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). Shawn has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kingkoy
vs
Shawn

163 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

165 cm
22
135 lbs
3 - 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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kian Kingkoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erek Shawn!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingkoy looks to land a body kick but Shawn moved away.
Shawn checks the leg kick.
Kingkoy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kingkoy lands with a kick to the temple. Shawn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Erek Shawn has been cut.
Kingkoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shawn blocks a low kick nicely.

Shawn changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kingkoy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kingkoy tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Kingkoy is breathing heavily.
Shawn cracks Kingkoy with a big right hand but Kingkoy just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shawn is chipping away with strikes.
Kingkoy gets back to half guard.
Shawn working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shawn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kingkoy keeps working.
Shawn winds up and cracks Kingkoy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Shawn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shawn sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Shawn there.
Shawn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kingkoy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Shawn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Shawn.
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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Shawn lands a nice short elbow.
Shawn perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Shawn works his foot free and advances to mount.
Shawn lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shawn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kingkoy hang on?
Kingkoy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kingkoy is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kingkoy is working to get back to half guard.
Shawn breaks from Kingkoy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kingkoy is in a horrible position here. Shawn smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Kingkoy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Shawn landing punches.
Shawn landing strikes from the mount and Kingkoy is in trouble!
Shawn lands a heavy elbow.
Kingkoy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Shawn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kingkoy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shawn. What's that going to do exactly?
Kingkoy is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingkoy is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Kingkoy is looking to get to half guard.
Shawn unloading with bombs!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Shawn breaks from Kingkoy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kingkoy is trying to escape the mount.
Kingkoy is working hard here to advance position.
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.
Kingkoy is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Shawn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Shawn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Feeble punches landing from Kingkoy - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
Kingkoy flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Shawn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Shawn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Shawn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shawn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kingkoy hang on?
Kingkoy punching to the body and holding on for dear life.
Kingkoy is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shawn blocks Kingkoy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Kingkoy flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kingkoy 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.
Shawn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Shawn connects with a nice short shot to Kingkoy's temple.
Kingkoy manages to get to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kingkoy doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kingkoy trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erek Shawn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erek Shawn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kingkoy gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shawn to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kingkoy tries to strike from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shawn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shawn chips away with some ground and pound.
Shawn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kingkoy will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Shawn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kingkoy throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kingkoy will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kingkoy trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Shawn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kingkoy striking off his back but it's not causing Shawn any problems.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shawn landing with the ground and pound.
Shawn is working Kingkoy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingkoy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Shawn connects with a couple of short punches.
Shawn showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Shawn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kingkoy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Shawn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kingkoy lands a decent punch to the body there.
Shawn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shawn is working Kingkoy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kingkoy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Shawn controls the pace.
Kingkoy throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Shawn connects with a couple of short punches.
Kingkoy has momentary wrist control but Shawn slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shawn passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Kingkoy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shawn winds up and cracks Kingkoy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Shawn winds up and cracks Kingkoy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kingkoy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Shawn lands with a punch from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shawn drops an elbow to the side of Kingkoy's head.
Shawn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shawn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kingkoy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kingkoy missing with punches from the bottom.
Kingkoy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shawn's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shawn's back!
Kingkoy trying to control momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingkoy is controlling the position but Shawn somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Shawn is trying to get back to full guard.
Shawn desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shawn regains full guard. Nicely done.
Shawn keeping moving, preventing Kingkoy from controlling successfully.
Shawn keeping full guard, as Kingkoy tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Shawn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
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.
The cut man is working on Erek Shawn's cut.
That's time! Kingkoy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kingkoy throws a head kick that misses.
Kingkoy throws a head kick that half lands.
Shawn digs a good body shot into Kingkoy's ribs.
Kingkoy misses with a two punch combination.

Shawn closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Kingkoy's guard.
Shawn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kingkoy looking for a sweep. Not yet Kingkoy, not yet.
Shawn lands a couple of elbows.
Shawn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kingkoy trying to strike off his back.
Kingkoy throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Shawn postures up and lands a big shot to Kingkoy's brow.
Shawn slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Kingkoy.
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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingkoy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shawn working Kingkoy over with strikes.
Shawn trying to control the action but Kingkoy is working from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Shawn there.
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 landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shawn lands strikes from half guard.
Shawn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kingkoy punching from the bottom.
Shawn blocks the strikes from Kingkoy.
Shawn lands strikes from half guard.
Kingkoy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shawn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shawn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kian Kingkoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Shawn there.
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 is refusing to be controlled, as Shawn sits in half guard.
Kingkoy punching from the bottom.
Shawn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kingkoy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingkoy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shawn scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kingkoy lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Kingkoy throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Shawn lands with a punch from half guard.
Kingkoy taking some punishment here, with Shawn in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Shawn there.
Shawn passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingkoy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Shawn working the ground and pound effectively.
Kingkoy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shawn. What's that going to do exactly?
Kingkoy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Kingkoy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shawn. What's that going to do exactly?
Kingkoy is trying to escape the mount.
Shawn working Kingkoy over with strikes here.
Kingkoy has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.
Shawn with shots to the head and body - Kingkoy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kingkoy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shawn lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shawn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kingkoy?
Kingkoy flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kingkoy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shawn. What's that going to do exactly?
Shawn with shots to the head and body - Kingkoy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Shawn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kingkoy is looking to improve his position but Shawn isn't that keen on the idea.
Shawn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Erek Shawn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shawn controlling from the full mount.
Shawn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Erek Shawn has got the better of the ground game so far.
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.

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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

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