PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Shackleford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Pearl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shackleford comes to the cage accompanied by The Godfather. Pearl has chosen yes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shackleford
vs
Pearl

184 cm
25
184 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
185 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Bushido Clothing

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rusty Shackleford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Pearl!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shackleford throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Shackleford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Shackleford throws a front kick that sends Pearl stumbling back into the cage.
Pearl looks gassed!
Shackleford misses with a lunging right hand
letting Pearl counter with a right hand.
Shackleford misses the body punch
and Pearl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shackleford throws a head kick that misses.
Pearl avoids the head kick by Shackleford.
A good leg kick by Shackleford.
Pearl works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shackleford.
Rusty Shackleford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shackleford misses the shot to the body.
Shackleford misses with a lunging right hand
and Pearl counters with a straight right hand.
Shackleford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shackleford scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shackleford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shackleford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shackleford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shackleford throws out a loose jab but Pearl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shackleford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shackleford tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Shackleford finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Shackleford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Shackleford!
Shackleford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shackleford throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearl moves out of range of the body kick from Shackleford.
A jab from Shackleford does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shackleford thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pearl if he has to take too many more of those.
Pearl has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Shackleford.
A shot to the liver by Shackleford. Beautiful body shot.
Shackleford thows a body shot but no joy.
Shackleford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pearl on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Whack! Shackleford lands a heavy head kick that drops Pearl. The ref tackles Shackleford to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Pearl was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Rusty Shackleford!