PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chiharu Shiba (ranked 5476 p4p, 6534 weight class) and Jordie Jordan (ranked 612 p4p, 651 weight class). Shiba's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sick Puppies - Survive. 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.

Shiba
vs
Jordan

185 cm
19
195
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
185
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Arcticus University: London

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiharu Shiba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordie Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan checks a low kick from Shiba.
Shiba tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jordan is able to avoid easily.
Shiba buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jordan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shiba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jordan wants to clinch.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jordan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shiba finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shiba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shiba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiba fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jordan just manages to avoid it.
Jordan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shiba has time to react.

It looks like Chiharu Shiba has been cut.
Shiba is looking to slow Jordan down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shiba wants to slow Jordan down by chopping away at his legs.
Jordan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Shiba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jordan. That did some damage!
Shiba connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jordan tries to clinch up but Shiba circles away and keeps his distance.
Jordan misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jordan clinches up against the cage.
Shiba misses with an elbow over the top.

Jordan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shiba connects with an inside leg kick.
Shiba tries a low kick but Jordan avoids it.
Shiba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shiba counters with a body kick.
Shiba tries a head kick but it misses.
Shiba lands a leg kick that knocks Jordan off balance momentarily.
Shiba throws a leg kick but Jordan moved away.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba moves out of range.
Shiba fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jordan checks it well.
Shiba throws a leg kick but Jordan checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shiba with a nice calf kick.
Shiba tries to score with a low kick but Jordan moves his leg out of the way.
Shiba throws a solid leg kick but Jordan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shiba.
Shiba fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jordan checks it well.
Shiba lands a high kick!

It looks like Jordie Jordan has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shiba throws an elbow but it misses.
Jordan avoids the elbow strike from Shiba, against the cage.
Shiba throws an elbow that misses.
Jordan blocks an elbow strike.
Jordan has a couple of punches blocked by Shiba.

Shiba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jordan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shiba lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Shiba throws out a leg kick but Jordan moves out of range and Shiba only half commits.
Jordan throws a hook to the side of Shiba's head but Shiba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shiba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chiharu Shiba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shiba tries to land a front kick but Jordan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shiba throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jordan.
Shiba throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shiba is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jordan checks a low kick from Shiba.

Jordan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jordan swings wildly with an uppercut but Shiba uses good head movement to avoid it.

Shiba breaks from the clinch.
Jordan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jordan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A head kick misses from Shiba.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shiba.
Shiba tries a head kick but it misses.
Jordan misses with a hook. Shiba ducked under it nicely.
Shiba tries to work over Jordan's front leg with a kick but Jordan checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan blocks a leg kick.
Jordan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Shiba.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jordan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shiba fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jordan just manages to avoid it.
Jordan tries to clinch up.
Jordan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shiba circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Jordan misses.
Shiba throws a front kick that sends Jordan stumbling back into the cage.
Shiba looks to land a body kick but Jordan moved away.
Jordan fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Shiba counters with a quick kick to the body but Jordan blocks it.
Jordan darts in trying to clinch
and Shiba counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jordan checks a leg kick.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Shiba circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chiharu Shiba dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Shiba fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jordan checks it well.
Jordan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shiba throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jordan counters with a stiff right hand.
Shiba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shiba keeps Jordan at a distance using the push kick.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch but Shiba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jordan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shiba. Shiba obviously looking to wear him down.
Shiba wants to slow Jordan down by chopping away at his legs.
Shiba throws a body kick that misses.
Shiba swats away the attempt to clinch by Jordan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shiba thows a leg kick but Jordan checks it
and Jordan counters with a stiff right hand.
Jordan wants to clinch.
Jordan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shiba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shiba swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jordan throws a counter combo.
Jordan checks the leg kick.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba is having none of it.
Shiba fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jordan.
Chiharu Shiba is winning the standup battle so far.
Jordan wants to clinch but Shiba slips to the side
and Shiba counters with a good low kick that Jordan was not able to check.
Jordan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shiba throws a leg kick that misses.
Shiba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jordan can do to turn this around?
Jordan checks a low kick from Shiba.
Shiba misses with a low kick.
Jordan cracks Shiba with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jordan is looking to clinch.

Jordan clinches up with Shiba and pushes him back against the cage.
Jordan throws a punch but it's blocked by Shiba.
Jordan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.
Jordan misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan dodges an elbow strike from Shiba.
Jordan working hard to break the clinch.
Jordan blocks an elbow strike from Shiba.
Jordan has a couple of punches blocked by Shiba.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jordan's brow.
Shiba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shiba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jordan misses with a hook from the clinch.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Shiba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shiba takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jordan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Shiba scoring well with a low kick there.

Jordan has closed the distance and engaged Shiba in a clinch.
Jordan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jordan throws a punch but it's blocked by Shiba.
Jordan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jordan avoids the elbow strike from Shiba, against the cage.
Shiba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Shiba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shiba throws a front kick aimed at Jordan's knee but Jordan avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jordan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jordan looks to clinch
and Shiba counters with a nice leg kick.
Jordan looks to clinch
and Shiba counters with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Jordan blocks the leg kick.
Jordan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jordan checks a leg kick.
Jordan is looking to clinch.
Jordan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jordan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shiba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jordan. That did some damage!
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba moves out of range.
Jordan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shiba. Shiba circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jordan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shiba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shiba with the inside leg kick.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shiba tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jordan is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shiba wants to land a leg kick but Jordan is out of range.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Shiba circles away.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jordan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shiba lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jordan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jordan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba is having none of it.
Shiba fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jordan.
Jordan moves out of range of the leg kick from Shiba.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba moves out of range.
Jordan tries to clinch up but Shiba circles away and keeps his distance.
Shiba connects with a solid leg kick.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shiba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiba moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jordan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chiharu Shiba dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jordan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Shiba tries to keep at a distance but Jordan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jordan avoids a wild elbow strike from Shiba.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.
Shiba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jordan can't break the clinch.
Jordan avoids the elbow strike from Shiba, against the cage.
Jordan dodges an elbow strike from Shiba.
Jordan blocks an elbow strike.
Shiba misses with an elbow strike.
Shiba throws an elbow that misses.
Jordan blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jordan blocks the elbow strike.
Jordan blocks an elbow strike.
Jordan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jordan dodges an elbow strike from Shiba.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jordan's brow.
Jordan swings wildly with an uppercut but Shiba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jordan avoids a wild elbow strike from Shiba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jordan blocks the elbow strike.
Jordie Jordan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shiba misses with an elbow over the top.
Shiba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jordan avoids the elbow strike from Shiba, against the cage.
Shiba throws an elbow but it misses.
Jordan avoids a wild elbow strike from Shiba.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.
Jordan blocks the elbow strike.
Shiba throws an elbow but it misses.
Shiba blocks a body shot from Jordan.
Shiba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shiba misses with an elbow strike.
Shiba pushes off an throws an elbow but Jordan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shiba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shiba takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shiba.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shiba.
Shiba looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shiba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jordan checks the leg kick.
Shiba throws out a leg kick but Jordan moves out of range and Shiba only half commits.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Shiba circles away.
Shiba tried to score with a low kick but Jordan checks it.
Shiba attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shiba keeps the fight on the outside.
Shiba misses with a low kick.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jordan throws a right and a left that Shiba avoids nicely.
Jordan is looking to clinch but Shiba is avoiding it.
An inside leg kick from Shiba misses.
Shiba throws a leg kick but Jordan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jordan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shiba.
A big left from Jordan misses.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiba tries to work over Jordan's front leg with a kick but Jordan checks it.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba is having none of it.
A clash of legs there as Jordan blocks the low kick.
Shiba avoids the body shot from Jordan.
A leg kick checked by Jordan.
A good leg kick by Shiba.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba is having none of it.
Jordan throws a series of punches but Shiba avoids them all with ease.
Jordan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shiba.
Shiba wants to land a leg kick but Jordan is out of range.
Jordan tries to clinch but Shiba moves out of range.
Shiba chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shiba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jordan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shiba does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jordan wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shiba looks to land a body kick but Jordan moved away.
Jordan checks a leg kick.
Shiba misses with a leg kick
and Jordan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shiba thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jordan moves in looking to clinch but Shiba pushes him off.
Jordan is looking to clinch.

Jordan clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.

Shiba breaks from the clinch.
Shiba fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jordan checks it well.
Jordan checks the leg kick.
Jordan tries to clinch
and Shiba counters with an outside leg kick.
Jordan blocks the body kick.
Jordie Jordan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shiba is looking to score with low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chiharu Shiba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shiba has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chiharu Shiba!
After winning the bout, Chiharu Shiba thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.