PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jorel Kulot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snake Shadow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shadow has chosen Snake in the Eagles Shadow as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kulot
vs
Shadow

180 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

172 cm
27
167 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Pirates Powder
The Dark Side

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jorel Kulot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Snake Shadow!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulot takes one to the chin there.
Shadow lands with an overhand left.
Kulot misses with a head kick.
Shadow swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kulot.
A right-left combo lands from Shadow.
Shadow thuds his right hand into Kulot's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kulot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shadow moves away.
Kulot misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Kulot.
Kulot moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kulot throws a right hand that misses
and Shadow counters with a series of strikes. Kulot will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shadow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shadow lands with a good body shot.
Kulot takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kulot takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shadow connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shadow shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kulot eats them both and turns towards Shadow to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulot throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Shadow lands a nice hook to Kulot's body. Kulot takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shadow scores with a nice right hand.
Shadow throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kulot on the side of the head.
Kulot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shadow feints a jab promting Kulot to slip. Shadow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kulot slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Shadow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shadow scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Shadow.
Shadow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shadow has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Shadow takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Kulot is rocked!
Kulot with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shadow to score with a decent uppercut.
Oh Kulot is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Shadow looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kulot!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulot wants to get back to his feet but Shadow drags him back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Kulot seems to have got his legs back now.
Shadow lands some shots froms side control.
Shadow working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Shadow is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Kulot is trying to escape and Shadow transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Kulot is forced to tap! Nice work there by Shadow! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Snake Shadow!
Snake Shadow very nearly forgot to thank The Dark Side amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.