PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vince Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bellerophon Shanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellerophon Shanks will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Page
vs
Shanks

170 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vince Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bellerophon Shanks!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shanks swats away the attempt to clinch by Page.
Shanks has a takedown stuffed.
Shanks leaves Page with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Shanks shoots in looking for a takedown. Page tries to sprawl out of it but Shanks keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Page manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Shanks slaps away a takedown attempt from Page, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Page as Shanks shoots in.
Vince Page has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bellerophon Shanks.

Shanks shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Page tries to reverse the position but Shanks maintains control.
Shanks can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Page is looking to escape.

Shanks has control of Page's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Page regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Shanks fails to move to back control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page tries to lock up and control but Shanks gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shanks blocks Page's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Page is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.

Shanks is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Page has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Shanks can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Page is looking to escape.
Page might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Shanks is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shanks prevents Page from getting the reversal.
Shanks is looking to work his way around to Page's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Shanks trying to control but Page is having none of it.
Page throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Page tries to lock up and control but Shanks gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shanks takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.

Shanks is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Page has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shanks looking for the choke from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page turns into Shanks and is now in his guard.
Page lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Page is breathing heavily.
Shanks wants to sweep here but Page controlling him for the moment.
Shanks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Page content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Shanks working a defensive guard here.

Shanks is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Page postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shanks looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Shanks is looking for a triangle but Page pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Shanks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shanks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Page lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shanks controls Page momentarily but Page frees himself.
Page preventing the sweep.
Shanks trying to keep a closed guard but Page is proving a slippery customer.
Page preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Page wants to control from the top but Shanks keeps moving.

Shanks is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Page defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bellerophon Shanks dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shanks looks for a takedown but Page sprawls well.
Page misses with a takedown attempt - Shanks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Shanks looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Page manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Page lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Page fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Page landing strikes, looking to finish!
Page 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Page pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shanks is trying to escape the mount.
Shanks is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shanks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Page lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Page in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shanks is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shanks in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Page lands a big elbow.

Shanks is rocked!
Shanks is looking to get to half guard.
Page landing strikes from the mount.
Shanks is still in real trouble! Can Page finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Page connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page landing punches.
Shanks tries to reverse the position but Page maintains control.
Shanks seems to have recovered his senses.
Page lands a big shot there that rocks Shanks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Page cracks Shanks with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shanks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shanks is bucking up trying to escape but Page cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shanks slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Shanks blocking the ground and pound attempt from Page.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Page is working for a kimura but Shanks is defending it quite comfortably.
Page prevents Shanks from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page is keen to just control but Shanks is a slippery customer.
Shanks trying to control but Page postures up.
Shanks makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Shanks.

Page drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Page jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shanks working for a triangle but Page defends it easily.
Shanks lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Page!

Shanks is working for a guillotine from mount but Page frees his head quite easily.
Page manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shanks wants to control but Page is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Page dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Shanks shoots for a takedown but Page saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Shanks will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Page manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Shanks on his heels. He'll look to pass Shanks's guard now, I'm sure.
Page is in close to Shanks's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shanks trying to keep a closed guard but Page is proving a slippery customer.

Shanks is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Page is in close to Shanks's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shanks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Page. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shanks wants to sweep but no luck.
Page wants to control from the top but Shanks keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Page's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Shanks isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Page stacks Shanks on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Page!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shanks is trying to get back to half guard.
Page gets to mount! Shanks was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Page lands a big elbow.
Page is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shanks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shanks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shanks taking shots to the head.
Shanks keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Page with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Page scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Shanks?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shanks tries to hold on but Page pushes him away.
Page with a couple of short strikes.
Page looking to finish Shanks with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shanks!
Page is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shanks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shanks is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Shanks wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Page.
Shanks keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shanks sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Page lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shanks trying to hold on to Page's head to control him but Page postures up.

Page is looking for a kimura but Shanks is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Page to get the leverage.
Page sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shanks defending well though.
Page is trying to control the action in half guard but Shanks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shanks makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Shanks.
Shanks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shanks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shanks looking for a sweep. Not yet Shanks, not yet.
Page postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Shanks looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Page is defending well. Shanks quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Page has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Shanks celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bellerophon Shanks!
Bellerophon Shanks took some time post fight to say the following; 'Oh yeah, I got a cool catch phrase... I've just never had the chance to use it... it goes 'Damn, thats cold ya'll''.