PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Shield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John De Vito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John De Vito is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Shield
vs
De Vito

192 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ace C

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anderson Shield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John De Vito!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Vito closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
De Vito is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Shield will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
De Vito throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
De Vito throwing shots but missing, from side control.
You can see the frustration on Shield's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
De Vito wants to control but Shield is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Vito working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

De Vito stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Shield is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shield fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shield lands a body shot.
Shield tries to close the distance and clinch but De Vito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

De Vito drives through and clinches with Shield against the cage.

De Vito breaks from the clinch.

De Vito gets the takedown into side control.
Shield defending against the ground and pound.
Shield on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
De Vito wants to control but Shield is keeping him busy.
Shield is trying to work for a sweep but De Vito has mounted him!
Shield wants to hold on but De Vito pushes him away.
Shield is looking to improve his position but De Vito isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

De Vito is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Shield can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Shield is squirming around, avoiding De Vito's attempts to control the action.
De Vito punching from mount but Shield doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vito has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Shield's face.
Shield holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as De Vito tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
De Vito controlling the position easily from mount.
De Vito looking to ground and pound but Shield is blocking nicely.
De Vito postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Shield in real trouble here! The ref calls for Shield to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John De Vito!