PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bunt Jernit (ranked 302 p4p, 194 weight class) and Nick Shamrock (ranked 38 p4p, 27 weight class). Jernit comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - Awolnation. Shamrock is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by One Winged Angel by The Black Mages. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Nick Shamrock enters the cage!

Jernit
vs
Shamrock

177 cm
38
146
46 - 16 - 0

170 cm
40
148
46 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 46 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bunt Jernit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Jernit slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Jernit has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jernit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shamrock.
Jernit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Jernit throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shamrock counters with a straight right hand.
Jernit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shamrock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jernit to score with a decent uppercut.
Jernit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jernit throws a body shot but no joy.
Shamrock getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bunt Jernit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shamrock swinging wildly here.
Jab from Jernit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jernit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jernit.
A head kick from Shamrock lands but Jernit takes it in his stride.
Jernit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jernit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Jernit jabs Shamrock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shamrock moves out of range of the strikes.
Jernit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. Jernit moves away and avoids it.
Jernit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Jernit instigates a clinch.
Jernit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jernit throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock blocking some punches.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shamrock.
Jernit throws a knee to the head but misses.

Shamrock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shamrock throws a head kick that misses

and Jernit moves into the clinch.
Jernit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shamrock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jernit.
Jernit blocks an uppercut.
Jernit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jernit tries to land knees in the clinch but Shamrock avoids the damage to the body.
Jernit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shamrock blocks it with crossed arms.
Jernit lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Shamrock.
Jernit lands a hook that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Shamrock.
A nice left hand lands by Shamrock.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jernit throws an elbow but misses.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock lands with a short shot to the head.

Shamrock breaks from the clinch.
Jernit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shamrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jernit moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromShamrock.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Shamrock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jernit.
Jernit checks a low kick from Shamrock.
Jernit is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Shamrock.
Jernit scoring well with a low kick there.
Shamrock checks a leg kick.
Shamrock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jernit misses the shot to the body.
Shamrock jabs at Jernit's body.
Shamrock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
Shamrock tries to land a leg kick but Jernit saw it coming and moves away.
Shamrock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jernit to score with a decent uppercut.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jernit throws out the jab.
Shamrock slips a straight right by Jernit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock connects with a right hand. Jernit shakes it off.
Jernit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Jernit tries to counter by clinching up but Shamrock breaks away and moves out of range.
Jernit connects with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jernit thumps Shamrock with a low kick.
Jernit throws a hook to the side of Shamrock's head but Shamrock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shamrock scores with a hook.
Shamrock slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Jernit is rocked!
Jernit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shamrock.
Oh Jernit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jernit tries to clinch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Jernit scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shamrock in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Shamrock gets tackled into the cage by Jernit. Jernit maintains the clinch.
Jernit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jernit seems to have got his legs back now.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Jernit.
A nice left hand lands by Jernit.
Jernit misses with a body punch.
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 Bunt Jernit will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shamrock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jernit darts in trying to clinch
and Shamrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shamrock swings for the body but Jernit moves out of range.
Jernit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jernit misses with a body shot.
Jernit moves out of range as Shamrock strikes.

Jernit closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shamrock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jernit has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jernit scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jernit scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shamrock has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jernit seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shamrock can turn it around.
Shamrock lands an uppercut.
Shamrock dodges an elbow strike from Jernit.
Jernit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jernit tries to land knees in the clinch but Shamrock avoids the damage to the body.
Shamrock is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jernit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jernit is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right from Jernit on the inside.
Shamrock lands with a light punch inside.
Shamrock blocks an elbow strike.
Jernit blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Jernit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jernit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
Jernit tries to throw a body punch but Shamrock avoids it by throwing Jernit back against the cage.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Shamrock blocks a body shot from Jernit.
Jernit misses with a body punch.
Jernit misses with a knee strike.
Jernit lands with a light punch inside.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Jernit's head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jernit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Jernit.
Shamrock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shamrock prevents a body shot from Jernit.
Jernit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jernit lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jernit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Jernit.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Jernit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock lands a right hand.
Jernit misses with an elbow over the top.
Shamrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Jernit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jernit scores with a sloppy right hand. Shamrock should have avoided that one.
Nice jab there from Jernit.
Jernit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shamrock.
Jernit lands a nice shot that snaps Shamrock's head back.
Bunt Jernit is winning the standup battle so far.
Jernit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jernit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shamrock can do to turn this around?
Good exchange - Shamrock coming out on top.
Jernit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jernit paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jernit tried to score with a low kick but Shamrock checks it.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the body
and Jernit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jernit lands a nice looking body shot.
Jernit moves in looking to clinch but Shamrock pushes him off.
A big left from Jernit misses.
Jernit slips under a jab.
Jernit is looking to counter the offense by Shamrock and move into the clinch.
Shamrock lands a leg kick that knocks Jernit off balance momentarily.
Shamrock missing with a left hand there. Jernit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick from Shamrock misses.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Jernit moves out of range of the strikes.

Jernit pushes Shamrock up against the cage in a clinch.
Shamrock working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jernit lands with a short shot to the head.
Shamrock lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Jernit.
Shamrock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shamrock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jernit is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Shamrock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shamrock blocks a head kick by Jernit.
Jernit checks a low kick from Shamrock.
Jernit closes the distance but Shamrock moves to the side
and Shamrock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jernit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shamrock checks it well.
Shamrock circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jernit can pounce on him.
Jernit connects with a right hand. Shamrock shakes it off.
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Jernit lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunt Jernit dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jernit throws a nice head kick!
Shamrock lands with a right that hurts Jernit. Jernit looks to clinch but Shamrock throws a short knee that drops Jernit. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Nick Shamrock!
A very excited looking Nick Shamrock rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.