PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Baha Beison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shepherd comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alter Bridge - Addicted to pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beison
vs
Shepherd

180 cm
21
162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
161 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baha Beison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rufus Shepherd!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beison drops Shepherd with a right and a left! Beison comes rushing in but Shepherd regains his composure and manages to keep Beison in guard.

Shepherd is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Beison drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Beison jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shepherd is still in real trouble! Can Beison finish him?
Beison looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Shepherd really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Beison's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Beison arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Shepherd's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Baha Beison!
In defeat, Rufus Shepherd stepped up to the mic, saying 'Unfortunately i lost but i will train a lot to win next fight for myself and you- my fans'.