg looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Bushiri can't hide his disappointment, as Stenberg celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fredrik Stenberg!
A relieved looking Fredrik Stenberg thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.