PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ardian Shiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Price might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Not Afraid. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Price
vs
Shiba

186 cm
27
177 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

186 cm
21
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ardian Shiba!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shiba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Price paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A slow jab from Price misses its intended target.
Shiba tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Shiba defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
Price tries to land a front kick but Shiba steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Shiba has closed the distance and engaged Price in a clinch.
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Price wants to get back to striking at distance but Shiba won't allow it.
Price is trying to break the clinch but Shiba has him pressed against the cage.

Shiba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shiba wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Price connects with a nice looking jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shiba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Price misses with a low kick.
Price bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shiba is looking to clinch.
Price misses with a few strikes there.
Shiba tries to clinch there but Price circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Price misses with a hook. Shiba ducked under it nicely.
Shiba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Price. Those never looked like landing.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shiba ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Shiba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Price manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shiba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Price.
Shiba dodges the punch combination from Price.
Shiba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thomas Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shiba wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
The fighters circling - Price throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Price throws out a loose jab but Shiba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Price scores with a decent looking hook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shiba.
Price misses the shot to the body.
Price stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Price throws a hook but Shiba blocks it.
Shiba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shiba tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shiba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Price drops Shiba with a beautiful combination! Shiba stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Price is looking for the KO!
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!

Price drops Shiba with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Shiba looks back up at him and smiles so Price waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Shiba is rocked!

Shiba drives through with a takedown into Price's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Shiba is still in real trouble! Can Price finish him?
Price wants to sweep here but Shiba controlling him for the moment.
Price wants to get back to his feet but Shiba is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shiba controlling from the top position.
Shiba seems to have recovered his senses.
Shiba trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shiba is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Price has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Price rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Shiba moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Price's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Price can't break the clinch.
Price is trying to push Shiba away but Shiba has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Price is defending well for now.
Price takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Shiba.
Shiba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Price is trying to push Shiba away but Shiba has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Price is trying to break the clinch but Shiba is controlling him.
Price is trying to pull guard but Shiba has him pressed against the cage.
Price is trying to force a seperation but Shiba has the dominant position.
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Shiba leaning against his opponent.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Shiba pulls Price into guard.
Price trying to control the position from guard on top but Shiba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shiba looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Price dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Price as Shiba shoots in.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shiba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shiba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shiba tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price stuffs the takedown.
Price looks to land a left hand but Shiba moved out of range nicely.
Price misses with a body shot

and Shiba moves into the clinch.
Shiba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shiba connects with a knee to the head.
Price wants a takedown.
Shiba using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Shiba tries a knee to the head but Price blocks it.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Price blocks it with crossed arms.
Shiba is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Price is looking to break free of the clinch but Shiba has double underhooks.
Shiba lands a knee to the head.
Price has had enough of the clinch but Shiba keeps him there for the moment.
Price wants to break the clinch but can't.
Price wants to break free but Shiba has control.
Shiba looking to throw knees to the head but Price is blocking nicely.
Price is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shiba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Shiba looking to stall.
Price doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Price breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Price, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Price misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Price.
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!
Price works Shiba's body with a nice hook.
Shiba attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Price jabs at Shiba's body.
Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Price fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Shiba on the side of the head.
Shiba wants to clinch.
Price misses with a hook.
Shiba gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Price gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Price!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Thomas Price made sure he mentioned Wolfpack Threadz, along with how happy he was to win his fight.