PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rockmeteller Todd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Shota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Todd comes to the cage accompanied by Jeeves and Wooster. Shota has chosen Black Panther Theme by Stephen James Taylor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Todd
vs
Shota

184 cm
33
194 lbs
33 - 13 - 1

185 cm
36
202 lbs
28 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Bullet Proof System

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
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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 33 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rockmeteller Todd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Adrian Shota!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Shota.
Todd looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shota takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice shot by Shota.
Todd misses the shot to the body.
We've been informed that Shota has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Shota throws a body shot but no joy.
Todd avoids the body shot from Shota.
Shota misses with a jab to the body
and Todd counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Todd ducks under a wild hook from Shota.
Todd quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Shota tests Todd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A shot to the body from Shota misses
enabling Todd to counter with a crisp jab.
Todd fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shota is out of range.
Shota misses with an uppercut.
Shota connects with a solid leg kick.
Todd bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shota bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Todd's head.
Shota on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A slow jab from Shota misses its intended target.
Shota rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fighters circling - Shota throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Todd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Adrian Shota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Shota blocks the low kick.
Todd scores with a leg kick.
Shota darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Shota connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Todd finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shota lands a jab to the nose.

Shota gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shota just misses with a elbow thrown towards Todd's brow.
Shota misses with a body punch.
Shota throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Todd blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shota throws an elbow but misses.
Shota prevents Todd from breaking the clinch.
Todd blocking some punches.
Shota tries a body shot but Todd blocks it.
Shota fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Todd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shota backwards.
Shota tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Todd tries to work over Shota's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd blocks a body shot from Shota.
Shota trying to land knees to the body.

Todd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Todd lands with a nice body punch.
Todd throws a low kick but Shota avoids it.
Todd on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Todd missing with a left hand there. Shota was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shota works the jab nicely.
Shota throws a leg kick
and Todd counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shota lands with a cross.
Shota throws a jab when Todd was well out of range.
Todd takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Todd scores with a jab to the body.
Todd comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Todd.
Todd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Todd misses the target.
A big left from Shota misses.
Todd scores with a hook to the body. Shota takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shota is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Todd had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Todd avoids the body shot from Shota.
Shota throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Todd does it's job there.
Todd throws a wild body kick that Shota sees coming a mile off.
Todd thuds his right hand into Shota's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Todd walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shota checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Todd lands with a kick to the ribs.
Todd fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shota has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Todd jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by Todd there.
Todd lands with an overhand left.
Shota misses with a hook
and Todd counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shota lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Todd misses with a left hand
and Shota counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Shota there.
Shota wants to clinch but Todd slips to the side
and Todd counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shota cracks the inside of Todd's front leg.
Todd avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Todd moves out of range of the strikes.
Shota tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Todd checks a low kick from Shota.
Todd moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shota tries to clinch but Todd moves away
letting Todd counter with a right hand.
Todd lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shota lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shota throws out a loose jab but Todd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd looks to land a right hand but Shota moved out of range.
Shota misses the jab.
Todd swings for the body but Shota moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Todd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shota.
Shota looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shota throws out a loose jab but Todd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd throws a lazy right hand but Shota sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Todd lands a slapping body shot.
Shota swings for the body but Todd moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adrian Shota will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Todd lands with a nice body punch.
A leg kick checked by Todd.
Shota throws a poor cross that misses
and Todd counters with a straight right hand.
Todd has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A clash of legs there as Todd blocks the low kick.
Shota blocks the body kick.
Shota misses with a wild body shot.
Shota takes a swing at Todd's ribcage but misses.
Shota misses with a body shot.
Todd walks into a straight right hand from Shota.
Shota swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Todd counters with a slapping leg kick.
Todd explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Todd takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Todd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shota.
Todd motions for Shota to come forward. Todd throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shota looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Todd takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Todd pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shota throws a leg kick but Todd checks it.
Shota looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shota throws a body punch but Todd moves out of range.
Todd fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Shota on the side of the head.
Todd has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Todd there as he acknowledges the shot.
Todd defending well as Shota loads up on a big left hand.
Todd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Todd throws a quick counter kick to the body but Shota avoids it.
Shota takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Todd misses with a left hand
and Todd takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shota on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Todd throws a poor cross that misses
and Shota makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shota takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Todd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shota.
Todd appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shota moves out of range as Todd throws a body kick.
Shota walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shota tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Todd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Todd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shota was well out of range. Poor timing from Todd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Todd checks a leg kick.
Todd checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shota misses with a low kick.
Todd throws a push kick but Shota slaps the foot to one side.
Shota misses the shot to the body.
Todd fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shota checks it well.
Nice uppercut lands for Todd. That snapped Shota's head back.
Shota tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Todd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shota connects with a jab.
Todd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Todd lands a nice looking body kick.
The fighters circling - Todd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shota takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Todd lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shota throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Shota.
Todd fails to land with a series of punches.
Shota jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shota chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd moves away from the strike by Shota.
Shota looks to score with a jab to the body but Todd is just out of range.
Rockmeteller Todd is winning the standup battle so far.
Todd lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Shota checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shota throws a looping overhand right but Todd ducks down to avoid it.
Shota connects with a leg kick. Todd looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Todd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Todd misses with a wild body shot.
Todd scores with a sloppy right hand. Shota should have avoided that one.
Todd cracks the inside of Shota's front leg.
Shota throws a looping overhand right but Todd ducks down to avoid it.
Shota lands with a straight right. Todd didn't see that one coming.
Todd looks to throw a body kick
and Todd takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shota throws a jab but it's blocked by Todd.
Shota takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Todd scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shota in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shota tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Todd was well out of range. Poor timing from Shota.
Todd takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Todd throws a body kick that misses.
Todd looks to score with a jab to the body but Shota is just out of range.
Shota throws out a counter right but Todd avoids it with no problem.
Shota misses with a looping left.
A leg kick checked by Todd.
Todd displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shota throws out the jab.
Shota has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shota looks to land a left hand but Todd moved out of range nicely.
Shota tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Todd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Todd is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Shota.
An attempted straight right counter from Todd misses the target.
Shota on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Todd scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Todd lands a nice hook to Shota's body. Shota takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shota avoids the body shot from Todd.
Todd takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Todd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shota throws a hook but Todd avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rockmeteller Todd dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Shota tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Todd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Todd misses with a straight right.
Nice shot by Shota.
Nice jab there from Todd.
Todd throws a leg kick which misses Shota's front leg but catches the back leg as Shota tries to avoid it.

Shota gets a clinch.

Todd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Todd tries a low kick but Shota avoids it.
Shota throws a body punch but Todd moves out of range.
Todd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shota.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shota misses with a straight right.
Todd looks to throw the jab but Shota is out of range.
Shota throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Todd was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Todd.
Shota tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Todd was well out of range. Poor timing from Shota.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Shota slips a straight right by Todd.
Todd lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Shota misses.
Shota's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shota throws a right hand that misses
and Todd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Todd lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shota at a distance.
Shota takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shota takes one to the chin there.
Todd lands a lovely overhand right.
Todd lands with a kick to the ribs.
Todd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shota misses the body punch
and Todd counters with a nice uppercut.
Todd slips a jab from Shota.
A swing and a miss from Todd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shota keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shota doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Todd pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shota is out of range and Todd settles back down.
Nice defenses there by Todd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd misses with a wild body shot.
Todd misses with a straight left.
Shota tries a low kick but Todd avoids it.
Todd moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Shota just misses with a punch to the body.
Shota wants to clinch
letting Todd counter with a right hand.
Shota misses with a looping left.
Todd misses the shot to the body.
Shota misses with a leg kick.
Shota has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Todd.
Shota misses with an uppercut. Todd saw that one coming.
Todd seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Todd takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Shota drives through and clinches with Todd against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Todd.
Shota blocking some punches.

Todd manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shota displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Todd throws out the jab.
Todd has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Todd there as he acknowledges the shot.
Todd scores with a nice head shot.
Todd checks a leg kick.
Todd bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Todd scores with a leg kick.
Todd lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from Shota.
Shota misses with a straight right.
Todd throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shota misses with a body shot.
Todd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shota scores with a punch to the head.
Shota thuds a left hand into Todd's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shota throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Todd on the side of the head.
Todd feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shota's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Todd tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shota throws a low kick, looking for Todd's leg but Todd calmly moves out of range.
Todd throws a low kick but Shota avoids it.
Shota lands a leg kick that knocks Todd off balance momentarily.
Shota shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Todd connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shota momentarily.
Todd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A leg kick checked by Shota.
Shota throws a low kick but Todd moves out of range easily.
Todd takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shota misses with a low kick.
Todd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Todd is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shota.
Shota stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Shota rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Todd counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Rockmeteller Todd showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Todd has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rockmeteller Todd!
Rockmeteller Todd tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
The defeated Adrian Shota had this to say: 'Even the best of us have much to learn. My pain is well earned. May all my enemies be so skilled as you.'.