PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Shinigami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Bojanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinigami's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drivin South. Bojanski has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor) as his entrance music. Hiro Shinigami has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shinigami
vs
Bojanski

166 cm
28
173 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

183 cm
24
176 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hiro Shinigami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Bojanski!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shinigami moves into the clinch successfully.
Bojanski struggles to land a body shot inside as Shinigami controls his hands.
Bojanski managing to block the knees to the body from Shinigami.
Shinigami blocks an elbow strike.
Shinigami pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bojanski blocks an uppercut.
Bojanski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shinigami blocks it with crossed arms.
Bojanski controlling the action here for a moment.
Shinigami on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bojanski trying to land knees to the body.
Bojanski lands a nice uppercut.

Shinigami breaks the clinch.
Bojanski tries to clinch there but Shinigami circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinigami circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bojanski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shinigami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bojanski throws a sloppy head kick and Shinigami moves out of range easily.
Bojanski lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Hiro Shinigami has been cut.
Shinigami misses with a kick to the body.
Bojanski wants to clinch.
Shinigami throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shinigami lands a head kick. Bojanski smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shinigami has managed to clinch.
Bojanski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shinigami in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bojanski connects with a knee to the head.
Shinigami managing to block the knees to the body from Bojanski.
Bojanski misses with a knee strike.
Shinigami has a couple of punches blocked by Bojanski.
Shinigami prevents a body shot from Bojanski.
Shinigami blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bojanski lands a good knee to the midsection. Shinigami won't want to take too many of those.
Bojanski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shinigami lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bojanski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shinigami has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bojanski tries to throw a body punch but Shinigami avoids it by throwing Bojanski back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojanski utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shinigami tries to pull guard but Bojanski holds him up against the cage and eventually Shinigami drops back down to his feet.
Shinigami misses with a knee to the head.
Bojanski crunches a lovely knee into Shinigami's ribcage.
Shinigami jumps guard but Bojanski stands there with Shinigami around his waist. Shinigami gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bojanski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shinigami wants to stall.
Shinigami can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiro Shinigami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bojanski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bojanski.
Shinigami avoiding damage as Bojanski throws knees to the body.
Shinigami tries to break free but Bojanski pushes him back against the cage.
Shinigami tries to land a knee to the head but Bojanski blocks with his arms.
Bojanski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Shinigami pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shinigami shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bojanski as he jumps to the side.
Bojanski tries to clinch but Shinigami moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bojanski moves into the clinch.
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!
Bojanski gets through Shinigami's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Bojanski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hiro Shinigami's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bojanski walks forward, straight into a front kick from Shinigami.
Bojanski moves in looking to clinch but Shinigami pushes him off.
Shinigami looks for a takedown but Bojanski sprawls well.
Shinigami throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bojanski connects with an inside leg kick.
Bojanski moves in looking to clinch but Shinigami pushes him off.
Shinigami takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shinigami thumps Bojanski with a low kick.
Bojanski moves out of range as Shinigami throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Shinigami - just one landing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shinigami.
Bojanski scores with a body shot.
Shinigami takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mirko Bojanski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bojanski wants to clinch.

Bojanski takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bojanski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bojanski utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bojanski stalling the fight.
Bojanski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Bojanski.
Bojanski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Shinigami is looking to break free of the clinch but Bojanski has double underhooks.
Bojanski throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shinigami takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bojanski dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojanski continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A right handed body shot lands from Shinigami.
Bojanski lands with a right to the head.
Bojanski stalling in the clinch but Shinigami improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mirko Bojanski.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shinigami.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bojanski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bojanski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shinigami blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bojanski pushes off an throws an elbow but Shinigami leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shinigami can't find room to land a body shot as Bojanski controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bojanski.
Bojanski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bojanski misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Bojanski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hiro Shinigami's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bojanski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shinigami paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shinigami misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shinigami misses with a wild body shot.
Shinigami throws a front kick aimed at Bojanski's knee but Bojanski avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bojanski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bojanski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shinigami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bojanski throws a head kick but Shinigami moves out of range.
Bojanski tries to close the distance and clinch but Shinigami swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bojanski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bojanski misses with a low kick.

Shinigami has managed to clinch.
Bojanski lands a knee to the body.
Bojanski lands an elbow inside that Shinigami shrugs off.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bojanski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bojanski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bojanski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Hiro Shinigami's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinigami takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bojanski scores with a knee to the head.
Bojanski misses with a knee strike.
Bojanski leaning against his opponent.
Bojanski looking to stall.
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!
Bojanski stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Bojanski's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Bojanski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Bojanski.
Hiro Shinigami has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojanski tries to land a knee to the head but Shinigami blocks with his arms.
Bojanski throws an elbow that misses.
Shinigami managing to block the knees to the body from Bojanski.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bojanski - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bojanski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shinigami avoids it.

Shinigami breaks from the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Shinigami or perhaps it was just good defense by Bojanski which made him look bad.
Bojanski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Bojanski clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinigami can't get the takedown.
Bojanski lands a knee to the head.
Bojanski is struggling to control the position.
Bojanski trying to land knees to the body.
Mirko Bojanski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bojanski taking a breather.
Bojanski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bojanski misses with a body punch.
Mirko Bojanski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bojanski lands an elbow just above Shinigami 's eye.

Hiro Shinigami's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shinigami misses with a punch to the body.
Bojanski tries to land knees in the clinch but Shinigami avoids the damage to the body.
Bojanski scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shinigami avoids the elbow strike from Bojanski, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Bojanski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bojanski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Bojanski!