PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Shorts (ranked 3994 p4p, 5019 weight class) and Raw Heatmeat (ranked 436 p4p, 479 weight class). Heatmeat has chosen Shimmy Shimmy Ya by Ol' Dirty Bastard as his entrance music. Raw Heatmeat will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Shorts
vs
Heatmeat

183 cm
19
220
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
26
255
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Shorts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raw Heatmeat!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Heatmeat shoots in and gets a takedown into Shorts's guard.
Shorts has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Heatmeat wants to control from the top but Shorts keeps moving.
Shorts might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shorts lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Heatmeat is trying to keep Shorts in close.
We've been hearing that Shorts has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shorts with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shorts preventing the sweep.
Shorts with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shorts stopping the sweep attempt from Heatmeat.
Shorts controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Shorts is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Shorts with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shorts's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shorts seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Shorts chips away with some ground and pound.
Heatmeat keeping full guard, as Shorts tries to pass.
Shorts distracts Heatmeat with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shorts looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shorts scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shorts cracks Heatmeat with a solid left hand.
Shorts sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Heatmeat trying to control the position.
Shorts is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Shorts makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Shorts postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shorts landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shorts is in close to Heatmeat's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shorts sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Heatmeat's guard.
Heatmeat taking some punishment here, with Shorts in his half guard.
Shorts working over Heatmeat with some ground and pound. Heatmeat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shorts trying to control the pace.
Shorts lands strikes from half guard.
Shorts lands strikes from half guard.
Shorts lands with a punch from half guard.
Shorts working Heatmeat over with strikes.
Shorts is nestled in close to Heatmeat, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Heatmeat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Shorts lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heatmeat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Heatmeat looks winded!
Shorts lands strikes from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heatmeat wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Shorts there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heatmeat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shorts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Heatmeat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shorts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Shorts takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Shorts's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Shorts lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heatmeat has hold of Shorts's hands but Shorts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Shorts lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Shorts landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shorts tries to pass the half guard into mount. Heatmeat knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Shorts in particular looking to stall.
Shorts working over Heatmeat with some ground and pound. Heatmeat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Shorts dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shorts looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Shorts prevents Heatmeat from standing back up.
Heatmeat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shorts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Shorts drops an elbow to the side of Heatmeat's head.
Shorts lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heatmeat is looking for a sweep. Shorts is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Shorts working over Heatmeat with some ground and pound. Heatmeat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shorts winds up and cracks Heatmeat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Heatmeat wants to get back to his feet.
Shorts scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Heatmeat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shorts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Shorts working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shorts takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heatmeat is breathing heavily.
Shorts keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shorts looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Heatmeat with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shorts seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Shorts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heatmeat can do to turn this around?
Ground and pound from Shorts.
Shorts working Heatmeat over with strikes.
Shorts is thwarting Heatmeat's attempts to control the position.
Shorts lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Shorts in particular looking to stall.
Shorts scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shorts slips a nice elbow through Heatmeat's hands, connecting with Heatmeat's forehead.
Shorts landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heatmeat taking some punishment here, with Shorts in his half guard.
Heatmeat taking some punishment here, with Shorts in his half guard.
Shorts controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from Shorts there.
Shorts drops an elbow to the side of Heatmeat's head.
Shorts drops an elbow to the side of Heatmeat's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shorts scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Heatmeat is rocked!
Shorts working the head and body with strikes.
Heatmeat is still in real trouble! Can Shorts finish him?
Shorts looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Heatmeat with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shorts lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Heatmeat quite badly. Heatmeat pulls Shorts in close trying to recover. Shorts postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Heatmeat on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Heatmeat doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Shorts!
Henry Shorts decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.