PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Shackleford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shackleford comes to the ring accompanied by The Godfather. Wright comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Knocks you down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Shackleford
vs
Wright

184 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rusty Shackleford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Wright!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shackleford closes the distance and clinches.
Shackleford gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wright.

Wright pulls Shackleford into guard.
Shackleford stands up over Wright, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shackleford throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wright works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shackleford passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Shackleford scoring with punches and elbows.
Shackleford is chipping away with strikes.
Shackleford working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Shackleford tries for a kimura but Wright is defending well.
Shackleford fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wright tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Shackleford is landing with some decent strikes but Wright is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shackleford landing strikes from the mount and Wright is in trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shackleford scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wright?

Wright is rocked!
Shackleford putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wright is still in real trouble! Can Shackleford finish him?
Wright taking shots to the head.
Shackleford cracks Wright with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shackleford lands a big elbow - Wright is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Wright is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rusty Shackleford!