PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gracie
vs
Shaw

174 cm
24
154 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
160 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Renzo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brad Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Shaw gets caught napping as Gracie dives in and scores a takedown. Shaw manages to retain guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Shaw wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Shaw lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gracie!
Shaw is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Shaw raining down hammerfists from mount.
Shaw has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gracie's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shaw cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gracie can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Shaw is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Gracie is surviving well by controlling Shaw's body position as best he can.
Shaw controlling the position easily from mount.
Shaw scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
Gracie taking shots to the head.
Shaw trying to control but Gracie is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shaw putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shaw fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shaw breaks from Gracie's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Shaw is landing with some decent strikes but Gracie is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Gracie is rocked!
Shaw fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shaw lands a big shot to the head and Gracie winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Brad Shaw!
Brad Shaw decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.