PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Cummings (ranked 4669 p4p, 3016 weight class) and Brad Shaw (ranked 468 p4p, 357 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cummings
vs
Shaw

194 cm
25
245
1 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
235
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Cummings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cummings takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jab by Shaw.

It looks like Henry Cummings has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from Shaw.

Cummings closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Shaw works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cummings is stalling in the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Shaw is on top in guard.

Cummings looking for a sweep. Not yet Cummings, not yet.
Cummings definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cummings is working hard here to advance position.
Shaw controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Shaw with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cummings is keeping the position for now.
Shaw trying to control the position from guard on top but Cummings is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shaw postures up in Cummings's guard and throws a big left but Cummings blocks it.
Cummings not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shaw has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cummings is proving hard to escape from.
Shaw passes into half guard.
Shaw prevents Cummings from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
It looks like Shaw is going to stand back up.

Shaw seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Cummings is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Brad Shaw!
A relieved looking Brad Shaw thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.