PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ardian Shiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mario Bravo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shiba
vs
Bravo

186 cm
23
198 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
28
180 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ultimate Fighting Gear
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Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ardian Shiba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mario Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shiba wants to clinch but Bravo slips to the side

and Bravo counters by moving into the clinch.
Bravo presses Shiba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bravo avoiding damage as Shiba throws knees to the body.
Shiba tries to land knees in the clinch but Bravo avoids the damage to the body.
Bravo effectively controlling the action here.
Bravo working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shiba tries a knee to the head but Bravo blocks it.
Shiba drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shiba with a knee to the head.
Shiba connects with a knee to the head.
Bravo is trying to break free.
Shiba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shiba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Shiba.
Shiba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bravo has a couple of punches blocked by Shiba.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shiba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bravo is stalling here.
Shiba with a knee to the head.
Shiba looking to throw knees to the head but Bravo is blocking nicely.
Bravo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shiba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shiba is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bravo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shiba is pressed up against the cage. Bravo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shiba down to the mat. Shiba avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shiba tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bravo counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo throws a series of punches but Shiba avoids them all with ease.

Shiba closes the distance and clinches.
Bravo trying to stall but Shiba improves his position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bravo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bravo avoiding damage as Shiba throws knees to the body.
Bravo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shiba.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ardian Shiba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shiba misses with a knee strike.
Bravo lands a nice uppercut.

Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bravo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bravo cracks Shiba with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bravo taking a breather here.
Shiba avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bravo.
Shiba struggling a bit here.
Sloppy strikes there by Bravo.
Shiba regains half guard.
Shiba is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bravo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bravo's back!

Bravo preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Shiba.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shiba is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bravo has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Bravo trying to control the action but Shiba just sinks the hooks in.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiba scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Bravo covering up well and avoiding damage.

Shiba patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bravo is trying to stand back up.

Shiba working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ardian Shiba dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bravo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bravo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shiba eats them both and turns towards Bravo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Shiba doesn't manage to clinch there - Bravo circles away.
Bravo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Shiba if he has to take too many more of those.
Shiba tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bravo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bravo swats away the attempt to clinch by Shiba.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bravo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiba dodges the punch combination from Bravo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo slaps away a takedown attempt from Shiba, before circling back to the center of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bravo is pushing Shiba up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Shiba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Shiba darts in and clinches Bravo up against the cage.
Shiba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bravo blocks it with crossed arms.
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Bravo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bravo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bravo is defending well for now.
Shiba wants to get back to striking at distance but Bravo won't allow it.
Bravo can't get the takedown.
Shiba trying to land knees to the body.

Shiba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bravo tries a head kick but it misses.
Shiba looks to clinch
and Shiba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bravo.
Shiba tries to clinch but Bravo moves away
and Bravo counters with a stiff right hand.
Bravo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shiba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mario Bravo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shiba wants to clinch up but Bravo keeps it at a distance.
Shiba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo scores with a sloppy right hand. Shiba should have avoided that one.
Shiba moves to clinch but Bravo breaks away
and Bravo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Shiba closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bravo did well to prevent Shiba getting side control.
Shiba works his foot free and advances to mount.

Shiba is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bravo has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bravo!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bravo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bravo throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shiba is looking for a triangle here but Bravo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Bravo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Shiba parries the strikes from Bravo easily there. Bravo is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shiba to escape.
Shiba tries to improve position but can't.
Bravo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Shiba struggling a bit here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bravo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Bravo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bravo fails with a takedown attempt.
Bravo looks for a takedown but Shiba sprawls well.
Shiba looks to clinch

and Bravo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shiba.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shiba.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bravo is defending well for now.
Bravo swings wildly with an uppercut but Shiba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shiba is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ardian Shiba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Bravo.

Shiba breaks the clinch.
Shiba tries to clinch there but Bravo circles away.
Shiba tries to clinch

and Bravo counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bravo breaks the clinch.
Bravo throws a head kick but Shiba moves out of range.
Bravo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Shiba wants to clinch but Bravo slips to the side
and Bravo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Shiba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shiba is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shiba scores with a knee to the head.
Shiba with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bravo blocks it with crossed arms.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the head but Bravo blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shiba trying to land knees to the body.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bravo blocks it with crossed arms.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bravo is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bravo is looking for a takedown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bravo managing to block the knees to the body from Shiba.
Shiba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bravo.
Bravo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Shiba prevents it.
Shiba is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bravo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shiba misses with a knee strike.
Shiba looking to throw knees to the head but Bravo is blocking nicely.
Bravo lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mario Bravo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shiba shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bravo as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Bravo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ardian Shiba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bravo tries to bum rush Shiba with a series of wild strikes but Shiba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shiba darts in trying to clinch

and Bravo counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Shiba is looking for a triangle but Bravo pushes his legs off easily.
Bravo distracts Shiba with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bravo distracts Shiba with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shiba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bravo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shiba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bravo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bravo trying to control the position from guard on top but Shiba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bravo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bravo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shiba is keeping the position for now.
Bravo wants to control from the top but Shiba keeps moving.

Bravo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shiba wants to hit a switch here but Bravo passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Shiba there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shiba is in all sorts of trouble here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mario Bravo.
I think Bravo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Bravo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mario Bravo waved his t-shirt featuring Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)'s logo in front of the cameras.