PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Federico Shelton (ranked 6070 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaas Jan Huntelaar (ranked 25509 p4p, 0 weight class). Klaas Jan Huntelaar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shelton
vs
Jan Huntelaar

218 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
235 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Federico Shelton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Klaas Jan Huntelaar!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shelton drives through with a takedown into Huntelaar's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Huntelaar looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Shelton not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Shelton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Shelton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Shelton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Huntelaar, up you get!
Huntelaar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Huntelaar fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Shelton to the ground. Huntelaar is now in Shelton's guard.

Shelton scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Shelton is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Huntelaar's half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelton slips a nice elbow through Huntelaar's hands, connecting with Huntelaar's forehead.
Shelton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shelton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shelton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Shelton is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Huntelaar doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Shelton.
Huntelaar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shelton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Shelton in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shelton lands strikes from half guard.

Shelton seems to be looking for submissions.
Shelton passes to full mount!
Shelton raining down shots from the mount!
Shelton controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shelton breaks from Huntelaar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Shelton dominating with strikes here.
Huntelaar is looking to improve his position but Shelton isn't that keen on the idea.
Shelton lands a heavy elbow.
Shelton dominating with strikes here.

Shelton looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
BOOM! Shelton connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shelton dominating with strikes here.
Huntelaar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shelton lands a big elbow.
Shelton with a couple of short strikes.
Shelton controlling the pace for now.
Shelton working Huntelaar over with strikes here.

Huntelaar is rocked!
Shelton connects with a bit shot that sees Huntelaar covering up! More strikes from Shelton and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Shelton is our winner by TKO!

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