PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nomor Gai (ranked 6174 p4p, 19475 weight class) and Ken Shamrock (ranked 571 p4p, 624 weight class). Gai comes to the cage accompanied by Alice Cooper No More Mr. Nice Guy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gai
vs
Shamrock

182 cm
46
166
31 - 19 - 1

170 cm
40
155
4 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 31 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nomor Gai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ken Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock misses the body punch
and Gai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gai staying out of range there.
Shamrock misses with a hook
and Gai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Gai is out of range.
Ken Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gai lands with a nice body punch.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
Gai paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
Gai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gai ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
Gai is looking to counter punch.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
Shamrock lands a glancing blow to the side of Gai's head.
Shamrock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but Gai moved out of range.
Shamrock scores with a jab. Gai acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shamrock bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gai's head.
Shamrock might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Good exchange - Gai coming out on top.
Shamrock jabs Gai to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gai connects with the punch.
Shamrock looks to land a left hand but Gai moved out of range nicely.
Gai cracks Shamrock with an open hand slap.
Shamrock misses the jab.
Gai takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shamrock throws a sloppy body shot
and Gai counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamrock swings widly with a right hand
and Gai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gai lands a nice shot that snaps Shamrock's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shamrock fails to land with a series of punches.
Gai lands a nice shot that snaps Shamrock's head back.
Gai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gai blocks a jab.
Gai throwing a counter right hand but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Gai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shamrock misses with a hook
and Gai counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shamrock thinking.
Gai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Shamrocks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Shamrock swings for the body but Gai moves out of range.
Gai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gai is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Shamrock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shamrock throws a lazy uppercut
and Gai counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. Gai moves away and avoids it.
Shamrock is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gai.
Gai is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A low kick lands for Gai.
Nice shot by Gai.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gai.
Shamrock misses with a right hand
and Gai counters with an inside leg kick.
Gai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gai lands a slapping body shot.
Gai connects with a solid leg kick.
Gai scores with a sloppy right hand. Shamrock should have avoided that one.
Shamrock walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jab by Gai.
Gai is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock scores with a punch to the head.
Shamrock throws a right hand that misses
and Gai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but Gai moved out of range.
Shamrock stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gai stuns Shamrock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shamrock dips to his left and cracks Gai with an uppercut!
Gai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Gai.
Shamrock walks into a stiff left hand from Gai.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and Gai counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shamrock thinking.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and Gai counters with an inside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gai.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock misses the body punch
and Gai makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
Shamrock throws an overhand right that lands on Gai's shoulder, as Gai tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nomor Gai dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gai pushes Shamrock away with a front kick.
Shamrock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Gai to counter with a crisp jab.
Gai lands a front kick.
Shamrock takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shamrock's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shamrock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shamrock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gai ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
Gai scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock misses with a looping left.
Shamrock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gai connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Gai.
Gai fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Shamrock on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gai lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shamrock at a distance.
Gai has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gai there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gai throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Gai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses the body punch
and Gai counters with a good low kick that Shamrock was not able to check.
Gai lands with a nice body punch.
Gai slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Gai slips the punch.
Gai slips under a jab.
Gai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gai throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. Gai does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Gai.
Gai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shamrock can do to turn this around?
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Donk. Gai catches Shamrock right on the button with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gai defending well as Shamrock loads up on a big left hand.
Shamrock falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock missing with a left hand there. Gai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gai avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and Gai counters with a straight right hand.
Shamrock throws the left hand but Gai avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Gai was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Shamrock.
Gai slips under a jab.
Gai slips under a jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a hook
and Gai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shamrock swings widly with a right hand
and Gai counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Gai is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut. Gai saw that one coming.
Shamrock throws a jab when Gai was well out of range.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Gai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gai avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
Gai looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. Gai moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gai lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shamrock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a hook. Gai ducked under it nicely.
Gai connects with a body shot.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Gai slips the punch.
Shamrock just misses with a punch to the body.
Shamrock throws an off balance right hand
and Gai counters with a low kick, right behind Shamrock 's knee.
Nomor Gai is winning the standup battle so far.
Shamrock throws a lazy uppercut
letting Gai counter with a right hand.
Shamrock throws a right hand that misses
and Gai counters with a nice kick to the body.
Shamrock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gai counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shamrock.
Gai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shamrock.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nomor Gai dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Gai lands a jab to the head.
Gai moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Shamrock 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Shamrock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body. Gai takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and Gai counters with a nice uppercut.
Shamrock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gai scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gai cracks Shamrock with a good jab.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gai manages to avoid it.
Shamrock misses with a right hand
and Gai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gai connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shamrock. Shamrock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gai was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Gai works Shamrock's body with a nice hook.
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but Gai ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock throws a sloppy body shot
and Gai counters with a nice uppercut.
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gai was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
A swing and a miss from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a poor cross that misses
and Gai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shamrock throws a jab but it's blocked by Gai.
Gai quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Shamrock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gai throws a quick counter kick to the body but Shamrock avoids it.
A good leg kick by Gai.
Gai moves out of range of the strikes.
Gai thinks about countering with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Shamrock. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shamrock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gai lands a jab to the nose.
Shamrock has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gai.
Shamrock misses with a hook. Gai ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Gai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gai throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The fighters circling - Shamrock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shamrock swings widly with a right hand
and Gai counters with a right hand to the body.
Shamrock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Gai to counter with a crisp jab.
Gai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shamrock takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gai takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shamrock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Shamrock crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gai - the referee stops the clock and Shamrock gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gai. Shamrock manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Good standup being displayed there by Gai as he connects with a hook.
Shamrock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock swings widly with a right hand
and Gai counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Shamrock is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Gai moves out of range.
Shamrock misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gai connects with an inside leg kick.
Shamrock sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
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!
Gai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Gai to counter with a crisp jab.
Shamrock throws the left hand but Gai avoids the punch easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gai, as that shot connected.
Gai catches Shamrock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gai thuds his shin into the meat of Shamrock's side.
A jab from Gai finds it's way through Shamrock's defenses.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the body
and Gai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gai jabs at Shamrock's body.
Ken Shamrock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nomor Gai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gai 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nomor Gai!
In his post fight interview, Nomor Gai gave a big smile as he said 'Give Me Severo Del Bosque Please'.