PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shojo Shoujou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabriel Pedro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shoujou
vs
Pedro

165 cm
22
140 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

170 cm
20
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shojo Shoujou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabriel Pedro!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shoujou throws a push kick but Pedro slaps the foot to one side.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pedro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shoujou. That did some damage!
Pedro is looking to clinch but Shoujou is avoiding it.
Shoujou turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shoujou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pedro throws a leg kick that misses.
Pedro misses with a leg kick.
A combination from Shoujou does no damage.
Pedro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shoujou is out of range and Pedro settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from Shoujou on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pedro tries to score with a low kick but Shoujou moves his leg out of the way.
Shoujou misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Shoujou. Those never looked like landing.
Pedro avoids the body shot from Shoujou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro misses with a low kick as Shoujou jumps back.
Pedro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shoujou misses with a two punch combination.
Shoujou checks a low kick from Pedro.
A quick step to the side and Shoujou tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pedro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pedro is looking to score with low kicks.
Pedro has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shoujou scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Shoujou shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Shoujou looks to land a strike but Pedro avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Pedro can't keep his opponent in guard - Shoujou advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Shoujou wants to pass to mount but Pedro is defending the position.
Shoujou is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoujou wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pedro keeps working.
Shoujou moves into full mount! Pedro won't be happy about that!
Pedro is squirming around, avoiding Shoujou's attempts to control the action.
Pedro avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shoujou.
Shoujou misses with a head shot.
Shoujou controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoujou throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pedro suckers Shoujou into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Pedro is now in Shoujou's guard!
Shoujou working a defensive guard but Pedro passes into half guard.
Shoujou is looking to improve his position.
Shoujou regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pedro won't allow Shoujou to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shoujou has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pedro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shoujou is keeping the position for now.
Shoujou is adopting a defensive guard.
Pedro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pedro scores with a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shoujou.
Shojo Shoujou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pedro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pedro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pedro throws a leg kick but Shoujou moved away.
Shoujou shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pedro pinned against the cage. Pedro gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Shoujou misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro thumps Shoujou with a low kick.
Pedro scores with a kick to the midsection.

Pedro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shoujou drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pedro pulls his leg out and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shoujou fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shojo Shoujou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pedro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro misses with a low kick.
Pedro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Shoujou checks a leg kick.
Shoujou is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Shoujou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pedro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pedro throws a low kick but Shoujou avoids it.
Shoujou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pedro wants to counter the offense by Shoujou and move into the clinch position.
Shoujou moves out of range of the leg kick from Pedro.
Pedro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pedro.
Pedro slips under a jab.
Gabriel Pedro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shoujou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pedro moves away.
Shoujou is looking to wear down Pedro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pedro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pedro punishes Shoujou's body with a nice straight punch.
Pedro connects with a leg kick. Shoujou looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pedro tries to work over Shoujou's front leg with a kick but Shoujou checks it.
A punch lands to the side of Pedro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shoujou takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro misses with a leg kick.
Shoujou appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shoujou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pedro circles away quickly and effectively.
Pedro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shoujou counters with a left and a right that stings Pedro.
Gabriel Pedro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pedro stuffs the takedown attempt from Shoujou. Shoujou gets slowly back to his feet.
Pedro throws a solid leg kick but Shoujou takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pedro.

Pedro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pedro.
Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Pedro.
Pedro misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shoujou.
Pedro gets underhooks to prevent Shoujou's takedown attempt.
Pedro prevents Shoujou from breaking the clinch.
A short left from Pedro.
Pedro throws a punch but it's blocked by Shoujou.
A short left from Pedro.
Pedro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pedro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pedro swings wildly with an uppercut but Shoujou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pedro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pedro scores with a shoulder strike.
Shoujou blocks an uppercut.
Shoujou has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pedro after a bit of a struggle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pedro.
Shoujou wants a takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pedro throws a head punch that misses.
Pedro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pedro lands a left hand.
Pedro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pedro scores with a shot to the side of Shoujou's head.
Pedro scores with a shoulder strike.

Shoujou is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Shoujou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pedro throws a low kick but Shoujou avoids it.
Shoujou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Shoujou closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pedro quickly recovers to half guard.
Shoujou wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pedro keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Shoujou is working away from the top position though.
Shoujou looks to land a strike but Pedro avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Pedro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shoujou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pedro keeping moving, preventing Shoujou from controlling successfully.
Shojo Shoujou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shoujou tries to free his leg and advance position but Pedro is retaining full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pedro keeping moving, preventing Shoujou from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Shoujou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Pedro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pedro throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shoujou.
Pedro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shoujou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shoujou throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pedro throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shoujou.
Shoujou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shoujou misses the shot to the body.
Pedro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Pedro closes the distance and clinches.
Pedro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pedro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shoujou looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shoujou backwards.
Pedro misses with some punches.
Pedro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shoujous head.
Pedro is pressed up against the cage. Shoujou has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pedro down to the mat. Pedro avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pedro tries to clinch up.
Pedro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoujou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pedro!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shoujou throws a body punch but Pedro moves out of range.
Shoujou takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pedro feints and then cracks Shoujou's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shoujou down.
Shoujou moves out of range of the leg kick from Pedro.
Pedro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pedro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shoujou.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shojo Shoujou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pedro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shoujou is able to avoid easily.
Pedro throws a front kick aimed at Shoujou's knee but Shoujou avoids it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pedro.
Pedro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shoujou avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pedro connects with an inside leg kick.
Shoujou is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shoujou misses the shot to the body.
Pedro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A bone on bone clash there as Shoujou blocks the leg kick.
Pedro walks into a stiff left hand from Shoujou.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shoujou throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pedro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shoujou stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pedro tries to work over Shoujou's front leg with a kick but Shoujou checks it.
Pedro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pedro cracks the inside of Shoujou's front leg.
Pedro throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Pedro.
Sloppy strikes from Shoujou. Those never looked like landing.
Pedro throws a leg kick but Shoujou checks it.
Pedro throws a low kick but Shoujou avoids it.
Pedro throws a chopping leg kick but Shoujou manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Shoujou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pedro.
Pedro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shoujou's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoujou takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pedro throws the kick towards the body but Shoujou avoids it.
Pedro scores with a hook to the body. Shoujou takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pedro lands a body shot.
Pedro tries to land a leg kick but Shoujou saw it coming and moves away.
Shoujou is looking to counter punch.

Pedro rushes Shoujou and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pedro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shoujou wants a takedown.
A short left from Pedro.
Pedro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pedro.
Shoujou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shoujou is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pedro gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Shoujou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pedro digs a right hand underneath Shoujou's ribcage. Shoujou let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pedro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gabriel Pedro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pedro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pedro gets through Shoujou's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pedro.
Pedro lands with a light punch inside.
Pedro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Shoujou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shoujou seems to have got his legs back now.
Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pedro lands a right hand.
Pedro misses with some punches.
Shoujou tries to score a body lock takedown but Pedro shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Shoujou has had enough of the clinch but Pedro keeps him there for the moment.
Shoujou wants to take the fight to the mat but Pedro manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Pedro gets through Shoujou's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pedro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pedro.
Shoujou blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shoujou wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pedro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pedro.
Pedro throws a big uppercut that drops Shoujou! More strikes from Pedro and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Shoujou lies dazed against the cage as Pedro celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Pedro!