PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Kuklinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Storm Shadow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Storm Shadow struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kuklinski
vs
Shadow

180 cm
23
135 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Kuklinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Storm Shadow!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuklinski shoots in for a takedown but Shadow shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kuklinski shoots in but Shadow avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shadow throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Shadow fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kuklinski.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Kuklinski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuklinski shoots in but Shadow avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shadow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kuklinski with a poor takedown
and Shadow counters with a big head kick but Kuklinski shrugs it off.

Kuklinski is rocked!
Kuklinski blocks a head kick by Shadow.
Oh Kuklinski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Shadow.
Kuklinski is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shadow tries a head kick but it misses.
Shadow throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kuklinski seems to have got his legs back now.
Shadow misses with a head kick.
Shadow circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Kuklinski drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Shadow follows Kuklinski to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Storm Shadow!