PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Shot (ranked 2372 p4p, 45 weight class) and El Torito (ranked 3983 p4p, 64 weight class). El Torito has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shot
vs
Torito

162 cm
39
145 lbs
25 - 21 - 2

165 cm
38
160 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastian Shot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, El Torito!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torito misses the shot to the body.
Torito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shot.
Torito scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shot looks to score with a jab to the body but Torito is just out of range.
Torito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Shot on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Shot lands a head shot.
Shot throws a jab when Torito was well out of range.
Shot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shot fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shot.
Shot misses with a combination
and Torito counters with a right hand to the body.
Torito just misses with a punch to the body.
Shot drops down looking for a counter takedown but Torito sprawls and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shot gets the takedown into side control.
Shot throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Torito is being controlled here.
Torito struggling a bit here.
Torito is not content to let Shot control the position.
Shot is really struggling to control Torito but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Torito is looking for a sweep.
Shot misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Torito is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shot is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Torito is looking to reverse the position.
Shot trying to control the action but Torito is working from the bottom.
Torito can't do much from the bottom here.

Shot looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shot trying to control the action but Torito is working from the bottom.
Torito tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shot trying to control the action but Torito is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shot throws an elbow but Torito slips to the side and avoids it well.

Shot looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Torito taking a bit of punishment here - Shot scoring with strikes.
Shot just content to control the position.

Shot swings around for an armbar but Torito sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Shot's guard.

Shot throws his legs up looking for a submission but Torito uses it to pass to side control.
Shot is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shot struggling a bit here.
Shot tries to buck Torito off but Torito is having none of it.
Shot sneaks back into half guard.
Shot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Shot dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A leg kick checked by Torito.
Shot is looking to clinch but Torito is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torito. Shot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shot half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Shot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torito can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Shot, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Torito looks to score with a jab to the body but Shot is just out of range.
Torito lands a slapping body shot.
Shot throws an overhand right that lands on Torito's shoulder, as Torito tries to avoid the shot.
Shot jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Shot clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shot blocks an elbow strike.
Shot lands a shoulder strike.
Shot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Torito jumps into guard, dragging Shot to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shot stands up over Torito, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shot passes Torito's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shot performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Torito has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Shot is working away from the top position though.
Shot thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Shot scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Torito slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Shot is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Shot is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Shot is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Shot trying to control the position from guard on top but Torito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shot wants to pass the guard but Torito is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torito is pulling down on Shot's head. It's preventing any offense from Shot, at least for the moment.
Shot wants to control from the top but Torito keeps moving.
Torito pulls Shot in to control the position.
Shot throwing strikes from guard but Torito blocks nicely.
Torito pulls Shot in close to prevent any damage.
Shot trying to control but Torito is working from the bottom.
Shot has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Torito avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Torito pulls Shot in close to prevent any damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shot trying to control but Torito is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shot throws an off balance right hand
and Torito counters with a left to the body.
Shot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Torito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torito. Shot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shot throwing a counter right hand but Torito manages to avoid it.
Shot wants to slow Torito down by chopping away at his legs.
Shot tries to clinch but Torito is having none of it.
Torito ducks under a wild hook from Shot.
Torito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shot.
A little feinted left hand from Shot on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Torito misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shot counters with a nice uppercut.
Torito slips a straight right by Shot.
Shot dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Torito. That did some damage!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shot has a couple of punches blocked by Torito.
Torito misses with a knee to the head.
Torito changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shot fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Shot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shot scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torito staying out of range there.
Torito misses with a body shot.
Shot thuds a left hand into Torito's body.
Torito is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Shot rather than just go for the knockout.
Torito moves out of range of the strikes.
Torito just misses with a punch to the body.
Shot throws a body punch but Torito moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Shot dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Torito throws a body punch but Shot moves out of range.
Torito takes a swing at Shot's ribcage but misses.
Shot misses with a wild body shot.
Torito misses with a wild body shot.
Shot bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shot throws out a powerful jab.

Shot scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Shot seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Torito does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Torito blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torito is trying to control but can't.
Torito wants to improve his position but Shot is controlling well.
Torito trying to hold on to Shot's head to control him but Shot postures up.
Shot wants to control but Torito is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shot trying to control from Torito's half guard. Torito has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shot's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Torito controlling the position.
Shot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Torito avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Torito utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Torito is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Torito's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Shot trying to control but Torito is working from the bottom.
Torito has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Torito drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab lands there for Shot.
Shot misses with a straight right.
Torito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shot manages to avoid it.
Shot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torito staying out of range there.
Shot scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Shot gets the takedown into side control.
Shot looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Torito is avoiding damage well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shot looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shot content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Shot trying to control the position but Torito is working away.
Torito struggling a bit here.
Shot trying to control the action but Torito is working from the bottom.
Torito is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
You can see the frustration on Torito's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Torito is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ground and pound from Shot seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Torito's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sebastian Shot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shot trying to control the action but Torito is working from the bottom.
Torito is trying to control Shot's posture but Shot avoids it.
El Torito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shot is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Torito will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Torito is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sebastian Shot showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shot 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebastian Shot!
A very excited looking Sebastian Shot 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.