PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Luvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Luvi
vs
Aoki

173 cm
30
150 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
155 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

TWGC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Luvi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luvi scores with a sloppy right hand. Aoki should have avoided that one.
Aoki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luvi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sun Tzu's Art of War in the buildup to the fight.
Aoki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luvi ducks under a wild hook from Aoki.
Aoki misses with a lunging right hand
and Luvi counters with a head kick. That will keep Aoki thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Aoki misses with a straight right.
Luvi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A bone on bone clash there as Luvi blocks the leg kick.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt - Luvi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fighters circling - Aoki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Luvi gets caught flat footed, as Aoki shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki preventing the sweep.
Luvi looking to control.

Aoki is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Luvi is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Luvi has escaped and now he's on top!

Aoki is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Luvi defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luvi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Aoki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Luvi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Aoki looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Aoki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luvi is one step ahead there.

Aoki had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Luvi defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luvi looking to pass the guard.
Aoki keeping moving, preventing Luvi from controlling successfully.
Luvi stays in close to Aoki's body and controls the position.
Luvi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Aoki throws his legs up looking for a submission but Luvi uses it to pass to side control.

Luvi stands up and beckons Aoki to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luvi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aoki takes a step back to recover.
Luvi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Aokis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luvi throws a sloppy head kick and Aoki moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Aoki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luvi manages to avoid it.
Aoki scores with a leg kick.
Aoki tried to score with a low kick but Luvi checks it.
Aoki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Aoki scores with a takedown into Luvi's guard.

Luvi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aoki gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Aoki passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luvi gets full guard.
Luvi looking for a sweep. Not yet Luvi, not yet.
Luvi trying to control the position here.
Aoki slips nicely into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luvi is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Aoki jumps into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shinya Aoki will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Luvi thows a left - swing and a miss!

Aoki feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Luvi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Luvi is looking to stand up but Aoki isn't so interested in that idea.
Luvi pulls Aoki in to control the position.

Aoki thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Aoki is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Luvi is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Luvi has escaped and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luvi has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Aoki is proving hard to escape from.
Aoki looking for a sweep. Not yet Aoki, not yet.
Luvi trying to control but Aoki is working from the bottom.

Aoki working for a triangle but Luvi defends it easily.
Luvi preventing the sweep.
Luvi trying to stand up but can't free himself from Aoki's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luvi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Aoki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Luvi has managed to get both his arms back between Aoki's legs - danger averted.
Aoki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luvi is one step ahead there.
Luvi stays in close to Aoki's body and controls the position.
Luvi trying to stand up but can't free himself from Aoki's guard.
Luvi wants to control from the top but Aoki keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Paul Luvi just wasn't active enough.
Luvi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aoki.
Aoki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aoki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aoki throws a poor cross that misses
and Luvi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Aoki throws a head kick that misses.
Aoki moves out of range as Luvi throws a body kick.
Luvi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shinya Aoki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aoki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Aoki tries to land a body kick
and Luvi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A slow jab from Aoki misses its intended target.
Luvi motions for Aoki to come forward. Luvi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luvi tests Aoki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aoki misses with a left hand
and Luvi counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Aoki there as he acknowledges the shot.
Aoki blocks a head kick by Luvi.
A right-left combo lands from Aoki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki throws a poor cross that misses
and Luvi counters with a one-two to the body.
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt.
Aoki throws a hook but Luvi blocks it.
Luvi lands with a kick to the temple. Aoki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Aoki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luvi missing with a left hand there. Aoki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aoki throws a lazy body kick
and Luvi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aoki throws a big shot that misses.
Aoki throws a head kick that misses
and Luvi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Luvi dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Luvi.
Aoki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aoki looks to land a left hand but Luvi moved out of range nicely.
Luvi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Paul Luvi is winning the standup battle so far.
Aoki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Aoki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Luvi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aoki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aoki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Aoki drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Luvi is looking for a sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luvi is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Aoki off and has taken his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki tries to escape the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Luvi's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Aoki wants to escape the position.
Luvi controls the position.
Luvi is hanging on to Aoki's back as he tries to escape.
Shinya Aoki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Aoki is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Luvi.
Luvi is trying to control but Aoki is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Poor strikes thrown by Luvi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luvi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Luvi looking to control but Aoki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoki working to try and regain half guard.
Luvi looking to control but Aoki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Luvi is really struggling to control Aoki but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Luvi is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki wants to slow Luvi down by chopping away at his legs.
Luvi blocks the body kick.
Luvi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aoki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aoki misses with a hook. Luvi ducked under it nicely.
Luvi checks a low kick from Aoki.
Aoki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Aoki misses.
Aoki throws out a leg kick but Luvi moves out of range and Aoki only half commits.
Luvi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luvi misses the shot to the body.
Aoki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luvi misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki fails with the takedown.
Luvi misses with a wild body shot.
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luvi manages to avoid it.
Aoki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luvi was well out of range. Poor timing from Aoki.
Aoki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt - Luvi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paul Luvi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Aoki.
Aoki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Aoki is looking to score with low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luvi slips a straight right by Aoki.
Aoki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aoki doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Luvi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Luvi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Luvi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Luvi!