PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Shapiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Koi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shapiro comes to the cage accompanied by The Wackness. The crowd seem to be enjoying Koi's choice of entrance music: Cross Out the Eyes. Rob Koi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Luke Shapiro's chin.

Shapiro
vs
Koi

182 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

178 cm
19
186 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Shapiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Koi!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shapiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Koi is just out of range.
Shapiro misses with a hook.

Koi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shapiro sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Shapiro won't allow Koi to pass to mount.
Shapiro tries to roll over but Koi keeps him under control.
Koi wants to stand but Shapiro has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Shapiro is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Koi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Shapiro is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shapiro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shapiro is pressing down on Koi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Shapiro is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Shapiro is trying to keep Koi in close.
Koi wants to control from the top but Shapiro keeps moving.
Koi looks gassed!

Koi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Koi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shapiro is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shapiro managing to control the position.

Shapiro pushes Koi off and scrambles back to his feet.
Koi swats away the attempt to clinch by Shapiro.
Shapiro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Koi or perhaps it was just good defense by Shapiro which made him look bad.
Shapiro's corner calls for a 1-2. Shapiro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
No joy there for Shapiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice combination there by Shapiro.
Shapiro keeps Koi at a distance using the push kick.
Shapiro scores with a nice strike.
Koi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shapiro lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Shapiro scores with a takedown into Koi's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shapiro sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Shapiro's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Shapiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Koi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shapiro shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Shapiro was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Koi can't escape the position.
Koi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shapiro controlling from the full mount.
Koi reaches up to try and control the position but Shapiro seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Koi rolls and tries to escape and now Shapiro has his back!
Shapiro doesn't have the hooks in and Koi manages to turn into his guard.

Shapiro escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Koi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shapiro is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Luke Shapiro just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Shapiro scores with a decent looking hook.
Shapiro lands a glancing blow to the side of Koi's head.
Shapiro lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Shapiro closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Koi wants to improve his position but Shapiro is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Shapiro seems content to control.
Koi is trying to control but can't.
Shapiro stalling.
Koi is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shapiro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Koi wants to improve his position but Shapiro is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Shapiro perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Koi trying to control but Shapiro postures up.
Shapiro perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Shapiro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rob Koi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Koi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Koi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Shapiro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koi misses with a takedown

and Shapiro counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Koi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shapiro trying to pass the guard but Koi defending well.
Shapiro passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shapiro sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Koi tries to buck Shapiro off but Shapiro takes his back!
Koi tries to roll but Shapiro sticks to his back.
Shapiro biding his time, controlling Koi.
Rob Koi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Koi looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Shapiro looking for the choke from the back.
Koi trying to control but not successfully.
Luke Shapiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Koi tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shapiro has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Koi's body.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Luke Shapiro just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Shapiro drives through with a takedown into guard.
Shapiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Koi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Koi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Koi has his foot on Shapiro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shapiro works his way back into a safe position though.
Koi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Koi is looking for a triangle but Shapiro pushes his legs off easily.
Shapiro postures up.

Koi is looking for a triangle here but Shapiro uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Shapiro trying to control the action but Koi is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Shapiro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shapiro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Luke Shapiro!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Luke Shapiro!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Luke Shapiro!

Luke Shapiro wins by unanimous decision!