PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sadaharu Tanikawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuyoshi Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tanikawa
vs
Ishii

220 cm
26
290 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sadaharu Tanikawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kazuyoshi Ishii!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanikawa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ishii takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Sadaharu Tanikawa has been cut.
Tanikawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tanikawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Tanikawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tanikawa takes a swing at Ishii's ribcage but misses.
Tanikawa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ishii manages to avoid it.
Ishii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Ishii drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Tanikawa onto his butt! Tanikawa pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.

Tanikawa is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishii chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tanikawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ishii is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tanikawa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tanikawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ishii was well out of range. Poor timing from Tanikawa.
Ishii avoids the body shot from Tanikawa.
Tanikawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ishii was well out of range. Poor timing from Tanikawa.
Tanikawa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tanikawa checks a low kick from Ishii.
Sloppy strikes from Ishii. Those never looked like landing.
Tanikawa throws a body shot but no joy.

Tanikawa walks into a big right hand from Ishii and goes down! The referee sends Ishii to a neutral corner as Tanikawa gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Ishii throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tanikawa swings for the body but Ishii moves out of range.
Tanikawa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tanikawa misses the shot to the body.
Tanikawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Despite the aggression on Ishii's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tanikawa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ishii.
Tanikawa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanikawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ishii now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ishii connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oh Tanikawa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Sadaharu Tanikawa's cut is getting worse.
Tanikawa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ishii can pounce on him.
Tanikawa seems to have got his legs back now.
Tanikawa throws a body shot but no joy.
Tanikawa walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kazuyoshi Ishii!
A very excited looking Kazuyoshi Ishii 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.