PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Shamrock (ranked 139 p4p, 22 weight class) and Koko Pinea (ranked 397 p4p, 51 weight class). Shamrock comes into the arena with One Winged Angel by The Black Mages blaring out of the sound system. Nick Shamrock is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Shamrock
vs
Pinea

170 cm
29
148 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

159 cm
33
134 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koko Pinea!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinea misses with a combination
and Shamrock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shamrock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pinea tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shamrock swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pinea tries to keep at a distance but Shamrock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinea's elbow.
Pinea with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pinea tries a knee to the head but Shamrock blocks it.
Shamrock lands a left hand.
Pinea tries to work over Shamrock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
Shamrock prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pinea blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinea controls his hands.
I was talking to Shamrock's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A shot in the inside from Pinea.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pinea has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Pinea controls the action.
Shamrock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pinea blocks an uppercut.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shamrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinea blocks a body shot from Shamrock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock presses Pinea against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pinea lands a left hand.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinea's elbow.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinea throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pinea throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shamrock blocks it with crossed arms.
Pinea tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shamrock lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Koko Pinea has been cut.
Shamrock is pressed up against the cage. Pinea has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shamrock down to the mat. Shamrock avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Pinea moves into range and clinches up with Shamrock.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Pinea controls the action.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock lands an uppercut.
Shamrock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pinea backwards.
Shamrock gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pinea.
Nick Shamrock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Koko Pinea.
Pinea tries to land a knee to the head but Shamrock blocks with his arms.
Pinea misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinea blocks an uppercut.
Pinea scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shamrock lands an uppercut.
Pinea looking to throw knees to the head but Shamrock is blocking nicely.
Shamrock tries to work over Pinea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
Pinea wants a takedown but no success here.
Pinea misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shamrock.
Pinea lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pinea tries to work over Shamrock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shamrock lands a hook that snaps the head of Pinea backwards.
Pinea with a knee to the head.
Pinea misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shamrock.
Pinea prevents a body shot from Shamrock.
Pinea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Pinea controls the action.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Pinea.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinea's elbow.
Nice body punch from Shamrock - that landed with a thud.
Shamrock blocking some punches.
Shamrock managing to block the knees to the body from Pinea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinea's elbow.
Shamrock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock tries to throw a body punch but Pinea avoids it by throwing Shamrock back against the cage.
Shamrock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Shamrock digs a right hand underneath Pinea's ribcage. Pinea let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shamrock cracks Pinea with a nice body shot.
Pinea looks winded!
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinea controls his hands.
Pinea tries to throw a body punch but Shamrock avoids it by throwing Pinea back against the cage.
Shamrock misses with the head strike.
Shamrock misses with some punches.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Pinea blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock pushes Pinea back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shamrock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pinea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinea blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinea missing with knees to the body.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Pinea.
Shamrock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pinea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pinea's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shamrock tries a body shot but Pinea blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Shamrock as the two fighters clinch.
Pinea prevents a body shot from Shamrock.
Nice body punch from Shamrock - that landed with a thud.
Shamrock digs a right hand into Pinea's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pinea's gas tank.
Shamrock tries to throw a body punch but Pinea avoids it by throwing Shamrock back against the cage.
Pinea's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Shamrock.
Pinea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinea's elbow.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Shamrock lands an uppercut.
Shamrock tries to throw a body punch but Pinea avoids it by throwing Shamrock back against the cage.
Pinea throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shamrock blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinea controls his hands.
Shamrock misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Shamrock - that landed with a thud.
Pinea swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Koko Pinea's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shamrock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shamrock blocks the body kick.
Shamrock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pinea cracks Shamrock with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pinea uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shamrock.

Pinea moves into the clinch.
Pinea using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shamrock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pinea misses with a knee to the head.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinea controls his hands.
Shamrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shamrock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pinea can do to turn this around?
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pinea has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Shamrock after a bit of a struggle.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinea blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Pinea swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pinea using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shamrock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shamrock lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pinea is breathing heavily.
Shamrock throws a punch but it's blocked by Pinea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Pinea misses with a knee strike.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinea controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from Shamrock.
Shamrock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Shamrock - that landed with a thud.
Nick Shamrock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pinea has a couple of punches blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Pinea struggles to land a body shot inside as Shamrock controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shamrock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pinea throws a punch but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinea's elbow.
Shamrock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pinea or not.
A short right from Shamrock.
Pinea with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a hook that snaps the head of Pinea backwards.
Pinea is trying to drag Shamrock to the mat but Shamrock just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shamrock digs a right hand into Pinea's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pinea's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pinea backwards.
Shamrock lands a nice shot to the body.
Pinea missing with knees to the body.
Shamrock cracks Pinea with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock tries to throw a body punch but Pinea avoids it by throwing Shamrock back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shamrock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shamrock pushes Pinea back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Shamrock.
A short right from Shamrock on the inside.
A short uppercut from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Pinea is rocked!
Shamrock unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Pinea! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Shamrock is unloading with more strikes now! Pinea drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Shamrock!
Nick Shamrock tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.