PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Masada The Zealot (ranked 4667 p4p, 491 weight class) and Justus Sheehan Jr (ranked 2111 p4p, 251 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sheehan Jr's choice of entrance music: Keep Ridin'. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

The Zealot
vs
Sheehan Jr

190 cm
31
162 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

168 cm
45
145 lbs
40 - 25 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Urban Fighter

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masada The Zealot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Justus Sheehan Jr!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheehan Jr throws the left hand but The Zealot avoids the punch easily.
Sheehan Jr throws a sloppy head kick and The Zealot moves out of range easily.
Masada The Zealot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Zealot ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Zealot walks into a stiff left hand from Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sheehan Jr throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The Zealot connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Zealot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sheehan Jr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent The Zealot stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The Zealot throws a shot to the body.
The Zealot misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Zealot throws an overhand right that lands on Sheehan Jr's shoulder, as Sheehan Jr tries to avoid the shot.
The Zealot works over Sheehan Jr's head and body with a nice combination.
Sheehan Jr throws a big shot that misses.
The Zealot slips a straight right by Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr swinging wildly here.
The Zealot connects with a body shot that sends Sheehan Jr's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sheehan Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sheehan Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sheehan Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Sheehan Jr throws a right hand that The Zealot ducks under and follows up with a left that The Zealot also avoids with ease.
Sheehan Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The Zealot lands with a shot to the body.
Sheehan Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by The Zealot.
Sheehan Jr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Zealot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr throws a series of punches but The Zealot moves out of range.
A punch combination from The Zealot misses.
The Zealot misses the body punch
and Sheehan Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
The Zealot shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sheehan Jr eats them both and turns towards The Zealot to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The Zealot ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Zealot jabs at Sheehan Jr's body.
Sheehan Jr scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sheehan Jr manages to avoid it.
Sheehan Jr looks to land a left hand but The Zealot moved out of range nicely.
The Zealot misses with a body shot.
Sheehan Jr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Zealot on the side of the head.
The Zealot displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sheehan Jr takes one to the side of the head.
The Zealot takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sheehan Jr takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sheehan Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Zealot cracks Sheehan Jr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The Zealot blocks a jab.
The Zealot misses with a wild combination.
The Zealot is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The Zealot keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Zealot scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Zealot, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheehan Jr walks into a jab.
The Zealot moves away from the strike by Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sheehan Jr looks to land a right hand but The Zealot moved out of range.
Sheehan Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Zealot darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The Zealot is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sheehan Jr dodges the punch combination from The Zealot.
Sheehan Jr lands a nice shot that snaps The Zealot's head back.
Sheehan Jr moves forwards but The Zealot connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sheehan Jr throws a shot from downtown. The Zealot moves away and avoids it.
The Zealot tests Sheehan Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sheehan Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Zealot.
The Zealot misses with a wild combination.
Sheehan Jr throws a counter combo.
The Zealot cracks a nice hook into Sheehan Jr's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Zealot works over Sheehan Jr's head and body with a nice combination.
Sheehan Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Zealot.
The Zealot connects with a right hand. Sheehan Jr shakes it off.
The Zealot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr cracks a nice hook into The Zealot's ribs.
Nice jab there from The Zealot.
The Zealot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sheehan Jr throws a series of punches but The Zealot moves out of range.
Sheehan Jr dodges the punch combination from The Zealot.
Sheehan Jr throws a counter combo.
Sheehan Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Zealot is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A cross from The Zealot lands.
The Zealot misses with an uppercut. Sheehan Jr saw that one coming.
The Zealot moves out of range of the body kick.
The Zealot lands a body shot.
The Zealot lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masada The Zealot dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The Zealot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sheehan Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Zealot throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Zealot throws out a powerful jab.
Sheehan Jr takes one to the chin there.
Sheehan Jr blocks a jab.
Sheehan Jr let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sheehan Jr misses with a few strikes there.
The Zealot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sheehan Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from The Zealot.
Sheehan Jr lands with a nice body kick.
Sheehan Jr displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Zealot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sheehan Jr can do to turn this around?
The Zealot avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Zealot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sheehan Jr has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The Zealot throws a combination that misses
letting Sheehan Jr counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sheehan Jr needs to keep his hands up - The Zealot had a free shot at his head there.
Some wild striking there from Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheehan Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Zealot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sheehan Jr appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A lazy left from The Zealot finds it's target.
The Zealot on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Masada The Zealot is winning the standup battle so far.
The Zealot doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sheehan Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Zealot takes a swing at Sheehan Jr's ribcage but misses.
The Zealot connects with a looping right hand.
The Zealot missing with a left hand there. Sheehan Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from The Zealot misses.
Sheehan Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Zealot.
The Zealot lands a slapping body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sheehan Jr might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, The Zealot has got the better of the exchanges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Zealot uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The Zealot tests Sheehan Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Zealot swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sheehan Jr.
The Zealot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Zealot lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The Zealot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sheehan Jr.
The Zealot looks to land a left hand but Sheehan Jr moved out of range nicely.
The Zealot dodges the punch combination from Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr stuns The Zealot with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sheehan Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Zealot throws out the jab.
Sheehan Jr misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like The Zealot was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fighters circle momentarily. The Zealot darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Sheehan Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from The Zealot misses.
Sheehan Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Sheehan Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot scores with a nice head shot.
The Zealot connects with a right hand. Sheehan Jr shakes it off.
The Zealot connects with the punch.
The Zealot tries to bum rush Sheehan Jr with a series of wild strikes but Sheehan Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Masada The Zealot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Zealot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Zealot throws a hook to the side of Sheehan Jr's head but Sheehan Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sheehan Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Zealot throws a one two combo.
Sheehan Jr moves away from the strike by The Zealot.
Sheehan Jr lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sheehan Jr misses with an uppercut. The Zealot saw that one coming.
The Zealot really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sheehan Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Sheehan Jr drops his hands momentarily and The Zealot takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sheehan Jr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Zealot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheehan Jr misses with a straight right.
The Zealot misses with a body shot.
Sheehan Jr is trying to counter with his kicks.
The Zealot stuns Sheehan Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Zealot misses with a looping left.
Sheehan Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Sheehan Jr ducks right into an uppercut from The Zealot.
Sheehan Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Zealot circles away quickly and effectively.
Sheehan Jr blocks a jab.
No joy there for The Zealot, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sheehan Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sheehan Jr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Zealot throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sheehan Jr.
Despite the aggression on Sheehan Jr's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A combination from Sheehan Jr does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Zealot cracks Sheehan Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sheehan Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Zealot lands a really nice looking cross but Sheehan Jr seems unphased.
The Zealot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As The Zealot backs off Sheehan Jr throws a huge counter combo but The Zealot manages to avoid it all.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masada The Zealot 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. And we move into the final round!

No joy there for Sheehan Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sheehan Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It looked like The Zealot wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sheehan Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces The Zealot off the cage and back into range.
Sheehan Jr misses with a wild combination.
The Zealot scores with a jab to the body.
The Zealot with a nice cross.
The Zealot lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sheehan Jr backs up against the cage.
The Zealot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Zealot misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Sheehan Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Zealot on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Zealot works Sheehan Jr's body with a nice hook.
The Zealot jabs Sheehan Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sheehan Jr misses with a two punch combination.
An attempted straight right counter from The Zealot misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheehan Jr moves out of range as The Zealot strikes.
The Zealot's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The Zealot duly obliges.

It looks like Justus Sheehan Jr has been cut.
The Zealot blocks a head kick by Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sheehan Jr is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Zealot.
The Zealot misses with the combination.
Sheehan Jr walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The Zealot ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Sheehan Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Zealot doesn't seem phased though.
The Zealot closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Zealot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sheehan Jr misses with a straight right.
Sheehan Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sheehan Jr gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sheehan Jr lands with a good body shot.
The Zealot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sheehan Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Zealot.
The Zealot went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sheehan Jr throws a jab when The Zealot was well out of range.
A jab from The Zealot finds it's way through Sheehan Jr's defenses.
A head kick misses from Sheehan Jr.
Sheehan Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Sheehan Jr.
The Zealot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sheehan Jr misses with a double jab.
Sheehan Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Zealot, as that shot connected.
The Zealot swings for the body but Sheehan Jr moves out of range.
The Zealot scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheehan Jr lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Zealot backs up against the cage.
Sheehan Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sheehan Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Zealot scores with the left hand. Sheehan Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Sheehan Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Sheehan Jr throws a right hand that The Zealot ducks under and follows up with a left that The Zealot also avoids with ease.
The Zealot lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Zealot misses with a double jab.
A nice side step and Sheehan Jr releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Masada The Zealot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Zealot lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Zealot throws a series of punches but Sheehan Jr avoids them all with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sheehan Jr! But no joy.
Sheehan Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice jab there from The Zealot.
A shot to the liver by The Zealot. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Sheehan Jr.
The Zealot connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sheehan Jr's hands.
Sheehan Jr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab from The Zealot misses.
Sheehan Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Sheehan Jr.
The Zealot defending well as Sheehan Jr loads up on a big left hand.
The Zealot tries to bum rush Sheehan Jr with a series of wild strikes but Sheehan Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sheehan Jr throws a right and a left that The Zealot avoids nicely.
The Zealot lands with a straight right. Sheehan Jr didn't see that one coming.
Justus Sheehan Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Zealot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Zealot ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masada The Zealot showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Zealot 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masada The Zealot!
Masada The Zealot took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sin City Allstars for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Justus Sheehan Jr spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm going to go back home and sit down with my coaches, but this could be the last time you see me in the Cage. And if it is, thank you to the fans and the OFC!'.