PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kazunori Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ishii might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Imagine Dragons - Radioactive . Wietrzny has chosen Hunter-Fallen as his entrance music. Kazunori Ishii has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ishii
vs
Wietrzny

176 cm
42
165 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

174 cm
48
163 lbs
26 - 34 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kazunori Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wietrzny moves into range and clinches up with Ishii.
Ishii lands with a left to the head.
Wietrzny misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Wietrzny.
Ishii blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wietrzny misses with the head strike.
Ishii struggles to land a body shot inside as Wietrzny controls his hands.
Ishii working aggressively here.
Ishii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've been informed that Wietrzny has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ishii taking a breather.
Ishii controlling the action here for a moment.
A short left from Ishii.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ishii lands with a light punch inside.
Wietrzny stalling in the clinch.
Wietrzny struggles to land a body shot inside as Ishii controls his hands.
Wietrzny misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wietrzny unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny misses with the head strike.
Ishii blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Wietrzny.
Ishii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ishii scores with a shoulder strike.
Ishii blocks an uppercut.

Ishii breaks from the clinch.
Wietrzny takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ishii.
Ishii avoids the body shot from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kazunori Ishii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wietrzny slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ishii on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ishii misses with a looping left.
Wietrzny takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wietrzny on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ishii scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wietrzny instigates a clinch.
Come on Ishii - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ishii stalls.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ishii for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Wietrzny prevents Ishii from breaking the clinch.
Wietrzny managing to block the knees to the body from Ishii.
A short right from Wietrzny on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Wietrzny.
Ishii lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ishii lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ishii tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wietrzny avoids it.
Wietrzny pushes Ishii back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ishii can't break the clinch.
Ishii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wietrzny is defending well for now.
Wietrzny tries to work over Ishii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ishii lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wietrzny just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ishii's brow.

Ishii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ishii throws a lazy right hand but Wietrzny sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ishii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but Ishii moves out of range.
Ishii scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wietrzny scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Igor Wietrzny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wietrzny looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ishii looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ishii throws a lazy right hand but Wietrzny sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ishii paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Ishii catches Wietrzny right on the button with a cross.

Wietrzny is rocked!
Wietrzny moves out of range of the leg kick from Ishii.
Wietrzny is still on wobbly legs! Can Ishii finish him?
Ishii jabs Wietrzny right on the nose. Wietrzny blinks but takes it well.
BAM! Ishii delivers a spinning backfist that drops Wietrzny like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Kazunori Ishii!
After winning the bout, Kazunori Ishii thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.