PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hog Bushwick (ranked 6770 p4p, 592 weight class) and Arthur Shelby (ranked 6432 p4p, 577 weight class). Hog Bushwick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bushwick
vs
Shelby

171 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hog Bushwick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arthur Shelby!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shelby misses with a left hand

and Bushwick counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bushwick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Shelby looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Shelby throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Shelby looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bushwick has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bushwick stands up over Shelby, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bushwick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Shelby throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bushwick sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shelby trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bushwick lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bushwick could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bushwick working some strikes from top position.
Bushwick knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shelby on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bushwick trying to control the position from guard on top but Shelby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bushwick working some strikes from top position.

Shelby is looking for a triangle but Bushwick pushes his legs off easily.
Shelby is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bushwick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bushwick with a nice head shot there.
Bushwick's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Shelby is looking to cinch up a triangle. Bushwick throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Shelby's body to avoid the submission. Shelby has instead reached around Bushwick's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Shelby arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Arthur Shelby!