PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Ko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Ko
vs
Shaw

225 cm
26
156 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

175 cm
25
157 lbs
11 - 9 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ivan Ko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Shaw!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw misses with a wild combination.
Shaw fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shaw misses with a low kick.
Shaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Ko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shaw.
Ko throws a body punch but Shaw moves out of range.

Ko gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shaw to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Shaw wants to control from the top but Ko keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ko trying to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw tries to free his leg and advance position but Ko is retaining full guard.
Shaw distracts Ko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shaw controls from within his opponent's guard.
Shaw wants to control from the top but Ko keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sam Shaw was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Shaw misses the jab.
Ko tries to clinch there but Shaw circles away.

Ko takes the fight into the clinch.
Ko has Shaw pressed against the cage, preventing Shaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ko prevents Shaw from breaking the clinch.

Shaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ivan Ko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shaw was well out of range. Poor timing from Ko.
A punch combination from Ko misses.
Shaw misses with the combination.
Shaw doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ko counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw fails with the takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Shaw. Those never looked like landing.
Shaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ko.
Shaw misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ko moves in looking to clinch but Shaw pushes him off.
Shaw tries for a takedown but Ko sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ivan Ko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Shaw.
Shaw misses with a double jab.
Shaw feints a jab promting Ko to slip. Shaw then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ko slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ko keeps the fight on the outside.
Shaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ko thuds a left hand into Shaw's body.
Ko is looking to wear down Shaw with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Shaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ko just misses with a punch to the body.
Ko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shaw takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shaw throws a series of punches but Ko moves out of range.
Shaw looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ko is fending him off so far but Shaw persists. Nope, Ko circles away and we're back to standing.
Shaw fails to land with a series of punches.
Shaw looks gassed!
Shaw looks to land a combination but Ko avoids it well.
Ko fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shaw throws a right and a left that Ko avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ko swinging wildly here.
Shaw shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ko sprawls well. Ko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shaw gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sam Shaw will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A shot to the liver by Ko. Beautiful body shot.
Ko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Shaw closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shaw is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
You can see the frustration on Ko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ko really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw wants to control but Ko is keeping him busy.
Shaw happy to just control the position for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Shaw tries to move to mount but Ko blocks the move with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Sam Shaw wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ko dodges the punch combination from Shaw.
Ko slips a straight right by Shaw.
Ivan Ko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shaw throws a series of punches but Ko avoids them all with ease.
Ko tries to clinch there but Shaw circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Shaw is defended easily by Ko.
Ko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ko throws a right hand that Shaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Shaw also avoids with ease.
Shaw slips under a jab.
Ko lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice takedown defense from Ko. No joy for Shaw on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ivan Ko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Shaw.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
Shaw takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ko misses with a double jab.
Shaw misses with a two punch combination.
Ko misses with a two punch combination.
Shaw misses with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ko. Shaw does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shaw throws a right and a left that Ko avoids nicely.
Ko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shaw.
Ko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shaw's corner calls for a 1-2. Shaw obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Shaw rushes Ko and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shaw is keeping busy.

Shaw's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown by Shaw or perhaps it was just good defense by Ko which made him look bad.
Shaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Ko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Shaw.
Ko looks to score with a jab to the body but Shaw is just out of range.
Shaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice takedown defense from Ko. No joy for Shaw on that attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shaw looks to land a combination but Ko avoids it well.
Shaw tries to clinch up but Ko circles away and keeps his distance.
Ivan Ko is winning the standup battle so far.

Ko closes the distance and clinches.
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 Ivan Ko will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Shaw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shaw was well out of range. Poor timing from Ko.
Shaw misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shaw misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shaw swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shaw lands a two punch combo.
Ko fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shaw looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ko tries to bum rush Shaw with a series of wild strikes but Shaw uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shaw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Shaw is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Shaw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ko takes a swing at Shaw's ribcage but misses.
Ko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ko has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Shaw shoots in and drives through. Ko sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ko tries to close the distance and clinch but Shaw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shaw throws a series of punches but Ko avoids them all with ease.
Nice body punch from Ko.
Ko lands a body shot.
Ko looks to score with a jab to the body but Shaw is just out of range.
Ko jabs Shaw to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shaw.
Sloppy strikes from Shaw. Those never looked like landing.
Shaw takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shaw takes one to the chin there.
Ko closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Shaw is rocked!

It looks like Sam Shaw has been cut.
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!
Ko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shaw at a distance.
Shaw is still on wobbly legs! Can Ko finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Ko has Shaw up against the cage in a clinch.

Ko manages to break the clinch.
Ko lands with a shot to the body.
Ko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shaw.

Shaw tries to keep at a distance but Ko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shaw or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ko.
Ko lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Ko.

Ko manages to break the clinch.
Ko steps in with a hook that catches Shaw right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Ko follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Shaw looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Ko!
Our winner, Ivan Ko, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.