PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Michaels (ranked 2236 p4p, 1783 weight class) and Dan Averescu (ranked 319 p4p, 275 weight class). Dan Averescu is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Michaels
vs
Averescu

182 cm
26
175
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
170
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shawn Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Averescu!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels throws the left hand but Averescu avoids the punch easily.
Averescu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Dan Averescu has been cut.
A jab from Michaels misses.
A little jabbing left from Averescu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Averescu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Averescu moves away from the strike by Michaels.
Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Averescu.
Michaels drops his hands momentarily and Averescu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice shot by Michaels.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Averescu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Michaels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Averescu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Oooooh!!! Michaels has knocked Averescu down with a huge combo! Michaels steps away and waves a wobbly Averescu back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Averescu is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Averescu throws an off balance right hand
and Michaels counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Averescu out cold! What a finish! Michaels is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shawn Michaels!
After winning the bout, Shawn Michaels thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.