PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Get Down (ranked 7213 p4p, 4180 weight class) and Greg Sharty (ranked 643 p4p, 496 weight class). Get Down has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Down
vs
Sharty

195 cm
25
215
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
220
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Get Down!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Sharty!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Down shoots in for a double leg but Sharty sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Down.

Down pushes Sharty up against the cage in a clinch.
Sharty being controlled against the cage.
Sharty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sharty has a couple of punches blocked by Down.

Down breaks the clinch.

Sharty shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Down manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharty not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sharty's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Down wants to get back to his feet but Sharty is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sharty is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
It looks like Sharty might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Sharty stands and throws Down's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sharty is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Down will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Check out the look on Sharty's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sharty working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Down seems a little lost for a moment, as Sharty dominates the positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharty lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sharty has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sharty working the head with strikes.
Sharty controls the position.
Sharty scoring with punches from side control.
Sharty is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
More stalling from Sharty.

Sharty tries for a kimura but Down is defending well.
Down struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Sharty's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A lull in the action here.
Sharty grinds an elbow into Down's temple.
Sharty scoring with punches from side control.
Down can't do much from the bottom here.
Sharty working the ground and pound.
Sharty moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Sharty lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Check out the look on Sharty's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sharty moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Sharty dominated that round.
That's time! Down's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Down shoots in for a takedown but Sharty shows good takedown defense.
Sharty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Down defends it well.
Sharty has a takedown stuffed.
No luck for Down with that takedown attempt.
Sharty slaps away a takedown attempt from Down, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sharty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Get Down. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Down stuffs the takedown attempt from Sharty. Sharty gets slowly back to his feet.
Sharty fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Down as Sharty shoots in.

Sharty drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sharty landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sharty taking a breather here.
Down definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharty with more of the same as he continues to hold on.
Let's hope that Sharty has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharty lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Down down.
Sharty taking a breather here.
Greg Sharty has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sharty in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sharty working the head and body with strikes.
A lull in the action here as Sharty stalls from top position.
Sharty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sharty is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Down has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sharty happy to just control the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Down is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sharty connects with a decent elbow.
Sharty has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Sharty content just to control the position here.
Sharty putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sharty content just to control the position here.
Sharty fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sharty controlling from mount.
Sharty lands a big shot there that rocks Down but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Down on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Down tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharty lands with some strikes.

Down is rocked!
Sharty connects with a bit shot that sees Down covering up! More strikes from Sharty and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sharty is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Sharty!