PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nati Kuperman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Mahoney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mahoney's choice of entrance music: Dropkick Murphys - Flannigans Ball. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kuperman
vs
Mahoney

187 cm
22
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Liberty Fight Gear
Lone Wolf Fight Gear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nati Kuperman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Mahoney!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahoney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahoney lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Kuperman moves into range and clinches up with Mahoney.
Mahoney wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuperman won't allow it.

Kuperman manages to pull guard.
Mahoney trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Mahoney stands up from Kuperman's guard - Mahoney perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kuperman shoots in for a takedown but Mahoney shows good takedown defense.
Mahoney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kuperman.
No joy there for Kuperman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mahoney shoots and misses

and Kuperman counters with a shoot takedown. Mahoney fights it but they end up in guard.
Kuperman won't allow Mahoney to sweep him here.
Mahoney wants to stand up but Kuperman is controlling him.
Kuperman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kuperman preventing the sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahoney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kuperman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kuperman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kuperman stops Mahoney from standing up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Mahoney scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Nati Kuperman has been cut.
Mahoney looks gassed!
Kuperman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kuperman tries to clinch but Mahoney moves out of range.

Kuperman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mahoney wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mahoney wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mahoney is looking to break free of the clinch but Kuperman has double underhooks.
Kuperman stops a takedown attempt from Mahoney.

Kuperman lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kuperman moves into full mount! Mahoney won't be happy about that!
Kuperman controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kuperman has hold of Mahoney's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Mahoney manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Mahoney is looking to improve his position but Kuperman isn't that keen on the idea.
Kuperman controlling the pace for now.

Kuperman is working for a guillotine from mount but Mahoney frees his head quite easily.
Mahoney is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Mahoney trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Kuperman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuperman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kuperman with the ground and pound from mount.
Mahoney is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kuperman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mahoney is in all sorts of trouble here.

Kuperman with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Mahoney sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mahoney is trying to stand back up but Kuperman is controlling him
Mahoney tries to get to full guard but Kuperman has control of the leg.
Mahoney pushes Kuperman off looking to stand but Kuperman dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mahoney makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Nice uppercut lands for Mahoney. That snapped Kuperman's head back.

Kuperman is rocked!
Shane Mahoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mahoney lands with a big right hook that stumbles Kuperman - he's out on his feet here! Mahoney follows up with another monster hook that separates Kuperman from consciousness! Kuperman falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Mahoney stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Shane Mahoney!