PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Akira Ishikawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Abbott Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ishikawa comes to the cage accompanied by mindshift genki sudo. Abbott Jr comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica - Master of Puppets kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Ishikawa
vs
Abbott Jr

150 cm
22
148 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

153 cm
19
135 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akira Ishikawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Abbott Jr!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbott Jr misses with a body shot

and Ishikawa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Abbott Jr won't be happy with that.
Abbott Jr is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Abbott Jr wants to improve his position but Ishikawa is controlling well.
Abbott Jr is refusing to be controlled, as Ishikawa sits in half guard.
Ishikawa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Abbott Jr knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ishikawa wants to control but Abbott Jr is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishikawa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Abbott Jr trying to hold on to Ishikawa's head to control him but Ishikawa postures up.
Ishikawa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Akira Ishikawa wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Ishikawa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ishikawa throwing strikes from guard but Abbott Jr blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ishikawa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abbott Jr tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Abbott Jr is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ishikawa is aware though and is defending well.
Abbott Jr has a closed guard, preventing Ishikawa from standing up.

Ishikawa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Abbott Jr has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ishikawa has managed to get both his arms back between Abbott Jr's legs - danger averted.
Ishikawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Abbott Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ishikawa seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Abbott Jr for as long as he can get away with.

Ishikawa is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Abbott Jr is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Abbott Jr has escaped and now he's on top!

Ishikawa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Abbott Jr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott Jr preventing the sweep.

Ishikawa pushes Abbott Jr off and gets back to his feet.

Ishikawa clinches with his opponent.
Abbott Jr trying to control the position but instead, Ishikawa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Abbott Jr into the cage.
Abbott Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akira Ishikawa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ishikawa throws a head kick but Abbott Jr moves out of range.

Abbott Jr shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Abbott Jr showed some decent athleticism there.
Abbott Jr tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ishikawa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Abbott Jr stops Ishikawa from getting back to his feet.

Abbott Jr is trying to work for a kimura but Ishikawa is defending well.
Ishikawa wants to get back to full guard.
Ishikawa wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Abbott Jr is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Ishikawa makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Abbott Jr misses with a takedown

and Ishikawa counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ishikawa thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Abbott Jr to regain full guard.
Ishikawa tries to free his leg and advance position but Abbott Jr is retaining full guard.
Ishikawa throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbott Jr working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ishikawa.
Ishikawa throws and elbow that misses. Abbott Jr uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ishikawa's guard. Nice move by Abbott Jr!

Ishikawa is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Abbott Jr prevents the takedown attempt.
Abbott Jr wants to break free but Ishikawa has control.
Abbott Jr looking to stall.
Abbott Jr is leaning against Ishikawa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ishikawa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abbott Jr's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ishikawa trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ishikawa has hold of one of Abbott Jr's legs. Abbott Jr is fighting the takedown attempt but Ishikawa gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Ishikawa postures up.
Abbott Jr wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ishikawa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ishikawa lands a couple of elbows.
Abbott Jr is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Frank Abbott Jr.
Ishikawa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbott Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Abbott Jr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ishikawa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akira Ishikawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abbott Jr shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ishikawa defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akira Ishikawa dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Ishikawa throws a lazy head kick
letting Abbott Jr counter with a right hand.

It looks like Akira Ishikawa has been cut.
Ishikawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Abbott Jr looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ishikawa!
Ishikawa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Abbott Jr working for a submission but Ishikawa is keeping him at bay.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Abbott Jr is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ishikawa to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ishikawa shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott Jr can't control as he wanted to and Ishikawa manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Ishikawa moves into full guard.
Abbott Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Ishikawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abbott Jr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ishikawa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ishikawa controlling Abbott Jr's posture.
Abbott Jr preventing the sweep.
Akira Ishikawa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ishikawa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Ishikawa pushes Abbott Jr off and gets back to his feet.
Abbott Jr throws the left hand but Ishikawa avoids the punch easily.
Ishikawa misses with a leg kick
and Abbott Jr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott Jr tries to bum rush Ishikawa with a series of wild strikes but Ishikawa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abbott Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abbott Jr misses with a hook.
Abbott Jr misses with a right hand

and Ishikawa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ishikawa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ishikawa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Abbott Jr looking for a guillotine here but Ishikawa defends easily.
Abbott Jr wants to sweep but no luck.
Frank Abbott Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ishikawa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Abbott Jr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Abbott Jr.
I think Ishikawa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akira Ishikawa!