PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edison Atunes (ranked 28 p4p, 87 weight class) and Sergey Shipilov (ranked 4 p4p, 9 weight class). Sergey Shipilov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Atunes
vs
Shipilov

185 cm
30
190
25 - 2 - 0

195 cm
28
195
16 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edison Atunes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sergey Shipilov!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shipilov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shipilov misses with an uppercut
and Atunes counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Atunes misses.

Shipilov knocks Atunes to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Atunes is rocked!

It looks like Edison Atunes has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atunes tries to bench press Shipilov off him but Shipilov keeps the position.
Shipilov has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Zero Tolerance. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shipilov decides to stand back up. Shipilov steps back and let's Atunes get back to his feet.
Shipilov throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Atunes crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sergey Shipilov!
Sergey Shipilov is the new middleweight champion!
Sergey Shipilov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.