PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ip Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frulegur Wiskeber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ip Man Vs 10 men. Wiskeber has chosen Go-go Dance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Man
vs
Wiskeber

164 cm
23
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
23
150 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ip Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frulegur Wiskeber!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiskeber moves to clinch but Man breaks away
and Man counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frulegur Wiskeber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiskeber checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wiskeber is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Wiskeber misses with a head kick.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man thows a body kick. Wiskeber tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wiskeber is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Man lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Man throws a leg kick
and Wiskeber counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wiskeber tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man throws a leg kick but Wiskeber sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wiskeber tries to bum rush Man with a series of wild strikes but Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Wiskeber darts in and clinches Man up against the cage.
Wiskeber tries to land a knee to the head but Man blocks with his arms.
Man tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wiskeber's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiskeber misses with a punch to the body.

Man breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Man takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Man connects with a high kick.
Wiskeber is looking to clinch.
Wiskeber throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
Man misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wiskeber counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wiskeber tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wiskeber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wiskeber swings away with a body shot that misses
and Man counters with a left to the body.
Wiskeber fails to land with a series of punches.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wiskeber.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiskeber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but Man moves away
and Man counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wiskeber is lucky that one didn't land flush.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wiskeber has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiskeber prevents Man from breaking the clinch.

Wiskeber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man misses with a low kick.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wiskeber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wiskeber counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Man counters with a body kick.
Man throws a low kick but Wiskeber avoids it.
Man misses with a two punch combination.

Wiskeber takes the fight into the clinch.

Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Wiskeber clinches with his opponent.

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

Wiskeber clinches up with Man and pushes him back against the cage.
Man blocks a body shot from Wiskeber.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frulegur Wiskeber dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wiskeber defending well as Man loads up on a big left hand.

Wiskeber gets a clinch.

Man manages to break the clinch.
Man lands a nice looking body kick.
Wiskeber is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Wiskeber darts in trying to clinch
and Man counters with a good low kick that Wiskeber was not able to check.
Man throws a jab but it's blocked by Wiskeber.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Man throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Frulegur Wiskeber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Man misses with a head kick.
Wiskeber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Man manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Man throws the kick towards the body but Wiskeber avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiskeber throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Man counters with an inside leg kick.
A combination from Wiskeber does no damage.
Wiskeber wants to clinch.
Man on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wiskeber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.

Wiskeber takes the fight into the clinch.
Wiskeber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Wiskeber is controlling him.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Man as Wiskeber tries to tie him up.
Wiskeber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Wiskeber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Wiskeber struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
Wiskeber prevents a body shot from Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiskeber has Man pressed against the cage, preventing Man from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiskeber tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Wiskeber back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Wiskeber.
Wiskeber softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wiskeber holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiskeber can't break the clinch.
Wiskeber trying to land knees to the body.

Man breaks from the clinch.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiskeber.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wiskeber tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Man, right into the meat.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frulegur Wiskeber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Man's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Man tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ip Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Man with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Frulegur Wiskeber seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wiskeber tries to clinch up.
Wiskeber moves to clinch but Man breaks away
and Man counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wiskeber looks to land a combination but Man avoids it well.
Wiskeber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Man throws a quick inside leg kick.

Man forces Wiskeber back against the cage and clinches.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Wiskeber.
A bit of stalling here from Wiskeber.
Man is trying to force a seperation but Wiskeber has the dominant position.
Wiskeber lands with a short shot to the head.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wiskeber struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.

Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wiskeber lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wiskeber lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiskeber moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
A jab from Wiskeber misses.
A slow jab from Man misses its intended target.
Wiskeber doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Wiskeber moves out of range easily.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiskeber.
Wiskeber moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.

Wiskeber pushes Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Wiskeber taking a breather.
Frulegur Wiskeber is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Man lands an elbow that stopped Wiskeber in his tracks for a moment.
Frulegur Wiskeber seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wiskeber wants to break the clinch but can't.
Man is trying to break free.
Wiskeber prevents Man from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a nice uppercut.
Man throws an elbow but it misses.

Man manages to break the clinch.
Wiskeber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Man.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Man misses with a low kick.
Wiskeber chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man can pounce on him.

Man gets tackled into the cage by Wiskeber. Wiskeber maintains the clinch.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man avoiding damage as Wiskeber throws knees to the body.
Wiskeber tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Wiskeber back against the cage.
Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ip Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiskeber tries to clinch
and Man counters with a good low kick that Wiskeber was not able to check.
Wiskeber misses with the combination.
Wiskeber blocks a head kick by Man.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ip Man.
Well Wiskeber 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frulegur Wiskeber!
Frulegur Wiskeber thanked the fans post fight for their support.