PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jin Kazama (ranked 23369 p4p, 514 weight class) and Takeru Ishii (ranked 23670 p4p, 534 weight class). Takeru Ishii has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jin Kazama's chin.

Kazama
vs
Ishii

177 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

170 cm
27
127 lbs
8 - 7 - 2

World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Kazama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takeru Ishii!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ishii. That did some damage!
Kazama slips under a jab.
Kazama half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kazama lands a lovely overhand right.
Kazama lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ishii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ishii throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ishii blocks a head kick by Kazama.
Ishii throws a leg kick but Kazama sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kazama looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ishii fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ishii blocks a head kick by Kazama.
Ishii swinging wildly here.
Kazama circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ishii fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kazama 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.
Kazama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kazama.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazama takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ishii drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ishii fails to land with a series of punches.
Kazama looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ishii pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kazama is out of range and Ishii settles back down.
Kazama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kazama throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kazama looks to land a body kick but Ishii moved away.
Ishii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick from Ishii misses.
Kazama appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kazama circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kazama fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ishii misses with a lunging right hand
and Kazama counters with an inside leg kick.
Ishii moves in looking to clinch but Kazama pushes him off.
Ishii checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Ishii. Those never looked like landing.
Kazama scores with a leg kick.
Kazama avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kazama throws a series of punches but Ishii moves out of range.
Ishii only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ishii is looking to clinch.
Ishii looks to throw the jab but Kazama is out of range.
Kazama lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice uppercut there from Kazama.
Ishii misses with a hook.
Ishii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kazama manages to avoid it.
Kazama is looking to slow Ishii down with leg kicks.
Nice body kick from Kazama.
Kazama checks a leg kick.
Ishii misses with a hook. Kazama ducked under it nicely.
Ishii takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ishii checks the leg kick.
Kazama lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ishii misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jin Kazama dominated that round.
That's time! Kazama's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kazama feints and then cracks Ishii's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ishii down.
Kazama moves out of range as Ishii strikes.
Kazama showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ishii.
That kick from Kazama tenderised Ishii's leg. Ishii is trying to keep his angry face on.
Crunch! Kazama slams his shin into Ishii's torso.
Ishii walks into a stiff left hand from Kazama.
Kazama scores with a hook.
Ishii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A solid body kick from Kazama.
Kazama throws a hook to the side of Ishii's head but Ishii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ishii doesn't manage to clinch there - Kazama circles away.
Jin Kazama is winning the standup battle so far.
Kazama scores with a leg kick.
Ishii is looking to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ishii tries to clinch but Kazama is having none of it.
Kazama lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kazama lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ishii has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ishii and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ishii pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ishii avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kazama slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ishii misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kazama connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ishii's hands.
Ishii's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kazama swats away the attempt to clinch by Ishii.
Kazama scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ishii fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ishii misses with a low kick.
Ishii is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Ishii closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ishii takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kazama lands a jab.
Ishii avoids the head kick by Kazama.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishii checks a leg kick.
Ishii takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ishii wants to clinch but Kazama slips to the side
and Kazama counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kazama lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ishii's sensitive parts.
Kazama staying out of range there.
Ishii misses with a looping right.
As Ishii backs away, Kazama returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The fighters circling - Ishii throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Kazama misses the target.
Ishii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kazama moves away.
Ishii tries a low kick but Kazama avoids it.
Ishii looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Takeru Ishii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Ishii misses.
Ishii attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ishii tries to clinch up.
A head kick from Kazama lands but Ishii takes it in his stride.
Kazama steps in and throws a big head kick that drops Ishii to the mat! Ishii looks in trouble, can he beat the count? Kazama is bouncing in a neutral corner joining in with the referee '4,5,6' they both chant. 7,8,9... he's not going to make it! 10! He's out! Kazama jumps onto the ropes and takes in the acclaim from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Jin Kazama!