PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaw has chosen Dancing Queen as his entrance music. Terry Shaw acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Black
vs
Shaw

180 cm
24
178 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

184 cm
30
175 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Good kicks
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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw misses with a leg kick.
Shaw thows a leg kick but Black checks it
and Black counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black checks the leg kick.
Black throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Black swings widly with a right hand
and Shaw makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Shaw fakes the leg kick and cracks Black in the body.
Black lands a right hook to the body.
Shaw throws a low kick but Black avoids it.
Black misses with a hook.
Shaw throws a leg kick
and Black counters with a stiff right hand.
Black takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Black checks a leg kick.
Black slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice body kick there by Shaw.
Shaw looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Black fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shaw manages to avoid it.
Shaw misses with a leg kick
and Black counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Shaw misses.
Shaw slips a straight right by Black.
Black misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shaw counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Shaw motions for Black to come forward. Shaw throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Black avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Shaw is predictable there
and Black counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shaw misses with a leg kick
and Black counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Black there.
Shaw moves forwards but Black connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shaw.
Shaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Black.
Shaw throws a leg kick
and Black counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shaw throws a leg kick that is checked
and Black counters with a nice body shot.
Terry Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Shaw misses
and Black counters with a nice body shot.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw fails with the takedown
letting Black counter with a right hand.
A low kick from Shaw is predictable there
and Black counters with a nice uppercut.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Shaw tries a low kick but Black avoids it.
Black works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shaw buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shaw tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Black is able to avoid easily.
Shaw throws a leg kick that misses.
Shaw will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Black swings for the body but Shaw moves out of range.
Black scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shaw shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Black sprawls well. Black wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shaw gets slowly back to his feet.
Shaw throws a leg kick that is checked
and Black counters with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shaw takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shaw swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Black misses.
Shaw throws a leg kick
and Black counters with a nice uppercut.
Black moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Shaw dives in and scores a takedown into Black's guard.
Shaw stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Black swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shaw trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Black manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Shaw looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Black advances to half guard.

Black decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Black misses with a lunging right hand

and Shaw counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shaw on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 free his trapped foot but Black is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Black is refusing to be controlled, as Shaw sits in half guard.
Shaw looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Black blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black wants to get back to full guard.
Shaw controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Black dominated that 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.

A low kick from Shaw misses
enabling Black to counter with a crisp jab.

Shaw closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Black's guard.
Shaw postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Black working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shaw.
Black has Shaw pulled in close to control his posture.
Black on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Black tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shaw throws and elbow that misses. Black uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Shaw's guard. Nice move by Black!
Black pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shaw is keeping the position for now.
Black trying to control but Shaw is working from the bottom.
Shaw tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Black has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Shaw is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shaw lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Black!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shaw lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Black hang on?
Shaw scoring with strikes but Black is staying in there.
Black tries to reverse the position but Shaw maintains control.
Shaw lands a big shot there that rocks Black but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Black can't escape the position.
Shaw landing shots from mount.
Black keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shaw is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black can't escape the position.
Black is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shaw prevents Black from getting the reversal.
Black tries to lock up and control but Shaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shaw with a couple of short strikes.
Black tries to reverse the position but Shaw maintains control.
Shaw trying to control but Black is having none of it.
Shaw lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shaw throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Black is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black taking shots to the head.
Black tries to lock up and control but Shaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Black is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Shaw lands a big shot there that rocks Black but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Shaw dominating with strikes here.
Black tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shaw cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shaw throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Shaw with the ground and pound from mount.

Shaw is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Black has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Black!
Black stopping the sweep attempt from Shaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black wants to pass the guard but Shaw is keeping the position.
Shaw wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black wants to pass the guard but Shaw is keeping the position.
Shaw manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Shaw showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Shaw fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Shaw tries to work over Black's front leg with a kick but Black checks it.
Shaw shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Black sprawls well. Black wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shaw gets slowly back to his feet.
Good leg kick by Shaw there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shaw motions for Black to come forward. Shaw throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Black misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Black misses the target.
Black connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black throws a hook but Shaw blocks it.
Black swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Shaw fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Black to the ground. Shaw is now in Black's guard.
Shaw trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Black's head.
Shaw stopping the sweep attempt from Black.
Shaw forces his way into half guard.
Shaw is trying to control the action in half guard but Black is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shaw wants to free his trapped foot but Black is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Black is not content to let Shaw control the position.
Shaw tries to pass the half guard into mount. Black knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Black tries to get to full guard but Shaw has control of the leg.
Shaw moves into full mount! Black won't be happy about that!
Black is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shaw lands a big elbow.
Black is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shaw trying to control but Black is having none of it.
Black is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shaw punching from mount but Black doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Black avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shaw.
Black tries to lock up and control but Shaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Black is in a horrible position here. Shaw smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shaw sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Terry Shaw has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shaw tries to control but Black wriggling away.
Black in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Black is looking to improve his position but Shaw isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Black hang on?
Black is looking to improve his position but Shaw isn't that keen on the idea.
Shaw pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Black tries to lock up and control but Shaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shaw cracks Black with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Black is rocked!
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 working Black over with strikes here.
Oh Black is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shaw postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Black looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Shaw! Black is hurt baaadly! Shaw is firing away with more strikes - Black is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Shaw!