PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emeka Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Flatley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flatley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: U2. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Shakur
vs
Flatley

195 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Emeka Shakur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Micheal Flatley!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Shakur misses.
Flatley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flatley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shakur.
Shakur slips under a jab from Flatley.
Flatley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Flatley missing with a left hand there. Shakur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Flatley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Shakur backs up against the cage.

It looks like Emeka Shakur has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Flatley misses.
Shakur staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Flatley misses the target.
Flatley tries to clinch up.
Flatley keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Flatley cracks Shakur with a big right hand and Shakur goes down!

Emeka Shakur's cut is getting worse.
Flatley wants to get up but he can't break Shakur's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Shakur lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Flatley!
Shakur tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakur sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Flatley is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Shakur working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Flatley wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shakur.
Shakur breaks from Flatley's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flatley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Shakur throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Shakur 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.
Shakur is landing with some decent strikes but Flatley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shakur controlling the pace for now.
Flatley blocking the ground and pound.
Shakur scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakur punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shakur controlling from the full mount.
Shakur scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Flatley?
Shakur landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shakur lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Shakur controlling from mount.
Flatley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shakur content just to control the position here.
Flatley is bucking up trying to escape but Shakur cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shakur unloading with bombs!
Shakur has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Flatley's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flatley is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Shakur has hold of Flatley's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Flatley manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emeka Shakur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emeka Shakur's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Flatley tries to close the distance and clinch but Shakur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flatley tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Flatley misses.
Flatley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Shakur slaps away a takedown attempt from Flatley, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Shakur drops Flatley with a beautiful combination! Flatley stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Shakur is looking for the KO!

It looks like Micheal Flatley has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flatley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shakur moves away.
Nice defenses there by Shakur.
Shakur lands a nice hook to Flatley's body. Flatley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Flatley is breathing heavily.
Shakur will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shakur scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Flatley doesn't seem bothered though.
Shakur looks to land a combination. Flatley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A combination from Shakur does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Shakur finds it's way through Flatley's defenses.
Shakur lands with an uppercut that bounces Flatley off the cage and back into rage.
Shakur stalks Flatley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Flatley's face. Flatley staggers backwards, shaken.
Flatley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A cross from Shakur lands.
Shakur throws a right and a left that Flatley avoids nicely.
Shakur lands with a nice combination. Flatley backs away looking to recover.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Shakur has cracked Flatley with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Shakur lands another huge swinging hook and Flatley tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Flatley, before Shakur can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Emeka Shakur!