PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Shewmaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Shleifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrei Shleifer told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Shewmaker
vs
Shleifer

190 cm
31
215 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

193 cm
22
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Shewmaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrei Shleifer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shleifer closes the distance and clinches.
Shleifer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shleifer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shleifer dodges an elbow strike from Shewmaker.
Shleifer tries to land a knee to the head but Shewmaker blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shleifer.
Shewmaker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Shleifer just stands there and leans against the cage.
Shleifer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shleifer landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Shleifer.
Shleifer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shleifer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shleifer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shleifer scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shewmaker misses with the head strike.
Shewmaker missing with knees to the body.
Shewmaker fails to pull guard.
Shleifer misses with a knee to the head.
Shewmaker tries to stall but Shleifer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shewmaker is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Shleifer to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Shewmaker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shewmaker fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Shleifer.
Shleifer looking to throw knees to the head but Shewmaker is blocking nicely.
Shewmaker managing to block the knees to the body from Shleifer.

Shewmaker pulls guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Shleifer's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Shewmaker manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Shleifer is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shewmaker working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Shleifer looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Shewmaker! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Frank Shewmaker!
Frank Shewmaker decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.