PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Anus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anus comes to the cage accompanied by Nick Diaz Rap Song. Shaw has chosen The Weather Girls 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.

Anus
vs
Shaw

190 cm
22
178 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

184 cm
27
175 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

ADCC Champion
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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Anus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Shaw scores with a leg kick.
Shaw bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shaw finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Anus misses with an uppercut.
Shaw scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shaw. That's going to slow Anus down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anus. Shaw does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anus lands with a good body shot.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shaw misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anus. Shaw does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shaw fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Anus looks to score with a jab to the body but Shaw is just out of range.
Terry Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Anus misses with a jab, cross combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shaw.
Shaw attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Anus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anus scores with a hook.
Anus throws a right and a left that Shaw avoids nicely.
Shaw throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Anus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Anus.
Shaw shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anus as he avoids it easily.
Anus throws a nice looking combination but Shaw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheers as Anus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shaw doesn't seem phased though.
Shaw buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shaw throws a wild body kick that Anus sees coming a mile off.
Anus catches Shaw with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anus cracks Shaw with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anus avoids the head kick by Shaw.
Shaw throws a chopping leg kick but Anus manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Shaw keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anus.
Anus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shaw misses with a body shot.
Shaw buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Shaw gets a clinch.
Shaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anus avoiding damage as Shaw throws knees to the body.
Shaw working Anus over with knees to the body.
Shaw tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anus avoids it.
Anus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shaw with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shaw lands a good knee to the midsection. Anus won't want to take too many of those.
Anus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw misses with a knee strike.

Anus has picked Shaw up - he's going for a ride! Anus dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
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!
Shaw wants to improve his position but Anus is controlling well.
Anus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Anus moves nicely into side control.
Shaw is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anus working the ground and pound from side control.
Shaw takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Anus looks up at the clock and then as Shaw takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Anus smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Shaw gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Shaw manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Anus chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Shaw keeping moving, preventing Anus from controlling successfully.
Shaw controls Anus momentarily but Anus frees himself.

Shaw has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Anus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Shaw had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anus defends it easily.
Shaw looks gassed!
Anus slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Anus lands some shots froms side control.
Shaw struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Anus's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anus working the ground and pound.
Shaw manages to work his way to half guard, despite Anus's best efforts.
Anus winds up and cracks Shaw with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Shaw missing with punches from the bottom.
Anus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Anus works his way into side control.
Shaw taking punishment in the form of punches.
Anus connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Shaw some visible discomfort.
Anus working the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anus grinds an elbow into Shaw's temple.
A lull in the action here.
Shaw is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Anus dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Anus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anus looks for a takedown but Shaw sprawls well.
Shaw does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Anus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shaw's hands.
Shaw takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Shaw shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Anus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Anus missing with a left hand there. Shaw was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Shaw drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
An elbow from Shaw crashes against the mat.
The ground and pound from Shaw seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Shaw misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Anus tries to bench press Shaw off him but Shaw keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw throws an elbow but Anus slips to the side and avoids it well.

Shaw thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Shaw working the body and head with strikes.
Anus manages to work his way to half guard, despite Shaw's best efforts.
Anus wants to get back to full guard.
Shaw working the head and body with strikes.
Shaw wants to pass the guard but Anus is defending well.
Shaw thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw tries to pass the half guard into mount. Anus knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Anus has his hands clasped together around Shaw's back. He's all about the action.
Anus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Anus is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Anus won't allow Shaw to pass to mount.
Shaw scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shaw is thwarting Anus's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Shaw tries to clinch up but Anus circles away and keeps his distance.
Anus throws a looping overhand right but Shaw ducks down to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Anus checks a leg kick.
Anus throws a right hand that Shaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Shaw also avoids with ease.
Shaw throws a low kick but Anus avoids it.
Shaw ducks under a wild hook from Anus.
Shaw is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anus misses with a looping right.
Shaw lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anus's sensitive parts.
Anus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shaw slips a straight right by Anus.
Shaw will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mike Anus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shaw takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Shaw fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Anus sprawls well initially but Shaw persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Anus is looking for a sweep. Shaw is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anus slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Shaw drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Anus dives on top into guard.
Shaw is breathing heavily.

Shaw looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mike Anus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anus trying to control the position from guard on top but Shaw is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Anus got a little sloppy there for a moment and Shaw has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Anus has managed to get both his arms back between Shaw's legs - danger averted.
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Shaw throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Anus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Anus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Terry Shaw will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Anus throws a series of punches but Shaw avoids them all with ease.
Anus works Shaw's body with a nice hook.
Shaw motions for Anus to come forward. Shaw throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anus lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from Anus misses.
Shaw misses with a body kick.
Shaw throws a head kick that misses
and Anus counters with a stiff right hand.
Anus swats away the attempt to clinch by Shaw.
Shaw on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Anus uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Anus stuns Shaw with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Anus scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Anus trying to control the position but Shaw is working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anus is really struggling to control Shaw but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Shaw is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Anus lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Anus trying to control the action but Shaw is working from the bottom.
Anus scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Shaw to see if he's OK.
Shaw is trying to work for a sweep but Anus has mounted him!
Anus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Anus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Anus cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shaw can't escape the position.
Anus with a couple of short strikes.
Shaw tries to reverse the position but Anus maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anus lands with some strikes.
Shaw is trying desperately to improve position.
Anus lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shaw hang on?
Anus controlling from mount.
Anus lands a big elbow.
Anus looking to control but Shaw is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Anus is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shaw can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shaw is looking to improve his position but Anus isn't that keen on the idea.
Anus landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anus avoids the attempt from Shaw to control.
Anus prevents Shaw from getting the reversal.
Shaw takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Anus scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shaw is wriggling around trying to escape.
Anus connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Anus unloading with bombs!
Anus is landing with some decent strikes but Shaw is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Anus trying to control but Shaw is having none of it.
Anus controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anus prevents Shaw from getting the reversal.
Anus controlling from the full mount.
Shaw is in all sorts of trouble here.
Anus putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shaw keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shaw regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Anus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Anus 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 29:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Anus!