PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emeka Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Codi Gale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shakur comes to the cage accompanied by Tatanka - Africa. Gale has chosen Gravity kills - Guilty as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Shakur
vs
Gale

195 cm
37
255 lbs
36 - 12 - 1

190 cm
31
232 lbs
28 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
Heisenberg

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Emeka Shakur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Codi Gale!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakur is looking to clinch.
Gale on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shakur on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gale lands a jab.
Shakur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shakur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gale throws a leg kick but Shakur moved away.
Gale moves away from the strike by Shakur.
Gale digs a good hook to Shakur's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shakur throws a sloppy head kick and Gale moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Gale misses the target.
Shakur just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been told by Shakur's head coaches at Athletic Advantage that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Shakur scoring well with a low kick there.
Gale on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shakur. Gale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gale looks to throw the jab but Shakur is out of range.

Gale gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gale lands a body shot.
Shakur swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gale scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shakur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gale misses with a body punch.
Shakur wants to take the fight to the mat but Gale manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Shakur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shakur blocks a body shot from Gale.
A head punch on the inside from Shakur fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Gale fails to land.
Shakur misses with the head strike.
Gale misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakur tries a body shot but Gale blocks it.
Shakur misses with some punches.
Shakur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gale has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Gale can't find room to land a body shot as Shakur controls the action.
Shakur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Shakur fails to land.
Shakur lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shakur.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shakur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shakur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shakur swings wildly with an uppercut but Gale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shakur lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gale.
Shakur struggles to land a body shot inside as Gale controls his hands.
Gale misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shakur has a couple of punches blocked by Gale.
Shakur blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shakur creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gale throws a head punch that misses.
Shakur misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakur is working Gale over against the cage.
Shakur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shakur is trying to break free.
A short right from Shakur.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Shakur.

Gale is rocked!
Gale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shakur's elbow.
Gale misses with a punch to the body.
Shakur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gale.
Shakur scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gale is still on wobbly legs! Can Shakur finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shakur.
Shakur unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Gale! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Shakur is unloading with more strikes now! Gale drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emeka Shakur!
Emeka Shakur decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.