PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brock Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Shardlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Michaels
vs
Shardlow

186 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
196 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Shardlow!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shardlow takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shardlow defending well as Michaels loads up on a big left hand.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shardlow moves away.
Shardlow moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shardlow is looking to clinch.
Steve Shardlow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels slips under a jab.
Michaels throws a shot from downtown. Shardlow moves away and avoids it.
Shardlow thumps Michaels with a low kick.
Michaels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shardlow.
Michaels throws a body punch but Shardlow moves out of range.
Shardlow throws out a leg kick but Michaels moves out of range and Shardlow only half commits.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Michaels is looking to wear down Shardlow with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Shardlow misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shardlow moves away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Shardlow.
Shardlow looks for the body kick but Michaels saw that one coming.
Shardlow moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Shardlow rushes Michaels and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Michaels tries to land knees in the clinch but Shardlow avoids the damage to the body.
Shardlow is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michaels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shardlow blocks it with crossed arms.
Shardlow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Michaels is keeping busy.
Shardlow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Michaels misses with a punch on the inside.

Michaels wants the takedown. Shardlow is fighting it off but Michaels persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Shardlow's guard against the cage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels postures up.
Shardlow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shardlow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels wants to improve his position but Shardlow is controlling well.
Shardlow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Shardlow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Michaels has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Michaels is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Shardlow pulls his head out easily.
Michaels is not content to let Shardlow control the position.

Michaels looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Michaels keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Shardlow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Michaels wants to improve his position but Shardlow is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Shardlow tests Michaels's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No joy there for Michaels, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Michaels lands a jab to Shardlow's midsection.
Shardlow throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Michaels.

It looks like Brock Michaels has been cut.
Michaels throws a nice looking combination but Shardlow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Michaels works Shardlow's body with a nice hook.
Michaels throws the left hand but Shardlow avoids the punch easily.
Shardlow throws a head kick that Michaels semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shardlow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab lands there for Michaels.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shardlow takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Shardlow ducks under a wild hook from Michaels.
Michaels throws a hook but Shardlow avoids it easily.
Shardlow throws a head kick but Michaels moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shardlow wants to clinch up but Michaels keeps it at a distance.
Michaels throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Steve Shardlow will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brock Michaels's cut.
That's time! Michaels's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Michaels closes the distance and clinches up with Shardlow, looking for a takedown. Michaels pushes Shardlow against the cage but Shardlow circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Shardlow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shardlow misses with a head kick.
Shardlow throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Michaels.
Shardlow lands a high kick!
Michaels swings for the body but Shardlow moves out of range.
Shardlow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michaels throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shardlow on the side of the head.
Shardlow throws a series of punches but Michaels avoids them all with ease.
Michaels avoids the head kick by Shardlow.
Michaels avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shardlow feints and then cracks Michaels's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michaels down.
Shardlow throws a sloppy head kick and Michaels moves out of range easily.
Michaels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shardlow throws a leg kick but Michaels moved away.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Michaels misses the shot to the body.
Michaels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shardlow manages to avoid it.
Michaels swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shardlow counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Shardlow throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Shardlow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shardlow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michaels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shardlow was well out of range. Poor timing from Michaels.
Nice defenses there by Shardlow.
Shardlow tries a head kick but it misses.
Shardlow moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice body punch from Shardlow.
Shardlow lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Michaels ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Michaels takes a swing at Shardlow's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shardlow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michaels drops Shardlow with a beautiful combination! Shardlow stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Michaels is looking for the KO!

Shardlow is rocked!

It looks like Steve Shardlow has been cut.
Michaels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shardlow was well out of range. Poor timing from Michaels.
Shardlow is looking to score with low kicks.
Michaels misses with a shot to the body
and Shardlow counters with a big head kick but Michaels shrugs it off.
Shardlow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Shardlow is just out of range.
Shardlow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shardlow tries to clinch there but Michaels circles away.
Steve Shardlow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michaels swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shardlow is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
Shardlow tries to clinch but Michaels is having none of it.
Michaels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shardlow is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels throws a body punch but Shardlow moves out of range.
Michaels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shardlow.
Michaels throws a hook but Shardlow blocks it.

Michaels bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michaels working the ground and pound but Shardlow is defending the strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shardlow can do anything to dispel that myth.
Shardlow tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Michaels wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Michaels trying to control the action but Shardlow is working from the bottom.

Michaels is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Shardlow has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Michaels dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Michaels's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Shardlow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Michaels throws a body punch but Shardlow moves out of range.
Shardlow throws a leg kick but Michaels sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Shardlow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Shardlow is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shardlow ducks under a wild hook from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Shardlow lands with a slapping head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shardlow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shardlow moves forwards but Michaels connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shardlow needs to keep his hands up - Michaels had a free shot at his head there.
Shardlow throws a head kick that Michaels semi-blocks.
Shardlow stuffs the takedown.
Shardlow throws a head kick that misses.
Michaels has a takedown stuffed.
Good shot there by Michaels.
Shardlow tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shardlow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Shardlow tries to clinch up.
Shardlow scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shardlow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shardlow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michaels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shardlow.
Good shot there by Shardlow.
Michaels misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shardlow throws a solid leg kick but Michaels takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shardlow.
Michaels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shardlow's sensitive parts.
Shardlow is looking to clinch.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Shardlow avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Shardlow.
Michaels looks to land a left hand but Shardlow moved out of range nicely.
Michaels misses with the combination.
Michaels misses with a body punch
and Shardlow counters with an outside leg kick.
Shardlow lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shardlow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shardlow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the body from Michaels misses
and Shardlow counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Shardlow.
Shardlow throws a combination that misses
and Michaels counters with a left to the body.
Shardlow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shardlow misses with a head kick.
Michaels blocks a head kick by Shardlow.
Shardlow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Shardlow.
Shardlow throws a sloppy head kick
and Michaels counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michaels scores with a jab to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Michaels showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Michaels has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Michaels!