PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kubwa Shujaa (ranked 5180 p4p, 3000 weight class) and Jack William (ranked 553 p4p, 398 weight class). Jack William is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Shujaa
vs
William

200 cm
20
200
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
215
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kubwa Shujaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack William!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
William throws a big shot that misses.
Shujaa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Shujaa rushes William and presses him up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Shujaa.
William avoids a wild elbow strike from Shujaa.
William looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shujaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shujaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
William doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shujaa misses with an elbow strike.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Shujaa.
William misses with a hook from the clinch.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shujaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jack William has been cut.
Shujaa prevents William from breaking the clinch.
Shujaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shujaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shujaa lands a body punch.
Shujaa scores with a shoulder strike.
William blocks an elbow strike.
William dodges an elbow strike from Shujaa.
Shujaa misses with a punch to the body.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shujaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shujaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williams head.

William breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shujaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by William.

Shujaa rushes William and presses him up against the cage.

William breaks the clinch.
William jabbing away but nothing is landing.
William works Shujaa's body with a nice hook.
Shujaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shujaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shujaa tries to clinch but William is having none of it.
William misses with an uppercut.
Shujaa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
William misses the shot to the body.
A jab from William misses.
William connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
William ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shujaa moves away.
Shujaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as William throws out the jab.
Shujaa throwing a counter right hand but William manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William misses with a looping left.
Shujaa fails with an attempt to clinch.

Shujaa rushes William and presses him up against the cage.
Shujaa blocks a body shot from William.
William tries to work over Shujaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shujaa lands a shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Shujaa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shujaa.
Shujaa lands an elbow inside that William shrugs off.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shujaa.
Shujaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shujaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williams head.
Shujaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of William backwards.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Shujaa.
Shujaa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shujaa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shujaa.
William working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shujaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shujaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shujaa.
William throws a head punch that misses.
Shujaa digs a right hand into William's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on William's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from William.
Shujaa misses with a punch to the body.
William has a couple of punches blocked by Shujaa.
Shujaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
William blocks an elbow strike from Shujaa.
Shujaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through William's defenses.
Shujaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Shujaa.
William lands a right hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shujaa.
Shujaa pushes off an throws an elbow but William leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shujaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shujaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through William's defenses.

That has opened up Jack William's cut even more.
William working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William pushes Shujaa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shujaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shujaa lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Jack William's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A shot in the inside from Shujaa.
Shujaa lands a nice elbow.
Shujaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
William fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shujaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shujaa lands with a left to the head.
William prevents a body shot from Shujaa.
Shujaa lands an elbow that stopped William in his tracks for a moment.
Shujaa lands an elbow that stopped William in his tracks for a moment.

Jack William's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
William can't find room to land a body shot as Shujaa controls the action.
A short body shot lands from William as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
William dodges an elbow strike from Shujaa.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shujaa lands a nice elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kubwa Shujaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack William's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

William takes a swing at Shujaa's ribcage but misses.
Shujaa is looking to counter punch.
A shot to the liver by William. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from William misses.
Shujaa doesn't manage to clinch there - William circles away.
Shujaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like William was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shujaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Shujaa moves into the clinch.
Shujaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shujaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from William fails to land.
William blocks a body shot from Shujaa.
Shujaa prevents a body shot from William.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shujaa's elbow.
Shujaa 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.
William takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shujaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack William's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kubwa Shujaa!
A relieved looking Kubwa Shujaa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.