PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Kardashian (ranked 432 p4p, 527 weight class) and Fedor Shabanov (ranked 72 p4p, 85 weight class). Kardashian comes to the cage accompanied by Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kardashian
vs
Shabanov

179 cm
32
209
28 - 15 - 0

197 cm
31
206
20 - 9 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Kardashian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fedor Shabanov!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shabanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shabanov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kardashian connects with a jab.
Shabanov misses with a wild combination.
Kardashian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kardashian lands a nice hook to Shabanov's body. Shabanov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shabanov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Rob Kardashian has been cut.
Kardashian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shabanov misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Kardashian's head coaches at The House Of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shabanov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kardashian's corner calls for a 1-2. Kardashian obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kardashian lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Fedor Shabanov has been cut.
Kardashian swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kardashian connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kardashian throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Shabanov moves out of range of the strikes.
Shabanov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kardashian cracks Shabanov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rob Kardashian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shabanov throws the kick towards the body but Kardashian avoids it.
Kardashian misses with a looping right.
Shabanov unleashes a big counter combination but Kardashian bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kardashian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shabanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kardashian.
Kardashian seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Shabanov throws a right hand that Kardashian ducks under and follows up with a left that Kardashian also avoids with ease.
Kardashian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shabanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kardashian throws a hook to the side of Shabanov's head but Shabanov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shabanov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kardashian looks to score with a jab to the body but Shabanov is just out of range.
Kardashian misses with the combination.
Kardashian dips to his left and cracks Shabanov with an uppercut!
Kardashian misses with an uppercut
and Shabanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shabanov slips under a jab.
Shabanov looks to throw the jab but Kardashian is out of range.
Shabanov misses with a head kick.
Kardashian lands a nice shot to the body.
Kardashian misses with a low kick as Shabanov jumps back.
Shabanov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shabanov misses with a double jab.
Kardashian lands a head shot.
Shabanov drops his hands momentarily and Kardashian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shabanov throws a body kick that misses.
Kardashian blocks a jab.
Kardashian wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kardashian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shabanov moves away.
Shabanov looks to score with a jab to the body but Kardashian is just out of range.
Shabanov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shabanov lands a front kick.
Kardashian lands with a good body shot.
Kardashian connects with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Kardashian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kardashian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shabanov slips a jab from Kardashian.
Kardashian catches Shabanov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kardashian blocks a head kick by Shabanov.
Kardashian just misses with a punch to the body.
Kardashian scores with a punch to the head.
Kardashian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shabanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shabanov throws a body punch but Kardashian moves out of range.
Shabanov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kardashian throws a right hand that misses
and Shabanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kardashian slips a jab from Shabanov.
Kardashian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shabanov manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Kardashian dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shabanov slips a jab from Kardashian.
Kardashian swings widly with a right hand
and Shabanov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shabanov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kardashian.
Kardashian on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Shabanov moves out of range as Kardashian strikes.
Kardashian avoids the head kick by Shabanov.
Kardashian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shabanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Kardashian.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shabanov! But no joy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Shabanov might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kardashian has got the better of the exchanges.
Shabanov staying out of range there.
Shabanov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kardashian closes the distance and clinches.
Kardashian can't find room to land a body shot as Shabanov controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Shabanov.
Shabanov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shabanov tries to throw a body punch but Kardashian avoids it by throwing Shabanov back against the cage.
Shabanov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shabanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kardashian can't find room to land a body shot as Shabanov controls the action.
Kardashian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kardashian struggles to land a body shot inside as Shabanov controls his hands.
Shabanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Kardashian.
A short right from Shabanov on the inside.
Shabanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kardashian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shabanov.
Kardashian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shabanov's elbow.
Kardashian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shabanov struggles to land a body shot inside as Kardashian controls his hands.
Shabanov lands a right hand.
Kardashian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kardashian struggles to land a body shot inside as Shabanov controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Shabanov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shabanov works on Kardashian's body with a couple of short punches.
Kardashian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shabanov's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shabanov misses with some punches.
Shabanov lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shabanov throws a punch but it's blocked by Kardashian.
Kardashian blocks an uppercut.
Shabanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shabanov lands with a right to the head.
Shabanov scores with a shot to the side of Kardashian's head.
Shabanov tries to work over Kardashian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shabanov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kardashian lands with a light punch inside.
Kardashian can't find room to land a body shot as Shabanov controls the action.
Kardashian blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Shabanov breaks from the clinch.
Shabanov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Shabanov lands a front kick.
Kardashian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shabanov at a distance.
Rob Kardashian is winning the standup battle so far.
Shabanov throws a big shot that misses.
Kardashian throws a combination that misses
and Shabanov counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kardashian missing with a left hand there. Shabanov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shabanov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kardashian tests Shabanov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shabanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kardashian tries to counter by clinching up but Shabanov breaks away and moves out of range.
Kardashian cracks Shabanov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shabanov throws a solid leg kick but Kardashian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shabanov.
Kardashian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shabanov throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Shabanov.
Shabanov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shabanov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shabanov lands with a nice body punch.
Kardashian throws a hook to the side of Shabanov's head but Shabanov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shabanov replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kardashian blocks it well.
Kardashian swings widly with a right hand
and Kardashian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shabanov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A lazy left from Kardashian finds it's target.
Shabanov throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shabanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kardashian. Shabanov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kardashian throws a jab when Shabanov was well out of range.
Kardashian fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Shabanov on the side of the head.
Kardashian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shabanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kardashian throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kardashian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Shabanov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A punch lands to the side of Shabanov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A slow jab from Shabanov misses its intended target.
Kardashian misses the shot to the body.
Kardashian's jab looks to have found its range, popping Shabanov under the eye.
Shabanov moves away from the strike by Kardashian.
Shabanov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kardashian.
Shabanov with a hook.
Kardashian getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kardashian lands a body shot.
Shabanov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kardashian's head.
Kardashian swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Shabanov to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kardashian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Shabanov, pushing him back against the cage.
Shabanov scores with a hook to the body.
Kardashian blocks an uppercut.

Kardashian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Kardashian is predictable there
and Shabanov counters with a leg kick.
Kardashian looks to score with a jab to the body but Shabanov is just out of range.
Shabanov throws a head kick but Kardashian moves out of range.
Kardashian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shabanov counters with a stiff right hand.
Kardashian cracks Shabanov with a good jab.
Nice jab there from Kardashian.
Kardashian throws a body punch but Shabanov moves out of range.
Kardashian throws out a loose jab but Shabanov uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kardashian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shabanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Kardashian.
Shabanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shabanov misses with a wild body shot.
Kardashian misses with a body shot.
Kardashian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shabanov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shabanov lands a jab.

Rob Kardashian's cut is getting worse.
Kardashian throws a series of strikes that have Shabanov backpedaling.
Kardashian misses with a straight right.
Kardashian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fighters circling - Shabanov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shabanov slips a jab from Kardashian.
Shabanov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kardashian avoids a kick to the body.
Kardashian throws a body punch but Shabanov moves out of range.
Shabanov looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Shabanov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kardashian.
Shabanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kardashian.
Kardashian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Kardashian.
Kardashian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shabanov.
Kardashian missing with a left hand there. Shabanov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kardashian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kardashian missing with a left hand there. Shabanov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shabanov is looking to land body kicks.
As Shabanov tries to get set, Kardashian tries to push him back and clinch up but Shabanov manages to avoid the attempt.
Shabanov moves away from the strike by Kardashian.
Shabanov shapes to counter with a head kick.
Shabanov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kardashian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shabanov moves away.
Shabanov replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kardashian blocks it well.
Kardashian scores with a jab. Shabanov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kardashian is looking to clinch but Shabanov is avoiding it.
Kardashian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shabanov.
Shabanov counters with a body kick.
Shabanov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shabanov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kardashian lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kardashian lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Kardashian showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kardashian has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Kardashian!
Rob Kardashian decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.