PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Stoke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravi Shankoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stoke
vs
Shankoli

175 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rob Stoke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ravi Shankoli!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoke misses the shot to the body.
Shankoli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shankoli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stoke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shankoli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shankoli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stoke.
Shankoli blocks a leg kick.
Shankoli keeps the fight on the outside.
Stoke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shankoli.
Stoke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shankoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Stoke.
Stoke avoids the body shot from Shankoli.
Rob Stoke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stoke takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shankoli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stoke scores with a jab to the head.
Shankoli lands a really nice looking cross but Stoke seems unphased.
Shankoli keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheers as Shankoli lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stoke doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shankoli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shankoli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stoke throws out the jab.
Shankoli lands a jab to Stoke's midsection.
Shankoli connects with a jab.
Stoke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shankoli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shankoli is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stoke.
Stoke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stoke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stoke is breathing heavily.
Stoke missing with a left hand there. Shankoli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Stoke.
Stoke closes the distance but Shankoli moves to the side
and Shankoli makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shankoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stoke manages to avoid it.
Stoke tries to close the distance and clinch but Shankoli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shankoli moves away.
Stoke throws a nice looking combination but Shankoli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shankoli swinging wildly here.
Shankoli looks to score with a jab to the body but Stoke is just out of range.
A shot to the liver by Shankoli. Beautiful body shot.
Stoke throws out a leg kick but Shankoli moves out of range and Stoke only half commits.
Ravi Shankoli is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shankoli.
Shankoli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shankoli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shankoli is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stoke rather than just go for the knockout.
Stoke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A cross from Shankoli lands.
Stoke connects with a body shot that sends Shankoli's belly button to the back.
Shankoli lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stoke at a distance.
Stoke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stoke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shankoli finds it's way round the side to connect with Stoke's head.
Shankoli stuns Stoke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stoke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stoke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shankoli circles away quickly and effectively.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shankoli.
Shankoli connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Stoke misses.
Shankoli is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Shankoli scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stoke closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stoke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shankoli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shankoli jabs Stoke right on the nose. Stoke blinks but takes it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Shankoli.

Stoke is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Shankoli. Stoke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shankoli has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice shot by Shankoli.
Stoke thows a body shot but no joy.
Shankoli with a nice cross.
Stoke swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shankoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shankoli scores with a jab to the jaw.
Oh Stoke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shankoli dips to his left and cracks Stoke with an uppercut!
Shankoli stuffs the takedown.
Stoke seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shankoli ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shankoli is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stoke had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Shankoli connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stoke. Stoke circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shankoli takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ravi Shankoli dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jab from Shankoli.
Shankoli looks to land a right hand but Stoke moved out of range.
Stoke looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Shankoli throws a shot to the body.
Stoke tries to close the distance and clinch but Shankoli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stoke doesn't manage to clinch there - Shankoli circles away.
Shankoli slips under a jab from Stoke.
Shankoli scores with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stoke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shankoli stuns Stoke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stoke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stoke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shankoli.
The crowd cheers as Shankoli lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stoke doesn't seem phased though.
Stoke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Shankoli counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shankoli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ravi Shankoli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shankoli misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Stoke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stoke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shankoli connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stoke scrambles back to his feet.
Shankoli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stoke looks to clinch
and Shankoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stoke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Shankoli bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stoke's head backwards.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Stoke might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Shankoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stoke manages to avoid it.
Shankoli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stoke.
Shankoli closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A jab from Shankoli finds it's way through Stoke's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shankoli swings for the body but Stoke moves out of range.
Stoke walks into a straight right hand from Shankoli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli swats away the attempt to clinch by Stoke.
A telegraphed right hand from Stoke misses the target.
Stoke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shankoli scores with a shot to the body.
Stoke tries to clinch up.
Shankoli works the jab nicely.
Stoke walks into a left hand.
Stoke misses with a jab to the body
and Shankoli counters with a nice uppercut.
Stoke is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Shankoli's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Shankoli scores with a nice head shot.
Shankoli cracks Stoke with an open hand slap.
Stoke lands a body shot.
Shankoli fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stoke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Stoke. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shankoli. Stoke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shankoli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stoke.
Shankoli swings for the body but Stoke moves out of range.
Shankoli catches Stoke with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stoke needs to keep his hands up - Shankoli had a free shot at his head there.
Shankoli lands a right hook to the body.
Stoke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Shankoli lands a really nice looking cross but Stoke seems unphased.
Shankoli moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stoke.
Rob Stoke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stoke misses with a low kick as Shankoli jumps back.
Stoke misses with a double jab.
Stoke moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shankoli is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shankoli scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoke is looking to clinch.
Stoke shoots in but Shankoli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Shankoli scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shankoli lands a nice looking body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Shankoli as he connects with a hook.
Shankoli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ravi Shankoli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Shankoli swings for the body but Stoke moves out of range.
Shankoli has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shankoli uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shankoli scores with a decent looking hook.
Stoke tried to score with a low kick but Shankoli checks it.
Shankoli lands a jab to Stoke's midsection.
Shankoli takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Shankoli connects with a jab.
Shankoli smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shankoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stoke manages to avoid it.
Stoke misses with a hook.
Stoke looks to throw the jab but Shankoli is out of range.
Shankoli lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shankoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stoke manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stoke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shankoli lands with a shot to the body.
Shankoli avoids the body shot from Stoke.
Shankoli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stoke was well out of range. Poor timing from Shankoli.
Shankoli connects with a body shot that sends Stoke's belly button to the back.
Shankoli changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stoke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shankoli uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stoke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stoke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shankoli finds it's way round the side to connect with Stoke's head.
Stoke throws the left hand but Shankoli avoids the punch easily.
Shankoli lands a nice shot to the body.
Stoke fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli works Stoke's body with a nice hook.
Jab by Shankoli.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Shankoli. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shankoli.
Stoke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stoke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shankoli is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stoke misses with a wild body shot.
Shankoli ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stoke misses with a wild body shot.
Shankoli connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Stoke's hands.
Stoke misses with a wild body shot.
Shankoli clobbers Stoke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Shankoli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shankoli cracks Stoke with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoke looks to land a combination but Shankoli avoids it well.
Shankoli scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shankoli punishes Stoke's body with a nice straight punch.
Shankoli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stoke was well out of range. Poor timing from Shankoli.
Shankoli connects with a single shot there.
Jab by Shankoli.
Stoke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shankoli feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stokes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Shankoli lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stoke thows a body shot but no joy.
Shankoli lands with a hook. Stoke tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shankoli scores with a hook to the body. Stoke takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stoke throws a hook but Shankoli blocks it.
Shankoli lands a head shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Shankoli. That snapped Stoke's head back.
Stoke moves in looking to clinch but Shankoli pushes him off.
Shankoli comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shankoli swats away the attempt to clinch by Stoke.
Rob Stoke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stoke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shankoli.
Stoke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shankoli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stoke walks into a stiff left hand from Shankoli.
Shankoli connects with a body shot that sends Stoke's belly button to the back.
Shankoli connects with a looping right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ravi Shankoli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shankoli has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ravi Shankoli!