PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Shankar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reibs Dibs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Shankar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to "Them Belly Full" by Bob Marley. On his way into the ring it seems that Andre Shankar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Andre Shankar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Shankar
vs
Dibs

192 cm
23
267 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
232 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Deadly Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andre Shankar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reibs Dibs!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Dibs as Shankar shoots in.

Shankar closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Shankar lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dibs not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shankar wants to control from the top but Dibs keeps moving.

Shankar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shankar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shankar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dibs looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shankar trying to control but Dibs is working from the bottom.

Dibs looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dibs not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dibs can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Shankar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dibs's waist but Dibs gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shankar off to one side.
Dibs misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Shankar.
Shankar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shankar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dibs circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Shankar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two 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.
A big right from Dibs misses.
Dibs stuffs the takedown.
Dibs dips to his left and cracks Shankar with an uppercut!
Shankar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shankar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dibs misses with a straight right.
Shankar wants to clinch up but Dibs keeps it at a distance.
Shankar shoots in looking for a takedown. Dibs tries to sprawl out of it but Shankar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Dibs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A lazy left from Dibs finds it's target.

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.
Shankar shoots for a takedown but Dibs saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dibs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shankar.
Reibs Dibs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shankar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dibs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reibs Dibs dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Shankar slips under a jab from Dibs.
Shankar has a takedown stuffed.
Dibs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andre Shankar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dibs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shankar fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dibs. Shankar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shankar shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dibs as he avoids it easily.
Dibs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andre Shankar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shankar fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Shankar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dibs misses with a double jab.

That's two 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.

Shankar scores a takedown into full mount!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Shankar has control of Dibs's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Dibs regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Shankar manages to capitalize on a mistake by Dibs to take his back!
Shankar controlling well, preventing Dibs from escaping the position.
Shankar controlling from the back.

Shankar is cranking Dibs's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Dibs! He's tightened the choke and Dibs is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Andre Shankar!