PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Shepperson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patcharin Rattana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shepperson has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Shepperson
vs
Rattana

165 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

220 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Shepperson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patcharin Rattana!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rattana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rattana doesn't manage to clinch there - Shepperson circles away.
Rattana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shepperson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rattana tries to clinch but Shepperson moves out of range.
Shepperson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rattana tries to clinch but Shepperson moves out of range.
Shepperson swats away the attempt to clinch by Rattana.
Rattana tries to clinch but Shepperson moves out of range.
Shepperson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rattana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rattana is looking to clinch but Shepperson is avoiding it.
Rattana moves in looking to clinch but Shepperson pushes him off.
Rattana wants to clinch up but Shepperson keeps it at a distance.
Rattana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rattana tries to clinch but Shepperson moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shepperson keeps the fight on the outside.
Rattana moves in looking to clinch but Shepperson pushes him off.
Rattana tries to clinch but Shepperson is having none of it.
Rattana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shepperson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rattana tries to close the distance and clinch but Shepperson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shepperson keeps the fight on the outside.
Rattana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shepperson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rattana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rattana is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rattana tries to clinch but Shepperson is having none of it.

Shepperson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rattana's guard.
Shepperson landing with the ground and pound.

It looks like Patcharin Rattana has been cut.
Shepperson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Shepperson stops Rattana from standing up.
Shepperson 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.
Shepperson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Shepperson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rattana wants to stand up but Shepperson is controlling him.
Shepperson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Shepperson is breathing heavily.
Shepperson prevents Rattana from getting back to his feet.
Shepperson tries to free his leg and advance position but Rattana is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rattana is looking to stand up but Shepperson isn't so interested in that idea.
Shepperson cracks Rattana with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shepperson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Shepperson cracks Rattana with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That has opened up Patcharin Rattana's cut even more.
Rattana is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Shepperson is controlling him well.
Rattana seems a little lost for a moment, as Shepperson dominates the positioning.
Rattana wants to get back to his feet but Shepperson drags him back down.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shepperson stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepperson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rattana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shepperson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rattana tries to close the distance and clinch but Shepperson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rattana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Shepperson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rattana wants to get back to his feet.
Shepperson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rattana with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shepperson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Shepperson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rattana wants to get back to his feet.
Shepperson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rattana wants to get back to his feet.
Shepperson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shepperson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rattana defending well though.
Shepperson prevents Rattana from standing back up.
Shepperson content to control rather than advance.
Rattana is trying to stand up here but Shepperson is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Shepperson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patcharin Rattana's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rattana tries to clinch but Shepperson moves out of range.
Rattana is looking to clinch but Shepperson is avoiding it.
Rattana is looking to clinch.

Shepperson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rattana pushes Shepperson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shepperson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Shepperson tries to score with some ground and pound. Rattana controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Rattana is trying to get back to his feet.
Shepperson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Rattana down.
Rattana takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shepperson is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rattana is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Shepperson asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Rattana is trying to stand and escape here. He's got onto all fours but that's just let Shepperson take his back! Uh oh - Shepperson has got a rear naked choke here! Rattana is forced to tap! It's all over! One monent is all it takes in this sport!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eric Shepperson!