PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Great Tiger (ranked 442 p4p, 56 weight class) and Altansarnai Shinjo (ranked 2175 p4p, 228 weight class). Shinjo has chosen DJ KATCH - The Horns as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Tiger
vs
Shinjo

172 cm
25
150 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

170 cm
25
153 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Great Tiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Altansarnai Shinjo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinjo lands the left hand.
Shinjo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tiger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shinjo misses with a hook.
Tiger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shinjo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tiger. That's going to slow Shinjo down.
Great Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiger lands a slapping body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tiger - that will leave a mark!
A swing and a miss from Shinjo.
Tiger cracks Shinjo with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheers as Tiger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shinjo doesn't seem phased though.
Shinjo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shinjo wants to slow Tiger down by chopping away at his legs.
And Tiger counters with a quick kick to the body but Shinjo blocks it.
Shinjo misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tiger. Shinjo shrugs it off though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tiger, as that shot connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tiger.
Tiger cracks the inside of Shinjo's front leg.
Shinjo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tiger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger dips to his left and cracks Shinjo with an uppercut!
A left lands for Tiger.
Altansarnai Shinjo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Shinjo misses.
Shinjo catches Tiger with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shinjo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shinjo throws a looping overhand right but Tiger ducks down to avoid it.
Tiger throws a wild body kick that Shinjo sees coming a mile off.
Tiger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shinjo.
Shinjo throws a hook to the side of Tiger's head but Tiger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tiger swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tiger moves out of range of the strikes.
Shinjo walks into a left hand.
Shinjo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tiger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shinjo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Shinjo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tiger checks it well.
Tiger punishes Shinjo's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shinjo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shinjo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tiger scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Shinjo lands a really nice looking cross but Tiger seems unphased.

It looks like Great Tiger has been cut.
Tiger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shinjo's calf.
Tiger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tiger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tiger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tiger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shinjo.
Tiger dodges the punch combination from Shinjo.
Tiger scores with a leg kick.
Tiger avoids the body shot from Shinjo.
Shinjo throws a hook to the side of Tiger's head but Tiger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tiger swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shinjo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tiger lands the left hand.
Tiger lands a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shinjo's sensitive parts.
Shinjo throws a jab but it's blocked by Tiger.
Tiger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shinjo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tiger manages to avoid it.
Shinjo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tiger scores with a push kick.
Shinjo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shinjo looks to throw the jab but Tiger is out of range.
Tiger appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tiger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shinjo manages to avoid it.
A big right from Shinjo misses.
Tiger is looking to slow Shinjo down with leg kicks.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tiger - that will leave a mark!
Tiger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shinjo throws a jab when Tiger was well out of range.
Tiger connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tiger scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shinjo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tiger.
Tiger connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shinjo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shinjo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tiger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tiger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shinjo throws out a counter right but Tiger avoids it with no problem.
Tiger looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Tiger forces Shinjo back against the cage and clinches.
Shinjo is trying to push Tiger away but Tiger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Shinjo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shinjo throws a looping overhand right but Tiger ducks down to avoid it.
Tiger connects with a solid leg kick.
Tiger tests Shinjo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Tiger. That snapped Shinjo's head back.
Tiger is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tiger.
Good leg kick by Tiger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shinjo throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Tiger was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Shinjo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Great Tiger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Great Tiger's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Shinjo misses with a low kick as Tiger jumps back.
An attempted straight right counter from Tiger misses the target.
Shinjo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shinjo connects with a crisp jab.
Tiger cracks Shinjo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tiger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shinjo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Tiger - just one landing.
Tiger walks into a straight right hand from Shinjo.
Shinjo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tiger is just out of range.
Shinjo misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by Tiger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shinjo scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiger doesn't manage to clinch there - Shinjo circles away.
Tiger scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tiger catches Shinjo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A nice leg kick lands there from Tiger.
Shinjo throws a body punch but Tiger moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shinjo's calf.
Tiger gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Shinjo counters with a straight right hand.
Great Tiger is winning the standup battle so far.
Shinjo looks to land a right hand but Tiger moved out of range.
Tiger appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shinjo takes a swing at Tiger's ribcage but misses.
Shinjo walks into a straight right hand from Tiger.
Tiger throws a body shot but no joy.
Shinjo unleashes a big counter combination but Tiger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tiger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shinjo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tiger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tiger misses with an uppercut.
Shinjo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tiger with a body shot.
Shinjo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tiger throws out the jab.
Shinjo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good leg kick by Tiger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shinjo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tiger.
Tiger's corner calls for a 1-2. Tiger obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shinjo throws out a powerful jab.
Shinjo slips a straight right by Tiger.
Tiger scores with the left hand. Shinjo knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shinjo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tiger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tiger connects with an inside leg kick.
Tiger throws a shot from downtown. Shinjo moves away and avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Tiger blocks the low kick.
Shinjo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Shinjo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tiger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tiger will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shinjo! But no joy.
Tiger looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shinjo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tiger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shinjo scores with a jab to the body.
Tiger tries to score a power double leg takedown but Shinjo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tiger somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Great Tiger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shinjo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shinjo throws a jab but it's blocked by Tiger.
Shinjo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo fails to land with a series of punches.
Tiger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shinjo throws a counter combo.
Tiger slips under a jab.
Tiger appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Shinjo misses the target.
And Tiger counters with a quick kick to the body but Shinjo blocks it.
Shinjo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shinjo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tiger is just out of range.
Tiger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Tiger instigates a clinch.

Tiger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tiger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiger ducks under a wild hook from Shinjo.
Shinjo slaps away a takedown attempt from Tiger, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tiger misses with a straight right.
Tiger throws the left hand but Shinjo avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shinjo moves forwards but Tiger connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shinjo misses with a double jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shinjo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tiger to score with a decent uppercut.
Shinjo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tiger.
Tiger half committed to a counter leg kick.
Shinjo takes a swing at Tiger's ribcage but misses.

Tiger gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tiger scores with a shoulder strike.
Shinjo wants to get back to striking at distance but Tiger won't allow it.
Shinjo blocks an uppercut.

Shinjo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tiger throws a shot to the body.
Shinjo slaps away a takedown attempt from Tiger, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tiger lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Great Tiger dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Great Tiger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tiger slips under a jab from Shinjo.
Shinjo throws a hook but Tiger blocks it.
Tiger slips under a jab.
Jab, jab by Tiger - just one landing.
Shinjo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tiger defending well as Shinjo loads up on a big left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tiger.
Shinjo misses with a jab, cross combination.
It appears Tiger was looking to counter with a kick there.
Shinjo throws a body punch but Tiger moves out of range.
Tiger lands with a right hand.
Tiger misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiger takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tiger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tiger lands a nice hook to Shinjo's body. Shinjo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shinjo tries to bum rush Tiger with a series of wild strikes but Tiger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shinjo throws a shot from downtown. Tiger moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tiger.
Shinjo slips under a jab.
Tiger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shinjo can do to turn this around?
Shinjo lands with a cross.
Tiger connects with a body shot that sends Shinjo's belly button to the back.
Tiger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shinjo was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiger.
Tiger dodges the punch combination from Shinjo.
Shinjo ducks right into an uppercut from Tiger.
Shinjo lands a nice hook to Tiger's body. Tiger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shinjo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tiger swings for the body but Shinjo moves out of range.

Tiger has Shinjo up against the cage in a clinch.

Tiger manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tiger has his foot on Shinjo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shinjo works his way back into a safe position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiger has a closed guard, preventing Shinjo from standing up.
Shinjo content to stall in guard here.

Shinjo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tiger has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Shinjo has managed to get both his arms back between Tiger's legs - danger averted.

Tiger is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Shinjo defends well.
Shinjo is looking to pass into half guard but Tiger pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tiger is in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger advances to half guard.

Tiger is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Shinjo sees it coming and defends easily.
Tiger is looking to stall here but Shinjo recovers full guard.
Shinjo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tiger is one step ahead there.
Tiger passes Shinjo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tiger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Altansarnai Shinjo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Tiger is nestled in close to Shinjo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Tiger seems to be looking for submissions.
Shinjo wants to improve his position but Tiger is controlling well.
Great Tiger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shinjo missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tiger wants to take a breather but Shinjo is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Great Tiger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tiger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Great Tiger!
A very excited looking Great Tiger made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Altansarnai Shinjo stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm not completely useless, I can still serve as a bad example.'.