PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aiden Shortcut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bull has chosen The Last Shadow Puppets "The Age Of The Understatement" as his entrance music. Aiden Shortcut had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Shortcut
vs
Bull

200 cm
25
273 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
255 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Win Nutritional - proof of quality
Syndicate Drugs

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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Aiden Shortcut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Bull!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bull throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shortcut fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bull manages to avoid it.
Shortcut swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shortcut ducks under a wild hook from Bull.
Bull moves out of range of the strikes.
Bull throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shortcut uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bull.
Shortcut misses with a two punch combination.
Shortcut closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A combination from Shortcut does no damage.
Bull throws a sloppy head kick and Shortcut moves out of range easily.
Bull scores with a jab to the head.
Bull stuns Shortcut with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bull lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shortcut fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bull manages to avoid it.
Shortcut misses with an uppercut. Bull saw that one coming.
Bull lands a nice shot to the body.
Shortcut is breathing heavily.
Shortcut uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bull.
Bull lands a jab.
A good leg kick by Bull.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Shortcut with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bull to score with a decent uppercut.
Aiden Shortcut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bull connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bull lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shortcut's sensitive parts.
Bull lands a nice shot that snaps Shortcut's head back.
Shortcut takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bull scores with a jab. Shortcut acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bull lands a right hook to the body.
Bull misses with a double jab.
Bull fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bull.
Bull moves away from the strike by Shortcut.
Bull scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shortcut in his tracks.
Bull lands a nice shot that snaps Shortcut's head back.
Bull throws a wild body kick that Shortcut sees coming a mile off.
Shortcut throws an overhand right that lands on Bull's shoulder, as Bull tries to avoid the shot.
Shortcut drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull misses with a low kick as Shortcut jumps back.
Nice defenses there by Shortcut.
Aiden Shortcut is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bull fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Bull.
Shortcut swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bull counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shortcut swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bull counters with a right hand to the body.
Shortcut tries to move into range but Bull moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bull connects with a body shot.

Bull lands a left and a right that send Shortcut crashing to the mat, dazed. Bull thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Aiden Shortcut has been cut.
Bull tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bull is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Shortcut had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Bull cracks Shortcut with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Shortcut looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bull finish him?
Bull connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shortcut's hands.
Bull looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bull misses the shot to the body.
Shortcut chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bull can pounce on him.
Bull scores with a sloppy right hand. Shortcut should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bull fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bull lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bull lands a jab-cross combination.
Decent striking displayed by Bull there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bull throws out a powerful jab.
Bull throws a series of punches but Shortcut moves out of range.
Bull throws a hook but Shortcut blocks it.
Bull throws a leg kick which misses Shortcut's front leg but catches the back leg as Shortcut tries to avoid it.
Bull throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shortcut is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bull displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shortcut is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bull.
Bull connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Horrible takedown by Bull or perhaps it was just good defense by Shortcut which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shortcut scores with a hook.
Bull jabs at Shortcut's body.
Bull bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A punch combination from Bull misses.
Bull dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bull fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bull goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bull connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shortcut takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bull lands with a nice combination. Shortcut backs away looking to recover.
Shortcut on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shortcut misses with a looping left.
Bull is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bull is working the combinations to good effect here.
Shortcut scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bull in his tracks.
Shortcut uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bull.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Bull dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aiden Shortcut's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Shortcut throws a looping overhand right but Bull ducks down to avoid it.
Shortcut ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shortcut throws a series of punches but Bull avoids them all with ease.
Shortcut takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Shortcut might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Shortcut throws a combination that misses
and Bull counters with a nice uppercut.
Bull falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shortcut counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bull pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bull connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shortcut momentarily.
Shortcut blocks a jab.
Shortcut closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shortcut swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bull counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shortcut doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bull fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shortcut looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Shortcut falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bull counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bull fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shortcut manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shortcut takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shortcut misses with a body punch
and Shortcut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shortcut takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bull. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Shortcut takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bull will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shortcut loads up on a big right hand but Bull slips the punch.
Bull scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shortcut in his tracks.
A punch combination from Bull misses.
Bull swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bull throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shortcut needs to keep his hands up - Bull had a free shot at his head there.
Shortcut staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Bull.
Bull throws a combination. Shortcut tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bull fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Shortcut avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Bull throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good leg kick by Bull there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Bull takes the fight into the clinch.
Bull wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bull pushes Shortcut back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shortcut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bull taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bull is trying to stall.
Shortcut lands a knee to the body.
Bull looking for a takedown.
Shortcut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bull avoids it.
A short uppercut from Bull.
Shortcut lands a nice knee to the body.
Shortcut trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shortcut.
Bull avoiding damage as Shortcut throws knees to the body.
Shortcut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bull blocks it with crossed arms.

Bull breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shortcut is out of range and Bull settles back down.
Good leg kick by Bull there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bull has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bull misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Aiden Shortcut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Bull.
The crowd cheers as Shortcut lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bull doesn't seem phased though.
A punch lands to the side of Bull 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Shortcut scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shortcut is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shortcut misses with a jab to the body
and Shortcut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Shortcut scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shortcut throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bull stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shortcut looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shortcut tries to bum rush Bull with a series of wild strikes but Bull uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bull has his takedown stuffed
and Shortcut counters with a left and a right that stings Bull.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bull tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shortcut swivels and escapes.
A punch combination from Shortcut misses.
Shortcut tries to bum rush Bull with a series of wild strikes but Bull uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shortcut throws a shot from downtown. Bull moves away and avoids it.
Shortcut looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aiden Shortcut is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bull cracks Shortcut with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bull scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bull works the jab nicely.
Shortcut throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shortcut looks to land a combination but Bull avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bull scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bull connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull lands a nice shot that snaps Shortcut's head back.
Bull stuns Shortcut with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Bull showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aiden Shortcut's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bull looks to land a combination but Shortcut avoids it well.
Shortcut takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Shortcut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bull looks to land a combination but Shortcut avoids it well.
Shortcut will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shortcut takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bull fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bull throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shortcut counters with a nice uppercut.
Bull tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bull lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bull jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shortcut takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bull throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shortcut takes a swing at Bull's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shortcut just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shortcut swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Terry Bull seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bull lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shortcut pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shortcut misses with a jab to the body
and Shortcut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Shortcut misses.
Bull connects with a body shot.
Shortcut takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bull connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bull jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bull misses with the combination.
Bull dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bull works the jab nicely.
Shortcut takes a swing at Bull's ribcage but misses.
Shortcut is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bull.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shortcut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bull turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bull scores with a punch to the head.
Bull bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shortcut's head.
Bull scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shortcut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bull dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shortcut takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bull lands a really nice looking cross but Shortcut seems unphased.
Bull lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good leg kick by Bull there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bull throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bull plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Shortcut ducks under a wild hook from Bull.
Bull looks to score with a jab to the body but Shortcut is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shortcut throws out a loose jab but Bull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bull lands a jab to the head.
Bull connects with a single shot there.
Shortcut misses with a series of wild punches.
Bull lands a two punch combo.
Shortcut throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bull.
Shortcut takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Shortcut takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bull tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shortcut was well out of range. Poor timing from Bull.
Terry Bull is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shortcut on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bull's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bull duly obliges.
Bull throws a series of punches but Shortcut avoids them all with ease.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bull, as that shot connected.
Bull cracks Shortcut with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shortcut on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bull. Bull obviously looking to wear him down.
Shortcut looks to score with a jab to the body but Bull is just out of range.
Bull lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shortcut jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bull closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bull just misses with a punch to the body.
Bull feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shortcut's calf.
Shortcut doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Bull scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bull remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bull trying to control the position but Shortcut is working away.
Aiden Shortcut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shortcut is looking for a sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Bull comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bull winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Bull!