PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tygan Shen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Champ Westbrook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shen
vs
Westbrook

193 cm
19
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

191 cm
26
260 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tygan Shen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Champ Westbrook!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Westbrook on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Westbrook looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Westbrook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shen paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Shen has managed to clinch.
Westbrook can't break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Shen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shen scores with a shoulder strike.

Westbrook breaks from the clinch.
Westbrook wants to clinch.
Westbrook on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at DJs Locker in the buildup to the fight.
Westbrook tries to move into range but Shen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Shen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Westbrook with a lazy takedown attempt

and Shen counters by moving into the clinch.
Shen lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Westbrook wants to get back to striking at distance but Shen won't allow it.
A nice left hand lands by Shen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westbrook misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shen.
Shen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shen.
Still in the clinch, Shen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Westbrook wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Shen.
Westbrook wants to break the clinch but can't.

Shen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Westbrook drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Westbrook fails with the takedown

and Shen moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Shen - that landed with a thud.
Westbrook's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Westbrook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Westbrook is trying to push Shen away but Shen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shen.
Shen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Westbrook is trying to stall.
Westbrook has had enough of the clinch but Shen keeps him there for the moment.
Westbrook using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Shen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Westbrook is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Shen is defending well.
Tygan Shen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Champ Westbrook.
Shen lands a shoulder strike.
Shen gets through Westbrook's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Westbrook misses with an elbow strike.
Westbrook is trying to push Shen away but Shen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Westbrook wants to get back to striking at distance but Shen won't allow it.
Shen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Westbrook is trying to break the clinch but Shen has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Shen.
A right handed body shot lands from Shen.
A right handed body shot lands from Shen.
Westbrook is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Shen pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Westbrook manages to break the clinch.
Shen scores with a jab. Westbrook acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Westbrook tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Shen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Westbrook looks winded!
Shen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Westbrook stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Westbrook takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Shen sends Westbrook crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Shen is motioning to the referee to let Westbrook up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

It looks like Champ Westbrook has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shen cracks Westbrook with a hook to the temple - Westbrook is on wobbly legs here! Shen swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Westbrook falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Shen wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tygan Shen!