PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bulevart Thiery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Shaffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Thiery
vs
Shaffer

192 cm
18
269 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bulevart Thiery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Shaffer!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Thiery looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Shaffer 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.
Shaffer postures up and lands a big shot to Thiery's brow.
Thiery could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Shaffer content to stall in guard here.
Thiery not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shaffer's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shaffer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Shaffer sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Thiery's guard.
Shaffer moves into full mount! Thiery won't be happy about that!
Shaffer avoids the attempt from Thiery to control.
Shaffer unloading with bombs!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Shaffer! Thiery is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Al Shaffer!