PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gennady Golovkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naya Shinoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinoki is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by wadiako. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Golovkin
vs
Shinoki

180 cm
20
165 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
169 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gennady Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naya Shinoki !
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Golovkin moves into the clinch.
Golovkin has had enough of the clinch but Shinoki keeps him there for the moment.

Golovkin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Golovkin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Golovkin tries to clinch but Shinoki is having none of it.

Shinoki shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Golovkin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Golovkin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Shinoki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
You can see the frustration on Golovkin's face as Shinoki controls the position.
Shinoki has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Shinoki looking to secure an arm triangle but Golovkin defends it well.
Golovkin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Shinoki avoids the attempt from Golovkin to control.
Golovkin is in a horrible position here. Shinoki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinoki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Golovkin tries to hold on but Shinoki postures up.
Golovkin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Shinoki controlling the position easily from mount.
Shinoki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Gennady Golovkin has been cut.
Golovkin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shinoki .
Shinoki throwing strikes here but Golovkin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Golovkin tries to hold on but Shinoki postures up.
Golovkin is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shinoki with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golovkin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shinoki lands with some strikes.
Shinoki tries to control but Golovkin wriggling away.
Golovkin is trying desperately to improve position.

Shinoki looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Golovkin tries to buck Shinoki off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shinoki avoids the attempt from Golovkin to control.
Shinoki landing strikes from the mount and Golovkin is in trouble!
Shinoki lands a heavy elbow.
Shinoki won't let Golovkin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Golovkin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shinoki lands a heavy elbow.
Shinoki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Golovkin wants to hold on but Shinoki pushes him away.
Golovkin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shinoki looking to control but Golovkin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shinoki raining down shots from the mount!

Gennady Golovkin's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin wants to hold on but Shinoki pushes him away.
Shinoki looking to finish with strikes here!
Golovkin is looking to improve his position but Shinoki isn't that keen on the idea.
Shinoki is landing with some decent strikes but Golovkin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shinoki looking to finish Golovkin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Golovkin!
A nice elbow there by Shinoki .

Gennady Golovkin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Shinoki unloading with bombs!

Jeez, Gennady Golovkin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gennady Golovkin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Naya Shinoki !
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Naya Shinoki made sure he mentioned Kemists ↑ 5x160Q, along with how happy he was to win his fight.