PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seo Dae Young (ranked 577 p4p, 16 weight class) and Kampatimar Shankariya (ranked 1674 p4p, 52 weight class). Seo Dae Young could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kampatimar Shankariya's chin.

Dae Young
vs
Shankariya

225 cm
24
281 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
300 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Red Light Coffeeshop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Seo Dae Young!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kampatimar Shankariya!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dae Young dodges the punch combination from Shankariya.
Shankariya has his takedown stuffed
and Dae Young counters with a leg kick.
Dae Young with a jab.
Shankariya with a poor takedown

and Dae Young counters with a head kick that drops Shankariya to the mat! Shankariya scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Dae Young has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Scotty's Yard in the buildup to the fight.
Dae Young defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shankariya.
Seo Dae Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kampatimar Shankariya.
Dae Young throws a big shot that misses.
Shankariya misses with a takedown attempt

and Dae Young counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dae Young.

Shankariya turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Shankariya manages to end up in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dae Young is trying to buck Shankariya off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shankariya scoring with punches and elbows.
Dae Young is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Shankariya has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Shankariya has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Shankariya crashes against the mat.
Shankariya tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Shankariya misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Shankariya tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Shankariya tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Shankariya working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Dae Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dae Young pushes Shankariya away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shankariya gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Shankariya scoring with punches from side control.
Dae Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Shankariya working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dae Young on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dae Young tries to get out of the position.
Dae Young is pushing Shankariya's head away, looking to escape. Shankariya manages to hold on to the position though.
Shankariya throws an elbow but Dae Young slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dae Young wants to get back to his feet but Shankariya drags him back down.
The ground and pound from Shankariya seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dae Young tries to escape but Shankariya is in control.
Shankariya throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dae Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Shankariya scoring with punches from side control.

It looks like Seo Dae Young has been cut.
Shankariya trying to control the position but Dae Young is working away.
Dae Young is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Shankariya wants to control but Dae Young is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dae Young is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Shankariya is controlling him well.
Shankariya landing strikes.
Shankariya lands a strong strike to the head of Dae Young. That's dazed him! Shankariya looking to finish here. Dae Young is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Shankariya lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kampatimar Shankariya!
Kampatimar Shankariya is the new super heavyweight champion!
Kampatimar Shankariya decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.