PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doe has chosen Treasure Island as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ishii
vs
Doe

182 cm
25
272 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
275 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Island Gear
Ace of Spades Clothing

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Ace of Spades Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Satoshi Ishii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Doe!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii loads up on a big right hand but Doe slips the punch.
Ishii lands a jab to Doe's midsection.
Doe blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Doe.
Doe misses with an uppercut.
Ishii slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ishii. Doe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ishii closes the distance and clinches up with Doe, looking for a takedown. Ishii pushes Doe against the cage but Doe circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Doe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've been hearing reports that Ishii has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Doe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ishii is trying to drag Doe to the mat but Doe just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ishii blocks an elbow strike from Doe.
Doe prevents Ishii from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Doe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ishii's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ishii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ishii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doe.
Doe throws a hook but Ishii blocks it.
Doe slips a straight right by Ishii.
Doe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
John Doe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ishii walks into a stiff left hand from Doe.

It looks like Satoshi Ishii has been cut.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.

Ishii forces Doe back against the cage and clinches.
Doe is pressed up against the cage. Ishii has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Doe down to the mat. Doe avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Satoshi Ishii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ishii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doe manages to avoid it.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ishii tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doe was well out of range. Poor timing from Ishii.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe throws the left hand but Ishii avoids the punch easily.
Doe misses with a left hand

and Ishii decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Doe's guard.
Ishii loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ishii scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Doe controls Ishii momentarily but Ishii frees himself.
Ishii knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Doe on the ground.
Ishii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doe wants to get back to his feet but Ishii is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Doe looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ishii passes into half guard.
Ishii stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii stops Doe from getting back to his feet.
Well, if Ishii is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Doe tries to kick Ishii off but Ishii keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ishii wants to lay and pray for a moment but Doe keeps working.
Ishii winds up and cracks Doe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ishii is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishii slips a nice elbow through Doe's hands, connecting with Doe's forehead.
Doe told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Doe trying to control from the bottom.
Doe is trying to stand back up but Ishii is controlling him
Ishii wants to pass to mount but Doe is defending the position.
Ishii working over Doe with some ground and pound. Doe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Doe is pressing down on Ishii's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ishii scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ishii pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Doe is keeping the position for now.
Ishii slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satoshi Ishii dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Satoshi Ishii's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ishii shoots for a double leg takedown but Doe sprawls well. He's pushed Ishii's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Doe has closed the distance and engaged Ishii in a clinch.
Ishii avoids a wild elbow strike from Doe.
Doe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Doe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ishii has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ishii tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Doe avoids it.
Ishii tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ishii avoids a wild elbow strike from Doe.
Nice elbow from Doe.
Ishii is trying to break the clinch but Doe has him pressed against the cage.
Doe throws an elbow that misses.
Doe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Doe misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Doe throws an elbow but misses.
Ishii is trying to break free.
Ishii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Doe's elbow.
Ishii blocks an elbow strike.
Ishii avoids a wild elbow strike from Doe.
Ishii is trying to push Doe away but Doe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Doe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Doe lands an elbow just above Ishii 's eye.
Ishii misses with the head strike.
Doe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Satoshi Ishii's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Doe misses with an elbow strike.
Doe misses with an elbow over the top.
Doe throws an elbow but it misses.
Ishii wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Doe has him pressed against the cage.
Ishii avoids the elbow strike from Doe, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe pushes off an throws an elbow but Ishii leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ishii.
Doe avoids a wild elbow strike from Ishii.
Ishii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Doe is defending well for now.
Ishii tries to throw a body punch but Doe avoids it by throwing Ishii back against the cage.
Ishii blocks the elbow strike.
Doe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Ishii breaks from the clinch.
John Doe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ishii avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe avoids the body shot from Ishii.
Doe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ishii sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ishii is defended easily by Doe.

Doe gets caught napping as Ishii dives in and scores a takedown. Doe manages to retain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ishii working some strikes from top position.
Ishii looking to sit in guard and control but Doe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Satoshi Ishii overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Doe drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ishii manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Doe has Ishii in his guard.
Doe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Doe can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ishii is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishii pushing down on Doe's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ishii working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ishii working the head and body with strikes.

Doe looking for submissions off his back.
Ishii is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ishii working Doe over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satoshi Ishii dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Satoshi Ishii's cut.
That's time! Ishii's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A telegraphed right hand from Doe misses the target.
Doe throws a right hand that misses

and Ishii counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Doe is looking to stand up but Ishii isn't so interested in that idea.
Ishii lands a couple of elbows.
Doe is trying to keep Ishii in close.
Doe keeping moving, preventing Ishii from controlling successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Doe's head.
Ishii wants to control from the top but Doe keeps moving.
Ishii throwing strikes from guard but Doe blocks nicely.
Ishii trying to control the position from guard on top but Doe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ishii landing with the ground and pound.
Ishii postures up and lands a big shot to Doe's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii trying to control but Doe is working from the bottom.
Ishii lands a couple of digs.
Ishii stays in close to Doe's body and controls the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ishii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Doe working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ishii doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ishii manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ishii postures up and lands a big shot to Doe's brow.
Doe wants to get back to his feet but Ishii is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii scoring with punches to the head and body.
Doe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ishii postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Doe is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ishii trying to control the position from guard on top but Doe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ishii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Doe looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ishii is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishii lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Doe keeping moving, preventing Ishii from controlling successfully.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ishii lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ishii's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Doe wants to sweep but no luck.
Ishii lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ishii's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ishii working some strikes from top position.
Ishii chips away with some ground and pound.
Ishii scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satoshi Ishii clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Satoshi Ishii's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Doe gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ishii to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ishii trying to control the position from guard on top but Doe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ishii working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Doe's head.
Ishii postures up in Doe's guard and throws a big left but Doe blocks it.
Ishii lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ishii's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Doe is rocked!
Ishii arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Doe's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Satoshi Ishii!
Satoshi Ishii retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Satoshi Ishii made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.