PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corwin Anstey (ranked 2954 p4p, 3283 weight class) and Tetsuo Shima (ranked 71 p4p, 81 weight class). Shima has chosen The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu as his entrance music. Corwin Anstey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tetsuo Shima's chin.

Anstey
vs
Shima

183 cm
22
187
5 - 3 - 0

167 cm
21
142
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tetsuo Shima!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anstey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Shima counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shima connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shima has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Shima instigates a clinch.
Shima stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Anstey lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Shima.
Shima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shima lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Anstey fails to land.
Anstey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shima scores with a hook to the body.
Shima lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shima working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shima lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anstey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shima lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anstey misses with a punch on the inside.
Anstey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shima lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Shima.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shima scores with a shoulder strike.
Shima scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anstey misses with some punches.
Anstey misses with the head strike.
Shima blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Shima.
Shima is working Anstey over against the cage.
Shima lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shima blocking some punches.
Anstey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Shima on the inside.
Shima lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shima blocks an uppercut.
Shima taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Shima.
A bit of stalling here from Shima.
Shima blocks an uppercut.
Shima works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anstey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anstey throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shima lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Anstey fails to land.
Shima throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ansteys head.

Anstey is rocked!
Anstey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Anstey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shima fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shima working aggressively here.
Shima swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anstey seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shima.
Anstey has a couple of punches blocked by Shima.
Shima blocks an uppercut.
Shima makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anstey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shima lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shima scores with a nice hook to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Shima.
Anstey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shima dips a shoulder and cracks Anstey with a mighty uppercut! Anstey falls back against the cage and Shima unloads with a barrage of strikes! Anstey is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Shima screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tetsuo Shima!
After winning the bout, Tetsuo Shima thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.