PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coleman Herring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dog Shagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dog Shagger has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Herring
vs
Shagger

200 cm
19
225 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
248 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Coleman Herring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dog Shagger!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shagger takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Shagger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Herring misses.
Coleman Herring seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shagger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Herring tries to clinch there but Shagger circles away.
Herring takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Coleman Herring has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shagger tests Herring's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Shagger gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Herring avoiding damage as Shagger throws knees to the body.

Shagger breaks from the clinch.
Herring misses with a two punch combination.
Herring moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Dog Shagger has been cut.
Shagger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Herring throws a right hand that Shagger ducks under and follows up with a left that Shagger also avoids with ease.
Herring is breathing heavily.
Herring takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shagger.
A head kick by Herring misses

and Shagger counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Shagger breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shagger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shagger throws a series of strikes that have Herring backpedaling.

Coleman Herring's cut is getting worse.
Shagger moves in looking to clinch but Herring pushes him off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shagger, right into the meat.
Shagger misses with a two punch combination.
Good leg kick by Shagger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Herring circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shagger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Shagger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Herring tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Herring avoids the head kick by Shagger.
Shagger looks to land a combination but Herring avoids it well.
Shagger feints and then cracks Herring's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Herring down.
Herring takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Shagger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shagger throws a sloppy head kick and Herring moves out of range easily.
Herring connects with a crisp jab.
Herring throws a right and a left that both miss.
Herring stalks Shagger and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shagger's face. Shagger staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Herring tries to bum rush Shagger with a series of wild strikes but Shagger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Herring showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shagger.
Herring lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shagger circles away quickly and effectively.

Shagger moves into the clinch.
Herring throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Herring breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Herring misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shagger is looking to clinch.
Herring takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Herring's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shagger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shagger prevents Herring from breaking the clinch.
Shagger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Herring's efforts to push away.

Herring escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shagger should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Herring swinging wilding here.
Shagger keeps the fight on the outside.
Herring lands a body shot.
Shagger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Herring.
Herring avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Herring throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Herring instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herring has Shagger pressed against the cage, preventing Shagger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Herring fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A frustrated look appears on Herring's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Herring's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shagger throws a wild body kick that Herring sees coming a mile off.
Herring tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shagger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Herring lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Shagger looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Herring tries to kick Shagger off but Shagger keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Shagger postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Herring to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dog Shagger dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Herring throws a head kick but Shagger moves out of range.
Shagger throws a leg kick but Herring moved away.
A head kick misses from Shagger.
Herring throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Herring connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shagger. Shagger circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dog Shagger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shagger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Herring.
Herring shoots for a double leg takedown but Shagger sprawls well. He's pushed Herring's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Shagger pushes Herring up against the cage in a clinch.
Shagger is trying to break the clinch but Herring is controlling him.

Shagger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shagger misses with a double jab

and Herring holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Herring is stalling here.

Shagger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Herring looks to land a combination but Shagger avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shagger misses with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Herring throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Herring tries to bum rush Shagger with a series of wild strikes but Shagger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Shagger misses its intended target.
Shagger tries to clinch but Herring moves away
and Herring counters with a two punch combo.

Herring closes the distance and clinches.
Herring is trying to break the clinch but Shagger has him pressed against the cage.

Shagger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Herring gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Shagger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shagger looks to land a left hand but Herring moved out of range nicely.
Herring circles away from the clinch attempt.
Herring throws a series of punches but Shagger avoids them all with ease.
Coleman Herring is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shagger throws a push kick but Herring slaps the foot to one side.
Shagger takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herring throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shagger.
Shagger doesn't manage to clinch there - Herring circles away.
A nice combination there by Herring.
Herring throws a left and a right that both miss
and Shagger counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Herring has a takedown stuffed.
Shagger misses with a body kick.
Shagger tries to clinch up.
Herring tests Shagger's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Herring shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Shagger tries to buck Herring off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herring thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Shagger wants to try and get back to his feet.
Shagger is bucking up trying to escape but Herring cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shagger holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Herring tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Herring won't let Shagger get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Herring looking to secure an arm triangle but Shagger defends it well.

Shagger bucks up and throws Herring to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coleman Herring dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Herring swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheers as Shagger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Herring doesn't seem phased though.

Herring gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shagger can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Herring.
Herring scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shagger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Herring's efforts to push away.
Shagger wants to break free but Herring has control.
Herring wants a takedown.
Shagger is trying to break free.
Shagger is trying to maintain a safe position but Herring gets an underhook and turns Shagger into the cage.
Shagger has Herring pressed against the cage, preventing Herring from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Herring creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shagger gets underhooks to prevent Herring's takedown attempt.

Shagger breaks from the clinch.
Shagger is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Herring throws a right and a left that Shagger avoids nicely.
Herring looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shagger throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Shagger throws a head kick that misses.
Shagger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Herring's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Herring duly obliges.
Herring jabs Shagger right on the nose. Shagger blinks but takes it well.
Shagger throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shagger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Herring listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Herring scores with a three punch combo!
Herring moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shagger is looking to clinch.
Herring gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shagger tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herring tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shagger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shagger tries to clinch but Herring is having none of it.
Herring tries to clinch there but Shagger circles away.
Herring shoots in for a takedown but Shagger shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coleman Herring. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Herring throws a body punch but Shagger moves out of range.
Herring is looking to clinch but Shagger is avoiding it.
Herring throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shagger throws a head kick but Herring moves out of range.
Shagger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Herring is looking to clinch but Shagger is avoiding it.
Shagger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Herring counters with a series of strikes. Shagger will be more careful next time no doubt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Herring.
Shagger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Herring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shagger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Herring misses with a body kick.

Herring moves into the clinch.

Shagger manages to break the clinch.
Herring lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Shagger misses.
Herring cracks Shagger with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Herring throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shagger tries to clinch but Herring moves away
and Herring counters with a left and a right that stings Shagger.
Herring takes a kick to the side of the head.
Herring throws a left and a right that both miss
and Shagger counters with a body kick that stops Herring in his tracks momentarily.
Herring misses with a double jab.

Herring drives through and clinches with Shagger against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herring jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Shagger walks away with a smile on his face. Herring gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Shagger walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Herring checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Herring catches Shagger with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A right-left combo lands from Herring.
Herring scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Some wild striking there from Herring.
Herring misses with a two punch combination.
Herring lands a lovely overhand right.
Herring slips a straight right by Shagger.

Herring moves into range and clinches up with Shagger.
Shagger prevents Herring from breaking the clinch.
Shagger has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Herring has had enough of the clinch but Shagger keeps him there for the moment.
Herring pushes Shagger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Herring tries to break free but Shagger pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Coleman Herring showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Herring has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Coleman Herring!