PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ali Rahim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shepherd has chosen Radioactive by Imagine Dragons Ft. Kendrick Lamar as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rahim
vs
Shepherd

197 cm
27
209 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

193 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ali Rahim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Shepherd !
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shepherd has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rahim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Rahim's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shepherd misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rahim counters with a straight right hand.
Rahim seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A combination from Shepherd does no damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Shepherd decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Shepherd .
Rahim wants to control but Shepherd is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shepherd is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rahim knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shepherd on the ground.
Shepherd is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rahim tries to hold on but Shepherd pushes him away.
BOOM! Shepherd connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rahim tries to hold on but Shepherd postures up.
Shepherd working the ground and pound effectively.
Shepherd scoring with strikes but Rahim is staying in there.
Rahim wants to hold on but Shepherd pushes him away.
Shepherd looking to finish Rahim with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rahim!
Shepherd connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepherd with good strikes from the mount here!
Rahim is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shepherd breaks from Rahim's wrist control and lands an elbow.

It looks like Ali Rahim has been cut.
Shepherd connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shepherd is landing with some decent strikes but Rahim is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shepherd lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Rahim is rocked!
Shepherd cracks Rahim with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Rahim is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rahim wants to control but Shepherd is having none of it.
Shepherd working the ground and pound effectively.
Shepherd landing strikes from the mount and Rahim is in trouble!
Rahim tries to hold on but Shepherd pushes him away.
Rahim seems to have got his legs back now.
Shepherd has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rahim's face.

Shepherd swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jason Shepherd !
A very excited looking Jason Shepherd made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.