PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Galvin Free (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Youseff Shafiq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shafiq comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Booty Butt Cheeks kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Free
vs
Shafiq

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Galvin Free!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Youseff Shafiq!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Free, as that shot connected.
Free lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Shafiq throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shafiq fails with a takedown attempt.
Free ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shafiq changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Free tries to avoid it but Shafiq manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Free to the ground. Free escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Free leaves Shafiq with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Galvin Free has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Youseff Shafiq.
Shafiq has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Shafiq shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Free pinned against the cage. Free gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Free lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Free.
Some wild striking there from Free.
Free jabs at Shafiq's body.
Free connects with a single shot there.
Free looks to land a combination. Shafiq sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Youseff Shafiq seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Free.
Shafiq fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Shafiq looks winded!
Shafiq will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shafiq tries for a takedown but Free circles away easily
and Shafiq takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Free ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Free lands a right hook to the body.
Free lands a nice looking body shot.
Galvin Free is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shafiq's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Free connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shafiq scrambles back to his feet.
Free displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Free.
Free throws a combination. Shafiq tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Shafiq takes a jab right on the kisser.
Free moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shafiq walks into a stiff left hand from Free.
Free scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shafiq takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No luck for Shafiq with that takedown attempt.
A lazy left from Free finds it's target.
Shafiq shoots in for a takedown but Free shows good takedown defense.
Shafiq is trying hard to land a takedown here. Free sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Shafiq walks into a left hand.
Shafiq moves in looking to clinch but Free pushes him off.
Free leaves Shafiq with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Shafiq tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Free stuffs the takedown attempt from Shafiq. Shafiq gets slowly back to his feet.
Shafiq has a takedown stuffed.

Shafiq gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shafiq jumps guard but Free stands there with Shafiq around his waist. Shafiq gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Free makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Free.

Shafiq pulls guard.
Shafiq trying to control the position.
Shafiq wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shafiq manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Free manages to get himself to full guard.
Shafiq pushes down on Free's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Shafiq maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Free could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Shafiq has cracked it and Free is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Shafiq!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Youseff Shafiq!
Our winner, Youseff Shafiq, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.