PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cael Shaughnessy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mongolia Heed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Shaughnessy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Against I - Massive Attack & Mos Def. The crowd seem to be enjoying Heed's choice of entrance music: Gentlelman. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Shaughnessy
vs
Heed

170 cm
30
154 lbs
22 - 21 - 0

172 cm
30
152 lbs
22 - 28 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 22 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cael Shaughnessy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mongolia Heed!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaughnessy with a jab.
Heed takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shaughnessy fails to land with a series of punches.
Shaughnessy misses with a series of wild punches.
Heed throws a counter combo.
Shaughnessy jabs Heed to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice jab there from Shaughnessy.
Heed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shaughnessy.
Heed with the counter takedown but Shaughnessy avoids it easily.
Shaughnessy throws the kick towards the body but Heed avoids it.
Shaughnessy works Heed's body with a nice hook.
Shaughnessy lands an overhand right.
Heed takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heed closes this distance looking for a takedown but Shaughnessy circles away.
Shaughnessy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaughnessy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shaughnessy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heed.
Heed with the counter takedown but Shaughnessy avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Heed 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Heed shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shaughnessy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shaughnessy.
Some wild striking there from Shaughnessy.
Shaughnessy with a jab.
Cael Shaughnessy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shaughnessy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Shaughnessy lands a head shot.
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!
Shaughnessy lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaughnessy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shaughnessy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heed throws out a counter right but Shaughnessy avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shaughnessy.

Heed fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Shaughnessy to the ground. Heed is now in Shaughnessy's guard.
Shaughnessy is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Shaughnessy has his feet on Heed's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Shaughnessy scores with a nice right hand.
Heed walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A shot to the liver by Shaughnessy. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heed shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cael Shaughnessy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mongolia Heed.
Shaughnessy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Heed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shaughnessy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Heed's hands.
Shaughnessy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heed.
Shaughnessy scores with a jab to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Heed or perhaps it was just good defense by Shaughnessy, which made it look bad.
Heed takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Heed takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shaughnessy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Shaughnessy. That snapped Heed's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaughnessy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Heed on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shaughnessy cracks Heed with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shaughnessy lunges at Heed with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Heed's hand.
Shaughnessy lands a nice hook to Heed's body. Heed takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shaughnessy stalks Heed and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Heed's face. Heed staggers backwards, shaken.
Shaughnessy scores with a punch to the head.
Shaughnessy throws a shot from downtown. Heed moves away and avoids it.
Heed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shaughnessy.
Shaughnessy digs a good hook to Heed's body.
Shaughnessy punishes Heed's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shaughnessy lands with a good body shot.
Heed slips a jab from Shaughnessy.
Heed takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cael Shaughnessy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Heed gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shaughnessy.
Shaughnessy tests Heed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shaughnessy lands a jab-cross combination.
Heed needs to keep his hands up - Shaughnessy had a free shot at his head there.

Heed is rocked!
Shaughnessy scores with a jab to the body.
Heed is still on wobbly legs! Can Shaughnessy finish him?
Shaughnessy lands an overhand right.
Cael Shaughnessy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heed gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Shaughnessy gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cael Shaughnessy!
An out of breath Cael Shaughnessy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.