PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shane Falco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Let Ji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ji has chosen Anathema - Judgement as his entrance music. The key to victory for Shane Falco has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Falco
vs
Ji

175 cm
24
157 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
153 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Falco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Let Ji!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Falco misses its intended target.
Ji dodges the punch combination from Falco.
Ji scoring well with a low kick there.
Falco connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ji momentarily.
Falco misses with the combination.
Ji throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ji takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ji throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Falco dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ji lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Shane Falco has been cut.
Ji lands a nice leg kick that just misses Falco's sensitive parts.
Falco takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Falco tries to clinch but Ji moves out of range.
Ji wants to clinch up but Falco keeps it at a distance.
Ji shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Falco sprawls well. Falco wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ji gets slowly back to his feet.
Ji on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shane Falco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ji is looking to clinch.
Ji misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ji bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Falco lunges at Ji with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ji's hand.
Falco doesn't manage to clinch there - Ji circles away.

Ji clinches.
Falco pushes Ji back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Falco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ji pressing his opponent against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Falco.
Falco can't find room to land a body shot as Ji controls the action.
Falco misses with a punch on the inside.
Ji is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Falco is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falco managing to block the knees to the body from Ji.
Ji creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Falco misses with the head strike.
Ji creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ji is struggling to control the position.
Falco lands a body punch in the clinch.
Falco tries a body shot but Ji blocks it.

Ji pulls guard successfully.
Falco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ji has his hands on Falco's head, controlling the position.
Let's hope that Ji has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji keeping moving, preventing Falco from controlling successfully.
Falco controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ji is pulling down on Falco's head to control his posture.
Ji looking for a sweep. Not yet Ji, not yet.

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.
Falco trying to move into half guard but instead Ji has managed to sweep!
Ji stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Falco swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Falco keeping moving, preventing Ji from controlling successfully.
Ji slips nicely into half guard.
Ji prevents Falco from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Let Ji dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Falco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A punch lands to the side of Ji 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ji fails with an attempt to clinch.
Falco lands a head shot.
Ji tries a head kick but it misses.
Falco avoids the head kick by Ji.
Ji keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ji attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Falco lands with a cross.
Ji pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falco lands a nice looking body shot.
Ji just misses with a punch to the body.
Ji looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good work by Falco as he checks the leg kick.
Ji dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Falco. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Falco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ji looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A low kick from Ji misses
and Falco counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ji tries to clinch but Falco is having none of it.
Ji throws a head kick that misses
enabling Falco to counter with a crisp jab.
Ji is looking to clinch.
Ji takes one to the chin there.
Ji misses with a body kick.
Ji misses with the combination.
Falco lands a lovely overhand right.
Ji bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ji is looking to chop away at Falco's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ji looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ji instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ji throws an elbow but misses.
Ji unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ji lands an elbow that stopped Falco in his tracks for a moment.
Falco lands a shot to the body.
Ji gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Falco managing to block the knees to the body from Ji.
Falco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ji is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Falco presses Ji against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ji tries to throw a body punch but Falco avoids it by throwing Ji back against the cage.
Ji unloads a knee to the mid-section. Falco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ji is stalling here.
Ji is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ji tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Falco avoids it.
Falco misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji stalling in the clinch.
Falco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ji or not.
Falco misses with a body punch.
Ji is working for takedown but Falco is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ji is breathing heavily.
Ji is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Falco - that landed with a thud.
Falco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ji taking a breather.
Falco lands a nice uppercut.
Falco lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ji.
Falco slowing the pace effectively.
Ji missing with knees to the body.
Falco scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Falco as the two fighters clinch.
Ji taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ji.
Falco controlling the action here for a moment.
Ji slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Falco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ji trying to land knees to the body.
Falco scores with a shoulder strike.
Ji creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Falco's defenses.
Falco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ji is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Falco gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ji stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Falco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Falco pushes Ji back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Falco - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ji lands a knee to the body.
Falco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ji taking a breather.
Ji lands a nice uppercut.
Ji tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Falco avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Shane Falco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shane Falco's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ji tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Falco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice cross by Falco.
Ji throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ji tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Falco swivels and escapes.
Ji needs to keep his hands up - Falco had a free shot at his head there.
No joy there for Ji, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Falco tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Falco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Falco throws a leg kick but Ji sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Falco misses the target.
Ji takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ji misses with a body kick.
Falco fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji thows a leg kick but Falco checks it
and Falco counters with a nice uppercut.
Ji throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Falco's head.
Ji pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Falco throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ji on the side of the head.
Ji throws a leg kick which misses Falco's front leg but catches the back leg as Falco tries to avoid it.
Ji misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Falco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ji throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A shot to de liver by Falco. Beautiful body shot.
Ji tries to score a power double leg takedown but Falco sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ji somewhat.
Ji takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ji throws a leg kick
and Falco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shane Falco is winning the standup battle so far.
Falco with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Falco lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ji tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Falco counters with a nice uppercut.
Ji throws a leg kick but Falco sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Falco avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ji tries to clinch but Falco moves away
and Ji takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Falco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ji is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Falco is defending well for now.
A short left from Falco.
Falco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ji can't get the takedown.
Shane Falco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Let Ji.
Ji is stalling here.
Ji scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Falco is keeping busy.
Ji looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ji doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ji as Falco tries to tie him up.
Ji manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ji just misses with a elbow thrown towards Falco's brow.
Ji missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Falco is looking to control Ji's arms but Ji gets an underhook and turns him. Now Falco has his back to the cage.
Ji's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Falco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ji or not.
Ji lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Falco works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ji trying to stall but Falco improves his position.

That's four 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.
Ji looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Falco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Falco lands a hook that snaps the head of Ji backwards.
Falco digs a right hand underneath Ji's ribcage. Ji let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Falco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Falco displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ji up against the cage.
Ji blocks a body shot from Falco.
Stalling in the clinch from Ji.
Ji is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Falco tries to work over Ji's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ji is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Falco is keeping busy.
Ji crunches a lovely knee into Falco's ribcage.
Falco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ji throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Falco clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Falco's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

No joy there for Falco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Ji scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ji frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Falco is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ji punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ji controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ji throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Falco wants to hold on but Ji pushes him away.
Ji throwing strikes here but Falco is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ji controlling the pace for now.
Falco on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Falco tries to get out of the position.
Ji misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ji scoring with strikes but Falco is staying in there.
Falco is desperately trying to improve his position but Ji has a good base and remains in mount.
Ji throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Falco because Ji loaded up on that one.
Ji lands a nice shot to the head.
Ji pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Falco is desperately trying to improve his position but Ji has a good base and remains in mount.
Ji tries to control but Falco wriggling away.
Ji controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falco takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ji trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ji scoring with strikes but Falco is staying in there.
Ji can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Falco is looking to escape.
Ji with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji is landing with some decent strikes but Falco is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ji tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ji unloading with bombs!
Ji sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ji dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Let Ji dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Shane Falco's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ji shoots in and drives through. Falco sprawls well.
Falco dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ji throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Falco throws a leg kick but Ji moved away.
Falco throws out a powerful jab.
A big right from Falco misses.
Falco lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ji avoids the head kick by Falco.
Falco thuds his right hand into Ji's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Falco throws a nice looking combination but Ji bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ji tries to move into range but Falco moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice body punch from Falco.
Ji misses with a low kick as Falco jumps back.
Ji shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Falco but Falco pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ji tries to keep at a distance but Falco has taken the fight into the clinch.
Falco lands a body shot.
Falco is looking to control Ji's arms but Ji gets an underhook and turns him. Now Falco has his back to the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Falco pushes Ji back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ji is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Ji looking to stall.
Falco stalling the fight.
Falco lands an uppercut.
Ji throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ji slowing the pace effectively.
Ji misses with the head strike.
Ji looking for a takedown.
Shane Falco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Let Ji.
Falco manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ji looking to throw knees to the head but Falco is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Falco.
Falco lands a body punch in the clinch.
Falco lands a body shot.
Falco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ji is looking to control Falco's arms but Falco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ji has his back to the cage.
Come on Falco - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Falco lands a body punch.
Falco lands a nice shot to the body.
Falco lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Falco takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Falco is working Ji over against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ji wants a takedown but no success here.
A right handed body shot lands from Falco.
Falco lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falco just leaning against Ji, taking a breather.
Ji is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Falco.
Falco cracks Ji with a nice body shot.
Falco lands a hook that snaps the head of Ji backwards.
Ji tries to land a knee to the head but Falco blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Falco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Falco digs a right hand underneath Ji's ribcage. Ji let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ji tries a body shot but Falco blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Falco.
A short uppercut from Falco.
Ji connects with a nasty looking knee right to Falco's face.
Falco works on Ji's body with a couple of short punches.
Ji trying to control the position but instead, Falco has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ji into the cage.
Falco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Falco makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shane Falco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Falco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ji is keeping busy.
Falco lands a shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Ji.
Falco blocks an elbow strike.
Falco is trying to stall.
Ji fails to pull guard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Falco.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Falco.
Ji comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ji takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Falco - that landed with a thud.
Falco is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ji stalling the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Falco as Ji tries to tie him up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Falco showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Falco has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 47:47
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 48:46

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Shane Falco!
Shane Falco retains his featherweight title!