PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Shiny Aoki (ranked 1102 p4p, 140 weight class) and Michael Scott (ranked 6432 p4p, 483 weight class). Aoki kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Big Scoob - Bitch Please Ft B - Legit , E- 40. Michael Scott has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Aoki
vs
Scott

176 cm
35
190 lbs
27 - 7 - 1

180 cm
23
185 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Threads of HARDCORE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shiny Aoki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Scott!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki connects with the punch.
Scott throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Aoki closes the distance and clinches.
Aoki tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing Aoki back against the ropes.
Scott is trying to force a seperation but Aoki has the dominant position.
Aoki working aggressively here.

Scott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aoki.
Aoki is looking to clinch.
Aoki is looking to slow Scott down with leg kicks.
Scott scores with a kick to the midsection.
Aoki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Scott.
Scott uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aoki.
Nice uppercut lands for Aoki. That snapped Scott's head back.

Aoki rushes Scott and presses him up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Scott blocks it.
Scott throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aoki.
Scott wants to get back to striking at distance but Aoki won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
Aoki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scott lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aoki.
Scott presses Aoki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Scott.
Aoki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aoki misses with the head strike.
Aoki gets through Scott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aoki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scott has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki scores with a shot to the side of Scott's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aoki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Aoki.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Scott.
Aoki throws a head punch that misses.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aoki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Scott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott lands a nice shot to the body.
Aoki misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Scott.
A knee to the head by Aoki.

It looks like Michael Scott has been cut.
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scott misses with the head strike.
Aoki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scott misses with a body punch.
A short right from Aoki.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiny Aoki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aoki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Aoki lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Aoki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scott misses with a punch to the body.
Scott blocks a body shot from Aoki.
Aoki working aggressively here.
Aoki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aoki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Scott breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Scott.
Scott looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice uppercut there from Aoki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scott. Aoki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scott works Aoki's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott scores with a nice right hand.
Scott pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Aoki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Scott can pounce on him.
Aoki clobbers Scott with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Scott tries to work over Aoki's front leg with a kick but Aoki checks it.

Aoki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aoki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scott blocking some punches.
Scott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aoki lands with a light punch inside.
Aoki working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Scott.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Scott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aoki has a couple of punches blocked by Scott.
Aoki tries a body shot but Scott blocks it.
Aoki scores with a shoulder strike.
Scott misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scott.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Scott blocks with his arms.
Aoki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki misses with a punch to the body.
Scott lands a hook that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
Shiny Aoki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Scott lands with a left to the head.
Scott blocks an uppercut.
Aoki gets through Scott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scott blocking some punches.
Aoki swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Scott breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiny Aoki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Aoki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scott.
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Scott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aoki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Scott avoids a kick to the body.
Scott misses the jab.
Scott misses with a wild body shot.

Aoki moves into the clinch.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Scott is blocking nicely.
Aoki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scott can do to turn this around?
Aoki misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scott.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scott.
Aoki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott misses with the head strike.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Scott blocks with his arms.
Aoki has a couple of punches blocked by Scott.
Aoki swings wildly with an uppercut but Scott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aoki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scott.
Aoki prevents Scott from breaking the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Aoki lands a left hand.
Scott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Aoki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Aoki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Scott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott is looking to break free of the clinch but Aoki has double underhooks.

Scott manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Scott blocks a low kick nicely.
Good exchange - Scott coming out on top.
Michael Scott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scott slips a jab and a cross from Aoki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scott digs a good body shot into Aoki's ribs.
Scott connects with a body shot that sends Aoki's belly button to the back.
Scott misses with a low kick.
Aoki moves in looking to clinch but Scott pushes him off.
Aoki lands a nice shot that snaps Scott's head back.

Aoki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Scott avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Scott takes a shot to the head.
Scott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aoki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scott working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiny Aoki clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A cross from Aoki lands.
Scott scores with a shot to the body.
Aoki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Aoki lands a glancing blow to the side of Scott's head.
Scott misses with a hook.
Scott rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aoki counters with a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Scott, right into the meat.
Scott lands with a kick to the ribs.
Aoki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Scott.
Scott thuds a left hand into Aoki's body.
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch but Scott swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Scott throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aoki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scott moves away.
Aoki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scott.
Aoki loads up on a big right hand but Scott slips the punch.
Aoki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott looks to throw the jab but Aoki is out of range.
Aoki was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aoki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Scott.
Scott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aoki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aoki connects with a single shot there.
Scott lands a jab to the nose.
Scott takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Scott misses the shot to the body.
Aoki throws a big counter combination but Scott scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Aoki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scott throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aoki looks to land a left hand but Scott moved out of range nicely.
Scott sizes up Aoki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Scott misses with a hook.
Scott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aoki.
A quick step to the side and Aoki tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aoki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Scott checks a leg kick.
Scott is trying to counter with his kicks.
Aoki avoids the body shot from Scott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aoki tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Scott manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aoki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Scott is able to avoid easily.
Aoki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Scott.
Aoki seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Aoki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Scotts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Scott swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Aoki counters with a straight right hand.
Scott defending well as Aoki loads up on a big left hand.
Scott throws a body shot but no joy.
Good leg kick by Scott there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aoki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice side step and Scott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Scott lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aoki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Scott.
Scott scores with a jab to the body.
Scott throws a lazy uppercut
and Aoki counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aoki fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Michael Scott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Aoki clinches with his opponent.
Aoki leaning against his opponent.
Aoki lands a left hand.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Scott.
Scott is trying to force a seperation but Aoki has the dominant position.
Scott presses Aoki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Scott tries to break free but Aoki pushes him back against the ropes.
Scott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aoki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Scott.
Scott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scott managing to block the knees to the body from Aoki.
Scott has had enough of the clinch but Aoki keeps him there for the moment.
Scott throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Aoki controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Aoki controls the action.
Scott tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.

Scott escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Scott avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Aoki tries to move into range but Scott moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Aoki rushes Scott and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Aoki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Aoki lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Aoki.
Aoki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Scott has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki keeps control of Scott as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aoki lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki stalls.
Aoki is looking to control Scott's arms but Scott gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aoki has his back to the ropes.
Scott swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scott presses Aoki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aoki throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
Aoki misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on Scott's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scott blocks a body shot from Aoki.
Aoki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scott blocks it with crossed arms.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
Michael Scott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shiny Aoki showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aoki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 49:46
Judge George Francis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shiny Aoki!
Shiny Aoki retains his middleweight title!
Shiny Aoki took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I want yakov!! or Mike scott bitch ass'.