PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kota Ibushi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Bradley acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ibushi
vs
Bradley

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90

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, Kota Ibushi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Damien Edna and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibushi throws a head kick that misses
and Bradley counters with a straight right hand.
Bradley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bradley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ibushis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bradley lands with a shot to the body.
Bradley has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ibushi wants to slow Bradley down by chopping away at his legs.
Bradley lunges at Ibushi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ibushi's hand.
Ibushi misses with a hook. Bradley ducked under it nicely.
Ibushi tries a head kick but it misses.
Bradley throws out a counter right but Ibushi avoids it with no problem.
Danga de danga de dang - Bradley scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bradley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ibushi in his tracks.
Bradley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ibushi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bradley lands a two punch combo.

Ibushi is rocked!
Ibushi looks for the body kick but Bradley saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bradley! But no joy.
Ibushi walks into a stiff left hand from Bradley.
Ibushi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bradley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ibushi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ibushi tries to clinch but Bradley is having none of it.
Ibushi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ibushi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bradley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bradley lands with a right hand.
Ibushi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bradley's calf.
Ibushi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kota Ibushi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ibushi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ibushi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bradley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ibushi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bradley up against the cage.
Ibushi tries to work over Bradley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ibushi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradley.
Ibushi misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley wants to stall.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage.
Ibushi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ibushi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bradley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ibushi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradley.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike.
Ibushi lands a knee to the head.
Bradley looking to stall.
Ibushi misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bradley.
Ibushi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bradley blocks it with crossed arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Ibushi.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Ibushi is controlling him.
Ibushi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bradley's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibushi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bradley's efforts to push away.
Bradley avoiding damage as Ibushi throws knees to the body.
Ibushi misses with a punch on the inside.
Ibushi struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradley controls his hands.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Ibushi is controlling him.
Ibushi is leaning against Bradley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ibushi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ibushi trying to land knees to the body.
Ibushi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage.
Bradley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bradley working hard to break the clinch.
Ibushi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ibushi keeps control of Bradley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ibushi slowing the pace effectively.
Ibushi trying to land knees to the body.
Ibushi prevents Bradley from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibushi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ibushi landing knees to the body.
Ibushi can't find room to land a body shot as Bradley controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Ibushi.
Bradley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ibushi is keeping busy.
Ibushi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ibushi misses with a punch on the inside.
Ibushi struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradley controls his hands.
Ibushi lands a nice shot to the body.
Ibushi has a couple of punches blocked by Bradley.
Ibushi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ibushi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibushi can't find room to land a body shot as Bradley controls the action.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ibushi digs a right hand underneath Bradley's ribcage. Bradley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paul Bradley will probably get the nod.
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.

Ibushi throws a head kick that misses.
Bradley thuds a left hand into Ibushi's body.
Ibushi is looking to clinch but Bradley is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Bradley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bradley looks to land a combination but Ibushi avoids it well.
Ibushi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ibushi looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradley is just out of range.
Bradley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slow jab from Ibushi misses its intended target.
Ibushi misses with a body kick.
Kota Ibushi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ibushi drives through and clinches with Bradley against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bradley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ibushi tries to work over Bradley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ibushi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage.
Ibushi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bradley is defending well for now.
Ibushi misses with some punches.
Bradley tries to break free but Ibushi pushes him back against the cage.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch but Ibushi keeps him there for the moment.
Ibushi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bradley's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibushi tries a body shot but Bradley blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bradley.
Ibushi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bradley avoids it.
Ibushi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ibushi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bradley trying to control the position but instead, Ibushi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bradley into the cage.
Ibushi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradley.
Bradley avoiding damage as Ibushi throws knees to the body.
Ibushi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ibushi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ibushi working aggressively here.
Ibushi lands a nice uppercut.
Ibushi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ibushi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ibushi throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is trying to push Ibushi away but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kota Ibushi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ibushi misses with some punches.
Ibushi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ibushi trying to stall but Bradley improves his position.
Ibushi tries to land knees in the clinch but Bradley avoids the damage to the body.
Ibushi has Bradley pressed against the cage, preventing Bradley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bradley tries to break free but Ibushi pushes him back against the cage.
Bradley throws a punch but it's blocked by Ibushi.
Stalling in the clinch from Ibushi.
Ibushi tries a body shot but Bradley blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ibushi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradley's brow.
Ibushi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bradley can't break the clinch.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Ibushi is controlling the position.
Ibushi trying to stall but Bradley improves his position.
A shot in the inside from Ibushi.
Bradley trying to control the position but instead, Ibushi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bradley into the cage.
Bradley blocks a body shot from Ibushi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is trying to push Ibushi away but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bradley tries to land knees in the clinch but Ibushi avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ibushi as Bradley tries to tie him up.
Ibushi tries to work over Bradley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bradley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ibushi pushes off an throws an elbow but Bradley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bradley takes a shot to the head.
Ibushi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bradley up against the cage.
Ibushi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ibushi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ibushi.
Bradley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ibushis head.
Ibushi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bradley can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibushi swings wildly with an uppercut but Bradley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ibushi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bradley avoiding damage as Ibushi throws knees to the body.
Ibushi misses with a punch to the body.
Ibushi stalls.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage.
Ibushi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ibushi lands a nice uppercut.
Bradley misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ibushi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bradley working hard to break the clinch.
Bradley prevents a body shot from Ibushi.
Ibushi tries a body shot but Bradley blocks it.
Ibushi misses with a punch on the inside.
Ibushi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ibushi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kota Ibushi dominated that second round.
That's time! Ibushi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bradley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bradley duly obliges.
Bradley clobbers Ibushi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
No joy there for Bradley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bradley closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ibushi.
Ibushi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ibushi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ibushi darts in trying to clinch
and Bradley counters with a left and a right that stings Ibushi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ibushi slips a jab and a cross from Bradley.
Bradley with a jab.
Bradley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ibushi looks to land a body kick but Bradley moved away.
Bradley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ibushi with a body shot.
Bradley throws a series of punches but Ibushi moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley sizes up Ibushi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ibushi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Paul Bradley has been cut.
Ibushi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big right from Ibushi misses.
Bradley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bradley throws a shot to the body.
Ibushi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bradley misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Ibushi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ibushi keeps control of Bradley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ibushi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bradley is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ibushi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ibushi throws a punch but it's blocked by Bradley.
Ibushi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bradley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ibushi struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradley controls his hands.
Ibushi keeps control of Bradley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibushi lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on Bradley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ibushi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ibushi tries to throw a body punch but Bradley avoids it by throwing Ibushi back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ibushi.
Ibushi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bradley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage.
Bradley managing to block the knees to the body from Ibushi.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage.
Ibushi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Ibushi as the two fighters clinch.
Ibushi slowing the pace effectively.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Ibushi is controlling the position.
Bradley blocks a body shot from Ibushi.
Ibushi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley avoiding damage as Ibushi throws knees to the body.
Ibushi misses with some punches.
Ibushi throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradley working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Ibushi.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Ibushi has him pressed against the cage.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Ibushi is controlling the position.
Ibushi stalling in the clinch but Bradley improves position.
Ibushi misses with a knee strike.
Ibushi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ibushi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bradley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bradley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ibushi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bradley's efforts to push away.
Ibushi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Ibushi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibushi is leaning against Bradley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bradley.
Ibushi misses with a body punch.
Bradley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ibushi tries to stall but Bradley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ibushi misses with a body punch.
Ibushi lands a left hand.
Bradley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ibushi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bradley working hard to break the clinch.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bradley prevents a body shot from Ibushi.
Ibushi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradley.
Bradley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Ibushi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibushi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ibushi throws a knee to the head but misses.

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 Kota Ibushi.
I think Ibushi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kota Ibushi!