PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnie Shavers (ranked 2929 p4p, 4644 weight class) and Bloodsport Unknown (ranked 307 p4p, 433 weight class). Earnie Shavers had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Shavers
vs
Unknown

190 cm
26
235
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
255
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Earnie Shavers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bloodsport Unknown!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Unknown has managed to clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Unknown has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Stalling in the clinch from Unknown.
Unknown tries to land a knee to the head but Shavers blocks with his arms.
I was talking to Shavers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Shavers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Unknown prevents a body shot from Shavers.
Unknown blocks an uppercut.
Shavers misses with the head strike.
Shavers blocks an elbow strike from Unknown.
Unknown lands an elbow inside.
Unknown working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Unknown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unknown blocks a body shot from Shavers.
Unknown slowing the pace effectively.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shavers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Unknown's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unknown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shavers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shavers takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Unknown.
A frustrated look appears on Shavers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shavers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Unknown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shavers misses with an elbow strike.
Unknown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shavers avoiding damage as Unknown throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Unknown to work.
Shavers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shavers misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unknown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Unknown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shavers tries to throw a body punch but Unknown avoids it by throwing Shavers back against the cage.
Shavers misses with a punch to the body.
Shavers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Bloodsport Unknown has been cut.
Shavers misses with some punches.
Unknown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Unknown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shavers avoids it.
Shavers tries to throw a body punch but Unknown avoids it by throwing Shavers back against the cage.
Unknown struggles to land a body shot inside as Shavers controls his hands.
Unknown avoids a wild elbow strike from Shavers.
Shavers misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shavers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Unknown's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shavers working aggressively here.
A bit of stalling here from Unknown.
Shavers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Unknown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Unknown looking to throw knees to the head but Shavers is blocking nicely.
Unknown dodges an elbow strike from Shavers.
Unknown has a couple of punches blocked by Shavers.
Shavers missing with knees to the body.
Unknown throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Unknown.
Unknown prevents a body shot from Shavers.
Unknown misses with a knee to the head.
Unknown leaning against his opponent.
Shavers working aggressively here.
Shavers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unknown slows down the pace here.
Unknown taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The referee calls for Unknown to work.
Shavers trying to land knees to the body.
Unknown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shavers takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Earnie Shavers has been cut.
Unknown with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Unknown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Unknown throws a head punch that misses.
Unknown blocks an elbow strike.
Unknown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Shavers is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bloodsport Unknown 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.

Shavers keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shavers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Unknown moves to clinch but Shavers breaks away
and Shavers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Unknown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Unknown wants to counter with a clinch but Shavers pushes him away.

Unknown moves into the clinch successfully.
Shavers misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shavers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Unknown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Unknown is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unknown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Unknown working Shavers over with knees to the body.
Unknown throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unknown throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Unknown.
Unknown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Unknown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Unknown throws an elbow that misses.
Unknown slows down the pace here.
Shavers misses with the head strike.
Unknown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shavers blocks it with crossed arms.
Unknown avoiding damage.
Unknown missing with knees to the body.
Shavers can't find room to land a body shot as Unknown controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shavers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Unknown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Unknown tries to land a knee to the head but Shavers blocks with his arms.
Unknown looking to throw knees to the head but Shavers is blocking nicely.
Unknown just leaning against Shavers, taking a breather.
Shavers avoids the elbow strike from Unknown, against the cage.

Unknown drops Shavers with a big knee straight up the middle! Shavers is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shavers slaps away a takedown attempt from Unknown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Shavers takes a swing at Unknown's ribcage but misses.
Shavers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Unknown takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Unknown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Unknown tries to land a knee to the head but Shavers blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unknown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Unknown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Unknown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shavers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Unknown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Unknown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Unknown managing to block the knees to the body from Shavers.
Shavers blocks an uppercut.
Shavers blocks an elbow strike from Unknown.
Unknown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shavers throws an elbow but misses.
Shavers misses with an elbow strike.
Unknown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shavers up against the cage.
Shavers misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavers misses with a punch to the body.
Shavers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Unknown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shavers takes an elbow to the temple.
Shavers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shavers misses with the head strike.
Unknown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Unknown landing knees to the head.
Unknown tries to land a knee to the head but Shavers blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shavers avoids the elbow strike from Unknown, against the cage.
Unknown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Shavers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Unknown's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bloodsport Unknown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Shavers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Unknown.
Shavers wants to clinch up but Unknown keeps it at a distance.
Unknown wants to counter with a clinch but Shavers pushes him away.
Unknown is looking to clinch but Shavers is avoiding it.
Unknown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Unknown is looking to clinch but Shavers is avoiding it.
Shavers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shavers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shavers lands a jab to Unknown's midsection.
Shavers misses with a body shot.
Unknown keeps the fight on the outside.

Unknown moves into range and clinches up with Shavers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shavers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Unknown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Unknown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shavers can't find room to land a body shot as Unknown controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unknown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Unknown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shavers blocks it with crossed arms.
Unknown landing knees to the head.
Unknown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shavers is defending well for now.
Unknown stalling in the clinch.
Shavers has a couple of punches blocked by Unknown.
Unknown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Unknown blocks a body shot from Shavers.
Shavers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees to the body from Unknown.
The referee calls for Unknown to work.
Unknown avoiding damage.
Bloodsport Unknown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unknown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Unknown slows down the pace here.
Unknown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shavers blocks it with crossed arms.
Unknown tries a knee to the head but Shavers blocks it.
Unknown is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Unknown throws an elbow but misses.
Unknown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shavers's face.
Shavers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shavers misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unknown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Unknown scores with a knee to the head.
Shavers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Bloodsport Unknown's cut even more.
Shavers working hard to break the clinch.
Unknown working Shavers over with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Unknown to work.
Shavers misses with a body punch.
Unknown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Unknown drops Shavers with a big knee straight up the middle! Shavers is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Oh Shavers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Unknown moves into the clinch successfully.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Unknown.
Unknown looking to throw knees to the head but Shavers is blocking nicely.
Unknown stalling.
Unknown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shavers's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shavers is trapped in a tight thai clinch here. Unknown pulls him left and then right before unleashing a vicious knee to the head. Oh damn - Shavers is out cold! That's some serious business! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Bloodsport Unknown!