PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hannes Hellberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and German Shephard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shephard has chosen K9 Justice as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hellberg
vs
Shephard

189 cm
22
183 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

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23
187 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannes Hellberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, German Shephard!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hellberg sizes up Shephard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hellberg tries for a takedown but Shephard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hellberg checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hellberg is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Hellberg fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Shephard to the ground. Hellberg is now in Shephard's guard.
Hellberg lands a couple of elbows.
Shephard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hellberg throws a big right hand that misses.
Shephard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hellberg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hellberg throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Shephard is retaining full guard.
Hellberg trying to control but Shephard is working from the bottom.
Shephard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've been hearing that Hellberg has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Shephard trying to control the position.
Shephard keeping moving, preventing Hellberg from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hellberg loads up on a big right hand but Shephard slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hellberg misses its intended target.
Hellberg misses with a takedown attempt
and Shephard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hellberg lands an overhand right.

Hellberg throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Shephard was covering up waiting for the punch and Hellberg finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Shephard keeping full guard, as Hellberg tries to pass.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shephard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hellberg.
Shephard is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shephard keeping moving, preventing Hellberg from controlling successfully.
Hellberg working some strikes from top position.
Hellberg is working Shephard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Shephard pulls Hellberg in close to his closed guard and prevents Hellberg from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hellberg postures up.
Hellberg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shephard swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg wants to control from the top but Shephard keeps moving.
Hellberg throws a big elbow that misses.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. German Shephard wasn't active enough on the ground.
Shephard slips a straight right by Hellberg.
Shephard avoids a kick to the body.
Hellberg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hellberg shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shephard sprawls well. Shephard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hellberg gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannes Hellberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Shephard. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannes Hellberg dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hellberg shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Shephard as he jumps to the side.
Nice uppercut there from Hellberg.
Hellberg missing with a left hand there. Shephard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shephard defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hellberg.
Hellberg loads up on a big right hand but Shephard slips the punch.
Hellberg takes a swing at Shephard's ribcage but misses.
Hellberg misses with a hook
and Shephard counters with a straight right hand.
Hellberg lands a slapping body shot.
Hellberg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hellberg misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shephard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice jab there from Hellberg.
Hellberg scores with a sloppy right hand. Shephard should have avoided that one.
No luck for Hellberg with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannes Hellberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hellberg throws a looping overhand right but Shephard ducks down to avoid it.
Shephard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hellberg was well out of range. Poor timing from Shephard.
Hellberg tries to score a power double leg takedown but Shephard sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hellberg somewhat.
Hellberg waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shephard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg digs a good body shot into Shephard's ribs.
Shephard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hellberg shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hellberg was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hellberg throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hellberg fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Hellberg tries to score with some ground and pound. Shephard controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hellberg gets to mount! Shephard was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hellberg looking to finish with strikes here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Shephard's face.
Hellberg working Shephard over with strikes here.
Hellberg dominating with strikes here.
Hellberg with shots to the head and body - Shephard looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hellberg throwing strikes but Shephard bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hellberg keeping moving, preventing Shephard from controlling successfully.
Shephard being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shephard preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hellberg is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

German Shephard has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hellberg misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannes Hellberg dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Shephard throws a body punch but Hellberg moves out of range.
Hellberg jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hellberg slips under a jab from Shephard.
Hellberg fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Shephard avoids it really well and circles away.
Hellberg misses with a looping left.
Shephard throws a shot from downtown. Hellberg moves away and avoids it.
Hellberg missing with a left hand there. Shephard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shephard blocks a jab.
Shephard blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellberg fails with the takedown
and Shephard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big right from Hellberg misses.
Hellberg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hellberg shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannes Hellberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut there from Shephard.

It looks like Hannes Hellberg has been cut.
Shephard slips a jab from Hellberg.
Hellberg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shephard.
Hellberg has a takedown stuffed.
German Shephard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hellberg misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg misses with a looping right.
Hellberg misses the jab.
Hellberg thuds his right hand into Shephard's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hellberg throws the left hand but Shephard avoids the punch easily.
Nice body punch from Shephard.
Shephard misses with a double jab

and Hellberg counters with a nice double leg into side control. Shephard won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shephard tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Hellberg presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Hellberg throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Shephard because Hellberg loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Shephard is looking to escape.
Shephard manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hellberg landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Hellberg seems to be looking for submissions.
Hellberg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hellberg is looking to pass Shephard's guard but actually Shephard recovers to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Shephard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
German Shephard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hellberg trying to control the position from guard on top but Shephard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hellberg in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shephard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hellberg.
Hannes Hellberg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hellberg seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hannes Hellberg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hellberg has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannes Hellberg!
Hannes Hellberg decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.