PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gary Todd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shepard Pie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pie kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Shepard Pie has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Todd
vs
Pie

180 cm
20
170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

178 cm
22
182 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gary Todd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shepard Pie!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jorge Garcia and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pie lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Gary Todd has been cut.
Pie tries to bum rush Todd with a series of wild strikes but Todd uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from Pie.
Pie scores with a one two! Todd had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Todd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Todd shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Todd misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Todd is breathing heavily.
Pie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pie scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Todd moves away.
Pie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pie looks to land a combination but Todd avoids it well.
Pie scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pie looks to land a combination but Todd avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pie misses with a wild combination.
Pie cracks Todd with a right hand to the side of the head.

Gary Todd's cut is getting worse.
Pie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Pie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Pie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pie throws a shot to the body.
Shepard Pie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pie misses with a wild body shot.
Todd has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pie misses with a few strikes there.
Pie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pie.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pie tries to close the distance and clinch but Todd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pie throws a jab but it's blocked by Todd.
Todd moves forwards but Pie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Pie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pie cracks Todd with a nice body shot.

Pie manages to break the clinch.
Todd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pie.
Pie fails to land with a series of punches.
Pie throws a right and a left that Todd avoids nicely.
Pie is looking to land body kicks.
Pie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pie throws a right hand that Todd ducks under and follows up with a left that Todd also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pie but Pie pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Todd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pie misses with the combination.
Todd takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Todd moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Pie.
Pie throws a nice looking combination but Todd bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Pie rushes Todd and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pie manages to break the clinch.
Pie moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pie throws out a loose jab but Todd uses good head movement to avoid it.

Pie has Todd up against the cage in a clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Todd. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

Pie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Pie clinches up against the cage.
Pie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hook to the body lands for Pie.

Pie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Todd stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Pie rushes Todd and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shepard Pie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gary Todd's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pie throws a lazy right hand but Todd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pie stalks Todd and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Todd's face. Todd staggers backwards, shaken.
Gary Todd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Pie as Todd shoots in.
Pie throws a nice looking combination but Todd bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pie misses with a hook.
Pie misses with a few strikes there.
Pie misses with a double jab.
Todd uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pie.
Pie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Todd moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pie misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pie throws a hook but Todd blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Pie.
Some wild striking there from Pie.
Pie connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Todd fails with a takedown attempt.
Pie wants to clinch up but Todd keeps it at a distance.
Pie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Todd keeps the fight on the outside.
Todd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Todd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pie tries to clinch up but Todd circles away and keeps his distance.
Pie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Todd.
Pie misses with a wild combination.
Todd just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Todd was well out of range. Poor timing from Pie.
Pie misses with a hook. Todd ducked under it nicely.
Pie swings for the body but Todd moves out of range.
Shepard Pie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pie looks to land a left hand but Todd moved out of range nicely.
Todd circles away from the clinch attempt.
Todd shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Todd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pie stuffs the takedown.
Pie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pie tries to clinch but Todd moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Pie.
Todd throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Todd takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Todd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Todd shoots for a takedown but Pie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice defenses there by Todd.
A punch lands to the side of Todd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pie throws a right and a left that Todd avoids nicely.
Todd tries for a takedown but Pie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Todd fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pie avoids it really well and circles away.
Pie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Todd slips a jab from Pie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shepard Pie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gary Todd's cut.
That's time! Todd's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Todd avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Pie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Todd slips a jab and a cross from Pie.
Pie lands a slapping body shot.
Pie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pie closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pie closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Todd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pie misses with a two punch combination.
Pie misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Todd bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Pie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Todd wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Todd is trying to get an arm triangle but Pie is defending well.
Pie is looking to regain half guard here but Todd keeps moving and retains side control.
Pie can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Todd goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Pie rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Todd's guard! Nice work there by Pie!

Pie stands up from Todd's guard - Pie perhaps looking for a knockout.
Pie misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd fails with a takedown attempt.
Todd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pie.
Pie throws a right and a left that Todd avoids nicely.
Pie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Todd decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pie's guard.
Todd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Todd postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Pie is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Todd, into his guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pie pushing down on Todd's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Todd is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pie pulls his head out easily.
Pie stalling.
Pie tries to stand and escape but Todd is controlling the position.
Pie is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Todd!
Pie controlling the position easily from mount.
Pie raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pie controlling from the full mount.
Pie tries to control but Todd wriggling away.
Pie looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shepard Pie.
I've got Pie 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shepard Pie!