PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lark Bizzy (ranked 5145 p4p, 3633 weight class) and Leopold Shaw (ranked 503 p4p, 411 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bizzy
vs
Shaw

209 cm
27
265
1 - 3 - 0

193 cm
25
280
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lark Bizzy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leopold Shaw!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bizzy misses with a two punch combination.
Shaw with the counter takedown but Bizzy avoids it easily.

Shaw closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bizzy wants to control but Shaw is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bizzy wants to get back to full guard.
Bizzy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shaw scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shaw not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bizzy tries to get to full guard but Shaw has control of the leg.
Shaw content to control rather than advance.
Bizzy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bizzy tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bizzy trying to hold on to Shaw's head to control him but Shaw postures up.
Bizzy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw drops an elbow to the side of Bizzy's head.
Bizzy wants to control but Shaw is keeping busy.
Still in half guard, Shaw seems content to control.
Bizzy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shaw on the ground.
Shaw throwing shots but Bizzy is blocking nicely.
Shaw content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Shaw looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bizzy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Shaw takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Shaw looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shaw works his foot free and advances to mount.
Shaw connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shaw is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Bizzy goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Shaw!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Leopold Shaw!
Leopold Shaw seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.