PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LeSean McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LeSean McCoy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tyson Shields's chin.

Shields
vs
McCoy

175 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Shields!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, LeSean McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McCoy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shields looking for a takedown.

Shields jumps guard and drags McCoy to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Shields can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McCoy controls the pace.

McCoy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
McCoy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shields's guard.
McCoy wants to take a breather but Shields is having none of it.
McCoy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
McCoy works his foot free and advances to mount.
McCoy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McCoy is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, McCoy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shields really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
McCoy dominating with strikes here.
McCoy landing shots from mount.
Shields taking shots to the head.
McCoy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McCoy scoring with strikes but Shields is staying in there.
McCoy lands a big elbow.
McCoy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shields hang on?
Shields tries to hold on but McCoy pushes him away.
McCoy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shields knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McCoy on the ground.
Shields takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shields taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy working away from the top, dropping strikes.
McCoy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shields looks a forlorn figure.
Shields wants to hold on but McCoy pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCoy punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shields on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shields tries to get out of the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BOOM! McCoy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Shields is breathing heavily.
McCoy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McCoy working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

McCoy has control of Shields's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Shields regains control of the situation pretty easily.
McCoy wants to control the pace but Shields is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy cracks Shields with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shields takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shields tries to hold on but McCoy postures up.
McCoy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shields is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McCoy working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Shields is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
McCoy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
McCoy controlling the pace for now.
McCoy lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy controlling from the full mount.
McCoy working Shields over with strikes here.
Shields is desperately trying to improve his position but McCoy has a good base and remains in mount.
McCoy working the ground and pound effectively.
McCoy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shields is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McCoy raining down shots from the mount!
Shields in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LeSean McCoy 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.

Shields closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Shields lands in his opponent's guard.
Shields stopping the sweep attempt from McCoy.
McCoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
McCoy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McCoy is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McCoy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Shields keeping moving, preventing McCoy from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shields doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy tries to free his leg and advance position but Shields is retaining full guard.
McCoy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McCoy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shields's guard.
Shields wants to improve his position but McCoy is controlling well.
McCoy is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Shields!
McCoy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McCoy lands with some strikes.
McCoy working Shields over with strikes here.
McCoy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shields hang on?
McCoy lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Shields that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy lands with some strikes.
McCoy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McCoy dominating with strikes here.
Shields takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McCoy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shields hang on?
Shields keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McCoy working the ground and pound effectively.
Shields is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McCoy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McCoy controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shields really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
McCoy working the ground and pound effectively.
McCoy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McCoy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shields tries to lock up and control but McCoy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McCoy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shields can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy is landing with some decent strikes but Shields is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
McCoy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shields hang on?
Shields wants to control but McCoy is having none of it.
LeSean McCoy has got the better of the ground game so far.
McCoy raining down shots from the mount!
Shields in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McCoy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Shields?
McCoy landing strikes, looking to finish!
McCoy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shields hang on?
McCoy is landing with some decent strikes but Shields is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
McCoy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McCoy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shields can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LeSean McCoy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

McCoy darts in and clinches Shields up against the cage.

Shields breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCoy doesn't manage to clinch there - Shields circles away.
Shields is looking to slow McCoy down with leg kicks.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shields paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shields moves out of range of the body kick.
McCoy misses with a body kick.
McCoy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shields will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shields fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

McCoy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCoy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
McCoy working over Shields with some ground and pound. Shields looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shields taking some punishment here, with McCoy in his half guard.
McCoy drops an elbow to the side of Shields's head.
Shields trying to hold on to McCoy's head to control him but McCoy postures up.

McCoy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Shields trying to control but McCoy postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shields with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shields is trying to get back to full guard.
McCoy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. McCoy connects with a nice short shot to Shields's temple.
LeSean McCoy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shields has hold of McCoy's hands but McCoy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Shields is looking for a sweep. McCoy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McCoy trying to control the pace.
McCoy's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McCoy works his way into full mount!
A nice elbow there by McCoy.
Shields wants to hold on but McCoy pushes him away.
McCoy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McCoy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
McCoy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McCoy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tyson Shields has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shields is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

And that's the end of the fight!
LeSean McCoy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McCoy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... LeSean McCoy!