PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kian Kingkoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erek Shawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kingkoy
vs
Shawn

163 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

165 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kian Kingkoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erek Shawn!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingkoy looks to clinch

and Shawn counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shawn.

Shawn decides to pull guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kingkoy slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kingkoy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shawn keeps working.
Shawn wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Shawn is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Shawn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Shawn is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kingkoy off and has taken his back!
Shawn is punishing Kingkoy with strikes - can he finish him?!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kingkoy wants to get back to his feet.
Shawn scores with punches from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shawn lands shots from the back.
Kingkoy controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Shawn looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Shawn is hanging on to Kingkoy's back as he tries to escape.
Can Kingkoy hold on?! Shawn is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Kingkoy trying to control the hands but Shawn won't let him.
Kingkoy has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Kingkoy is breathing heavily.
Shawn trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Kingkoy doesn't escape.
Can Kingkoy hold on?! Shawn is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Kingkoy is taking damage to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shawn scores with punches to the body.
You can see the frustration on Kingkoy's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shawn controlling from the back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shawn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Shawn lands shots from the back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Shawn.
Shawn loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Kingkoy hold on?
Oooh a big shot gets through from Shawn. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Shawn slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Shawn is landing with strikes from the back.
Shawn scores with punches to the body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shawn cracks Kingkoy with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Kingkoy from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Good control from Shawn.
Shawn connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Kingkoy to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shawn throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kingkoy could be in trouble here!
Shawn is working the ground and pound. Can Kingkoy escape?
Kingkoy rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Shawn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kingkoy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shawn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Shawn passes to side control.
Kingkoy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kingkoy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Shawn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Shawn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kingkoy down.
Shawn controls the position.
Shawn grinds an elbow into Kingkoy's temple.
Shawn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shawn landing a few strikes.
Kingkoy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Shawn controls the position from side control.
Kingkoy taking a bit of punishment here - Shawn scoring with strikes.
Shawn is chipping away with strikes.
Shawn grinds an elbow into Kingkoy's temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shawn scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kingkoy to see if he's OK.
Shawn remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Shawn scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erek Shawn dominated that round.
That's time! Kingkoy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shawn scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Shawn drops an elbow to the side of Kingkoy's head.
Shawn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shawn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kingkoy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kingkoy trying to control but Shawn postures up.
Shawn tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kingkoy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kingkoy pushes Shawn off looking to stand but Shawn dives back in and keeps control.
Kingkoy trying to hold on to Shawn's head to control him but Shawn postures up.
Still in half guard, Shawn seems content to control.
Kingkoy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Shawn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Shawn prevents Kingkoy from improving his position.
Kingkoy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shawn scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingkoy is trying to stand back up but Shawn is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Shawn in particular looking to stall.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Shawn drops an elbow to the side of Kingkoy's head.
Shawn looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Erek Shawn was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Kingkoy tries to clinch but Shawn moves away
and Shawn counters with a straight right hand.
Kian Kingkoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kingkoy tries to clinch but Shawn moves out of range.
Kingkoy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shawn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shawn. Kingkoy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingkoy tries a head kick but it misses.

Kingkoy tries to sprawl but Shawn drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Shawn controlling the action here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shawn lands strikes from half guard.
Shawn 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.
Shawn winds up and cracks Kingkoy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Shawn keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Shawn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shawn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shawn has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The referee warns Kingkoy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shawn lands a big elbow.
Shawn working Kingkoy over with strikes here.
BOOM! Shawn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Shawn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kingkoy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shawn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shawn lands a big elbow.
Shawn landing strikes from the mount and Kingkoy is in trouble!
Shawn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kingkoy?
Shawn raining down hammerfists from mount.
Shawn prevents Kingkoy from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Shawn.
Kingkoy is looking to get to half guard.
Shawn scoring with strikes but Kingkoy is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shawn dominating with strikes here.
Shawn lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shawn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kingkoy tries to lock up and control but Shawn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shawn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kingkoy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shawn landing shots from mount.
Kingkoy trying desperately to get to his feet.
Kingkoy working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shawn blocks Kingkoy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Kingkoy is trying to escape the mount.
Shawn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kingkoy's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erek Shawn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Kingkoy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Shawn circles away from the clinch attempt

so Shawn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Shawn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kingkoy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Shawn is controlling him.
Shawn sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Shawn landing some decent shots from guard.
Shawn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Shawn prevents Kingkoy from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shawn with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shawn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kingkoy wants to stand up but Shawn is controlling him.
Shawn postures up and lands a big shot to Kingkoy's brow.
Shawn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Shawn landing with the ground and pound.
Kingkoy being controlled here, momentarily.
Shawn distracts Kingkoy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shawn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shawn landing with the ground and pound.
Shawn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kian Kingkoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shawn landing some decent shots from guard.
Kingkoy is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Shawn dives into side control.
Kingkoy taking punishment in the form of punches.
Shawn cracks Kingkoy with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Shawn working the ground and pound from side control.
Shawn works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kingkoy is letting Shawn control him for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shawn looks up at the clock and then as Kingkoy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shawn smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kingkoy taking a bit of punishment here - Shawn scoring with strikes.
Shawn cracks Kingkoy with a big elbow.
Shawn working the body and head with strikes.
Kingkoy takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kingkoy taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shawn works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kingkoy is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Shawn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kingkoy down.
Kingkoy sneaks back into half guard.
Kingkoy scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Shawn manages to mount him!
Shawn cracks Kingkoy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shawn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kingkoy hang on?
Shawn prevents Kingkoy from getting the reversal.
Shawn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kingkoy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kingkoy is trying to escape the mount.
Shawn punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shawn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kingkoy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kingkoy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shawn. What's that going to do exactly?
Erek Shawn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kingkoy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shawn won't let Kingkoy get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Erek Shawn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kingkoy tries to hold on but Shawn postures up.
Kingkoy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shawn content just to control the position here.
Kingkoy throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erek Shawn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Shawn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erek Shawn!