PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Duberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenichi Shirahama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duberry's entrance music is Pass Out - Tinie Tempah. A fine choice. Shirahama has chosen Fade To Black as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Duberry
vs
Shirahama

196 cm
28
265 lbs
21 - 4 - 0

202 cm
29
240 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Brute
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Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fidel Duberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenichi Shirahama!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Shirahama.
Duberry throws a jab when Shirahama was well out of range.
Duberry takes a swing at Shirahama's ribcage but misses.
Shirahama needs to keep his hands up - Duberry had a free shot at his head there.
Duberry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shirahama's calf.
Duberry lands a leg kick that knocks Shirahama off balance momentarily.
Shirahama avoids a kick to the body.
Duberry scores with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Shirahama blocks the low kick.
Shirahama keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Duberry tries to land a leg kick but Shirahama saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirahama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duberry throws a wild body kick that Shirahama sees coming a mile off.

Shirahama shoots in and gets a takedown into Duberry's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Shirahama looking to pass the guard.
Shirahama wants to control from the top but Duberry keeps moving.
Duberry trying to control the position.
Shirahama is looking to advance position but Duberry has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duberry tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Shirahama is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shirahama is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Duberry stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Duberry throws a head kick that misses

and Shirahama counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Duberry!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shirahama misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Duberry isn't going anywhere.
Duberry is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duberry wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Duberry looks to move to half guard but instead Shirahama has passed into mount! Damn!
Shirahama lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shirahama landing punches.
Shirahama landing strikes from the mount and Duberry is in trouble!
Shirahama trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shirahama landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duberry really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Shirahama sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Duberry can't escape the position.
Shirahama pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shirahama in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Duberry taking shots to the head.
Shirahama unloads with some shots from mount but Duberry bucks and avoids them well.
Shirahama putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duberry is in a horrible position here. Shirahama smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Duberry is squirming around, avoiding Shirahama's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenichi Shirahama dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Duberry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shirahama was well out of range. Poor timing from Duberry.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Duberry, as that shot connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duberry. Shirahama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duberry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shirahama counters with a low kick, right behind Duberry 's knee.
Duberry misses with an uppercut. Shirahama saw that one coming.
Shirahama slips a jab from Duberry.
Duberry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duberry lands with a nice body punch.
Shirahama tries to work over Duberry's front leg with a kick but Duberry checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirahama blocks a head kick by Duberry.
Shirahama on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duberry. Duberry obviously looking to wear him down.
Duberry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shirahama counters with an outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Duberry.
Fidel Duberry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duberry takes a swing at Shirahama's ribcage but misses.
Duberry throws a lazy right hand but Shirahama sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fidel Duberry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shirahama moves out of range as Duberry throws a body kick.
Duberry does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shirahama moves out of range of the leg kick from Duberry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duberry fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Duberry shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Duberry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Duberry misses the jab.
Duberry misses with a body shot.
Good work by Shirahama as he checks the leg kick.
Shirahama catches Duberry with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shirahama thumps Duberry with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Duberry misses

and Shirahama counters with a takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duberry tries to buck Shirahama off but Shirahama is having none of it.
Duberry is trying to control Shirahama's posture but Shirahama avoids it.
Duberry is looking to regain half guard here but Shirahama keeps moving and retains side control.
Shirahama in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Shirahama postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Duberry is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duberry tries to escape but Shirahama is in control.
Duberry is looking to reverse the position.
Shirahama creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Duberry sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

Shirahama tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shirahama has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Duberry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Shirahama has hold of Duberry's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Duberry tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Shirahama cranks the arm and Duberry screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Duberry, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kenichi Shirahama!
A relieved looking Kenichi Shirahama thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.