PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hatsu Ishikawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aidan Kincaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aidan Kincaid acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ishikawa
vs
Kincaid

180 cm
24
182 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

183 cm
32
203 lbs
18 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hatsu Ishikawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aidan Kincaid!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishikawa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ishikawa scores with a kick to the body.
Ishikawa moves in looking to clinch but Kincaid pushes him off.
Ishikawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ishikawa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ishikawa tries to clinch there but Kincaid circles away.
A shot to the liver by Ishikawa. Beautiful body shot.
Ishikawa connects with a looping right hand.
Ishikawa moves in looking to clinch but Kincaid pushes him off.
Ishikawa tries to clinch but Kincaid moves out of range.
Kincaid avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishikawa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ishikawa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kincaid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ishikawa is looking to clinch.
Kincaid swinging wildly here.
Ishikawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kincaid paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Ishikawa moves into range and clinches up with Kincaid.
Ishikawa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ishikawa lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Aidan Kincaid has been cut.
Ishikawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kincaid backwards.
Kincaid connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ishikawa.
Ishikawa lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa lands a body punch.
Kincaid looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishikawa lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Ishikawa.
Ishikawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ishikawa pushes Kincaid back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kincaid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ishikawa's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ishikawa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ishikawa.
Kincaid tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ishikawa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kincaid.

Kincaid pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hatsu Ishikawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ishikawa shoots in but Kincaid avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kincaid swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ishikawa digs a good hook to Kincaid's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Ishikawa.
Ishikawa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kincaid circles away.
Ishikawa lands with a straight right. Kincaid didn't see that one coming.
Kincaid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Ishikawa closes the distance and pushes Kincaid back into the cage.
Ishikawa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kincaid misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Ishikawa.
Ishikawa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kincaid backwards.
Kincaid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ishikawa scores with a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Ishikawa as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kincaid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Ishikawa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ishikawa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ishikawa.
Ishikawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ishikawa scores with a shot to the side of Kincaid's head.
A nice left hand lands by Ishikawa.
Ishikawa lands an elbow just above Kincaid 's eye.
Kincaid wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ishikawa working Kincaid over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Ishikawa.
Ishikawa lands a nice elbow.
Ishikawa scores with a shot to the side of Kincaid's head.
Nice elbow from Ishikawa.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ishikawa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ishikawa lands a nice uppercut.
Ishikawa scores with a shoulder strike.

Kincaid is rocked!
Kincaid is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ishikawa is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hatsu Ishikawa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aidan Kincaid's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from Kincaid. Those never looked like landing.
Ishikawa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kincaid counters with a stiff right hand.
Kincaid misses with a double jab

and Ishikawa moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Ishikawa.
Kincaid looking to stall.
Ishikawa slows down the pace here.
Ishikawa lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishikawa scores with a shot to the side of Kincaid's head.
Kincaid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kincaid blocks a body shot from Ishikawa.
Ishikawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Kincaid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kincaid misses with some punches.
Kincaid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Kincaid manages to break the clinch.

Kincaid has Ishikawa up against the cage in a clinch.
Ishikawa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kincaid backwards.
Ishikawa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Ishikawa.
Kincaid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kincaid takes a shot to the head.
Ishikawa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kincaid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kincaid's efforts to push away.
Kincaid throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kincaid is trying to break free.
Kincaid wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ishikawa has him pressed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Ishikawa.
Kincaid is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishikawa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kincaid takes a shot to the head.
Kincaid is still on wobbly legs! Can Ishikawa finish him?
A short body shot lands from Ishikawa as the two fighters clinch.
Ishikawa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ishikawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Kincaid avoids the damage to the body.
Ishikawa presses Kincaid against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ishikawa stalling.
Ishikawa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ishikawa lands with a light punch inside.
Ishikawa creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Kincaid's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Kincaid drops to his knees and Ishikawa pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hatsu Ishikawa!
A very excited looking Hatsu Ishikawa 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.