PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shina Aoyki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shina Aoyki is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Putin
vs
Aoyki

179 cm
27
182 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
183 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Core Tokyo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nikolai Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Shina Aoyki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Putin gets a takedown into half guard.
Putin prevents Aoyki from improving his position.
Putin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Putin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Aoyki moves into full guard.
Putin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aoyki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Aoyki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Putin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoyki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Putin works over Aoyki with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin preventing the sweep.
Aoyki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Aoyki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Putin!
Putin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Aoyki blocks Putin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Putin is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Putin is working hard here to advance position.

Putin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Aoyki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Putin is trying desperately to improve position.
Putin swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Aoyki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Aoyki lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Aoyki working Putin over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Aoyki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Putin tries to reverse the position but Aoyki maintains control.
Aoyki working the ground and pound effectively.
Aoyki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Putin?
Aoyki prevents Putin from getting the reversal.
Putin throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Putin sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Putin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Putin is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoyki working Putin over with strikes.
Putin is looking for a sweep. Aoyki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aoyki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Putin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Aoyki is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Aoyki working over Putin with some ground and pound. Putin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Putin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Aoyki works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Putin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Putin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Putin taking some punishment here, with Aoyki in his half guard.
Putin has hold of Aoyki's hands but Aoyki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Putin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Putin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Aoyki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Aoyki's back!

Putin is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Aoyki has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Aoyki fending off the submission attempt from Putin.
Aoyki tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aoyki is trying desperately to improve position.

Putin is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Aoyki has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Aoyki!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shina Aoyki dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Putin has a takedown stuffed.
Aoyki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Putin manages to avoid it.
Aoyki throws a head kick that misses.
No luck for Putin with that takedown attempt.
Putin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolai Putin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Aoyki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Putin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Aoyki seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Putin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Putin looking for submissions off his back.
Aoyki works his way into full mount!
Aoyki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Aoyki putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Aoyki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Putin is rocked!
Aoyki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Putin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aoyki putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Putin is desperately trying to improve his position but Aoyki has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoyki looking to control but Putin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Putin regains half guard.

Aoyki seems to be looking for submissions.
Putin seems to have got his legs back now.

Aoyki is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Putin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Aoyki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Aoyki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Putin defends it well.
Putin has hold of Aoyki's hands but Aoyki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Putin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Putin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Putin actively working from the bottom here.
Aoyki is keen to just control but Putin is a slippery customer.

Putin looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Aoyki pushes past his half guard into mount!
Putin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Putin is trying desperately to improve position.
Aoyki cracks Putin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Putin is looking to get to half guard.
Aoyki scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Aoyki working for a guillotine from mount but Putin is in no mood to give up.
Putin throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
BOOM! Aoyki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Putin working to try and regain half guard.
Aoyki with good strikes from the mount here!

Aoyki wants to finish this one by submission but Putin is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Aoyki.
Aoyki prevents Putin from getting the reversal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Putin has gone for a leg lock! Aoyki slips out almost immediately though and dives into Putin's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shina Aoyki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Putin misses with a takedown attempt
and Aoyki counters with a low kick, right behind Putin 's knee.

Aoyki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Putin, pushing him back against the cage.
Aoyki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Putin has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Aoyki is trying to keep an underhook but Putin manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Aoyki gets full guard.
Aoyki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Putin is bucking up trying to escape but Aoyki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Aoyki unloading with bombs!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aoyki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoyki connects with a bit shot that sees Putin covering up! More strikes from Aoyki and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Aoyki is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shina Aoyki!