PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryuk Mizugaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Weiser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mizugaki
vs
Weiser

195 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuk Mizugaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leroy Weiser!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mizugaki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mizugaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Weiser avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mizugaki throws a right hand that Weiser ducks under and follows up with a left that Weiser also avoids with ease.
Mizugaki really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Weiser ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ryuk Mizugaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mizugaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weiser.
Weiser is looking to clinch.
Weiser blocks the body kick.
Weiser takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mizugaki misses with a jab, cross combination.

Weiser darts in and clinches Mizugaki up against the ropes.
Mizugaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Weiser breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mizugaki scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Weiser closes the distance and pushes Mizugaki back into the ropes.
Mizugaki is trying to break free.
Mizugaki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mizugaki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Weiser escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Weiser scores with the left hand. Mizugaki knows he should have avoided that one.

Mizugaki instigates a clinch.
Weiser lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Weiser as Mizugaki tries to tie him up.
Mizugaki trying to land knees to the body.
Mizugaki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Weiser has him pressed against the ropes.
Weiser prevents Mizugaki from breaking the clinch.
Mizugaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Weiser avoids it.

Weiser breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mizugaki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Weiser moves into the clinch successfully.
Mizugaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Weiser gets an underhook and turns Mizugaki into the ropes.
Mizugaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Weiser uses good head movement to avoid it.

Weiser escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Weiser tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mizugaki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Weiser smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mizugaki throws a head kick that misses
and Weiser counters with a thumping low kick.
Mizugaki is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Mizugaki.

Weiser has closed the distance and engaged Mizugaki in a clinch.
Weiser will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mizugaki up against the ropes.
Mizugaki can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Mizugaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Weiser displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mizugaki up against the ropes.
Weiser gets through Mizugaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Weiser looking to throw knees to the head but Mizugaki is blocking nicely.
Mizugaki is trying to break the clinch but Weiser is controlling him.
Weiser dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.

Weiser breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mizugaki misses with a leg kick

and Weiser moves into the clinch.
Mizugaki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Mizugaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weiser swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizugaki.
Mizugaki throws the left hand but Weiser avoids the punch easily.
Weiser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Weiser dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mizugaki misses with a hook

and Weiser counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Mizugaki on his ass! Mizugaki wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weiser avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mizugaki walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Mizugaki is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Leroy Weiser!
During a confident post fight interview, Leroy Weiser thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.