PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yates comes to the cage accompanied by Here comes Tecca Nina - Tech N9ne. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yates
vs
Shamrock

195 cm
23
209 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
212 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aaron Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ken Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Shamrock.
Shamrock with a poor takedown
and Yates counters with a nice body shot.
Shamrock wants to clinch.
Yates works Shamrock's body with a nice hook.
Shamrock throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yates's waist but Yates gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shamrock off to one side.
Shamrock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Aaron Yates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Shamrock.

Shamrock darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shamrock blocks the strikes from Yates.
Yates is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Shamrock blocks Yates's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock blocks Yates's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Yates has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yates is squirming around, avoiding Shamrock's attempts to control the action.
Yates regains half guard.
Yates tries to get to full guard but Shamrock has control of the leg.
Yates moves into full guard.
Yates throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Yates throws a couple of heel strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates trying to keep a closed guard but Shamrock is proving a slippery customer.
Yates working a defensive guard but Shamrock manages to pass into side control anyway.
Yates throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Yates is trying to control Shamrock's posture but Shamrock avoids it.

Shamrock stands up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shamrock drives through with a takedown into Yates's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yates looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yates striking off his back but it's not causing Shamrock any problems.
Yates will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Shamrock throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shamrock trying to stand up but can't free himself from Yates's guard.
Yates doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Yates is trying to keep Shamrock in close.
Yates trying to strike off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Shamrock chips away with some ground and pound.
Yates doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Shamrock wants to stand but Yates is controlling his posture from full guard.
Yates punching from the bottom - just letting Shamrock know he's still in a fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yates trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Yates doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Yates dominated that 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.

Shamrock shoots in for a takedown but Yates shows good takedown defense.
Shamrock shoots for a takedown but Yates saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Shamrock shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Shamrock was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yates gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Yates wants to control but Shamrock is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Yates flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shamrock blocks the strikes from Yates.
Shamrock wants to get back to his feet.
Yates is trying to maintain the position but Shamrock is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates punching from the bottom.
Yates misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Yates is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
It looks like Shamrock is going to stand back up.
Yates lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Aaron Yates overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shamrock wants to stand up but Yates is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shamrock stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Yates avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Shamrock or perhaps it was just good defense by Yates which made him look bad.
Aaron Yates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Shamrock.

Shamrock closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Yates quickly recovers to half guard.
Yates wants to sweep but Shamrock has passed to side control!
Yates throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yates is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock tries to stand but Yates is controlling his head.
Shamrock blocks the strikes from Yates.
Yates is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Yates punching from the bottom.
Yates throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Yates has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shamrock blocks the strikes from Yates.
Shamrock tries to stand but can't do so whilst Yates controls his leg.
Yates missing with punches from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yates is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yates tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Yates is trying to control but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yates misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Yates flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Yates misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ken Shamrock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Yates's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Shamrock moves in looking to clinch but Yates pushes him off.
Shamrock darts in looking for a takedown but Yates gets double underhooks and turns Shamrock into the cage.
Yates fails to pull guard.
Shamrock gets underhooks to prevent Yates's takedown attempt.

Shamrock gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Yates tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Yates preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Yates is looking for a sweep. Shamrock is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yates is trying to control but can't.
Yates gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates striking off his back but it's not causing Shamrock any problems.
Yates is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yates throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Yates looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yates thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Yates will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Yates wants to sweep here but Shamrock controlling him for the moment.
Yates striking off his back but it's not causing Shamrock any problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Yates is trying to control the position but Shamrock postures up.
Yates is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Yates will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yates stops Shamrock from getting back to his feet.
Shamrock keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Shamrock has one foot on Yates's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Yates swings for the body but Shamrock moves out of range.

Shamrock is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Yates's half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yates misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates wants to control but Shamrock is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Yates moves into full guard.
Yates trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Yates trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Shamrock preventing the sweep.
Shamrock scoring with some ground and pound.
Shamrock won't allow Yates to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yates pulls Shamrock in to control the position.
Yates trying to strike off his back.
Yates tries to strike from the bottom.
Shamrock must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yates tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yates trying to strike off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yates throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Yates throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Yates showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yates has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Yates!
Aaron Yates opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.