PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnie Shavers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Roads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shavers
vs
Roads

184 cm
27
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

193 cm
22
214 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Earnie Shavers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damien Roads!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roads is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shavers.
Shavers slips under a jab.
Roads misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body punch from Shavers.
Shavers avoids the body shot from Roads.
Roads throws the left hand but Shavers avoids the punch easily.
Shavers gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Earnie Shavers has been cut.
Shavers scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roads lands with a cross.
Roads looks to land a right hand but Shavers moved out of range.
Shavers walks into a straight right hand from Roads.
Shavers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Earnie Shavers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roads swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roads fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shavers with a hook.
Shavers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shavers fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Shavers.
Roads misses with a shot to the body
and Shavers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shavers digs a good hook to Roads's body.
Shavers doesn't manage to clinch there - Roads circles away.
Shavers doesn't manage to clinch there - Roads circles away.

Shavers has closed the distance and engaged Roads in a clinch.
Roads is trying to push Shavers away but Shavers has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Shavers is trying to pull guard but Roads has him pressed against the cage.

Roads's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shavers staying out of range there.
Shavers moves in looking to clinch but Roads pushes him off.
Roads misses with a straight left.
Shavers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roads at a distance.
Roads ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shavers moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roads misses with a shot to the body
and Shavers counters with a left and a right that stings Roads.
Shavers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Roads.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by Roads. Beautiful body shot.
Shavers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Roads.
Roads throws a jab but it's blocked by Shavers.
Roads misses with a wild combination.
Roads showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shavers.
Roads lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Shavers does no damage.
No joy there for Roads, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roads misses with the combination.
Roads looks to score with a jab to the body but Shavers is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shavers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shavers keeps control of Roads as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good body shot from Shavers.
Roads will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shavers up against the cage.
Shavers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roads wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shavers has him pressed against the cage.
Roads's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roads tries to work over Shavers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shavers tries to work over Roads's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roads is struggling to control the position.
Shavers swings wildly with an uppercut but Roads uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roads is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shavers misses with a hook to the ribs.

Roads breaks the clinch.
Shavers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roads.
Roads swings for the body but Shavers moves out of range.
Shavers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roads connects with a right hand. Shavers shakes it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shavers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shavers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Roads misses with a wild body shot.
Shavers misses with a body shot.
Roads scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shavers swinging wildly here.
Shavers lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roads backs up against the cage.
Roads throws a hook but Shavers avoids it easily.
Roads tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shavers was well out of range. Poor timing from Roads.
Roads throws a jab but it's blocked by Shavers.
Shavers throws a nice looking combination but Roads bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roads smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shavers throws a right hand that misses
and Roads makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shavers is breathing heavily.
Shavers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roads.
Roads throws a lazy right hand but Shavers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Roads lands a big uppercut and Shavers crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Shavers looks OK. Roads waves Shavers back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roads throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shavers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Shavers is rocked!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Roads throws a series of punches but Shavers moves out of range.
Oh Shavers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shavers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shavers seems to have got his legs back now.
Roads lands a slapping body shot.
Shavers throws a jab when Roads was well out of range.
Shavers looks to land a combination. Roads sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shavers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shavers swings for the body but Roads moves out of range.
Roads slips a jab and a cross from Shavers.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roads. Shavers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roads fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shavers manages to avoid it.
Shavers fails to land with a series of punches.
Roads throws a hook but Shavers blocks it.
Roads ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Roads swings for the body but Shavers moves out of range.
Roads is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shavers.

Roads lands a big uppercut and Shavers crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Shavers looks OK. Roads waves Shavers back to his feet!

Earnie Shavers's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roads tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shavers was well out of range. Poor timing from Roads.
Roads swings for the body but Shavers moves out of range.
Shavers is looking to wear down Roads with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good exchange - Roads coming out on top.
Shavers moves in looking to clinch but Roads pushes him off.
Roads connects with a body shot that sends Shavers's belly button to the back.
Shavers throws a right and a left that Roads avoids nicely.
Roads weaves into range and cracks Shavers right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Shavers goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Roads is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Damien Roads!
Damien Roads decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.