PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Uoi Ishida (ranked 9201 p4p, 776 weight class) and Awano Shibusawa (ranked 8624 p4p, 747 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.

Ishida
vs
Shibusawa

179 cm
23
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Uoi Ishida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Awano Shibusawa!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shibusawa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Uoi Ishida has been cut.
Shibusawa works Ishida's body with a nice hook.
Uoi Ishida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Shibusawa misses.

Shibusawa forces Ishida back against the ropes and clinches.
Shibusawa prevents Ishida from breaking the clinch.
Ishida working aggressively here.
Ishida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Shibusawa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shibusawa. Ishida does a little dance to reset his feet.

Ishida moves into the clinch.

Ishida manages to break the clinch.
Ishida misses with a series of wild punches.
Shibusawa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ishida misses with a double jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ishida misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishida takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ishida wants to clinch.

Shibusawa closes the distance and pushes Ishida back into the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ishida.
A head punch on the inside from Ishida fails to land.
Shibusawa wants to break free but Ishida has control.
Shibusawa is stalling here.
Shibusawa pressing his opponent against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shibusawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ishida walks into a jab.

Uoi Ishida's cut is getting worse.
Ishida fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shibusawa scores with a hook to the body. Ishida takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ishida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Shibusawa has Ishida up against the ropes in a clinch.
Shibusawa leaning against his opponent.
Shibusawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ishida is looking to break free of the clinch but Shibusawa has double underhooks.
Ishida is pushing Shibusawa up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Our sources have told us that Ishida has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Shibusawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ishida backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Awano Shibusawa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uoi Ishida's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ishida tries to clinch but Shibusawa moves out of range.
Ishida moves in looking to clinch but Shibusawa pushes him off.
Ishida misses with a jab, cross combination.

Shibusawa closes the distance and pushes Ishida back into the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Shibusawa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ishida misses with a punch on the inside.

Ishida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Ishida. Those never looked like landing.
Ishida misses with a few strikes there.
Ishida tries to clinch there but Shibusawa circles away.
Ishida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishida is looking to clinch but Shibusawa is avoiding it.
Shibusawa scores with a jab to the head.
Ishida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Shibusawa counters by moving into the clinch.

Shibusawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ishida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shibusawa wants to counter with a clinch but Ishida pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibusawa lands a jab to the nose.
Ishida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Uoi Ishida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shibusawa closes the distance and catches Ishida with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Ishida is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Ishida is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Ishida is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Shibusawa takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Awano Shibusawa!