PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harald Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vaughn Shaunessey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andersson comes to the cage accompanied by Shaggy - Feel The Rush. Shaunessey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Die Antwoord - Enter the Ninja kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Harald Andersson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Andersson
vs
Shaunessey

150 cm
26
138 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

164 cm
27
149 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harald Andersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vaughn Shaunessey!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaunessey tries to clinch but Andersson is having none of it.
Shaunessey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Andersson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shaunessey is able to avoid easily.
Andersson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shaunessey on the side of the head.

It looks like Vaughn Shaunessey has been cut.
Shaunessey tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Andersson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Andersson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice shot lands for Shaunessey.
Andersson looks to land a combination but Shaunessey avoids it well.
Shaunessey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Andersson avoids the body shot from Shaunessey.
Shaunessey misses with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bone on bone clash there as Shaunessey blocks the leg kick.
Shaunessey digs a good hook to Andersson's body.
Andersson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Andersson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Andersson misses with the combination.
Andersson swings for the body but Shaunessey moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson throws a hook to the side of Shaunessey's head but Shaunessey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Andersson wants to clinch.
Andersson avoids the body shot from Shaunessey.
Shaunessey pivots, looking for a leg kick but Andersson is out of range and Shaunessey settles back down.
Shaunessey lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shaunessey slips a jab from Andersson.
Andersson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shaunessey lands with an overhand left.
Shaunessey blocks a jab.
Andersson blocks a low kick nicely.
Andersson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shaunessey takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Shaunessey is rocked!
Shaunessey staying out of range there.
Shaunessey is still on wobbly legs! Can Andersson finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaunessey throws a front kick aimed at Andersson's knee but Andersson avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shaunessey throws a head kick that half lands.
Shaunessey seems to have recovered his senses.
A swing and a miss from Shaunessey.
A head kick misses from Andersson.
Andersson moves out of range of the strikes.
Andersson misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Shaunessey.
Andersson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Andersson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shaunessey checks it well.
Shaunessey throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Shaunessey misses.
Vaughn Shaunessey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Andersson moves into the clinch.
Shaunessey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Andersson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Andersson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Andersson misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson tries to work over Shaunessey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shaunessey prevents a body shot from Andersson.
Shaunessey taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Shaunessey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Andersson avoids it.
Andersson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Andersson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Andersson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Andersson swings wildly with an uppercut but Shaunessey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andersson misses with a punch to the body.
Shaunessey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shaunessey prevents a body shot from Andersson.
Shaunessey tries to land a knee to the head but Andersson blocks with his arms.
Andersson tries a body shot but Shaunessey blocks it.
Shaunessey tries to land knees in the clinch but Andersson avoids the damage to the body.
Andersson avoiding damage as Shaunessey throws knees to the body.
Shaunessey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andersson is defending well for now.
Andersson tries to work over Shaunessey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Andersson lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersson keeps control of Shaunessey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Andersson tries to throw a body punch but Shaunessey avoids it by throwing Andersson back against the cage.
Andersson managing to block the knees to the body from Shaunessey.
Shaunessey wants to break free but Andersson has control.
Andersson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shaunessey backwards.
Andersson lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andersson misses with some punches.
Shaunessey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Andersson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shaunessey working Andersson over with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shaunessey has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Andersson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Shaunessey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick from Shaunessey misses.
Andersson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shaunessey lands a glancing blow to the side of Andersson's head.
Shaunessey throws a lazy head kick
and Andersson counters with a low kick, right behind Shaunessey 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Harald Andersson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vaughn Shaunessey's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Andersson tries to score with a low kick but Shaunessey moves his leg out of the way.
Andersson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shaunessey's hands.
Shaunessey misses the jab.

Shaunessey has managed to clinch.
Andersson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Andersson misses with a body punch.
Andersson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Shaunessey breaks from the clinch.
Shaunessey moves in looking to clinch but Andersson pushes him off.
Andersson throws a head kick but Shaunessey moves out of range.
Andersson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shaunessey.
Andersson walks into a stiff left hand from Shaunessey.
A left lands for Andersson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andersson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shaunessey tests Andersson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Andersson does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shaunessey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shaunessey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shaunessey tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shaunessey.
Shaunessey tries to bum rush Andersson with a series of wild strikes but Andersson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Andersson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shaunessey tries to clinch there but Andersson circles away.
Shaunessey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shaunessey lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Andersson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Andersson. That's going to slow Shaunessey down.
Shaunessey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shaunessey has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Shaunessey lands a high kick!
Shaunessey throws a sloppy head kick and Andersson moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson just misses with a punch to the body.
Andersson takes a swing at Shaunessey's ribcage but misses.
Shaunessey digs a good body shot into Andersson's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andersson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Andersson avoids the head kick by Shaunessey.
Andersson lands a jab to the nose.
Shaunessey scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Shaunessey throws a head kick but Andersson moves out of range.
Shaunessey throws a jab when Andersson was well out of range.
Shaunessey is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Andersson misses with a hook
and Shaunessey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Andersson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shaunessey is breathing heavily.
Shaunessey throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A head kick from Shaunessey lands but Andersson takes it in his stride.
Shaunessey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Andersson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shaunessey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Shaunessey.
Shaunessey gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Andersson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harald Andersson!
Our winner, Harald Andersson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.