PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Daichi Shimizu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dongli Huang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Shimizu
vs
Huang

179 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Good kicks
Determined

Oblivion Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daichi Shimizu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dongli Huang!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huang moves out of range as Shimizu throws a body kick.
Shimizu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Huang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shimizu throws a sloppy head kick and Huang moves out of range easily.
Shimizu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huang.
Despite the aggression on Huang's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Huang throws a right hand that Shimizu ducks under and follows up with a left that Shimizu also avoids with ease.
Shimizu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Huang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shimizu.
Huang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shimizu throws a poor cross that misses
and Huang counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Huang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shimizu appears to be looking for a big counter.
Huang misses with a body shot.
Shimizu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimizu lands with a good body shot.
Huang's coach down at Island Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Huang's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Shimizu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shimizu throws a jab when Huang was well out of range.
Shimizu moves out of range of the body kick from Huang.
Shimizu tries a head kick but it misses.
Huang throws a series of punches but Shimizu moves out of range.
Huang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shimizu half committed to a counter leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Huang.
Huang tries to clinch but Shimizu is having none of it.
Huang cracks the inside of Shimizu's front leg.
Huang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shimizu moves away.
Shimizu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shimizu throws a lazy uppercut
and Huang counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Huang misses with a looping right.
Huang blocks the body kick.
Huang throws a leg kick which misses Shimizu's front leg but catches the back leg as Shimizu tries to avoid it.
Huang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Huang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Huang.
Shimizu tries to clinch but Huang is having none of it.
Shimizu misses with a combination
and Huang counters with a good low kick that Shimizu was not able to check.
Shimizu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shimizu moves in looking to clinch but Huang pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shimizu fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Huang on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Huang keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Huang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Huang scores with a head kick.
Shimizu tries to clinch up but Huang circles away and keeps his distance.
Huang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shimizu. That did some damage!
Huang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Huang misses with a low kick.
Shimizu tries to clinch but Huang is having none of it.
Huang appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Huang rushes Shimizu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shimizu wants to break free but Huang has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimizu is trying to break the clinch but Huang is controlling him.
Huang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shimizu taking a breather.

Huang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shimizu wants to clinch.
Huang dodges the punch combination from Shimizu.
Dongli Huang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Huang gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Huang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shimizu is looking to clinch.
Huang misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dongli Huang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Huang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shimizu.
Huang swats away the attempt to clinch by Shimizu.
Huang swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shimizu throws a wild body kick that Huang sees coming a mile off.
Huang swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shimizu tries to bum rush Huang with a series of wild strikes but Huang uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Huang moves out of range of the leg kick from Shimizu.
Shimizu misses with a head kick.
Dongli Huang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shimizu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shimizu throws the kick towards the body but Huang avoids it.
Shimizu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shimizu looks to score with a jab to the body but Huang is just out of range.
Shimizu cracks Huang with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Huang throws a series of punches but Shimizu moves out of range.
Shimizu blocks a low kick nicely.
Huang gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Shimizu counters with a three punch combo that has Huang backing up. Huang nods at Shimizu to acknowledge the strikes.
Shimizu slips a straight right by Huang.
Huang moves out of range of the leg kick from Shimizu.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Huang, right into the meat.
Huang throws a leg kick but Shimizu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shimizu is looking to counter the offense by Huang and move into the clinch.
Huang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shimizu misses with a body shot
and Huang counters with an inside leg kick.
Shimizu moves to clinch but Huang breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Huang.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Shimizu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shimizu blocking some punches.
Huang tries to work over Shimizu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Huang.
Shimizu taking a breather.
Huang misses with a knee strike.
Huang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Huang blocks an uppercut.
Huang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shimizu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Huang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimizu.

Huang manages to break the clinch.
Huang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Huang misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimizu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Huang was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shimizu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Huang.
Huang scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shimizu throws a leg kick but Huang sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Huang let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Shimizu missing with a left hand there. Huang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shimizu throws a head kick that misses
and Huang counters with a slapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Shimizu.
Huang tries to score with a low kick but Shimizu moves his leg out of the way.
Huang delivers a nice body kick.

Huang rushes Shimizu and presses him up against the cage.
Huang has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shimizu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huang lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Daichi Shimizu has been cut.
Huang misses with some punches.
Huang swings wildly with an uppercut but Shimizu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huang misses with a body punch.
Huang misses with a body punch.
Shimizu avoiding damage as Huang throws knees to the body.
Shimizu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Huang tries a knee to the head but Shimizu blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huang misses with an elbow strike.
Huang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shimizu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shimizu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shimizu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Huang prevents Shimizu from breaking the clinch.
Huang misses with some punches.

Huang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dongli Huang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daichi Shimizu's cut.
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!

Huang throws a leg kick but Shimizu checks it.
Shimizu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Huang connects with a leg kick. Shimizu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Huang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Huang throws a leg kick but Shimizu checks it.
Shimizu is looking for a counter combo.
Shimizu misses with a leg kick.
Shimizu misses with a series of wild punches.
Huang throws out a counter right but Shimizu avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huang does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Huang tries a low kick but Shimizu avoids it.
Shimizu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Huang keeps the fight on the outside.
Huang flicks out a counter leg kick but Shimizu steps away.
Shimizu blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huang blocks a head kick by Shimizu.
Shimizu throws a body shot but no joy.
Huang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shimizu's sensitive parts.
Shimizu slips under a jab from Huang.
Shimizu tries to counter by clinching up but Huang breaks away and moves out of range.
Shimizu misses with a body kick.
Daichi Shimizu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huang tries to clinch but Shimizu is having none of it.
Shimizu moves to clinch but Huang breaks away
and Shimizu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shimizu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sloppy strikes from Huang. Those never looked like landing.
Shimizu tries to clinch
and Huang makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Shimizu really felt that one!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shimizu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Shimizu throws a leg kick but Huang moved away.
Shimizu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Huang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Shimizu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Huang just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromShimizu.
Huang does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shimizu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Huang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Huang scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shimizu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Huang.
Shimizu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Huang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shimizu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Huang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shimizu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Huang looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimizu tries to clinch up but Huang circles away and keeps his distance.
Shimizu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Huang. Huang obviously looking to wear him down.
Huang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Huang was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Shimizu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Huang counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Huang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shimizu. That did some damage!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Huang.
Shimizu misses with a wild combination.
Huang tries to clinch up.
Both fighters circling a little - Huang finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimizu swings widly with a right hand
and Huang counters with a nice leg kick.
Huang moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Huang throws a head kick that Shimizu semi-blocks.
Huang lands a leg kick that knocks Shimizu off balance momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Huang throws a body shot but no joy.
Shimizu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Huang throws a right hand that Shimizu ducks under and follows up with a left that Shimizu also avoids with ease.
Shimizu missing with a left hand there. Huang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Huang. That's going to slow Shimizu down.
Daichi Shimizu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Huang throws a body punch but Shimizu moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dongli Huang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Huang has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dongli Huang!