PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Dux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaru Shimabukuro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dux comes into the arena with Lose My Mind blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Shimabukuro's choice of entrance music: Warrior. John Dux has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dux
vs
Shimabukuro

196 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
21
182 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Dux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaru Shimabukuro!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dux avoids the head kick by Shimabukuro.
Shimabukuro throws a looping overhand right but Dux ducks down to avoid it.
Shimabukuro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shimabukuro misses with a wild combination.
Shimabukuro defending well as Dux loads up on a big left hand.
Shimabukuro throws a head kick that misses
and Dux counters with a straight right hand.
Shimabukuro swings for the body but Dux moves out of range.
Dux cracks Shimabukuro with a good jab.
Dux pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shimabukuro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dux.
Shimabukuro misses with a wild combination.
Shimabukuro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dux looks to land a left hand but Shimabukuro moved out of range nicely.
Dux really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dux looks to land a right hand but Shimabukuro moved out of range.
Shimabukuro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dux counters with a straight right hand.
Dux takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shimabukuro looks to land a body kick but Dux moved away.
Shimabukuro pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dux back to the cage. Shimabukuro follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dux looks to land a combination but Shimabukuro avoids it well.
Dux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dux takes one to the chin there.
Shimabukuro tries to land a front kick but Dux steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shimabukuro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shimabukuro tries to land a front kick but Dux steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shimabukuro scores with a hook to the body. Dux takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A head kick by Shimabukuro misses
and Dux counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dux throws a hook to the side of Shimabukuro's head but Shimabukuro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shimabukuro.
Shimabukuro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shimabukuro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dux.
Dux missing with a left hand there. Shimabukuro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shimabukuro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shimabukuro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dux avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dux on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Shimabukuro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shimabukuro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dux.
Dux throws a series of strikes that have Shimabukuro backpedaling.
Dux avoids the head kick by Shimabukuro.
Shimabukuro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dux.
Shimabukuro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dux takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shimabukuro throws a sloppy head kick
and Dux makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dux has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shimabukuro.
Dux chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shimabukuro can pounce on him.
Shimabukuro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shimabukuro ducks right into an uppercut from Dux.
Shimabukuro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dux's sensitive parts.
Shimabukuro is looking to land body kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Dux.
Dux is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shimabukuro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dux is able to avoid easily.
Masaru Shimabukuro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shimabukuro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dux lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dux thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shimabukuro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dux.
Shimabukuro throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shimabukuro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Dux misses.
Shimabukuro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dux slips a jab and a cross from Shimabukuro.
Shimabukuro swinging wildly here.
Shimabukuro scores with a leg kick.
Shimabukuro avoids the body shot from Dux.
Shimabukuro scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimabukuro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dux fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shimabukuro manages to avoid it.
Shimabukuro throws a right and a left that Dux avoids nicely.
Dux is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Shimabukuro throws a series of punches but Dux moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shimabukuro throws a push kick but Dux slaps the foot to one side.
Shimabukuro blocks a jab.
Dux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dux cracks a nice hook into Shimabukuro's ribs.
Shimabukuro looks to throw a body kick
and Dux counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shimabukuro takes one to the side of the head.
Shimabukuro misses with a looping left.
Shimabukuro misses with a double jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Dux misses its intended target.
Shimabukuro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dux.
Dux throws out a loose jab but Shimabukuro uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Shimabukuro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dux has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Shimabukuro tries to work over Dux's front leg with a kick but Dux checks it.
Dux keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shimabukuro.
No joy there for Shimabukuro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shimabukuro staying out of range there.
Shimabukuro tries to move into range but Dux moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Shimabukuro slips under a jab.
Shimabukuro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dux doesn't seem bothered though.
Shimabukuro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shimabukuro ducks under a wild hook from Dux.
Shimabukuro looks for the body kick but Dux saw that one coming.
Masaru Shimabukuro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dux throws a hook to the side of Shimabukuro's head but Shimabukuro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shimabukuro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shimabukuro swings for the body but Dux moves out of range.
Shimabukuro throws a lazy head kick
and Dux cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shimabukuro takes one on the button.
Shimabukuro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimabukuro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shimabukuro misses with a body punch
and Shimabukuro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Shimabukuro is rocked!
Dux lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Shimabukuro falls backwards - clearly groggy! Dux dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Dux!
During a confident post fight interview, John Dux thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Masaru Shimabukuro spoke after the fight, saying 'Don't know what to say. I'm not gonna make any excuses, tonight he was just better than me. But believe me, i WILL be back.'.