PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Shamrock (ranked 263 p4p, 906 weight class) and Irish Power (ranked 27 p4p, 101 weight class). Shamrock's entrance music is One Winged Angel by The Black Mages. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shamrock
vs
Power

170 cm
43
149
53 - 14 - 0

172 cm
34
151
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 53 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Shamrock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Irish Power!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Shamrock.
Shamrock moves forwards but Power connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Power throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Power.

It looks like Nick Shamrock has been cut.
Shamrock is looking to score with low kicks.
Shamrock looks to land a combination but Power avoids it well.
Shamrock scores with a decent looking hook.
Power works the jab nicely.
Power uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shamrock.
Shamrock looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Power throws out the jab.
Shamrock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shamrock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Power moves out of range of the body kick.
Power will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Power feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Shamrocks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock tries a head kick but it misses.
Power cracks Shamrock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Power throws a right and a left that Shamrock avoids nicely.
Shamrock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Power gets a clinch.
Shamrock is leaning against Power and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Power swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Power tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
Shamrock lands a shot to the body.
Shamrock tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
Shamrock pushes Power back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Shamrock.
Still in the clinch, Power scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Power controls the action.
Power misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock blocks a body shot from Power.
Shamrock blocks a body shot from Power.
Power scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Power blocks an uppercut.
Power pushes Shamrock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Power crunches a lovely knee into Shamrock's ribcage.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Power avoids it.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Power is defending well for now.
Shamrock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Power fails to land.
Power throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shamrocks head.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Power misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock pushes Power back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shamrock tries to work over Power's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body.
Power lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power tries to throw a body punch but Shamrock avoids it by throwing Power back against the cage.
Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Power avoids the damage to the body.
Power blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Power doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Power tries to throw a body punch but Shamrock avoids it by throwing Power back against the cage.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Power on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Power prevents a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Power blocks an uppercut.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Power is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
Power misses with a body punch.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Power avoids it.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Power is defending well for now.
Shamrock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Power tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shamrock's elbow.
Shamrock avoids the elbow strike from Power, against the cage.
Shamrock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Power's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Shamrock.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Power on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Power.
Power stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Power misses with the head strike.
Shamrock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Power misses with the head strike.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Power tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
Shamrock takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Irish Power will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Power blocks a low kick nicely.
Power looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Power has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Shamrock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Power checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A head kick from Shamrock lands but Power takes it in his stride.
Shamrock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Power takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Power fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Shamrock throws a leg kick that is checked
and Power counters with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Power. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock tries to move into range but Power moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Shamrock connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A head kick misses from Shamrock.
Power thuds a left hand into Shamrock's body.
Nick Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shamrock takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Power.
A head kick misses from Shamrock.
A little jabbing left from Power on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Power throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shamrock checks a leg kick.
Power misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've been told by Shamrock's head coaches at MY YARD Resurrect, Hilo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Shamrock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice straight punches there by Shamrock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shamrock.
Power gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shamrock.
Power lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Power finds it's way through Shamrock's defenses.
An inside leg kick lands from Shamrock.
Power sizes up Shamrock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Power lands a really nice looking cross but Shamrock seems unphased.
Irish Power seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Power has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
Power looks to land a left hand but Shamrock moved out of range nicely.

Shamrock drives through and clinches with Power against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power blocks an elbow strike.
Power throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Power's defenses.
Power cracks Shamrock with a nice body shot.
Power's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shamrock takes a shot to the head.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shamrock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Power lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nick Shamrock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shamrock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Power.
A right handed body shot lands from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Power working aggressively here.
Power lands a hook that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body.
Shamrock lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Shamrock missing with knees to the body.
Shamrock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Power or not.
Shamrock trying to land knees to the body.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shamrock tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
Shamrock prevents a body shot from Power.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shamrock.
Power misses with the head strike.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Power lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Power presses Shamrock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Power tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Shamrock.
Shamrock blocking some punches.
Shamrock blocks a body shot from Power.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Power throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power throws a head punch that misses.
Power misses with a body punch.
Shamrock scores a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Shamrock.
Power is breathing heavily.
Shamrock landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock with a knee to the head.
Shamrock blocks a body shot from Power.
Power tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shamrock's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shamrock.
Power misses with some punches.
Shamrock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shamrock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shamrock misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Shamrock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shamrock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shamrock misses with a punch to the body.
Power is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shamrock is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Shamrock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Power throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Power throws a good cross that connects.
Shamrock scores with a jab.
Shamrock closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shamrock throws the kick towards the body but Power avoids it.
Shamrock wants to slow Power down by chopping away at his legs.
Shamrock's corner calls for a 1-2. Shamrock obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shamrock defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
Shamrock on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Power scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock throws a leg kick that misses.
Shamrock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Power scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock tries to clinch up but Power circles away and keeps his distance.
Shamrock lands a head kick!
Shamrock tries to land a body kick
and Power connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shamrock needs to keep his hands up - Power had a free shot at his head there.

Nick Shamrock's cut is getting worse.
Shamrock tries to bum rush Power with a series of wild strikes but Power uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shamrock throws a lazy right hand but Power sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Power displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shamrock throws out the jab.
Shamrock throws a sloppy head kick and Power moves out of range easily.
Shamrock misses with a left hand
and Power counters with a stiff right hand.
Nick Shamrock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shamrock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Power lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Shamrock is rocked!
Shamrock walks straight into a right hand from Power - that's dropped him! Power jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Shamrock from any more punishment! Shamrock complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Irish Power!
Irish Power is the new featherweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Irish Power waved his t-shirt featuring ALPHA Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.