PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinya Aoki has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Reginald Dempsey's chin.

Dempsey
vs
Aoki

175 cm
33
168 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

176 cm
27
158 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Reginald Dempsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shinya Aoki !
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Steve Erwin and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aoki closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dempsey did well to prevent Aoki getting side control.
Dempsey trying to control but Aoki postures up.

Aoki is working for a kimura but Dempsey is defending it quite comfortably.
Aoki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dempsey wants to get back to full guard.
Dempsey is working hard here to advance position.
Well, if Aoki is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ground and pound from Aoki .
Dempsey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Aoki on the ground.
Aoki is just content to waste time from the top position. Dempsey takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Aoki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey keeping moving, preventing Aoki from controlling successfully.
Aoki throwing strikes but missing.
Aoki throwing strikes from guard but Dempsey blocks nicely.
Dempsey keeping full guard, as Aoki tries to pass.
Dempsey is adopting a defensive guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Aoki 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Aoki throwing strikes from guard but Dempsey blocks nicely.
Aoki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Aoki won't allow Dempsey to sweep him here.
Aoki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dempsey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dempsey lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dempsey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Aoki is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dempsey defends well.
Dempsey is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey trying to control but Aoki is working from the bottom.
Aoki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dempsey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dempsey looks like he's trying to stand up.

Aoki is looking for a kimura but Dempsey is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Aoki to get the leverage.
Dempsey won't allow Aoki to pass to mount.

Aoki is working for a submission of some sort.

Aoki is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dempsey has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey wants to improve his position but Aoki is controlling well.
Aoki frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Aoki cracks Dempsey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Aoki lands a nice shot to the head.

It looks like Reginald Dempsey has been cut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aoki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dempsey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinya Aoki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reginald Dempsey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dempsey lands with a good body shot.
Dempsey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aoki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dempsey throws out the jab.
Aoki drops his hands momentarily and Dempsey takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dempsey misses with a looping right.
Dempsey throws the left hand but Aoki avoids the punch easily.
Aoki catches Dempsey with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Aoki shoots in and drives through. Dempsey sprawls well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dempsey. Aoki does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dempsey defends it nicely.
Aoki shoots in looking for a takedown but Dempsey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Aoki 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Reginald Dempsey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Aoki .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey throws out a loose jab but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey stuffs the takedown attempt from Aoki . Aoki gets slowly back to his feet.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt
and Dempsey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dempsey swinging wildly here.
Reginald Dempsey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dempsey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aoki .
Aoki closes the distance and clinches up with Dempsey, looking for a takedown. Aoki pushes Dempsey against the cage but Dempsey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Aoki .
Aoki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aoki fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dempsey throws out a powerful jab.
Nice takedown defense from Dempsey. No joy for Aoki on that attempt.
Dempsey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aoki circles away quickly and effectively.
Aoki with the counter takedown but Dempsey avoids it easily.
Aoki has his takedown stuffed
and Dempsey counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki fails with the takedown.
Dempsey gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aoki .
Dempsey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt.
A quick step to the side and Dempsey tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Aoki .
Aoki wants to counter the offense by Dempsey and move into the clinch position.
Dempsey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aoki .
Aoki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dempsey defends it well.
A punch combination from Aoki misses.
Dempsey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aoki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dempsey looks to land a left hand but Aoki moved out of range nicely.
Dempsey misses with a combination

and Aoki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dempsey won't be happy with that.
Shinya Aoki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dempsey is trying to control Aoki 's posture but Aoki avoids it.
Dempsey is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Aoki is controlling him well.

Aoki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey tries to bench press Aoki off him but Aoki keeps the position.

Aoki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Aoki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Aoki tries for a kimura but Dempsey is defending well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dempsey is looking for a sweep.
Dempsey is not content to let Aoki control the position.
Dempsey manages to work his way to half guard, despite Aoki 's best efforts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Dempsey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Reginald Dempsey's cut.
That's time! Dempsey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Aoki connects with a body shot.
Dempsey looks to throw the jab but Aoki is out of range.
Dempsey throws a shot from downtown. Aoki moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Aoki .
Aoki ducks under a wild hook from Dempsey.
Dempsey thumps Aoki with a low kick.
Jab from Dempsey.
Dempsey throws an overhand right that lands on Aoki 's shoulder, as Aoki tries to avoid the shot.
Aoki staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dempsey throws the left hand but Aoki avoids the punch easily.
Dempsey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aoki on the side of the head.
Aoki blocks a leg kick.
Aoki shoots in looking for a takedown. Dempsey tries to sprawl out of it but Aoki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dempsey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
It looked like Dempsey wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Dempsey. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dempsey.
Aoki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
It looked like Dempsey wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dempsey throws a lazy right hand but Aoki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aoki lands a nice shot that snaps Dempsey's head back.
Aoki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dempsey swings widly with a right hand
and Aoki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dempsey lands with an overhand left.

Aoki is rocked!
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dempsey seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Aoki is still on wobbly legs! Can Dempsey finish him?
Reginald Dempsey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Aoki .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey throws an overhand right that has Aoki reeling! Dempsey follows up with more punches and Aoki is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Reginald Dempsey!
Reginald Dempsey took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Yo Adrian... we did it!'.