PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rebel Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shields
vs
Lynch

185 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Shields !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rebel Lynch!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shields shoots in and bounces Lynch off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Shields preventing the sweep.

Lynch had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shields defends it easily.
Shields passes Lynch's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Shields 's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Lynch is trying to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Shields connects with a nice short shot to Lynch's temple.
Lynch missing with punches from the bottom.
Shields slips a nice elbow through Lynch's hands, connecting with Lynch's forehead.
Shields takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lynch with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lynch is trying to control but can't.
Lynch looks winded!
Shields landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shields 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.
Shields lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shields lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Shields working the head and body with strikes.
Shields lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lynch is in trouble now - Shields has advanced to mount!
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!
Shields lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shields scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Lynch is rocked!
Shields connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lynch is still in real trouble! Can Shields finish him?
Shields connects with a bit shot that sees Lynch covering up! More strikes from Shields and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Shields is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Shields !