PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rony Shields (ranked 25544 p4p, 5213 weight class) and Vladimir Magomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rony Shields has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Shields
vs
Magomedov

180 cm
20
155
0 - 5 - 0

167 cm
21
145
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rony Shields!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Magomedov scores with a takedown into Shields's guard.

Shields pushes Magomedov off and gets back to his feet.
Shields's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Shields duly obliges.
Magomedov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Shields is fending him off so far but Magomedov persists. Nope, Shields circles away and we're back to standing.

Shields scores with a takedown into Magomedov's guard.

Magomedov scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Magomedov moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Magomedov has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Shields is trying to keep an underhook but Magomedov manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magomedov trying to pass the guard but Shields defending well.
Shields is looking for a sweep. Magomedov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Magomedov controlling the pace.

Magomedov looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Magomedov wants to pass the guard but Shields is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields trying to control from the bottom.
Magomedov content to control rather than advance.
Shields is trying to stand.
Ground and pound from Magomedov.
Magomedov looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Magomedov is thwarting Shields's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shields is trying to get back to full guard.
Magomedov works his way into full mount!
Magomedov controlling from the full mount.
Magomedov looking to finish Shields with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shields!
Shields manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Shields wants to get back to full guard but Magomedov has mounted him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov lands a nice shot to the head.

Magomedov is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Shields has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Shields throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Magomedov controlling the position easily from mount.
Magomedov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shields is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shields is working hard here to advance position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Magomedov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shields throws a right and a left that both miss.
Magomedov unleashes a big counter combination but Shields bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Magomedov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Magomedov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Shields is looking to get back to his feet here but Magomedov is keeping cool and he's managed to take Shields's back.
Magomedov has the hooks in. Shields is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Magomedov controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shields is trying to get back to his feet but Magomedov has full control of the position and if anything, Shields has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Magomedov tightening his grip on Shields, looking for the choke.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov controlling well, preventing Shields from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Magomedov sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Shields taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vladimir Magomedov!