PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brett Shoenfeld (ranked 1294 p4p, 6137 weight class) and Sega Israel (ranked 143 p4p, 467 weight class). Sega Israel will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Shoenfeld
vs
Israel

166 cm
30
150
16 - 13 - 0

180 cm
29
150
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Bondi MMA
Voodoo Nutrition

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brett Shoenfeld!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sega Israel!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shoenfeld misses with a two punch combination.
Israel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Israel slips a jab and a cross from Shoenfeld.

Israel moves into the clinch.
Israel is pressed up against the cage. Shoenfeld has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Israel down to the mat. Israel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shoenfeld misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shoenfeld misses with a looping left.
Shoenfeld throws a body shot but no joy.

Shoenfeld closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shoenfeld in side control, throwing shots but Israel defends.
Israel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shoenfeld. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shoenfeld taking a breather here.
Shoenfeld has knee on belly and moves into mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shoenfeld throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Israel because Shoenfeld loaded up on that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoenfeld looking to finish with strikes here!
Shoenfeld thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Shoenfeld thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shoenfeld throwing strikes here but Israel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Shoenfeld misses with a head shot.
Israel avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Israel blocking the ground and pound.
Shoenfeld sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Israel avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shoenfeld sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Israel blocking the ground and pound.
Shoenfeld has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shoenfeld unloads with some shots from mount but Israel bucks and avoids them well.
Shoenfeld looking to ground and pound but Israel is blocking nicely.
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!
Shoenfeld sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Shoenfeld looking to finish with strikes here!
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Shoenfeld there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Israel blocking the ground and pound.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Israel wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Israel wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld looking to ground and pound but Israel is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shoenfeld misses with a head shot.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Shoenfeld throws some wild stikes that Israel manages to avoid easily.
Israel is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Israel blocking the ground and pound.
Shoenfeld punching from mount but Israel doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Shoenfeld misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Shoenfeld misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Shoenfeld there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Israel is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
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!
Shoenfeld looking to ground and pound but Israel is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Shoenfeld there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shoenfeld thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shoenfeld looking to finish with strikes here!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Shoenfeld dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shoenfeld changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Israel looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shoenfeld throws an elbow but Israel slips to the side and avoids it well.
Israel parries the strikes from Shoenfeld easily there. Shoenfeld is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Israel to escape.
Shoenfeld working the ground and pound but Israel is defending the strikes.
Shoenfeld looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Israel is avoiding damage well.
Israel gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Shoenfeld thowing shots but they're missing.
Israel is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Israel avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Shoenfeld unloads with some shots from mount but Israel bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Shoenfeld there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Israel wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld punching from mount but Israel doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Israel blocking the ground and pound.
Shoenfeld throwing strikes here but Israel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Shoenfeld throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Israel because Shoenfeld loaded up on that one.
Shoenfeld throwing strikes here but Israel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Israel can do anything to dispel that myth.
Shoenfeld punching from mount but Israel doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Shoenfeld is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Israel can do to turn this around?
Shoenfeld misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Israel wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld unloads with some shots from mount but Israel bucks and avoids them well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Israel wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld throwing strikes here but Israel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shoenfeld thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Israel blocking the ground and pound.
Shoenfeld thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shoenfeld thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Shoenfeld unloads with some shots from mount but Israel bucks and avoids them well.
Israel wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Israel because Shoenfeld loaded up on that one.
Shoenfeld punching from mount but Israel doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Shoenfeld thowing shots but they're missing.
Shoenfeld thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shoenfeld looking to ground and pound but Israel is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Shoenfeld thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Shoenfeld throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shoenfeld throws some wild stikes that Israel manages to avoid easily.
Shoenfeld unloads with some shots from mount but Israel bucks and avoids them well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shoenfeld punching from mount but Israel doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Shoenfeld throws some wild stikes that Israel manages to avoid easily.
Shoenfeld thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Shoenfeld punching from mount but Israel doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Shoenfeld dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Israel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shoenfeld paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shoenfeld loads up on a big right hand but Israel slips the punch.
Shoenfeld thuds a left hand into Israel's body.
A big right from Shoenfeld misses.
Shoenfeld avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shoenfeld looks to land a left hand but Israel moved out of range nicely.
Shoenfeld rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Israel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brett Shoenfeld is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Israel rushes Shoenfeld and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Israel prevents the takedown attempt.
Israel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shoenfeld is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Israel pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shoenfeld is trying to pull guard but Israel turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brett Shoenfeld. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Israel.
Israel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shoenfeld tries for a takedown but Israel manages to get underhooks.
Shoenfeld is looking to take this one to the mat.
Shoenfeld tries to pull guard but Israel holds him up against the cage and eventually Shoenfeld drops back down to his feet.
Israel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoenfeld jumps guard but Israel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Israel misses with an elbow over the top.
Shoenfeld drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Israel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Israel.
Israel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shoenfeld tries to pull guard but Israel forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Shoenfeld blocks the elbow strike.

Shoenfeld ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Shoenfeld no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Shoenfeld trying to control the position.
Shoenfeld lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Shoenfeld slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Shoenfeld sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Israel is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Israel defending against the ground and pound.
Shoenfeld advances nicely into full mount.
Shoenfeld unloads with some shots from mount but Israel bucks and avoids them well.
Israel avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shoenfeld thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shoenfeld throws some wild stikes that Israel manages to avoid easily.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shoenfeld throwing strikes here but Israel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld thowing shots but they're missing.
Israel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Israel tries to buck Shoenfeld off but he can't manage it.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shoenfeld thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Shoenfeld misses with a head shot.
Sega Israel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shoenfeld throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Israel because Shoenfeld loaded up on that one.
Shoenfeld thowing shots but they're missing.
Shoenfeld throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shoenfeld throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Israel because Shoenfeld loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld thowing shots but they're missing.
Shoenfeld throws some wild stikes that Israel manages to avoid easily.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Israel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shoenfeld tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Shoenfeld looking to ground and pound but Israel is blocking nicely.
Israel avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shoenfeld throws some wild stikes that Israel manages to avoid easily.
Israel avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shoenfeld.
Brett Shoenfeld is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shoenfeld unloads with some shots from mount but Israel bucks and avoids them well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brett Shoenfeld showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shoenfeld, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brett Shoenfeld!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Brett Shoenfeld made sure he mentioned Pound Town INC, along with how happy he was to win his fight.