PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nobero Shimasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patterson's entrance music is "Still Unbroken" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Patterson
vs
Shimasaki

191 cm
26
225 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

184 cm
23
211 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Knox Energy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nobero Shimasaki!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Shimasaki.
Patterson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Patterson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Patterson letting Shimasaki take a breather here.
Patterson prevents a body shot from Shimasaki.
Shimasaki misses with a knee strike.
Patterson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Shimasaki pulls his leg out and moves away.

Shimasaki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shimasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Shimasaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Shimasaki takes the fight into the clinch.

Shimasaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shimasaki lands a lovely overhand right.
Russell Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shimasaki lands a glancing blow to the side of Patterson's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patterson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shimasaki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Patterson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Shimasaki lands a good knee to the midsection. Patterson won't want to take too many of those.
Shimasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Patterson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Shimasaki holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Shimasaki manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Shimasaki manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Shimasaki is trying to keep Patterson in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki looking for a sweep. Not yet Shimasaki, not yet.
Patterson postures up.
Shimasaki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nobero Shimasaki.

Shimasaki rushes Patterson and presses him up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Shimasaki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shimasaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patterson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Shimasaki manages to pull guard.
Shimasaki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Patterson manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki throws a big right hand that misses.

Patterson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shimasaki is aware though and is defending well.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shimasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Patterson has a closed guard, preventing Shimasaki from standing up.

Shimasaki stands up and waves to Patterson to follow him.

Shimasaki darts in and clinches Patterson up against the cage.

Shimasaki breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shimasaki moves into the clinch.

Shimasaki breaks the clinch.

Shimasaki clinches.
Shimasaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shimasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Shimasaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shimasaki connects with a knee to the head.
Shimasaki misses with a knee to the head.

Shimasaki breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shimasaki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shimasaki throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Shimasaki thumps Patterson with a low kick.
Shimasaki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Patterson at a distance.
Shimasaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nobero Shimasaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shimasaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Patterson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Shimasaki.

Shimasaki pushes Patterson up against the cage in a clinch.
Patterson takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Russell Patterson has been cut.
Shimasaki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Patterson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shimasaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Shimasaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body kick from Shimasaki.
Shimasaki Rushes Patterson and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Patterson is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Shimasaki Piles on the pressure and Patterson crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nobero Shimasaki!
Nobero Shimasaki took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Waging War for Team Goroshi - Tokyo United Fightwear - Zombie Nutrition - Blacksmith Gym'.