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). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shiba
vs
Bravo

186 cm
23
198 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

182 cm
29
180 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ardian Shiba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mario Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shiba fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bravo sprawls well initially but Shiba persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Shiba wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bravo keeps working.
Bravo is trying to stand back up but Shiba is controlling him
Bravo wants to control but Shiba is keeping busy.

Shiba is working for a submission of some sort.
Bravo is trying to get back to full guard.
Bravo is trying to stand up here but Shiba is controlling him well.
Shiba is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bravo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bravo is trying desperately to improve position.
Shiba looking to ground and pound but Bravo is blocking nicely.
Shiba fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bravo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shiba tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Shiba looking to finish Bravo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bravo!
Bravo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Shiba is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bravo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shiba cracks Bravo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Shiba is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bravo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Shiba punishing his opponent with strikes.

Bravo is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shiba unloading with bombs!
Bravo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Shiba looking to secure an arm triangle but Bravo defends it well.
Shiba looking to control but Bravo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shiba raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shiba landing shots from mount.
Shiba cracks Bravo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shiba landing strikes from the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Shiba there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bravo is squirming around, avoiding Shiba's attempts to control the action.
Shiba raining down shots from the mount!
Bravo is still in real trouble! Can Shiba finish him?
Shiba lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bravo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bravo seems to have recovered his senses.
Shiba looking to finish with strikes here!
Bravo tries to lock up and control but Shiba gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shiba breaks from Bravo's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shiba lands a big shot there that rocks Bravo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Shiba lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shiba postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Bravo is out cold - huge knockout for Shiba!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ardian Shiba!
A relieved looking Ardian Shiba thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.