PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Shears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Capone is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shears
vs
Capone

185 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Convicted

Demonic XXX nutrition
Demonic XXX nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Shears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al Capone!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shears just misses with a punch to the body.
Capone goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Capone bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shears's head.
No joy there for Capone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shears slow jab from Capone misses its intended target.

Capone 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.

Capone is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Shears is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Shears has escaped and now he's on top!

Shears drops back looking for a leg! Capone is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Capone manages to kick Shears off! Shears jumps back into Capone's guard.
Capone will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Capone looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Shears has picked Capone up and slammed him! Capone can't keep hold of the triangle and Shears manages to pass to side control!
Capone is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone looks to move to half guard but instead Shears has passed into mount! Damn!
Shears landing punches.

Shears is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Capone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Shears trying to control but Capone is having none of it.
Capone is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shears scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Capone?
Capone wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Capone wants to escape the position.
Capone manages to reverse the position and now he's in Shears's guard. Nice work there by Capone.
Shears tries to strike from the bottom.
Shears manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Shears has control of Capone's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Capone regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Shears looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Capone tries to improve his position but Shears has taken his back! Shears has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Capone tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Shears pushes Capone away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Billy Shears!