PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aubrey Peaslee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Shishkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aubrey Peaslee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Peaslee
vs
Shishkin

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
20
202 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aubrey Peaslee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Shishkin!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peaslee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peaslee looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Peaslee changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shishkin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Peaslee blocks the strikes from Shishkin.

Peaslee tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Peaslee has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Shishkin tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Shishkin explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Shishkin tries to clinch there but Peaslee circles away.
Shishkin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Peaslee counters with a head kick.
Shishkin shoots for a double leg takedown but Peaslee sprawls well. He's pushed Shishkin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Shishkin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Shishkin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Peaslee to the mat! Peaslee manages to get full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shishkin wants to stand but Peaslee is controlling his posture from full guard.
Shishkin postures up in Peaslee's guard and throws a big left but Peaslee blocks it.
Shishkin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shishkin chips away with some ground and pound.
Peaslee throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Shishkin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Shishkin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Peaslee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aubrey Peaslee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexey Shishkin.
Shishkin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horrible takedown by Shishkin or perhaps it was just good defense by Peaslee which made him look bad.

Peaslee shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shishkin flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Shishkin manages to escape and get back to his feet!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Peaslee is defended easily by Shishkin.
Shishkin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Peaslee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shishkin looking for a sweep but Peaslee has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Shishkin tries to lock up and control but Peaslee gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shishkin is in a horrible position here. Peaslee smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Shishkin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Peaslee controlling from mount.
Shishkin is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Peaslee in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Peaslee tries to control but Shishkin wriggling away.
Peaslee with a couple of short strikes.
Peaslee looking to ground and pound but Shishkin is blocking nicely.
Peaslee controlling his opponent.
Peaslee misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aubrey Peaslee dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Shishkin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Peaslee avoids it really well and circles away.
Shishkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peaslee misses with a takedown attempt

and Shishkin counters by clinching up.

Shishkin pulls guard effortlessly.
Peaslee 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.
Shishkin trying to control the position.
Shishkin scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peaslee trying to control the position from guard on top but Shishkin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Shishkin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shishkin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Peaslee can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Peaslee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shishkin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shishkin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Peaslee gets to his feet. Shishkin looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Peaslee gets a clinch.
Peaslee tries to circle away but Shishkin has him pinned against the cage.
Shishkin connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shishkin tries to land knees in the clinch but Peaslee avoids the damage to the body.

Peaslee breaks the clinch.
Peaslee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alexey Shishkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peaslee falls off balance throwing a combination

and Shishkin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Peaslee's guard.
Peaslee has control of Shishkin's left arm, preventing Shishkin from doing any damage.
Shishkin prevents Peaslee from getting back to his feet.
Shishkin trying to control the position from guard on top but Peaslee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Peaslee is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peaslee stands and throws Shishkin's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Peaslee slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Shishkin.
Shishkin tries to buck Peaslee off but he can't manage it.
Shishkin tries to hold on but Peaslee postures up.
Shishkin throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shishkin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Shishkin is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four 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.

Peaslee goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Shishkin turns into him and now he's in Peaslee's guard.
Peaslee is pulling down on Shishkin's head to control his posture.
Peaslee is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Peaslee has his foot on Shishkin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shishkin works his way back into a safe position though.
Shishkin trying to control but Peaslee is working from the bottom.
Shishkin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Shishkin looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Shishkin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Shishkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peaslee is looking to clinch but Shishkin is avoiding it.
Shishkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shishkin swats away the attempt to clinch by Peaslee.
Shishkin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shishkin tries to clinch up but Peaslee circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Shishkin moves into range and clinches up with Peaslee.
Peaslee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shishkin has Peaslee pressed against the cage, preventing Peaslee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shishkin crunches a lovely knee into Peaslee's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shishkin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shishkin tries to pull guard but Peaslee won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Shishkin.
Shishkin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shishkin working Peaslee over with knees to the body.
Shishkin lands a knee to the body.
Peaslee managing to block the knees to the body from Shishkin.
Shishkin is pushing Peaslee up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Peaslee has Shishkin pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Peaslee pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Shishkin tumbling to the mat - Peaslee dives into Shishkin's guard.
Shishkin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Peaslee gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Shishkin closes the distance and clinches.

Shishkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peaslee goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A left lands for Peaslee.
Shishkin tries for a takedown but Peaslee circles away easily

and Peaslee counters with a single leg into guard. Shishkin didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peaslee trying to control but Shishkin is working from the bottom.
Shishkin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Shishkin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Peaslee is controlling him.
Peaslee controls from within his opponent's guard.
Peaslee will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shishkin trying to control the position.
Shishkin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Shishkin working a defensive guard here.
Shishkin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shishkin wants to clinch.
Shishkin with a poor takedown

and Peaslee counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Aubrey Peaslee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexey Shishkin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shishkin manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Shishkin has his takedown stuffed
and Peaslee counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shishkin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Peaslee counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Shishkin's guard now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shishkin is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Peaslee dives into side control.
Shishkin pushes Peaslee away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Peaslee gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Peaslee wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shishkin, who protects the arm well.
Shishkin is trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aubrey Peaslee showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Peaslee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aubrey Peaslee!