PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Oviedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oviedo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tiesto - Adagio for Strings. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Oviedo
vs
Shaw

180 cm
24
177 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Fast

Bullet Proof System

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Oviedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Jorge Garcia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oviedo misses with the combination.
Oviedo fails to land with a series of punches.

Shaw clinches up with Oviedo and pushes him back against the cage.
Shaw misses with a body punch.
Shaw doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Oviedo pulls guard.

Oviedo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Shaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oviedo is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oviedo controls Shaw momentarily but Shaw frees himself.
Shaw trying to control but Oviedo is working from the bottom.
Oviedo can't keep his opponent in guard - Shaw advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw is looking to advance position but Oviedo won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oviedo wants to control but Shaw is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shaw seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Oviedo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Oviedo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shaw.
Oviedo is trying to stand.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Shaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Shaw pushes Oviedo up against the cage in a clinch.

Oviedo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Oviedo seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Shaw with a flurry of punches that miss.

Oviedo has his foot on Shaw's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shaw works his way back into a safe position though.
Oviedo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Oviedo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Shaw defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw trying to control the position from guard on top but Oviedo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shaw looking to sit in guard and control but Oviedo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shaw is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Oviedo is looking to advance position but Shaw has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Oviedo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shaw is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Oviedo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Shaw trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo is trying to escape the mount.
Oviedo tries to hold on but Shaw postures up.
Oviedo is looking to get to half guard.
Shaw tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Shaw can't control as he wanted to and Oviedo manages to get the fight back to his half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shaw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oviedo.

Oviedo gets a double leg takedown into Shaw's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw is looking to stand up but Oviedo isn't so interested in that idea.
Oviedo trying to control the position from guard on top but Shaw is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oviedo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Oviedo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oviedo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Shaw is not content to let Oviedo control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Oviedo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oviedo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Oviedo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shaw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Shaw, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oviedo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Shaw lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Shaw.
Oviedo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oviedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shaw swinging wildly here.

Oviedo gets tackled into the cage by Shaw. Shaw maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oviedo fails to pull guard.
Shaw misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Oviedo successfully pulls guard.
Shaw advances to half guard.
Oviedo manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Shaw really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oviedo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shaw throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oviedo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shaw stays in close to Oviedo's body and controls the position.
Shaw wants to control from the top but Oviedo keeps moving.
Shaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oviedo is keeping the position for now.

Oviedo has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Shaw doesn't defend quickly enough and Oviedo has managed to lock this one up! Can Shaw escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Oviedo on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jorge Oviedo!
Jorge Oviedo decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.