PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Gil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenhin Battousai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenhin Battousai has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gil
vs
Battousai

180 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Isaac Gil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenhin Battousai!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gil closes the distance and pushes Battousai back into the cage.
Gil trying to land knees to the body.
Gil lands a good knee to the midsection. Battousai won't want to take too many of those.
Gil missing with knees to the body.

Battousai breaks from the clinch.
Gil throws a series of punches but Battousai avoids them all with ease.
Gil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Battousai misses with the combination.
Battousai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Battousai throws a low kick but Gil avoids it.
Gil avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gil throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Battousai.
Gil checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battousai takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A right-left combo lands from Gil.
Battousai misses with a takedown attempt - Gil sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gil throws a body punch but Battousai moves out of range.
Battousai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gil moves away.
Kenhin Battousai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gil tries to clinch but Battousai moves out of range.
Gil stalks Battousai and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Battousai's face. Battousai staggers backwards, shaken.
Battousai fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gil checks it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battousai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gil.
Danga de danga de dang - Gil scores with a four punch combination!
Gil lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Gil does no damage.
Gil looks to land a combination but Battousai avoids it well.
Gil avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gil tries to clinch up.
Battousai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gil as he jumps to the side.
Battousai throws a wild body kick that Gil sees coming a mile off.
Gil blocks a head kick by Battousai.
A head kick misses from Battousai.
Battousai looks winded!
Battousai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Battousai tries to keep at a distance but Gil has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gil landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gil with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kenhin Battousai has been cut.
Gil connects with a knee to the head.
Battousai takes an elbow to the temple.

Battousai is rocked!
Nice elbow from Gil.
Battousai is still on wobbly legs! Can Gil finish him?
Gil lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gil using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gil lands an elbow inside that Battousai shrugs off.
Clinched against the cage, Gil lands a big elbow that drops Battousai! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Battousai is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Isaac Gil!
A very excited looking Isaac Gil 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.