PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davide Michieletto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jiang Shi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michieletto kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is JAY-Z -NEW YORK. Shi has chosen Skyrim Dragon Fighting Music as his entrance music. 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.

Michieletto
vs
Shi

215 cm
31
275 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
245 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davide Michieletto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jiang Shi!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Michieletto clinches up against the cage.
Michieletto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Shi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michieletto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Michieletto breaks from the clinch.
Shi looks to land a body kick but Michieletto moved away.
Michieletto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Shi cracks the inside of Michieletto's front leg.
Shi fakes the leg kick and cracks Michieletto in the body.
Shi connects with a leg kick. Michieletto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Michieletto blocks a head kick by Shi.
Michieletto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Michieletto has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Michieletto is breathing heavily.

Shi has Michieletto up against the cage in a clinch.
Michieletto blocks an elbow strike.
Shi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shi misses with a knee to the head.
Shi tries to land a knee to the head but Michieletto blocks with his arms.
Shi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Davide Michieletto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michieletto avoids the elbow strike from Shi, against the cage.
Michieletto drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michieletto is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shi misses with a knee strike.

Michieletto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Michieletto tries to keep at a distance but Shi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michieletto avoiding damage as Shi throws knees to the body.
Shi missing with knees to the body.
Shi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shi tries a knee to the head but Michieletto blocks it.
Shi misses with a knee to the head.
Michieletto managing to block the knees to the body from Shi.
Shi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Michieletto tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Michieletto has Shi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Shi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Shi breaks from the clinch.
Michieletto shoots in but no luck this time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shi.
Michieletto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shi.
Shi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Michieletto will feel that in the morning.
Shi scores with a kick to the body.
Shi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michieletto's sensitive parts.
Shi scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shi.
Shi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shi scores with a kick to the midsection.

Shi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Michieletto avoiding damage as Shi throws knees to the body.
Michieletto wants a takedown but no success here.
Shi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michieletto blocks it with crossed arms.
Shi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Michieletto avoids it.
Shi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Shi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michieletto tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Shi defends well and Michieletto ends up having to push Shi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Shi working Michieletto over with knees to the body.
Michieletto takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Michieletto. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shi misses with a knee to the head.
Shi lands a knee to the body.

Shi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Michieletto clinches up against the cage.
Shi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michieletto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Michieletto goes for a takedown in the clinch but Shi prevents it.
Shi pushes off an throws an elbow but Michieletto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Michieletto avoids the elbow strike from Shi, against the cage.
Shi lands an elbow inside that Michieletto shrugs off.

It looks like Davide Michieletto has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shi obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Shi.
Shi throws an elbow but it misses.

Shi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiang Shi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Davide Michieletto's cut.
That's time! Michieletto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shi cracks the inside of Michieletto's front leg.
Michieletto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shi can pounce on him.
Shi misses with a head kick.
Michieletto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davide Michieletto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shi throws a head kick that misses.
Shi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Michieletto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Shi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Michieletto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shi connects with a leg kick. Michieletto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Shi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michieletto's sensitive parts.
Shi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Shi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Shi moves into range and clinches up with Michieletto.
Shi lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michieletto is defending well for now.
Shi misses with a knee strike.
Shi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michieletto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Shi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Michieletto has taken the fight to the clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Shi. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Shi trying to land knees to the body.
Shi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Michieletto wants a takedown but no success here.
Michieletto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shi misses with a knee strike.
Michieletto avoiding damage as Shi throws knees to the body.
Shi keeps control of Michieletto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Michieletto is trying to drag Shi to the mat but Shi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Shi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Michieletto takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Davide Michieletto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shi looking to throw knees to the head but Michieletto is blocking nicely.
Shi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Michieletto's efforts to push away.
Shi misses with a knee strike.
Michieletto wants a takedown but no success here.
Shi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Michieletto's elbow.
Michieletto avoiding damage as Shi throws knees to the body.
Michieletto is looking for a takedown.
Michieletto is trying to break free.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michieletto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michieletto wants a takedown.
Shi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shi tries to land a knee to the head but Michieletto blocks with his arms.
Shi lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shi tries a knee to the head but Michieletto blocks it.
Shi scores with a knee to the head.
Shi tries to land a knee to the head but Michieletto blocks with his arms.
Shi lands a nice knee to the body.
Shi pushes off an throws an elbow but Michieletto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Michieletto avoids it.
Michieletto wants a takedown.

Shi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michieletto motions for Shi to come forward. Michieletto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shi scores with a leg kick.
Shi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Michieletto closes the distance and pushes Shi back into the cage.
Shi crunches a lovely knee into Michieletto's ribcage.
Shi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shi landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Shi breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shi pushes Michieletto up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Shi.
Shi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shi trying to land knees to the body.
Michieletto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michieletto blocks it with crossed arms.
Jiang Shi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shi digs a right hand underneath Michieletto's ribcage. Michieletto let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michieletto blocks it with crossed arms.
Shi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michieletto blocks it with crossed arms.

Michieletto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shi throws a head kick that misses.
Davide Michieletto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Michieletto. Shi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shi throws the kick towards the body but Michieletto avoids it.
Michieletto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Shi lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiang Shi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Davide Michieletto's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Michieletto looks for the body kick but Shi saw that one coming.
Shi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Michieletto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Michieletto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shi trying to land knees to the body.
Michieletto wants to take the fight to the mat but Shi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Michieletto has had enough of the clinch but Shi keeps him there for the moment.

Shi manages to break the clinch.
Michieletto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Shi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Michieletto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Shi circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Davide Michieletto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Michieletto closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michieletto is looking to take a break and control but Shi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shi is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Michieletto cracks Shi with a big elbow.
Shi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Shi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shi wants to improve his position but Michieletto is controlling well.
Michieletto will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Michieletto throwing shots but Shi is blocking nicely.
Michieletto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shi keeps working.
Shi flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Michieletto is nestled in close to Shi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto is trying to control. Shi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Shi trying to control here.
Michieletto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michieletto tries to stand but can't do so whilst Shi controls his leg.

Michieletto decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Davide Michieletto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michieletto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Shi but Shi pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Michieletto closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Shi to the mat! Shi manages to get full guard.
Michieletto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Michieletto is one step ahead there.
Davide Michieletto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shi looking for a guillotine here but Michieletto defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Michieletto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Shi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Michieletto defends well.
Shi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Michieletto cracks Shi with a solid left hand.
Shi pulls Michieletto in to control the position.
Michieletto showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Michieletto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Michieletto stopping the sweep attempt from Shi.

Michieletto got a little sloppy there for a moment and Shi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Michieletto has managed to get both his arms back between Shi's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michieletto stands up and waves to Shi to follow him.
Shi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Michieletto misses with a takedown attempt - Shi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jiang Shi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Michieletto's calf.
Michieletto throws a body punch but Shi moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michieletto misses with a takedown attempt - Shi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Shi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michieletto's sensitive parts.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Davide Michieletto.
I think Shi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jiang Shi!
Jiang Shi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.