PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Stolyar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaw comes to the cage accompanied by Family Force 5 - Chainsaw. Stolyar has chosen I Will Break You as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shaw
vs
Stolyar

191 cm
24
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
196 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pavel Stolyar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Eliza Hachem and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stolyar looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Shaw lands a nice hook to Stolyar's body. Stolyar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shaw lands a head kick!

It looks like Pavel Stolyar has been cut.
Shaw displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Stolyar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Stolyar has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Shaw lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stolyar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shaw fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Shaw cracks Stolyar with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Stolyar looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Shaw finish him?

Stolyar is rocked!
A head kick by Shaw - that's a beauty! Stolyar is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Shaw can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jack Shaw!
After winning the bout, Jack Shaw thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.