PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kosuke Ishimura (ranked 3709 p4p, 22318 weight class) and Francis Begbie (ranked 495 p4p, 764 weight class). Begbie has chosen Raining Blood as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Ishimura
vs
Begbie

197 cm
38
219
22 - 23 - 0

190 cm
28
210
3 - 8 - 0

Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Fast

Strikers Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kosuke Ishimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Begbie!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishimura lands a high kick!
Ishimura throws a sloppy head kick and Begbie moves out of range easily.
Begbie misses with a wild combination.
Begbie is looking to clinch but Ishimura is avoiding it.
As Begbie looks to move away, Ishimura throws a big counter combo but Begbie just gets out of the way.

Begbie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Ishimura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Begbie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ishimura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ishimura wants to stall.

Ishimura breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Begbie rushes Ishimura and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie managing to block the knees to the body from Ishimura.
Ishimura pushes off an throws an elbow but Begbie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
I was talking to Ishimura's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ishimura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Begbie.
Begbie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ishimura has him pressed against the ropes.
Ishimura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Begbie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ishimura stalling.
Ishimura tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Ishimura breaks the clinch.
Ishimura tries to score with a low kick but Begbie moves his leg out of the way.
Ishimura throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishimura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kosuke Ishimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Begbie throws a hook to the side of Ishimura's head but Ishimura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ishimura scoring well with a low kick there.
Begbie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ishimura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ishimura throws a leg kick but Begbie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Begbie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ishimura.
Ishimura lands a leg kick that knocks Begbie off balance momentarily.

Begbie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Ishimura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ishimura scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Begbie avoids the head kick by Ishimura.
Begbie misses with a looping right.
Begbie feints a jab promting Ishimura to slip. Begbie then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ishimura slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ishimura is looking to score with low kicks.
Ishimura tries a head kick but it misses.
Ishimura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ishimura sets himself, and Begbie steps forward looking for the clinch! Ishimura avoids it this time.
Ishimura motions for Begbie to come forward. Ishimura throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kosuke Ishimura dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Begbie tries to clinch up.
Ishimura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Begbie misses with a body kick.
Ishimura is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Begbie.

Begbie pushes Ishimura up against the ropes in a clinch.
Begbie takes a shot to the head.

Ishimura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Begbie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ishimura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ishimura throws a front kick aimed at Begbie's knee but Begbie avoids it well.
Ishimura misses with a head kick.
Ishimura swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Ishimura.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Begbie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ishimura. Ishimura obviously looking to wear him down.
Ishimura wants to land a leg kick but Begbie is out of range.
Ishimura throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kosuke Ishimura is winning the standup battle so far.
Ishimura tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Ishimura gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ishimura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Begbie is keeping busy.
Ishimura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Begbie can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ishimura breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ishimura lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Begbie throws a combination. Ishimura tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Good standup being displayed there by Ishimura as he connects with a hook.
Ishimura misses with a head kick.
Ishimura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Begbie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ishimura wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ishimura throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Begbie tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ishimura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Begbie.
A head kick by Ishimura misses
and Begbie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ishimura thinking.
Ishimura throws a leg kick which misses Begbie's front leg but catches the back leg as Begbie tries to avoid it.
Begbie with the inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishimura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ishimura is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ishimura throws a sloppy head kick and Begbie moves out of range easily.
Begbie jabs Ishimura right on the nose. Ishimura blinks but takes it well.
Ishimura tries a low kick but Begbie avoids it.
Kosuke Ishimura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Begbie checks a low kick from Ishimura.
Ishimura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ishimura.
Ishimura swats away the attempt to clinch by Begbie.
Ishimura tries a head kick but it misses.

Ishimura instigates a clinch.
Ishimura tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ishimura misses with a knee to the head.
Ishimura softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ishimura presses Begbie against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kosuke Ishimura dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Begbie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ishimura lands a head kick. Begbie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ishimura connects with the punch.
Begbie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Begbie cracks Ishimura with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Ishimura jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ishimura throws a good cross that connects.
Ishimura drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Ishimura takes the fight into the clinch.
Ishimura working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishimura with a knee to the head.
Ishimura scores with a knee to the head.
Ishimura avoiding damage.
Ishimura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishimura lands a knee to the head.

Ishimura breaks the clinch.
Ishimura misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Begbie blocks the leg kick.
Ishimura throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Begbie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ishimura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ishimura wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Begbie.
Begbie tries to clinch
and Ishimura counters with a low kick, right behind Begbie 's knee.
Ishimura is looking to slow Begbie down with leg kicks.
Ishimura with a nice calf kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Ishimura.
Ishimura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie tries to clinch up but Ishimura circles away and keeps his distance.
Ishimura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Ishimura.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishimura lands a nice leg kick that just misses Begbie's sensitive parts.
Ishimura swats away the attempt to clinch by Begbie.
Francis Begbie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ishimura misses with a low kick.

Ishimura tries to keep at a distance but Begbie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Francis Begbie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kosuke Ishimura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Begbie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ishimura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Begbie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ishimura blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kosuke Ishimura showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ishimura 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Kosuke Ishimura!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Kosuke Ishimura!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Kosuke Ishimura!

Kosuke Ishimura wins by unanimous decision!
Kosuke Ishimura looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Jesus is coming back.'.
In defeat, Francis Begbie stepped up to the mic, saying 'Bollocks to the lot of ya!'.