PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Crown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Padrone Shinobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Crown had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Crown
vs
Shinobi

183 cm
21
187 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
29
192 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thomas Crown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Padrone Shinobi!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinobi with a poor takedown

and Crown decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Shinobi's guard.

Shinobi looking for a guillotine here but Crown defends easily.
Crown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shinobi on the ground.
Crown stands up over Shinobi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Shinobi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Crown can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shinobi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Shinobi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Crown trying to control but Shinobi is working from the bottom.

Shinobi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crown stands up over Shinobi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crown working some strikes from top position.
Crown is looking to stand up but Shinobi won't let him.

Shinobi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Crown passes into side control.
Shinobi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Crown is looking to take a break and control but Shinobi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Crown tries to score with some ground and pound. Shinobi controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Shinobi is trying to control Crown's posture but Crown avoids it.
Shinobi sneaks back into half guard.
Crown tries to stand and escape but Shinobi is controlling the position.
Crown trying to mount his opponent but Shinobi defends it.
Shinobi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crown tries to stand but can't do so whilst Shinobi controls his leg.

Shinobi actively working from the bottom here.

Shinobi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Crown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Shinobi looking for submissions off his back.
Crown lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Crown lands strikes from half guard.
Crown controlling the action here.
Shinobi is looking to control Crown's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shinobi avoid being mounted?
Nice strikes from Crown there.

Shinobi is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Crown is tapping! Great win for Shinobi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Padrone Shinobi!