PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogan Aye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragon Warfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Shogan Aye has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Shogan Aye seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Aye
vs
Warfist

188 cm
30
209 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

198 cm
33
216 lbs
23 - 14 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Spartan Nutrition

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shogan Aye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Hilo, Dragon Warfist!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warfist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Warfist is looking to chop away at Aye's legs.
Aye feinted with a counter takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Aye. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warfist. Aye does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aye checks the leg kick nicely there.
Warfist lands a head kick. Aye smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Warfist throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Warfist scores with a body shot.
Warfist throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aye on the side of the head.
Warfist tries to land a leg kick but Aye saw it coming and moves away.
Aye attempts a counter takedown but Warfist avoids it well and moves away.
Warfist scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Warfist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aye was well out of range. Poor timing from Warfist.
Aye attempts a counter takedown but Warfist avoids it well and moves away.
Warfist has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Decent striking displayed by Warfist there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Warfist fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aye, pushing him back against the ropes.
Warfist lands a hook that snaps the head of Aye backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warfist misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aye.
Aye tries to throw a body punch but Warfist avoids it by throwing Aye back against the ropes.
Aye misses with a punch to the body.
Aye swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Warfist prevents a body shot from Aye.
Warfist working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Aye misses with some punches.
Aye tries a body shot but Warfist blocks it.
Warfist lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Warfist lands a shoulder strike.

Warfist breaks from the clinch.
Warfist swings for the body but Aye moves out of range.
Aye takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Aye definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Warfist attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Aye pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Aye takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfist looks to score with a jab to the body but Aye is just out of range.
Warfist chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Warfist lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warfist throws a big shot that misses.
Aye tries to counter with a takedown but Warfist is quick to defend against it.
Aye throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Warfist misses with a looping left.
Aye throws an overhand right that lands on Warfist's shoulder, as Warfist tries to avoid the shot.
Warfist scores with a leg kick.
Warfist feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aye's calf.
A nice inside leg kick there by Warfist. That's going to slow Aye down.
Warfist throws a looping overhand right but Aye ducks down to avoid it.
Warfist throws a leg kick but Aye sees it coming and moves out of range.
Warfist shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist scoring well with a low kick there.
Aye drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dragon Warfist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Warfist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aye tries to counter with a takedown but Warfist is quick to defend against it.
Warfist misses with a low kick.
Warfist chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aye avoids the head kick by Warfist.
Warfist fails in his attempt to clinch.
Warfist misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Aye counters with a nice double leg into side control. Warfist won't be happy with that.
Aye misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Aye is chipping away with strikes.

Aye wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Warfist, who protects the arm well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Warfist holds on to Aye's head and controls the position momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aye looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Warfist tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Aye presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Warfist is looking to improve his position but Aye isn't that keen on the idea.
Warfist tries to control Aye's body but Aye pushes him off. Warfist squirms to his side and now Aye has his back!
Aye lands a shot to the body.
Aye has the hooks in. Warfist is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Aye is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Warfist is defending well though. Aye let's go of the attempt for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Warfist can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dragon Warfist dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Warfist tries to work over Aye's front leg with a kick but Aye checks it.
Warfist does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Warfist is looking to chop away at Aye's legs.
Aye appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Warfist scores with a jab to the jaw.
Warfist missing with a left hand there. Aye was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Aye shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Warfist keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Warfist is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aye looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Warfist with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Warfist controlling the position well.
Warfist is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aye slips a nice elbow through Warfist's hands, connecting with Warfist's forehead.
Warfist is looking for a sweep. Aye is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Warfist blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aye.
Warfist moves into full guard.
Warfist wants to improve his position but instead Aye has moved into half guard.
Warfist is not content to let Aye control the position.
Warfist trying to control but Aye postures up.
Warfist wants to improve his position but Aye is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfist is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Warfist manages to get to full guard.
Warfist looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Aye puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Warfist trying to hold on to Aye's head to control him but Aye postures up.
Warfist wants to improve his position but Aye is controlling well.
Aye lands with a punch from half guard.
Warfist trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aye.
Warfist is trying to control but can't.
Aye is looking to stall here but Warfist recovers full guard.
Aye throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Warfist works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Warfist not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Warfist wants to control the position but Aye says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Warfist wants to get back to full guard.
Warfist desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Warfist is trying to maintain the position but Aye is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warfist controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Warfist is trying to maintain the position but Aye is very close to passing his half guard.
Warfist manages to get to full guard.
Warfist is pulling down on Aye's head to control his posture.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shogan Aye dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Aye uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Warfist.
Aye motions for Warfist to come forward. Aye throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Warfist tenderised Aye's leg. Aye is trying to keep his angry face on.
Warfist jabs Aye to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dragon Warfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warfist lands with an uppercut that bounces Aye off the ropes and back into range.
Dragon Warfist seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aye jabs Warfist to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Warfist tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aye half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Warfist has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. Warfist darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Aye displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Warfist throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aye staying out of range there.
Aye throws a body kick that misses
and Warfist counters with a nice uppercut.
Warfist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aye was well out of range. Poor timing from Warfist.
Aye attempts a counter takedown but Warfist avoids it well and moves away.
Warfist fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aye on the side of the head.
Warfist throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aye lands a jab to Warfist's midsection.
Warfist throws a leg kick

and Aye counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Warfist!
Warfist takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Warfist struggling a bit here.

Aye is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Warfist has escaped the position, nice work there.
Warfist struggling a bit here.
Warfist is looking for a sweep.
Warfist can't do much from the bottom here.
Warfist is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aye thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aye lands some shots froms side control.
Warfist takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Aye working away.

Aye wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Warfist, who protects the arm well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aye has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Warfist tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist wants to control but Aye is having none of it.
Warfist is desperately trying to improve his position but Aye has a good base and remains in mount.
Aye putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Warfist wants to hold on but Aye pushes him away.
Aye prevents Warfist from getting the reversal.

Aye looking for a guillotine from mount but Warfist is having none of it.
Aye trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Warfist is working to get back to half guard.
Aye has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Warfist is in a horrible position here. Aye smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warfist is bucking up trying to escape but Aye cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Aye dominating with strikes here.

Warfist is rocked!
Aye fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Warfist is still in real trouble! Can Aye finish him?
Aye lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warfist is desperately trying to improve his position but Aye has a good base and remains in mount.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Aye! Warfist is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shogan Aye!
An out of breath Shogan Aye thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.