PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Edward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rahsheed shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Edward
vs
shakur

190 cm
23
260 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

190 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brock Edward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, rahsheed shakur!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
shakur will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Edward misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Edward could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
shakur throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Edward.
Edward fails with the takedown.

Edward clinches up against the cage.
Edward is trying to break the clinch but shakur has him pressed against the cage.

Edward is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. shakur can't fight it off and eventually Edward manages to take the fight to the floor. shakur looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Edward avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Edward stops shakur from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
shakur is trying to keep Edward in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edward trying to control but shakur is working from the bottom.
Edward tries to free his leg and advance position but shakur is retaining full guard.
shakur keeping moving, preventing Edward from controlling successfully.
shakur is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
shakur tries for a takedown but Edward circles away easily

and Edward counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
shakur is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Edward wants to pass to mount but shakur is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
shakur avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Edward.
shakur is refusing to be controlled, as Edward sits in half guard.
shakur blocking the ground and pound attempt from Edward.
Edward stalling away here and it's allowed shakur to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

shakur pushes Edward off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edward misses with a takedown
and shakur counters with a nice body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Edward. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Edward is breathing heavily.
shakur misses with a takedown

and Edward counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
shakur is looking to control Edward's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can shakur avoid being mounted?
shakur slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Edward won't allow shakur to get back to his feet.
shakur throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Edward postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
shakur throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
shakur wants to control the position but Edward says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
shakur is trying to stand up here but Edward is controlling him well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
shakur tries to close the distance and clinch but Edward swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Edward shoots in and bounces shakur off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Edward controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Edward dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Horrible takedown by Edward or perhaps it was just good defense by shakur which made him look bad.
shakur's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and shakur duly obliges.
shakur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
shakur fails with the takedown

so Edward counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Edward stands up from shakur's guard - Edward perhaps looking for a knockout.
shakur wants to clinch but Edward slips to the side

and Edward counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Edward goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, shakur rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Edward's guard! Nice work there by shakur!
shakur controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
shakur pushes down on Edward's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Edward avoiding damage under a succession of punches from shakur.
shakur is thwarting Edward's attempts to control the position.
shakur not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
shakur is looking to take a break and control but Edward is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Edward wants to improve his position but shakur is controlling well.
Edward is refusing to be controlled, as shakur sits in half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
shakur misses with a takedown attempt - Edward sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shakur shoots in but Edward avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brock Edward has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of rahsheed shakur.
Edward throws a predictable looking body shot
and shakur counters with a slapping leg kick.

shakur gets caught flat footed, as Edward shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
shakur is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
shakur is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Edward keeping control of the position.
shakur working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

shakur decides to return to a standing position.
Edward misses with a takedown attempt - shakur sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
shakur has his takedown stuffed

and Edward counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edward wants to stand but shakur has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
shakur is staying active underneath Edward, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
shakur tries to get to full guard but Edward has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Edward dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Edward misses with a wild combination.
shakur misses with a takedown

so Edward counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

shakur had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Edward is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. shakur Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Edward's back instead.
shakur is looking to control Edward but Edward is wriggling around and keeping busy.
shakur throws a series of strikes and Edward wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Edward tries to hold on but shakur pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edward is in a horrible position here. shakur smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Edward can't escape the position.
Edward looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Edward gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Edward is looking to improve his position.

Edward looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
shakur is tying to control. Edward wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Edward is looking to get back to full guard here but shakur has managed to pass to side control instead.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, shakur cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
shakur lands a nice shot to the head.
Brock Edward overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shakur can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Edward is looking to escape.
Edward is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
shakur connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
shakur avoids the attempt from Edward to control.
shakur can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Edward is looking to escape.
Edward throwing hammer fists to the chest of shakur. What's that going to do exactly?

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.
Edward is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
shakur is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Edward can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
shakur tries to control but Edward wriggling away.
Edward is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
shakur looking to control and managing it successfully.
rahsheed shakur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edward keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Edward showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Edward, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Edward!