PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tetsuo Shima (ranked 2133 p4p, 2091 weight class) and Pedro Paulo (ranked 129 p4p, 126 weight class). Shima comes to the cage accompanied by The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu. This should be fireworks!

Shima
vs
Paulo

167 cm
20
142
6 - 1 - 0

150 cm
24
135
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tetsuo Shima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Paulo!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paulo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Shima!
Paulo scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shima is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Shima tries to improve position but can't.
Paulo throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Shima works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Shima is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Shima is trying to stand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Paulo lands with a punch from half guard.
Paulo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Shima's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Paulo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Paulo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Shima tries to kick Paulo off but Paulo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Paulo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shima is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Paulo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Paulo is nestled in close to Shima, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Paulo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Paulo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shima's head.
Shima is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Shima on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shima tries to get out of the position.
Paulo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Paulo throwing shots but Shima is blocking nicely.
Shima is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Paulo scores with a couple of nice shots.

Paulo seems to be working for a kimura but Shima defends the submission attempt.
Paulo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Paulo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shima's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paulo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Shima is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Paulo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Paulo thows a huge punch but Shima dodges it nicely.
Paulo thows a huge punch but Shima dodges it nicely.
Paulo prevents Shima from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paulo working the head and body with strikes.
Shima is trying to stand.
Paulo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Paulo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shima defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shima is doing well to control the position and prevent Paulo from advancing to side control.
Paulo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Paulo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Paulo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Paulo throwing shots but Shima is blocking nicely.
Shima trying to control but Paulo postures up.
Shima is trying to stand.
Paulo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shima defending well though.
Shima keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Paulo prevents Shima from standing back up.

Shima has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Paulo is on him like a limpet, forcing Shima back against the cage.
Paulo misses with the head strike.
Paulo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shima fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Shima misses the jab.
Paulo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shima misses with a body shot.
Paulo misses with a leg kick.
Shima tries to counter by clinching up but Paulo breaks away and moves out of range.
Paulo misses with an uppercut. Shima saw that one coming.
Nice shot lands for Shima.
Paulo slips a straight right by Shima.
Shima misses the shot to the body.
Paulo shoots and misses

and Shima counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shima.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shima blocks an uppercut.
Paulo blocks a body shot from Shima.
Paulo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shima backwards.
Paulo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Paulo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Shima moves into range and clinches up with Paulo.
Paulo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Shima misses with some punches.
Paulo is trying to drag Shima to the mat but Shima just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short uppercut from Paulo.
Paulo throws a punch but it's blocked by Shima.
Shima prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tetsuo Shima has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Paulo.
Shima misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Shima is defending well.
Paulo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Shima is defending well.
Paulo throws a head punch that misses.
Paulo misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shima.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulo blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Shima.
Shima can't find room to land a body shot as Paulo controls the action.
Shima scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shima scores with a shot to the side of Paulo's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paulo.
Paulo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Shima gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Shima scores with a shot to the side of Paulo's head.
Paulo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Paulo has a couple of punches blocked by Shima.
Paulo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shima tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shima goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulo has a couple of punches blocked by Shima.
Paulo blocking some punches.
Shima scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Paulo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shima lands a shot to the body.
Shima gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Paulo.
Paulo looking for a takedown.
Shima prevents the takedown attempt.
Tetsuo Shima has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Paulo misses with the head strike.
Shima misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Paulo has Shima pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Paulo pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Shima tumbling to the mat - Paulo dives into Shima's guard.
Paulo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shima works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shima wants to stand and escape but Paulo is having none of it.
Paulo throwing strikes but missing.
Paulo throws a strike but Shima rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Paulo pulls Shima in close to prevent any damage.
Paulo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Shima wants to stand but Paulo is controlling his posture from full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Paulo holds on and takes a little breather.

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.
Shima is looking to stand up but Paulo won't let him.
Paulo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Paulo has control of Shima's left arm, preventing Shima from doing any damage.
Pedro Paulo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shima won't allow Paulo to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Shima trying to control but Paulo is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tetsuo Shima dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Shima uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paulo.
Shima darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Paulo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shima. Shima circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tetsuo Shima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shima takes a swing at Paulo's ribcage but misses.
Shima tries to clinch up but Paulo circles away and keeps his distance.
Paulo looks to score with a jab to the body but Shima is just out of range.
Shima misses with a hook
and Paulo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shima tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Paulo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Shima clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Shima.
Shima works on Paulo's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shima struggles to land a body shot inside as Paulo controls his hands.
Paulo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Shima avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Paulo is looking for a takedown.
A body shot lands from Shima.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shima.
Paulo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Shima after a bit of a struggle.
Tetsuo Shima has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Paulo.
Shima stalling in the clinch but Paulo improves position.
Paulo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paulo prevents a body shot from Shima.
Paulo is looking for a takedown.
Paulo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Paulo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shima creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shima gets underhooks to prevent Paulo's takedown attempt.
Shima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Paulo.
Paulo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paulo is looking for a takedown.
Paulo prevents a body shot from Shima.
Paulo tries for a takedown but Shima manages to get underhooks.
Paulo lands a hook that snaps the head of Shima backwards.
Shima softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Paulo on the inside.
Paulo throws a punch but it's blocked by Shima.
Paulo prevents a body shot from Shima.
Paulo has a couple of punches blocked by Shima.
Shima lands a nice uppercut.
Paulo gets through Shima's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Paulo fails to land.
Shima stalls.
Paulo misses with a punch on the inside.
Shima stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paulo throws a head punch that misses.
Shima lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Paulo backwards.
Paulo has a couple of punches blocked by Shima.
A short body shot lands from Shima as the two fighters clinch.
Shima lands a body shot in the clinch.
Shima doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Shima's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paulo blocks a jab.
Shima works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shima bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Paulo's head backwards.
Shima is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Shima misses with a straight left.
Paulo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shima defends it well.
Paulo ducks under a wild hook from Shima.
A combination from Paulo does no damage.
Paulo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shima misses with an uppercut.
Paulo shoots in but no luck this time.
Tetsuo Shima is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paulo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Paulo.
Paulo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shima defends it well.
Paulo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shima.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tetsuo Shima showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Shima 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tetsuo Shima!
A victorious Tetsuo Shima thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.