PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Araki Kenjiro (ranked 3950 p4p, 440 weight class) and Tommy Shelby (ranked 3754 p4p, 428 weight class). Tommy Shelby is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kenjiro
vs
Shelby

176 cm
25
181 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
184 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Kore Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Araki Kenjiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Shelby !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shelby ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shelby takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shelby loads up on a big right hand but Kenjiro slips the punch.
Shelby scores with a jab to the body.

Kenjiro moves into the clinch.

Shelby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kenjiro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Shelby throws a right hand that Kenjiro ducks under and follows up with a left that Kenjiro also avoids with ease.
Shelby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenjiro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shelby was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenjiro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shelby slips a straight right by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Shelby .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenjiro lands a nice looking body kick.

Kenjiro clinches with his opponent.
Shelby takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kenjiro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shelby is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kenjiro lands an elbow that stopped Shelby in his tracks for a moment.
Kenjiro lands an elbow just above Shelby 's eye.
Shelby slowing the pace effectively.
Kenjiro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kenjiro lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Tommy Shelby has been cut.
Shelby working hard to break the clinch.
Kenjiro lands an elbow that stopped Shelby in his tracks for a moment.
Kenjiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shelby 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shelby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kenjiro checks the leg kick.
Shelby avoids a kick to the body.
And Shelby responds with a good body kick, but Kenjiro manages to step out the way in time.
A lazy body kick from Shelby
and Kenjiro counters with a nice body shot.
Kenjiro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shelby was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenjiro.
Kenjiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kenjiro avoids the head kick by Shelby .
As Shelby tries to get set, Kenjiro tries to push him back and clinch up but Shelby manages to avoid the attempt.
Kenjiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Shelby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shelby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shelby tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kenjiro seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Shelby throws a series of punches but Kenjiro moves out of range.
And Kenjiro counters with a quick kick to the body but Shelby blocks it.
Kenjiro throws a wild body kick that Shelby sees coming a mile off.

Kenjiro moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenjiro scores with a knee to the head.
Kenjiro lands an elbow that stopped Shelby in his tracks for a moment.
Shelby looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kenjiro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kenjiro.
Kenjiro lands a damaging elbow.
Shelby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shelby blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shelby is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kenjiro is keeping busy.
Shelby takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kenjiro looking to throw knees to the head but Shelby is blocking nicely.
Shelby takes an elbow to the temple.
Shelby blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shelby managing to block the knees to the body from Kenjiro.
Kenjiro looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Kenjiro misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenjiro lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kenjiro landing knees to the body.
Shelby looks winded!
Kenjiro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kenjiro creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shelby 's defenses.
Shelby takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shelby takes an elbow to the temple.
Kenjiro lands a good knee to the midsection. Shelby won't want to take too many of those.
Kenjiro connects with a knee to the head.

Shelby is rocked!
Kenjiro lands an elbow that stopped Shelby in his tracks for a moment.
Shelby is still on wobbly legs! Can Kenjiro finish him?
Kenjiro lands a nice elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shelby .
Kenjiro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shelby 's face.
Shelby trying to control the position but instead, Kenjiro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shelby into the cage.
Kenjiro lands a huge knee in the clinch and it's knocked Shelby out! Massive knee - he's celebrating with his corner and the crowd showing their appreciation!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Araki Kenjiro!
After winning the bout, Araki Kenjiro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.