PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Georgi Shatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Ribeiro Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Joao Ribeiro Da Silva was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Shatov
vs
Ribeiro Da Silva

176 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
196 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

KAISER

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Georgi Shatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joao Ribeiro Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro Da Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Shatov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Shatov throws a series of punches but Ribeiro Da Silva moves out of range.
Ribeiro Da Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shatov.
Shatov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shatov misses with a wild body shot.
Shatov shoots for a double leg takedown but Ribeiro Da Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Shatov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ribeiro Da Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shatov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Shatov moves in looking to clinch but Ribeiro Da Silva pushes him off.
Ribeiro Da Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribeiro Da Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shatov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Shatov is breathing heavily.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ribeiro Da Silva, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a high kick!

It looks like Georgi Shatov has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shatov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a leg kick which misses Shatov's front leg but catches the back leg as Shatov tries to avoid it.
Ribeiro Da Silva cracks the inside of Shatov's front leg.
Ribeiro Da Silva connects with a leg kick. Shatov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ribeiro Da Silva cracks the inside of Shatov's front leg.
Ribeiro Da Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shatov. That did some damage!
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Shatov off balance momentarily.
Shatov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shatov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

A big head kick from Ribeiro Da Silva and Shatov is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Shatov is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shatov is working an open guard so Ribeiro Da Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shatov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ribeiro Da Silva. Ribeiro Da Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Ribeiro Da Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva scores with a leg kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shatov.
Ribeiro Da Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ribeiro Da Silva.
Joao Ribeiro Da Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a high kick!
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a head kick that Shatov semi-blocks.
Oh Shatov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A chopping leg kick lands by Ribeiro Da Silva.
Ribeiro Da Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a front kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Shatov crumples to the floor! Ribeiro Da Silva milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Joao Ribeiro Da Silva!