PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kazuyoshi Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Opel Insignia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ishii
vs
Insignia

225 cm
26
300 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

225 cm
27
266 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kazuyoshi Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Opel Insignia!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii is looking to slow Insignia down with leg kicks.
Insignia moves in looking to clinch but Ishii pushes him off.
Insignia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ishii tests Insignia's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Opel Insignia has been cut.
Ishii lands a jab.
Ishii dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Ishii.

Insignia walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Ishii rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Insignia has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ishii throws a wild body kick that Insignia sees coming a mile off.
Ishii tries to bum rush Insignia with a series of wild strikes but Insignia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ishii tries to land a leg kick but Insignia saw it coming and moves away.
Insignia lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ishii.
Ishii throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ishii knocks out Insignia with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Ishii before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Ishii picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kazuyoshi Ishii!
Kazuyoshi Ishii decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.