PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cody Brinks (ranked 1600 p4p, 211 weight class) and Tsukune Shiba (ranked 1122 p4p, 157 weight class). Shiba comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Brinks
vs
Shiba

185 cm
25
196 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

190 cm
25
193 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cody Brinks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsukune Shiba!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shiba moves away from the strike by Brinks.

Shiba drives through and clinches with Brinks against the cage.
Brinks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brinks can't find room to land a body shot as Shiba controls the action.
Shiba stalling in the clinch.
Shiba misses with a punch to the body.
Brinks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shiba scores with a hook to the body.

Shiba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shiba swats away the attempt to clinch by Brinks.
Brinks lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big left from Shiba misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brinks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Tsukune Shiba has been cut.
Shiba misses with a wild body shot.
Brinks fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shiba has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brinks lands a glancing blow to the side of Shiba's head.
Shiba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Brinks connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brinks throws a body shot but no joy.
Cody Brinks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shiba connects with a looping right hand.
Brinks throws an off balance right hand
enabling Shiba to counter with a crisp jab.

Brinks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brinks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shiba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brinks tries to work over Shiba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brinks lands a shoulder strike.

Shiba manages to break the clinch.
Brinks throws a right hand that misses
and Shiba counters with a right hand to the body.
Brinks misses with a straight right.
Brinks delivers a nice body kick.
Nice defenses there by Brinks.
Shiba scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brinks jabs at Shiba's body.
Brinks misses with a body punch
and Shiba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brinks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shiba blocks a low kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brinks throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shiba feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brinkss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brinks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shiba.
Shiba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Shiba was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Good leg kick by Brinks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Shiba moves into the clinch successfully.
Shiba misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Brinks.

Shiba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brinks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brinks lands a nice hook to Shiba's body. Shiba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Brinks misses.
Brinks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shiba throws a shot from downtown. Brinks moves away and avoids it.
Brinks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brinks throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shiba misses with an uppercut. Brinks saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiba throws a shot from downtown. Brinks moves away and avoids it.
Shiba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brinks moves away.
Brinks throws out a leg kick but Shiba moves out of range and Brinks only half commits.
Shiba takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shiba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Shiba catches Brinks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brinks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shiba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brinks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brinks is looking to clinch.
Brinks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brinks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Brinks rushes Shiba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brinks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shiba is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shiba scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brinks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brinks tries to throw a body punch but Shiba avoids it by throwing Brinks back against the cage.
Brinks tries a body shot but Shiba blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brinks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shiba misses with some punches.
Brinks misses with a body punch.

Shiba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brinks gets a clinch.
Brinks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brinks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shiba backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Brinks fails to land.
Brinks lands with a short shot to the head.
Brinks misses with a body punch.
Brinks lands a nice shot to the body.
Shiba throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Shiba breaks from the clinch.
Brinks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shiba.
Brinks throws a body punch but Shiba moves out of range.
Brinks lands with a shot to the body.
Brinks throws out a loose jab but Shiba uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Brinks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tsukune Shiba's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brinks misses with an uppercut.
A clash of legs there as Brinks blocks the low kick.
A big right from Shiba misses.
Brinks connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shiba's hands.
Shiba missing with a left hand there. Brinks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brinks misses with a kick to the body.
Brinks lands a nice shot that snaps Shiba's head back.
Brinks throws a solid leg kick but Shiba takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brinks.
Brinks slips a jab from Shiba.
Brinks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shiba can do to turn this around?
Shiba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brinks. Brinks obviously looking to wear him down.
Shiba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brinks misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shiba misses with a straight left.
Brinks scores with a leg kick.
Shiba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shiba's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brinks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shiba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brinks.
Brinks's corner calls for a 1-2. Brinks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Brinks gets tackled into the cage by Shiba. Shiba maintains the clinch.
Brinks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brinks misses with a hook from the clinch.

Shiba manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brinks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shiba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brinks throws a push kick but Shiba slaps the foot to one side.
Jab, jab by Shiba - just one landing.
Brinks gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Brinks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brinks tries to clinch up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brinks scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brinks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shiba.
Shiba swats away the attempt to clinch by Brinks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiba takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brinks takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brinks throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shiba stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brinks throws a jab but it's blocked by Shiba.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brinks lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shiba has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shiba and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brinks looks to land a body kick but Shiba moved away.
Shiba flicks out a counter leg kick but Brinks steps away.
Brinks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shiba looks to land a left hand but Brinks moved out of range nicely.
Shiba throws a leg kick but Brinks moved away.
Brinks misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Shiba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Brinks. Those never looked like landing.
Brinks swings for the body but Shiba moves out of range.
Shiba throws out a counter right but Brinks avoids it with no problem.

Shiba clinches up against the cage.
Shiba lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brinks lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brinks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shiba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brinks throws a punch but it's blocked by Shiba.
Brinks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brinks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shiba misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brinks.
Still in the clinch, Shiba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brinks prevents a body shot from Shiba.

Shiba breaks from the clinch.
Brinks slips under a jab.
Brinks works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brinks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brinks looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brinks throws a jab but it's blocked by Shiba.
Shiba throws a big shot that misses.
As Shiba backs away, Brinks returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shiba throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brinks uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shiba has time to react.
Shiba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shiba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brinks pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brinks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brinks scores with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Brinks is predictable there
and Shiba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shiba slips a jab from Brinks.
Shiba lands a jab.
Brinks throws a poor cross that misses
and Brinks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Brinks is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Shiba misses the target.

Brinks moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brinks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brinks tries to throw a body punch but Shiba avoids it by throwing Brinks back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cody Brinks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tsukune Shiba'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brinks thuds a left hand into Shiba's body.
Shiba takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Shiba connects with a crisp jab.
Brinks lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Brinks dips to his left and cracks Shiba with an uppercut!
Shiba loads up on a big right hand but Brinks slips the punch.
Shiba misses with a body shot.
Shiba walks into a straight right hand from Brinks.
Shiba moves out of range as Brinks throws a body kick.
Brinks misses with a wild body shot.
Brinks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shiba was well out of range. Poor timing from Brinks.
Brinks throws out a leg kick but Shiba moves out of range and Brinks only half commits.

Brinks rushes Shiba and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shiba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brinks struggles to land a body shot inside as Shiba controls his hands.
Shiba blocks a body shot from Brinks.
Brinks pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brinks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shiba.
Brinks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Shiba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brinks with a nice cross.

Shiba pushes Brinks up against the cage in a clinch.
Shiba lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brinks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brinks misses with some punches.

Shiba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brinks misses with a hook
and Shiba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brinks fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Shiba throws a jab when Brinks was well out of range.
Brinks misses with a straight left.
Brinks is looking to clinch but Shiba is avoiding it.
Shiba throws out a counter right but Brinks avoids it with no problem.
Nice defenses there by Shiba.
Brinks walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brinks works the jab nicely.
Shiba throws out a leg kick but Brinks moves out of range and Shiba only half commits.
A big left from Shiba misses.
Decent striking displayed by Brinks there.
Brinks lands a jab to Shiba's midsection.
Brinks lands with a right hand.
Brinks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cody Brinks is winning the standup battle so far.
Brinks throws a body kick that misses
and Shiba counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Shiba lands a right hook to the body.
Brinks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brinks tries to clinch there but Shiba circles away.
Brinks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shiba let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Brinks tries to close the distance and clinch but Shiba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shiba throws a series of punches but Brinks moves out of range.
Brinks moves in looking to clinch but Shiba pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brinks tries to bum rush Shiba with a series of wild strikes but Shiba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brinks throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Shiba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shiba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brinks. Brinks obviously looking to wear him down.
Brinks tries to clinch but Shiba moves out of range.
Brinks ducks right into an uppercut from Shiba.

Brinks rushes Shiba and presses him up against the cage.
Cody Brinks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch on the inside from Shiba fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.
Shiba misses with the head strike.
Shiba gets through Brinks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shiba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tsukune Shiba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brinks working aggressively here.
Shiba misses with a punch to the body.

Shiba manages to break the clinch.
Brinks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
Brinks lands with a kick to the ribs.
Brinks blocks a jab.
Brinks takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brinks throws a shot to the body.
Shiba checks a low kick from Brinks.
Shiba connects with a crisp jab.
Shiba throws out a powerful jab.
Oh Brinks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brinks looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Shiba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brinks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shiba throws a punch but it's blocked by Brinks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cody Brinks.
Well Brinks 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Brinks!
Cody Brinks decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Tsukune Shiba stepped up to the mic, saying 'If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.'.