PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Don Shaw is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Snake
vs
Shaw

179 cm
18
192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Snake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Shaw!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snake throws a series of punches but Shaw moves out of range.
Snake tries to clinch up but Shaw circles away and keeps his distance.
Shaw slips a straight right by Snake.
Snake circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shaw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Snake misses with a wild body shot.
Snake throws a series of punches but Shaw avoids them all with ease.
Snake misses with a body shot.
Snake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Snake closes the distance and clinches.
Snake is working for takedown but Shaw is calmly controlling the position for now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shaw takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Snake is fighting off a takedown attempt but Shaw is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Snake to the mat. Snake regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Snake looking for a sweep. Not yet Snake, not yet.
Shaw working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Shaw won't allow Snake to get back to his feet.
Shaw in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snake wants to improve his position but instead Shaw has moved into half guard.
Shaw missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Snake tries to get to full guard but Shaw has control of the leg.
Shaw working over Snake with some ground and pound. Snake looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shaw looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Snake with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

It looks like Jake Snake has been cut.
Shaw working Snake over with strikes.
Snake taking some punishment here, with Shaw in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Snake wants to get back to full guard.
Snake is breathing heavily.
Snake is trying to stand back up but Shaw is controlling him
Shaw sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Snake defending well though.
Snake is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shaw scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Shaw there.
Shaw takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shaw thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Snake's head.
Shaw working over Snake with some ground and pound. Snake looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Snake keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Snake is trying to get back to full guard.
Snake trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Shaw manages to pass to mount!
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Snake taking shots to the head.
Shaw unloading with bombs!
Shaw lands a big shot there that rocks Snake but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Shaw working Snake over with strikes here.

Snake is rocked!
Shaw looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Oh Snake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Snake badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Shaw around the waist but Shaw pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Shaw is the winner by TKO! Shaw jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Shaw!