PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shiba Inu (ranked 5671 p4p, 557 weight class) and Patrick O Malley (ranked 5773 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Inu
vs
O Malley

184 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shiba Inu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Patrick O Malley!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inu is looking to clinch.
O Malley lands with a shot to the body.
O Malley throws a series of punches but Inu moves out of range.
Inu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Inu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around O Malley's waist but O Malley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Inu off to one side.

O Malley drives through and clinches with Inu against the cage.

Inu is trying to trip O Malley. He has hold of a leg but O Malley is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Inu persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

O Malley working for a triangle but Inu defends it easily.
Inu is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Inu is one step ahead there.
Inu slips nicely into half guard.
Still in half guard, Inu seems content to control.
Inu moves into full mount! O Malley won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inu controlling the position easily from mount.
Inu seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down O Malley for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Inu tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Malley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Inu tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
O Malley tries to hold on but Inu pushes him away.
Inu controlling from mount.
O Malley wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Inu.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Inu tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiba Inu dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Inu is looking to clinch but O Malley is avoiding it.
A punch lands to the side of Inu 's head but he takes it in his stride.

O Malley has Inu up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as O Malley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Inu tries to pull guard but O Malley forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Inu tries to pull guard but O Malley won't allow it.
Inu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. O Malley just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shiba Inu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Inu struggles to land a body shot inside as O Malley controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inu jumps guard but O Malley stands there with Inu around his waist. Inu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Inu is trying to pull guard but O Malley turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from O Malley.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Malley manages to break the clinch.

Inu tries to keep at a distance but O Malley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Inu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Inu is trying to drag O Malley to the mat but O Malley just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Inu is looking for a takedown.
Inu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Inu tries for a takedown. No joy.
Inu tries to score a body lock takedown but O Malley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Inu looking to stall.
O Malley slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inu fails to pull the fight into his guard.

O Malley breaks the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for O Malley.
O Malley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Malley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Malley misses with a series of wild punches.

O Malley lands a left and a right that send Inu crashing to the mat, dazed. O Malley thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Inu is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Malley weaves into range and cracks Inu right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Inu goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! O Malley is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Patrick O Malley!