PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Harumichi Bouya (ranked 22741 p4p, 518 weight class) and Takeru Ishii (ranked 23474 p4p, 532 weight class). Bouya's entrance music is Victory. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bouya
vs
Ishii

175 cm
23
155 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

170 cm
28
127 lbs
8 - 8 - 2

Excellent boxer
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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harumichi Bouya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takeru Ishii!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bouya misses with a double jab.
Bouya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ishii moves away.
Ishii swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bouya blocks a jab.
Ishii dips to his left and cracks Bouya with an uppercut!
Ishii missing with a left hand there. Bouya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bouya scores with a jab.
Bouya swinging wildly here.
Ishii tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Bouya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A right-left combo lands from Bouya.
Bouya misses with the combination.
Ishii wants to counter the offense by Bouya and move into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ishii misses with an uppercut. Bouya saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Bouya.
Bouya misses with a two punch combination.
Bouya cracks the inside of Ishii's front leg.
Bouya moves out of range of the strikes.
Ishii throws a leg kick
and Ishii takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bouya tries to bum rush Ishii with a series of wild strikes but Ishii uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ishii is looking to clinch.
Bouya stuns Ishii with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ishii changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ishii misses with a looping left.
Takeru Ishii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bouya ducks under a wild hook from Ishii.
Bouya lands the left hand.
Ishii throws a right hand that Bouya ducks under and follows up with a left that Bouya also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bouya keeps the fight on the outside.
Bouya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii slips a jab and a cross from Bouya.
Ishii walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bouya checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bouya throws a push kick but Ishii slaps the foot to one side.
As Bouya backs off Ishii throws a huge counter combo but Bouya manages to avoid it all.
Bouya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ishii.
Bouya takes one to the chin there.
Ishii just misses with a punch to the body.
Bouya misses with a two punch combination.
Ishii misses with a looping left.
Bouya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bouya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bouya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ishii fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bouya is out of range.
Bouya misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harumichi Bouya dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ishii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bouya.
Bouya looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harumichi Bouya is winning the standup battle so far.
Bouya lands a two punch combo.
Bouya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ishii lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ishii misses with a leg kick.
Ishii walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bouya.
Bouya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ishii throws a leg kick but Bouya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bouya blocks a jab.
Ishii throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Ishii. Those never looked like landing.
Ishii misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishii waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bouya.
Bouya looks to land a combination but Ishii avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii misses the jab.
Ishii looks to land a left hand but Bouya moved out of range nicely.
Ishii wants to slow Bouya down by chopping away at his legs.
Bouya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ishii moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bouya scores with a nice body kick.
Bouya throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ishii thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ishii lands with a hook. Bouya tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bouya checks a leg kick nicely.
Ishii is looking to chop away at Bouya's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ishii 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 Bouya has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bouya and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harumichi Bouya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bouya lands a right hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Ishii checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bouya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bouya misses with a series of wild punches.
Ishii looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ishii looks to land a combination but Bouya avoids it well.
Ishii showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bouya.
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!
Bouya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bouya backing away here, and Ishii unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ishii misses with a left hand
enabling Bouya to counter with a crisp jab.
Ishii throws a jab but it's blocked by Bouya.
Ishii pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bouya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ishii ducks under a wild hook from Bouya.
Ishii tries to close the distance and clinch but Bouya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bouya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ishii can do to turn this around?
Bouya fails to land with a series of punches.
Ishii looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harumichi Bouya dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ishii wants to clinch up but Bouya keeps it at a distance.
Ishii waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bouya.
Bouya staying out of range there.
Bouya checks the leg kick.
It looked like Bouya was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ishii takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ishii looks to score with a jab to the body but Bouya is just out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bouya.
Ishii misses with a double jab
and Bouya counters with a nice leg kick.
Bouya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii throws a series of punches but Bouya avoids them all with ease.
Bouya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ishii waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bouya.
Bouya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ishii.
Bouya thuds his shin into the meat of Ishii's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouya checks the leg kick.
Bouya checks a leg kick.
Ishii moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ishii. Bouya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ishii looks to throw the jab but Bouya is out of range.
Ishii tries to clinch but Bouya is having none of it.
Ishii wants to clinch.
Ishii wants to clinch up but Bouya keeps it at a distance.
Ishii throws an off balance right hand
and Bouya counters with a two punch combo.
Ishii misses with a leg kick.
Ishii moves out of range of the body kick.
Ishii feints a counter leg kick.
Ishii slips a jab and a cross from Bouya.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bouya moves away.
Bouya lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bouya misses with a low kick.
Bouya throws a right and a left that both miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ishii! But no joy.
Bouya ducks under a wild hook from Ishii.
Bouya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bouya went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A punch lands to the side of Ishii 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bouya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bouya swinging wildly here.
Harumichi Bouya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bouya throws a hook but Ishii blocks it.
Ishii loads up on a big right hand but Bouya slips the punch.
Takeru Ishii has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bouya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ishii throws a low kick but Bouya avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harumichi Bouya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bouya has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harumichi Bouya!
In his post fight interview, Harumichi Bouya started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.