PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gouki Shibukawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corwin Anstey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anstey has chosen Burn It To The Ground as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Shibukawa
vs
Anstey

186 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
32
209 lbs
32 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gouki Shibukawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anstey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Shibukawa clinches.
Anstey misses with a knee to the head.
Shibukawa lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Shibukawa.

Shibukawa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anstey tries to clinch there but Shibukawa circles away.

Shibukawa lands a left and a right that send Anstey crashing to the mat, dazed. Shibukawa thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Anstey is rocked!
Anstey looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shibukawa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shibukawa scoring well with a low kick there.
Anstey is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Shibukawa Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Anstey is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gouki Shibukawa!
During a confident post fight interview, Gouki Shibukawa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.