PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Loka Shawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Ranson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shawn comes to the cage accompanied by Argy Bargy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shawn
vs
Ranson

185 cm
19
196 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
24
186 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Crashforce Voodoo Lab

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Loka Shawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Ranson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ranson misses with an uppercut.
Ranson misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ranson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ranson throws a nice looking combination but Shawn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Shawn closes the distance and clinches.
Shawn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ranson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Shawn - that landed with a thud.
Shawn pushes Ranson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Ranson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shawn is trying to break free.
Ranson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shawn tries to score a body lock takedown but Ranson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ranson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shawn backwards.

Shawn has hold of one of Ranson's legs. Ranson is fighting the takedown attempt but Shawn gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Shawn trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ranson's guard.
Ranson wants to stand up but Shawn is controlling him.

Ranson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Shawn blocks a jab.
David Ranson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ranson.
Ranson looks to land a left hand but Shawn moved out of range nicely.
Ranson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shawn.
Ranson looks gassed!
Shawn misses with a takedown attempt
letting Ranson counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loka Shawn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ranson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ranson misses with an uppercut.
Ranson loads up on a big right hand but Shawn slips the punch.
Ranson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ranson slaps away a takedown attempt from Shawn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ranson throws a body punch but Shawn moves out of range.
Ranson throws a series of punches but Shawn avoids them all with ease.
Ranson swats away the attempt to clinch by Shawn.
Shawn drops Ranson with a right and a left! Shawn comes rushing in but Ranson regains his composure and manages to keep Shawn in guard.

It looks like David Ranson has been cut.
Shawn trying to control but Ranson is working from the bottom.
Ranson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shawn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shawn is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Shawn wants to control from the top but Ranson keeps moving.
Shawn thows a big elbow that misses.

Shawn stands up and waves to Ranson to follow him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ranson throws out a loose jab but Shawn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ranson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shawn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shawn tries to clinch but Ranson moves away
and Ranson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ranson keeps the fight on the outside.
Shawn throws a low kick, looking for Ranson's leg but Ranson calmly moves out of range.
Shawn is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ranson.
A right-left combo lands from Ranson.
Shawn is looking to clinch.
Ranson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shawn tries to clinch there but Ranson circles away.
Ranson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shawn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ranson keeps the fight on the outside.
Shawn tries to clinch up.
Ranson keeps the fight on the outside.
Shawn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ranson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ranson looks to land a right hand but Shawn moved out of range.
Ranson misses with a combination
and Shawn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shawn stuns Ranson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shawn tries to clinch there but Ranson circles away.
Shawn is looking to clinch but Ranson is avoiding it.

Shawn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shawn cracks Ranson with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Shawn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shawn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ranson or not.
Shawn trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Shawn on the inside.
Shawn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ranson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Shawn is trying to drag Ranson to the mat but Ranson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ranson is trying to break free.
Ranson prevents the takedown attempt.
Shawn scores with a shot to the side of Ranson's head.
Shawn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ranson walks away with a smile on his face. Shawn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A punch combination from Ranson misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Loka Shawn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Ranson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shawn scores with a nice head shot.
Ranson moves away from the strike by Shawn.
Ranson looks to throw the jab but Shawn is out of range.
Ranson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Shawn counters with a nice body shot.
Ranson swings for the body but Shawn moves out of range.
Ranson misses with a double jab

and Shawn moves into the clinch.
Shawn scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Shawn.
Shawn drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ranson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Shawn scores with a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shawn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Shawn lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shawn tries to circle away but Ranson has him pinned against the cage.
Shawn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ranson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Shawn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ranson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shawn tries to clinch up.
Shawn tries to clinch but Ranson moves out of range.
Shawn tries to clinch up but Ranson circles away and keeps his distance.
Ranson misses with a double jab
and Shawn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Shawn closes the distance and clinches.
Shawn scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Shawn.
Shawn tries to stall but Ranson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Shawn pulls guard effortlessly.
Shawn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ranson preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Shawn is on top in guard.
Shawn trying to control the position from guard on top but Ranson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shawn controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ranson is looking to stand up but Shawn isn't so interested in that idea.
Ranson keeping moving, preventing Shawn from controlling successfully.
Shawn stays in close to Ranson's body and controls the position.
Ranson wants to get back to his feet but Shawn is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Shawn gets to his feet. Ranson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shawn staying out of range there.
Ranson swinging wilding here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shawn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ranson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ranson keeps the fight on the outside.
Shawn misses with a double jab.
Shawn wants to clinch up but Ranson keeps it at a distance.

Shawn darts in and clinches Ranson up against the cage.
Shawn tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loka Shawn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shawn has Ranson pushed against the cage.
Ranson lands a nice elbow.

Ranson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ranson throws a nice looking combination but Shawn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shawn tries to close the distance and clinch but Ranson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Shawn wants to clinch.
Ranson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shawn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ranson scores with a nice strike.
Shawn darts in trying to clinch
and Ranson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shawn doesn't manage to clinch there - Ranson circles away.
Shawn slips a jab and a cross from Ranson.
Danga de danga de dang - Shawn scores with a four punch combination!
Shawn wants to land a leg kick but Ranson is out of range.
Ranson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ranson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Shawn gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Loka Shawn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Ranson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Shawn wants to clinch.
Loka Shawn is winning the standup battle so far.
Shawn tries to clinch up.
Ranson misses with a double jab
and Shawn counters with a left and a right that stings Ranson.
Shawn is looking to clinch but Ranson is avoiding it.
Shawn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ranson can do to turn this around?
Shawn wants to clinch.
Ranson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ranson throws a combination that misses
and Shawn counters with a nice uppercut.
Ranson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shawn throws a good cross that connects.

Shawn clinches up with Ranson and pushes him back against the cage.
Shawn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ranson is looking to control Shawn's arms but Shawn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ranson has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shawn cracks Ranson with a nice body shot.
Shawn is leaning against Ranson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shawn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Shawn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shawn lands a nice shot to the body.

Shawn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shawn is looking to clinch.
Shawn wants to clinch.
Shawn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ranson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shawn jabs at Ranson's body.
Shawn scores with a nice head shot.
Shawn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ranson throws the left hand but Shawn avoids the punch easily.
Ranson misses with a straight right.
Shawn fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shawn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Shawn forces Ranson back against the cage and clinches.
Shawn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shawn gets through Ranson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Shawn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shawn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shawn tries to break the clinch but Ranson is controlling the position.
Ranson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shawn's efforts to push away.
Ranson gets underhooks to prevent Shawn's takedown attempt.
Ranson has had enough of the clinch but Shawn keeps him there for the moment.
Ranson is looking to control Shawn's arms but Shawn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ranson has his back to the cage.
Ranson is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Good body shot from Shawn.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shawn lands a damaging elbow.
Shawn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ranson backwards.
Shawn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shawn wants to stall.
Shawn content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Shawn lands with a short shot to the head.
Shawn taking a breather.
Shawn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ranson manages to break the clinch.
Ranson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ranson tries to clinch there but Shawn circles away.
Shawn tries to close the distance and clinch but Ranson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Loka Shawn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ranson throws a shot from downtown. Shawn moves away and avoids it.

Shawn pushes Ranson up against the cage in a clinch.
Shawn looking to throw knees to the head but Ranson is blocking nicely.
Ranson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shawn blocks an uppercut.
Shawn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shawn lands a right hand.
Ranson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Shawn seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Ranson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ranson is trying to break the clinch but Shawn has him pressed against the cage.
Shawn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shawn fails to pull guard.
Shawn drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loka Shawn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Ranson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ranson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shawn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Loka Shawn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ranson is looking to break free of the clinch but Shawn has double underhooks.
Shawn tries to circle away but Ranson has him pinned against the cage.
Shawn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ranson or not.

Shawn jumps guard.
Ranson wants to stand and escape but instead Shawn has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Shawn trying to control the position from guard on top but Ranson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Shawn decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Loka Shawn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ranson throws out a powerful jab.
Ranson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
David Ranson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shawn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Loka Shawn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shawn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Loka Shawn!