PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shinya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abhidi Sharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sharma's choice of entrance music: Meditation. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aoki
vs
Sharma

170 cm
23
150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

160 cm
23
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abhidi Sharma!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sharma forces Aoki back against the cage and clinches.
Sharma just leaning against Aoki, taking a breather.
Sharma continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd are getting on Sharma's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sharma walks away with a smile on his face. Aoki gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Aoki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aoki looks to land a left hand but Sharma moved out of range nicely.
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt.
Sharma stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sharma wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shinya Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sharma has closed the distance and engaged Aoki in a clinch.

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.
Sharma has Aoki pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Aoki dives in and grabs Sharma's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sharma pushes down on Aoki's head and hops out.
Sharma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sharma stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharma drives through and clinches with Aoki against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Sharma.
Sharma receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Aoki shoots in looking for a takedown. Sharma tries to sprawl out of it but Aoki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sharma manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aoki misses with a wild combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Aoki throws a shot from downtown. Sharma moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abhidi Sharma dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A big left from Aoki misses.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sharma but Sharma pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sharma slips a jab and a cross from Aoki.
Aoki throws a jab when Sharma was well out of range.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt - Sharma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aoki shoots in for a double leg but Sharma sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shinya Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sharma stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sharma wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sharma clinches up against the cage.
Sharma stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.

Sharma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aoki, pushing him back against the cage.
Aoki jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sharma walks away with a smile on his face. Aoki gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Aoki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Sharma rushes Aoki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Sharma.
Aoki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sharma smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sharma sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Aoki somewhat.
Aoki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Sharma rushes Aoki and presses him up against the cage.
Sharma stalling the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Aoki fails to pull guard.
A bit of stalling here from Sharma.
Aoki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sharma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abhidi Sharma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A big right from Aoki misses.
Aoki shoots in but Sharma avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sharma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aoki throws an overhand right that lands on Sharma's shoulder, as Sharma tries to avoid the shot.

Sharma clinches.
Sharma holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.

Sharma takes the fight into the clinch.
Aoki tries to pull guard but Sharma holds him up against the cage and eventually Aoki drops back down to his feet.
Aoki tries to pull guard but Sharma won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shinya Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sharma stalling in the clinch.
Aoki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sharma smiles and moves away.

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.

Sharma pushes Aoki up against the cage in a clinch.
Sharma effectively controlling the action here.
Aoki tries to pull guard but Sharma won't allow it.
Aoki tries to pull guard but Sharma won't allow it.
Sharma will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Aoki up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Sharma.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt - Sharma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aoki closes the distance and clinches up with Sharma, looking for a takedown. Aoki pushes Sharma against the cage but Sharma circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Sharma clinches up with Aoki and pushes him back against the cage.
Shinya Aoki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aoki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sharma's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abhidi Sharma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sharma has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abhidi Sharma!