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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximo Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mishiro Shashimi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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196 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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189 cm
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198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maximo Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mishiro Shashimi!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago walks forward, straight into a front kick from Shashimi.
A low kick from Drago misses
and Shashimi moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shashimi as Drago tries to tie him up.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Shashimi is controlling the position.
Drago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drago changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shashimi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago tries to circle away but Shashimi has him pinned against the cage.
Drago effectively controlling the action here.
Shashimi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Drago pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shashimi is stalling here.
Shashimi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shashimi tries to throw a body punch but Drago avoids it by throwing Shashimi back against the cage.
Shashimi controlling the action here for a moment.
The referee is keeping an eye on Drago - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shashimi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shashimi stalls.
Shashimi has Drago pressed against the cage, preventing Drago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drago is trying to break free.
Drago is looking to break free of the clinch but Shashimi has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shashimi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drago's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shashimi throws a head punch that misses.
Shashimi misses with a knee to the head.
Shashimi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shashimi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shashimi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drago is defending well for now.
Shashimi scores with a knee to the head.
Shashimi trying to land knees to the body.
Shashimi trying to control the position but instead, Drago has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shashimi into the cage.
Drago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drago on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shashimi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drago is defending well for now.
Shashimi misses with a knee strike.
Shashimi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago tries a low kick but Shashimi avoids it.
Shashimi slips under a jab.
Shashimi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Drago counters with a head kick that drops Shashimi to the mat! Shashimi scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Shashimi is rocked!
Shashimi moves out of range as Drago strikes.
Shashimi is still on wobbly legs! Can Drago finish him?
Drago tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shashimi misses with a series of wild punches.
Shashimi seems to have recovered his senses.
Shashimi shoots in for a takedown but Drago shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Maximo Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shashimi walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drago misses with an uppercut. Shashimi saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Drago misses its intended target.
Shashimi slips under a jab from Drago.
Shashimi misses with an uppercut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shashimi.
Maximo Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mishiro Shashimi.
Shashimi looks gassed!
A slow jab from Drago misses its intended target.
Shashimi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drago.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Shashimi to counter with a crisp jab.
Drago misses with a shot to the body
and Shashimi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Drago won't be happy with that.
Shashimi is trying to move to mount but Drago reverses beautifully and ends up in Shashimi's guard.
Drago knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shashimi on the ground.
Drago preventing the sweep.
Drago has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Shashimi working a defensive guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drago wants to stand but Shashimi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximo Drago dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Drago throws a shot from downtown. Shashimi moves away and avoids it.
Drago throws a sloppy head kick and Shashimi moves out of range easily.
Drago ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shashimi moves away.
Shashimi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mishiro Shashimi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drago lands a glancing blow to the side of Shashimi's head.
Drago lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drago lands with a nice body punch.
Drago lands with a hook. Shashimi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
It looks like Mishiro Shashimi has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shashimi walks straight into a right hand from Drago - that's dropped him! Drago jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Shashimi from any more punishment! Shashimi complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Maximo Drago!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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