PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Megan Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross has chosen Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fox
vs
Ross

182 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
28
182 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

5th Round

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Megan Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Ross!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ross gets a takedown into half guard.
Fox trying to hold on to Ross's head to control him but Ross postures up.
Fox wants to improve his position but Ross is controlling well.
Fox has hold of Ross's hands but Ross slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ross prevents Fox from improving his position.
Fox slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fox utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fox is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fox tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ross knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Fox wants to work for an arm triangle but Ross is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fox is working for a submission of some sort.
Ross controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Ross tries to get to full guard but Fox has control of the leg.

Fox is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ross defends it well.
Fox is trying to control the action in half guard but Ross is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ross is trying to maintain the position but Fox is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fox seems to be looking for submissions.

Ross is defending against the submission attempts here by Fox.
Fox passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Ross!
Fox fails to advance to Ross's back.
Ross is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fox goes for an armbar but Ross turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Ross.
Ross being controlled here momentarily.
Ross with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ross trying to control the position from guard on top but Fox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fox has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fox is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Megan Fox wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Fox gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ross counters with a nice uppercut.
Fox blocks a jab.
Ross tries to clinch but Fox is having none of it.
Ross tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fox was well out of range. Poor timing from Ross.
Shane Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ross swings for the body but Fox moves out of range.

Ross feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fox is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ross dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fox tries for a takedown but Ross circles away easily
and Ross counters with a nice body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Ross misses the target.
Ross jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fox has his takedown stuffed

and Ross counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fox!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ross lands a big elbow.
Ross raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ross unloading with bombs!
Ross looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ross scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ross working Fox over with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox is desperately trying to improve his position but Ross has a good base and remains in mount.
Ross with a couple of short strikes.
Fox wants to hold on but Ross pushes him away.
Ross landing shots from mount.

Fox is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ross thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Ross trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fox tries to hold on but Ross pushes him away.
Fox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ross with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fox is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fox sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ross missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fox tries to get to full guard but Ross has control of the leg.
Fox is working hard here to advance position.
Fox wants to control but Ross is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fox is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ross is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Ross looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ross missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fox is trying to control but can't.
Ross 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.
Fox is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ross connects with a nice short shot to Fox's temple.
Ross working Fox over with strikes.
Ross has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ross thows a huge punch but Fox dodges it nicely.
Fox is controlling Ross's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Ross wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fox keeps working.
Ross might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Fox kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Fox manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ross is fighting to break Fox's control of his arms but Fox is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Fox is trying to keep Ross in close.
Ross trying to control but Fox is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Fox not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fox has his takedown stuffed

and Ross counters with a single leg into guard. Fox didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Megan Fox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fox tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ross postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fox is trying to control the position but Ross postures up.
Ross has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ross working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ross's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fox bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ross's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fox wants to control from the top but Ross keeps moving.
Ross is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ross showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Fox's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ross just misses with a punch to the body.
Fox fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ross checks it well.
Fox with a lazy takedown attempt

and Ross counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ross.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ross accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fox wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ross is now in half guard.
Fox is trying to maintain the position but Ross is very close to passing his half guard.
Fox wants to get back to full guard.
Ross seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fox does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fox has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ross is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ross thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ross throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ross scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fox taking some punishment here, with Ross in his half guard.
Fox is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ross scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ross thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fox's head.
Ross 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.
Fox controlling the position for now.
Ross seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fox does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fox wants to control the action here but instead Ross manages to pass to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox tries to lock up and control but Ross gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ross in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fox wants to control but Ross is having none of it.
Fox working to try and regain half guard.

Ross is working for a guillotine from mount but Fox frees his head quite easily.
Fox is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shane Ross has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ross with good strikes from the mount here!
Fox working to try and regain half guard.
Ross trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross looking to finish with strikes here!
Ross looking to finish Fox with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fox!
Fox is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ross looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ross connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ross putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fox keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ross lands a nice shot to the head.
Ross putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shane Ross is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox is trying to escape the mount.
Fox tries to lock up and control but Ross gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ross controlling the pace for now.
Fox is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ross prevents Fox from getting the reversal.
Ross looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ross avoids the attempt from Fox to control.
Megan Fox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ross tries to control but Fox wriggling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Ross comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ross has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Ross!