PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Deejay Vendetta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vendetta's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Five Finger Death Punch - The Bleeding. Shaw has chosen Dammit, Janet as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vendetta
vs
Shaw

177 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

184 cm
27
175 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Control Nutrition

Bushido Clothing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Deejay Vendetta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vendetta throws a leg kick but Shaw sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vendetta leaves Shaw with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vendetta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shaw closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vendetta circles away.
Vendetta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shaw blocks the body kick.
Shaw shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Shaw.
Shaw fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Deejay Vendetta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Shaw.
Shaw shoots in looking for a takedown. Vendetta tries to sprawl out of it but Shaw keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vendetta manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Shaw walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vendetta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shaw throws a hook but Vendetta blocks it.
Shaw slips under a jab.
Shaw is looking to chop away at Vendetta's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw scores with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Vendetta blocks the low kick.
Shaw shoots for a double leg takedown but Vendetta sprawls well. He's pushed Shaw's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vendetta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vendetta lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shaw has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shaw and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vendetta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Shaw misses
and Vendetta counters with an outside leg kick.
Shaw looks gassed!
Horrible takedown by Shaw or perhaps it was just good defense by Vendetta which made him look bad.
Vendetta is looking to chop away at Shaw's legs.
Vendetta just misses with a punch to the body.
Vendetta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Shaw tries to keep at a distance but Vendetta has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shaw changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Vendetta fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vendetta throws a leg kick

and Shaw counters with a shoot takedown. Vendetta fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vendetta has control of Shaw's left arm, preventing Shaw from doing any damage.
Shaw won't allow Vendetta to sweep him here.
Shawis looking to pass into half guard but Vendetta pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Vendetta is in guard.
Vendetta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shaw swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shaw looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Vendetta puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Shaw tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Vendetta has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Shaw is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vendetta controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shaw gets back to half guard.
Shaw has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Vendetta is working away from the top position though.
Shaw is looking to improve his position.

Shaw looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vendetta prevents Shaw from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vendetta content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Shaw looking for submissions off his back.
Shaw is looking to get back to full guard here but Vendetta has managed to pass to side control instead.
Vendetta prevents Shaw from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deejay Vendetta dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

An inside leg kick from Vendetta misses.
Vendetta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shaw.
Shaw shoots in for a double leg but Vendetta sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Shaw throws the kick towards the body but Vendetta avoids it.
Shaw swats away the attempt to clinch by Vendetta.
Vendetta tries to clinch up.
Vendetta tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Terry Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shaw throws a sloppy head kick
and Vendetta counters with an outside leg kick.
Vendetta is looking to score with low kicks.
Vendetta checks the leg kick.
Shaw pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vendetta throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw misses with a takedown attempt

and Vendetta counters by clinching up.
Deejay Vendetta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Shaw.
Shaw missing with knees to the body.
Vendetta tries to land a knee to the head but Shaw blocks with his arms.
Vendetta avoiding damage as Shaw throws knees to the body.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
Vendetta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shaw is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A knee to the head by Vendetta.
Vendetta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vendetta lands an uppercut.
Vendetta holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Vendetta breaks from the clinch.
Vendetta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shaw checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Vendetta tries to work over Shaw's front leg with a kick but Shaw checks it.
Shaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Vendetta has closed the distance and engaged Shaw in a clinch.
Shaw tries for a takedown but Vendetta manages to get underhooks.
Shaw can't get the takedown.
Vendetta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shaw takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vendetta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vendetta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vendetta landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vendetta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shaw avoids it.

Vendetta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Vendetta drives through and clinches with Shaw against the cage.
Vendetta crunches a lovely knee into Shaw's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shaw takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vendetta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vendetta misses with a knee to the head.
Vendetta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shaw takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shaw has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vendetta is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Vendetta manages to break the clinch.
Deejay Vendetta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Vendetta forces Shaw back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Vendetta.
Vendetta gets underhooks to prevent Shaw's takedown attempt.
Vendetta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vendetta has Shaw pushed against the cage.
Vendetta tries a knee to the head but Shaw blocks it.
Vendetta lands a good knee to the midsection. Shaw won't want to take too many of those.
Vendetta taking a breather.
Shaw is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Vendetta pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Vendetta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vendetta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shaw avoids it.
Vendetta is trying to force a seperation but Shaw has the dominant position.
Vendetta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shaw is defending well for now.
Shaw is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shaw missing with knees to the body.
Shaw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vendetta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vendetta is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Vendetta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shaw fails to pull guard.
Vendetta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vendetta with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Shaw breaks the clinch.
Shaw misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Shaw on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vendetta. Vendetta obviously looking to wear him down.
Shaw fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vendetta checks it well.
Vendetta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vendetta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vendetta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Vendetta gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shaw to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Shaw throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shaw preventing the sweep.

Shaw thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Vendetta trying to keep a closed guard but Shaw is proving a slippery customer.
Shaw distracts Vendetta with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deejay Vendetta dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Vendetta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Vendetta moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Vendetta.
Vendetta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shaw avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vendetta.
Good body shot from Vendetta.
Shaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vendetta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shaw blocks it with crossed arms.
Vendetta lands with a light punch inside.

Shaw breaks from the clinch.
Shaw throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shaw, right into the meat.
Vendetta throws a head kick but Shaw moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shaw.
Shaw doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Vendetta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Shaw takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shaw misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Vendetta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vendetta throws the left hand but Shaw avoids the punch easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shaw.
A low kick from Shaw is predictable there
and Vendetta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shaw feints and then cracks Vendetta's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vendetta down.
Vendetta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shaw.
Deejay Vendetta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Shaw.
Vendetta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shaw is out of range and Vendetta settles back down.
Good standup being displayed there by Vendetta as he connects with a hook.
Shaw changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vendetta tries to avoid it but Shaw manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vendetta to the ground. Vendetta escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Shaw throws a leg kick
letting Vendetta counter with a right hand.
Shaw tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vendetta throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Terry Shaw has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shaw is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vendetta's half guard.
Shaw with the ground and pound but Vendetta uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vendetta is looking to stand up but Shaw isn't so interested in that idea.
Shaw throwing strikes but missing.
Vendetta preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vendetta is pulling down on Shaw's head. It's preventing any offense from Shaw, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw won't allow Vendetta to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vendetta avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shaw accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Shaw looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shaw.
Shaw misses with a leg kick.
Shaw tries for a takedown but Vendetta circles away easily
and Vendetta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shaw throws out a leg kick but Vendetta moves out of range and Shaw only half commits.
Shaw throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vendetta throws a leg kick but Shaw moved away.
Deejay Vendetta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shaw tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vendetta swivels and escapes.
Shaw turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vendetta leaves Shaw with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vendetta is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shaw shoots in for a double leg but Vendetta sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vendetta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shaw. Shaw circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vendetta chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vendetta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vendetta. That's going to slow Shaw down.
Terry Shaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shaw throws a leg kick that is checked
and Vendetta counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vendetta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vendetta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shaw throws a leg kick

and Vendetta moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Deejay Vendetta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vendetta, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Deejay Vendetta!