PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lloyd Christmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Shenanigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christmas comes to the cage accompanied by Mocking Bird. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christmas
vs
Shenanigan

178 cm
25
189 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

188 cm
23
198 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lloyd Christmas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sean Shenanigan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christmas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shenanigan.
Shenanigan ducks under a wild hook from Christmas.
Christmas has his takedown stuffed
and Shenanigan counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Lloyd Christmas has been cut.
Shenanigan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Christmas is able to avoid easily.
Christmas moves out of range of the body kick from Shenanigan.
Christmas throws a combination that misses
and Shenanigan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shenanigan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Christmas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Sean Shenanigan has been cut.
Christmas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christmas throws a right hand that misses
and Shenanigan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Christmas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Christmas stops Shenanigan from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shenanigan taking some punishment here, with Christmas in his half guard.
Christmas content to control rather than advance.
Christmas seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shenanigan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shenanigan is trying to stand.
Christmas takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Christmas has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shenanigan can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Christmas seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shenanigan for as long as he can get away with.

Lloyd Christmas has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Christmas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Christmas has his takedown stuffed
letting Shenanigan counter with a right hand.
Shenanigan misses with a double jab.
Christmas throws a right hand that misses
and Shenanigan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shenanigan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christmas.
Christmas misses with a straight left.
Christmas slips a straight right by Shenanigan.
A shot to the body from Shenanigan misses
and Christmas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shenanigan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shenanigan throws a poor cross that misses
and Christmas counters with a good, hard body kick but Shenanigan shrugs it off.
Shenanigan swings widly with a right hand
and Christmas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christmas throws the left hand but Shenanigan avoids the punch easily.
Christmas throws a right hand that misses
and Shenanigan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shenanigan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shenanigan scores with a one two! Christmas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Christmas dips to his left and cracks Shenanigan with an uppercut!
Shenanigan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Christmas.
Christmas fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lloyd Christmas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christmas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Christmas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shenanigan counters with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Oooooh!!! Shenanigan has knocked Christmas down with a huge combo! Shenanigan steps away and waves a wobbly Christmas back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Christmas is rocked!
Shenanigan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oh Christmas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christmas throws a right hand that misses
and Shenanigan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Shenanigan dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shenanigan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christmas seems to have got his legs back now.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shenanigan. Christmas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shenanigan slips a straight right by Christmas.
Christmas throws a head kick that Shenanigan semi-blocks.
Shenanigan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Shenanigan duly obliges.
Christmas throws a hook but Shenanigan blocks it.
Christmas misses with a hook
and Shenanigan counters with a nice uppercut.
Christmas scores with a nice right hand.
Shenanigan misses with a lunging right hand
and Christmas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Shenanigan is rocked!
Shenanigan blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shenanigan slips under a jab.
Shenanigan ducks under a wild hook from Christmas.
Christmas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Christmas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Christmas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Christmas throws out a loose jab but Shenanigan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shenanigan throws an off balance right hand

and Christmas counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Christmas seems content to control.
Christmas wants to control but Shenanigan is keeping him busy.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lloyd Christmas.
Shenanigan tries to work over Christmas's front leg with a kick but Christmas checks it.
Shenanigan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Shenanigan is breathing heavily.

Christmas changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shenanigan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee asks Christmas politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Christmas prefers to stall for the moment though.
Christmas trying to control the action but Shenanigan is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Christmas is staying tight to Shenanigan's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas working the ground and pound but Shenanigan is defending the strikes.
The referee asks Christmas politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Christmas prefers to stall for the moment though.
Shenanigan wants to get back to his feet.
The referee asks Christmas politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Christmas prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Christmas cracks Shenanigan with a big right hand but Shenanigan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Christmas in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Christmas tries to score with some ground and pound. Shenanigan controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Christmas remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lloyd Christmas dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Christmas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Shenanigan on the side of the head.
Shenanigan is still on wobbly legs! Can Christmas finish him?
Shenanigan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Christmas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shenanigan seems to have recovered his senses.
Shenanigan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That has opened up Sean Shenanigan's cut even more.
Shenanigan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christmas throws out the jab.
Christmas throws a right hand that misses
and Shenanigan counters with a nice body shot.
Lloyd Christmas is winning the standup battle so far.
Christmas throws a jab when Shenanigan was well out of range.
Shenanigan misses with an uppercut
and Christmas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Shenanigan is rocked!
Shenanigan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shenanigan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shenanigan is still on wobbly legs! Can Christmas finish him?
Christmas throws a jab when Shenanigan was well out of range.
Shenanigan seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shenanigan misses with a wild body shot.
Christmas scores with a jab. Shenanigan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Christmas scores with a jab to the head.
Shenanigan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sean Shenanigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shenanigan ducks under a wild hook from Christmas.
Christmas drops Shenanigan with a straight right hand, right on the button! Christmas follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lloyd Christmas!