PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ravi Shankoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Centurion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shankoli comes to the cage accompanied by Ravi Shankar - Om Shiva. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Carlos Centurion enters the cage!

Shankoli
vs
Centurion

187 cm
32
191 lbs
37 - 9 - 0

185 cm
35
186 lbs
32 - 10 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ravi Shankoli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Carlos Centurion!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Centurion gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shankoli.
Centurion buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Centurion misses with a looping right.
A low kick from Centurion is predictable there
and Shankoli counters with an inside leg kick.
Shankoli moves out of range of the strikes.
Shankoli slips under a jab from Centurion.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Centurion.
Centurion connects with an inside leg kick.
Centurion getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shankoli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shankoli misses with a body kick.
Centurion avoids the head kick by Shankoli.
Shankoli moves away from the strike by Centurion.
Centurion throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shankoli on the side of the head.
Centurion lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shankoli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Centurion.
Centurion throws a leg kick that misses.
Shankoli on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shankoli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shankoli checks a low kick from Centurion.
Centurion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shankoli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Centurion dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shankoli is looking to clinch but Centurion is avoiding it.
Shankoli shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shankoli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Centurion.
Shankoli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shankoli just misses with a punch to the body.
Centurion jabs Shankoli right on the nose. Shankoli blinks but takes it well.
Centurion cracks Shankoli with a good jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Centurion.
Centurion cracks Shankoli with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Centurion misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Centurion digs a good body shot into Shankoli's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Centurion throws a front kick that sends Shankoli stumbling back into the cage.
Shankoli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Centurion to score with a decent uppercut.
Shankoli swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Centurion counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Centurion scores with a kick to the midsection.
Centurion slips a jab and a cross from Shankoli.
Centurion pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shankoli is out of range and Centurion settles back down.
Centurion scores with a hook to the body. Shankoli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Centurion throws a front kick aimed at Shankoli's knee but Shankoli avoids it well.
Centurion throws a leg kick
and Shankoli counters with a leg kick.
Shankoli checks a leg kick.
Shankoli fires out a quick counter leg kick but Centurion just manages to avoid it.
Centurion lands with an overhand left.
Centurion avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centurion misses with a looping right.
Shankoli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Centurion to score with a decent uppercut.
Centurion dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shankoli. That did some damage!
Centurion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shankoli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Centurion.
Centurion looks to score with a jab to the body but Shankoli is just out of range.
Shankoli on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Shankoli lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Carlos Centurion has been cut.
Shankoli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Centurion.
Shankoli swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A left lands for Centurion.
Shankoli drops his hands momentarily and Centurion takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Centurion moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Centurion swings away with a body shot that misses
and Centurion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shankoli fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Centurion.
Shankoli throws a leg kick which misses Centurion's front leg but catches the back leg as Centurion tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Centurion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shankoli manages to avoid it.
Centurion throws a leg kick that misses.
Shankoli went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Centurion thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shankoli throws a big counter combination but Centurion scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Centurion throws a leg kick that is checked
and Shankoli counters with a low kick, right behind Centurion 's knee.
Shankoli tries a head kick but it misses.
Centurion misses with a lunging right hand
and Shankoli counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Centurion takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Centurion throws a head kick that misses.
Centurion takes a swing at Shankoli's ribcage but misses.
Shankoli throws a big counter combination but Centurion scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Centurion cracks Shankoli with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Centurion throws a leg kick but Shankoli sees it coming and moves out of range.
Centurion misses with a body shot.
Shankoli is looking for a counter combo.
Centurion fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shankoli is out of range.
Centurion swings widly with a right hand
and Centurion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Centurion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Centurion's cut.
That's time! Shankoli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Centurion uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shankoli has time to react.
Centurion misses with an uppercut.
Shankoli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Centurion.
Centurion scores with a jab.
Shankoli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Centurion lands a nice shot to the body.
Centurion misses the shot to the body.
Centurion lands a slapping body shot.
Centurion 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.
Centurion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Centurion is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Centurion is predictable there
and Shankoli counters with a good low kick that Centurion was not able to check.
Shankoli checks the leg kick.
Shankoli appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Centurion.
Centurion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Centurion misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Centurion misses.
Centurion misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Centurion misses with a low kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Shankoli might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Shankoli takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Shankoli misses.
A jab from Centurion misses.
Nice defenses there by Shankoli.
Shankoli appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Shankoli takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Centurion misses with a body shot.
Shankoli tried to counter with a leg kick but Centurion avoided it.
Centurion misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shankoli fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Centurion looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Carlos Centurion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Centurion misses the target.
Shankoli fails to land with a series of punches.
Shankoli jabs at Centurion's body.
Ravi Shankoli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Centurion bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shankoli's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Centurion misses with a hook.
Centurion throws a shot from downtown. Shankoli moves away and avoids it.
Centurion throws an off balance right hand
and Shankoli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shankoli.
Centurion tries to land a front kick but Shankoli steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shankoli checks a low kick from Centurion.
Centurion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shankoli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Centurion. Centurion obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice shot lands for Centurion.

Shankoli rushes Centurion and presses him up against the cage.
Shankoli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Centurion's elbow.
Centurion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shankoli avoiding damage as Centurion throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Shankoli.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centurion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shankoli dodges an elbow strike from Centurion.
Shankoli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Centurion unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shankoli 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 lands a body shot in the clinch.
Centurion struggles to land a body shot inside as Shankoli controls his hands.
Shankoli pushes Centurion back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Centurion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Centurion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shankoli lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Centurion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Centurion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Shankoli.
A short right from Shankoli on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shankoli gets through Centurion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Centurion throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shankoli lands a left hand.
Centurion's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Centurion utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli lands a nice uppercut.
Shankoli misses with a punch to the body.
Centurion lands a knee to the body.
Centurion tries a body shot but Shankoli blocks it.

Shankoli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shankoli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shankoli throwing a counter right hand but Centurion manages to avoid it.
Shankoli throws a hook but Centurion blocks it.
Shankoli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Centurion lands with a right hand.
Jab, jab by Centurion - just one landing.
Shankoli checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab from Shankoli does it's job there.
Shankoli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking cross lands there for Centurion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Centurion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlos Centurion's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Centurion throws a body kick that misses
and Shankoli counters with a three punch combo that has Centurion backing up. Centurion nods at Shankoli to acknowledge the strikes.
Centurion lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Centurion throws a right hand that misses
and as Centurion loses concentration momentarily, Shankoli counters with a picture perfect head kick! Centurion goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ravi Shankoli!
Ravi Shankoli retains his middleweight title!
As Ravi Shankoli got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: His spirit was strong, but my intention was to crush him. Psychologically, as well as physically with my boxing. I knew that he would be a willing opponent, and he showed heart, but my soul wanted this more! I feel strongly against animal violence, but in this case taking the hammer to the panda wa'.