PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kazunori Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jambo Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ishii comes to the cage accompanied by 竜を想像する. Liddel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Just One Last Time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ishii
vs
Liddel

176 cm
25
165 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

187 cm
31
165 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

A.C: Awesome Clothing (20 dollar Sale!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazunori Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jambo Liddel!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liddel.
Ishii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddel.
Ishii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liddel.
Ishii swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ishii's jab looks to have found its range, popping Liddel under the eye.
Ishii lands with a nice body kick.
Ishii connects with a crisp jab.
Ishii throws a body punch but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A right-left combo lands from Liddel.
Ishii leaves Liddel with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Liddel cracks Ishii with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Liddel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddel wants to slow Ishii down by chopping away at his legs.
Ishii connects with a body shot.
Ishii dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddel. That did some damage!
Ishii throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kazunori Ishii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liddel moves away.
Ishii slaps away a takedown attempt from Liddel, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A head kick misses from Liddel.
A jab from Liddel misses.
Liddel takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ishii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ishii fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Liddel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Liddel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Liddel looks winded!
Liddel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ishii.
Ishii lands with a right hand.
Ishii displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Liddel throws a head kick but Ishii moves out of range.
Ishii connects with a leg kick. Liddel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ishii is looking to wear down Liddel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Liddel misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Liddel doesn't seem bothered though.
Ishii tries to land a front kick but Liddel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ishii throws a sloppy head kick and Liddel moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Ishii.
Liddel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ishii.
Liddel missing with a left hand there. Ishii was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ishii lands a nice looking body kick.
Liddel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ishii can pounce on him.
Ishii uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ishii is looking to slow Liddel down with leg kicks.
Ishii smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ishii throws a good cross that connects.
Liddel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A good leg kick by Ishii.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel throws a low kick but Ishii moves out of range easily.
Ishii moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ishii listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ishii throws a shot to the body.
Ishii fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ishii throws a shot to the body.
Ishii feints a jab promting Liddel to slip. Ishii then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Liddel slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ishii is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ishii thows a body kick. Liddel tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Liddel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Ishii finds it's way through Liddel's defenses.
Ishii fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Liddel walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ishii.
Liddel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ishii.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liddel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ishii. Ishii obviously looking to wear him down.
Ishii scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ishii looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ishii lands a right hook to the body.
Ishii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Liddel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kazunori Ishii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ishii throws a nice looking combination but Liddel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ishii throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ishii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ishii fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liddel is out of range.
Ishii explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ishii lands with a nice body kick.
Ishii ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ishii feints a jab promting Liddel to slip. Ishii then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Liddel slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ishii throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ishii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ishii lands with a nice body punch.
Ishii dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Liddel needs to keep his hands up - Ishii had a free shot at his head there.
Liddel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Liddel tries to work over Ishii's front leg with a kick but Ishii checks it.
Ishii throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ishii lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ishii pushes Liddel away with a front kick.
Ishii lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishii lands a nice shot to the body.
Ishii connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Liddel looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ishii is fending him off so far but Liddel persists. Nope, Ishii circles away and we're back to standing.
Kazunori Ishii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jambo Liddel.
A jab lands there for Ishii.
Ishii throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ishii scores with a three punch combo!
Liddel is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ishii is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Liddel.
Liddel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ishii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liddel moves away.
Liddel walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ishii.
Liddel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ishii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Liddel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ishii.
Ishii connects with a leg kick. Liddel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ishii lands a nice looking body shot.
Liddel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Liddel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ishii.
Liddel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ishii.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Liddel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ishii.
Nice cross by Ishii.
Ishii moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice body punch from Ishii.
Ishii fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ishii connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Liddel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ishii fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ishii looks for the body kick but Liddel saw that one coming.
Ishii fakes the leg kick and cracks Liddel in the body.
Liddel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ishii lands a nice hook to Liddel's body. Liddel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ishii scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ishii throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ishii lands a slapping body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Liddel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ishii to score with a decent uppercut.
Ishii cracks Liddel with a good jab.
Liddel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Liddel is rocked!
Liddel avoids the head kick by Ishii.
Liddel is still on wobbly legs! Can Ishii finish him?
Ishii lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Liddel circles away quickly and effectively.
Liddel seems to have recovered his senses.
Liddel misses with a low kick.
Ishii fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, jab by Ishii - just one landing.
Liddel misses with a body shot.
Ishii changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Liddel throws a head kick that misses
and Ishii counters with a body kick that stops Liddel in his tracks momentarily.
Ishii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddel.
Liddel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ishii jabs Liddel to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ishii lands a leg kick that knocks Liddel off balance momentarily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Liddel misses the shot to the body.
Ishii keeps Liddel at a distance using the push kick.
Liddel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ishii blocks a head kick by Liddel.
Ishii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddel manages to avoid it.
Ishii feints and then cracks Liddel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liddel down.
Ishii throws a nice inside leg kick.
Liddel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ishii throws a head kick but Liddel moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ishii lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddel walks into a left hand.
Liddel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ishii.
Liddel shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ishii sprawls well. Ishii wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Liddel gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazunori Ishii dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ishii scores with a nice body kick.
Liddel fails to land with a series of punches.
Ishii throws a body kick that misses.
Ishii explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Liddel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ishii lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A head kick misses from Liddel.
Liddel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ishii.
Liddel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ishii. That one must have hurt.
Ishii throws a body punch but Liddel moves out of range.
Ishii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Liddel can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Liddel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ishii - the referee stops the clock and Liddel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ishii. Liddel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ishii throws a leg kick which misses Liddel's front leg but catches the back leg as Liddel tries to avoid it.
Liddel is breathing heavily.
Ishii thows a body kick. Liddel tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Liddel might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ishii has got the better of the exchanges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii thumps Liddel with a low kick.
Liddel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ishii scores with a kick to the midsection.
Liddel takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ishii digs a good body shot into Liddel's ribs.
Ishii scores with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ishii.
Ishii dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddel. That did some damage!
Ishii scores with a shot to the body.
Ishii goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kazunori Ishii is winning the standup battle so far.
Ishii jabs Liddel right on the nose. Liddel blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ishii ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Liddel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ishii can pounce on him.
Ishii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liddel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ishii lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liddel's sensitive parts.
Ishii lands a leg kick that knocks Liddel off balance momentarily.
Liddel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ishii.
Ishii scores with a head kick.
Ishii lands with a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ishii.
Ishii fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Liddel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Liddel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ishii avoids the head kick by Liddel.
Ishii stuns Liddel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ishii connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ishii throws a front kick that sends Liddel stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii looks to score with a jab to the body but Liddel is just out of range.
Ishii smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Liddel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ishii.
Ishii tried to score with a low kick but Liddel checks it.
Ishii digs a good hook to Liddel's body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Liddel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ishii - the referee stops the clock and Liddel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ishii. Liddel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ishii lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ishii throws a front kick that sends Liddel stumbling back into the cage.
Ishii fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Liddel.
Ishii connects with an inside leg kick.
Ishii throws a big shot that misses.
Ishii misses with a wild body shot.
Ishii throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel moves out of range of the leg kick from Ishii.
Liddel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ishii jabs at Liddel's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ishii at a distance.
Ishii looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ishii moves out of range of the strikes.
Liddel thumps Ishii with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Liddel.
Ishii lands a jab to the head.
Liddel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ishii connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Liddel scrambles back to his feet.
Ishii looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ishii stuffs the takedown attempt from Liddel. Liddel gets slowly back to his feet.
Liddel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ishii.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Liddel shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ishii as he avoids it easily.
Liddel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddel avoids a kick to the body.
Ishii lands a jab to Liddel's midsection.
Ishii bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liddel's head.
Ishii is looking to score with low kicks.
Ishii comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Liddel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Liddel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ishii. Ishii circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ishii looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ishii misses with a body kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ishii swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ishii scores with a hook to the body. Liddel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ishii swings widly with a right hand
and Liddel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Liddel blocks a head kick by Ishii.
Liddel moves out of range of the body kick.
Liddel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishii connects with a body shot.
Liddel cracks Ishii with an open hand slap.
Ishii throws a leg kick but Liddel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ishii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ishii throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Liddel misses with an uppercut.
Ishii moves out of range of the body kick from Liddel.
A slapping body kick lands there for Liddel.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ishii thumps Liddel with a low kick.
Ishii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ishii throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liddel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ishii throws a solid leg kick but Liddel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ishii.
Liddel looks to land a body kick but Ishii moved away.
Some bone on bone action there as Ishii checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ishii on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ishii tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ishii. Liddel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ishii has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Liddel.
Liddel misses with a wild combination.
Ishii connects with a body shot that sends Liddel's belly button to the back.
Jambo Liddel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ishii lands with a straight right. Liddel didn't see that one coming.
Ishii smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Liddel shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ishii pinned against the cage. Ishii gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kazunori Ishii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jambo Liddel.
Liddel blocks the body kick.
Liddel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ishii.
Jambo Liddel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A good leg kick by Ishii.
A clash of legs there as Ishii blocks the low kick.
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!
An inside leg kick from Liddel misses.
Liddel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ishii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ishii dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddel. That did some damage!
Liddel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ishii counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Liddel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ishii swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liddel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ishii.
Ishii slips a jab from Liddel.
Ishii checks a low kick from Liddel.
Ishii fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Liddel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ishii blocks a low kick nicely.
Ishii scores with a jab to the body.
Ishii misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ishii checks a leg kick nicely.
Ishii looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ishii changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Liddel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ishii.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kazunori Ishii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ishii 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Kazunori Ishii!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Kazunori Ishii!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Kazunori Ishii!

Kazunori Ishii wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Kazunori 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.