PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Valentino Silfversvanz (ranked 2759 p4p, 326 weight class) and Roadman Shaq (ranked 2152 p4p, 260 weight class). Shaq has chosen Mans Not Hot as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silfversvanz
vs
Shaq

178 cm
29
160 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

170 cm
27
157 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valentino Silfversvanz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roadman Shaq!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaq tries to land a leg kick but Silfversvanz saw it coming and moves away.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch there but Shaq circles away.
Shaq wants to land a leg kick but Silfversvanz is out of range.
Silfversvanz throws a lazy right hand but Shaq sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Silfversvanz takes the fight into the clinch.
Silfversvanz lands a shoulder strike.
Silfversvanz avoids a wild elbow strike from Shaq.
Silfversvanz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silfversvanz avoids the elbow strike from Shaq, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silfversvanz.
Shaq misses with an elbow over the top.
Silfversvanz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silfversvanz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shaq misses with an elbow over the top.
Silfversvanz blocks an elbow strike from Shaq.

Shaq wants the takedown. Silfversvanz is fighting it off but Shaq persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Silfversvanz's guard against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shaq scoring with some ground and pound.
Shaq with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shaq lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shaq slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaq lands with a punch from half guard.
Shaq drops an elbow to the side of Silfversvanz's head.
Shaq working Silfversvanz over with strikes.
Shaq winds up and cracks Silfversvanz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silfversvanz pushes Shaq off looking to stand but Shaq dives back in and keeps control.
Shaq is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shaq winds up and cracks Silfversvanz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Shaq.
Shaq takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Shaq is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Shaq lands a nice short elbow.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Shaq looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silfversvanz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shaq takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silfversvanz wants to get back to his feet.
Shaq passes to side control.
Silfversvanz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Silfversvanz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Shaq cracks Silfversvanz with a big right hand but Silfversvanz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Shaq creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shaq lands a few punches from side control.
Shaq cracks Silfversvanz with a big elbow.
Shaq scoring with punches and elbows.
Shaq looks up at the clock and then as Silfversvanz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shaq smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Silfversvanz is rocked!
Shaq working the body and head with strikes.
Oh Silfversvanz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shaq connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silfversvanz some visible discomfort.
Silfversvanz seems to have got his legs back now.
Shaq connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silfversvanz some visible discomfort.

Shaq working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silfversvanz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Shaq landing a few strikes.
Shaq cracks Silfversvanz with a big elbow.
Silfversvanz is working to avoid the ground and pound but Shaq connects with a decent elbow.
Shaq controlling the position.
Check out the look on Shaq's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Silfversvanz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silfversvanz tries to get out of the position.
Shaq lands some shots froms side control.

Shaq is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silfversvanz has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silfversvanz throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Shaq lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaq landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Shaq is trying to get an arm triangle but Silfversvanz is defending well.
Shaq scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shaq lands an elbow.
Shaq lands an elbow.
Shaq scores with punches from side control.
Silfversvanz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Shaq is looking to take a break and control but Silfversvanz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shaq works to advance to full mount. Silfversvanz defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shaq looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shaq cracks Silfversvanz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shaq working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Shaq swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shaq throws out a leg kick but Silfversvanz moves out of range and Shaq only half commits.
Shaq connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shaq misses with a low kick as Silfversvanz jumps back.
Shaq throws a nice inside leg kick.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Silfversvanz enables Shaq to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Silfversvanz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Shaq is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Shaq drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shaq jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silfversvanz wants to stand up but Shaq is controlling him.
Shaq content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Shaq content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaq works over Silfversvanz with some ground and pound from guard.
Shaq has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shaq is in close to Silfversvanz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shaq stands up over Silfversvanz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaq content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silfversvanz has momentary wrist control but Shaq slips an elbow through the middle.
Shaq has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shaq is working Silfversvanz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Shaq slips nicely into half guard.
Shaq passes to full mount!
Shaq with shots to the head and body - Silfversvanz looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Shaq.
Shaq is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silfversvanz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shaq looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shaq unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Silfversvanz wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Shaq celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roadman Shaq!
Roadman Shaq seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.