PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ysly Abysal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Shirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Abysal
vs
Shirk

185 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ysly Abysal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Barry Shirk!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abysal fails with the takedown.

Shirk fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Abysal sprawls well initially but Shirk persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Shirk lands strikes from half guard.

Abysal is rocked!
Shirk lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oh Abysal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shirk perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Abysal is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shirk's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shirk's back!
Shirk tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shirk regains half guard.
Abysal blocks the strikes from Shirk.
Shirk is pressing down on Abysal's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Abysal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shirk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shirk manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Abysal manages to get himself to full guard.

Shirk drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shirk jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shirk on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shirk tries to get out of the position.
Shirk looks gassed!
Shirk lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirk lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shirk advances position into side control!
Abysal tries to improve position but can't.
Shirk lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Abysal down.
Abysal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Shirk tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Abysal is trying to improve his position.

Shirk stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Shirk shoots in for a takedown. He's got it... He's hoisted his opponent over his head and is carrying him over to the other end of the mat. The crowd roars in approval and Shirk slams his opponent to the mat. OH, that is naaaaaasty! He's out! Shirk lands a punch to his unconscious victim for good measure before the ref has time to call the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Barry Shirk!