PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Mateusz Biernat (ranked 7003 p4p, 754 weight class) and Isoroku Nagumo (ranked 7665 p4p, 780 weight class). Biernat comes to the ring accompanied by Aleja Gwiazd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Biernat
vs
Nagumo

177 cm
24
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Big heart

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 London, Mateusz Biernat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Isoroku Nagumo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biernat takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Biernat is struggling to control the position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Biernat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mateusz Biernat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Biernat takes the fight into the clinch.

Biernat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nagumo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nagumo moves in looking to clinch but Biernat pushes him off.

Biernat forces Nagumo back against the ropes and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Biernat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Biernat pushes Nagumo up against the ropes in a clinch.

Nagumo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Nagumo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Biernat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nagumo fails with an attempt to clinch.

Biernat clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Biernat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nagumo is looking to clinch but Biernat is avoiding it.
Biernat takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Biernat throws a right and a left that Nagumo avoids nicely.
Nagumo scores with a body shot.
Nagumo connects with a jab.
Biernat misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nagumo jabs Biernat to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A punch combination from Biernat misses.
Nagumo lands a nice shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nagumo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Biernat on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nagumo tries to keep at a distance but Biernat has taken the fight into the clinch.
Biernat keeps control of Nagumo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Nagumo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good exchange - Nagumo coming out on top.
Nagumo moves in looking to clinch but Biernat pushes him off.
Biernat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagumo moves in looking to clinch but Biernat pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biernat misses with a double jab
and Nagumo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Biernat has Nagumo up against the ropes in a clinch.

Biernat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Biernat clinches up with Nagumo and pushes him back against the ropes.
Biernat lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nagumo tries to work over Biernat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Biernat.
Nagumo wants to break free but Biernat has control.

Biernat breaks from the clinch.
Nagumo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagumo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nagumo moves into range and connects with a jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Biernat slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biernat misses with an elbow over the top.
Nagumo managing to block the knees to the body from Biernat.
Nagumo tries to break the clinch but Biernat is controlling the position.

Biernat breaks the clinch.
Biernat misses with a wild combination.
Nagumo avoids the head kick by Biernat.
Nagumo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nagumo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nagumo connects with a right hand. Biernat shakes it off.
Nagumo tries to clinch there but Biernat circles away.
Nagumo is looking to clinch.
Nagumo cracks Biernat with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Nagumo tests Biernat's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Biernat takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Biernat gets a clinch.

Biernat manages to break the clinch.
Nagumo punishes Biernat's body with a nice straight punch.

Biernat moves into the clinch.
Biernat tries a knee to the head but Nagumo blocks it.
Nagumo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nagumo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nagumo looking to slow down the pace here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Biernat takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Biernat lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Biernat prevents Nagumo from breaking the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Biernat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Biernat takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Biernat takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Isoroku Nagumo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Good shot there by Nagumo.
Biernat connects with an inside leg kick.
Biernat misses with a wild combination.
Nagumo connects with a body shot.
Nagumo blocks a head kick by Biernat.
Isoroku Nagumo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Biernat walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nagumo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
No joy there for Biernat, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Nagumo gets tackled into the ropes by Biernat. Biernat maintains the clinch.
Biernat has Nagumo pressed against the ropes, preventing Nagumo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Biernat breaks the clinch.
Biernat misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Biernat walks into a jab.
Biernat tries to clinch but Nagumo moves away
and Nagumo counters with a left and a right that stings Biernat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right-left combo lands from Nagumo.

Biernat is rocked!
Biernat throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nagumo.
Nagumo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Biernat's head.
Oh Biernat is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Biernat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Nagumo wants to stall.
Mateusz Biernat has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagumo looking to slow down the pace here.
Biernat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nagumo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Biernat seems to have got his legs back now.
Nagumo misses with some punches.
Biernat taking a breather.
Biernat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nagumo looking to stall.
Biernat misses with a body punch.
Biernat keeps control of Nagumo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nagumo being controlled against the ropes.
Nagumo is trying to break the clinch but Biernat is controlling him.
Nagumo is trying to break free.
Biernat is pushing Nagumo up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nagumo tries to circle away but Biernat has him pinned against the ropes.

Biernat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nagumo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Biernat tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Nagumo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nagumo works Biernat's body with a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nagumo, as that shot connected.
Jab by Nagumo.

Nagumo tries to keep at a distance but Biernat has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nagumo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Biernat breaks the clinch.
Biernat takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Biernat throws a wild body kick that Nagumo sees coming a mile off.
A shot to the liver by Nagumo. Beautiful body shot.
Nagumo lands a nice hook to Biernat's body. Biernat takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nagumo gets a clinch.
Nagumo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Biernat breaks from the clinch.
Nagumo lands a nice shot that snaps Biernat's head back.
Biernat looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Biernat moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Biernat throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nagumo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nagumo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagumo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Biernat has managed to clinch.

Biernat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Biernat on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Biernat clinches with his opponent.

Nagumo breaks the clinch.
Biernat misses with a two punch combination.

Biernat closes the distance and clinches.
Nagumo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Biernat manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagumo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nagumo digs a good hook to Biernat's body.
Nagumo scores with a hook.
Biernat takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Biernat fails in his attempt to clinch.

Biernat gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Biernat lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Biernat keeps control of Nagumo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Biernat is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nagumo is keeping busy.
Nagumo is looking to control Biernat's arms but Biernat gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nagumo has his back to the ropes.
Nagumo tries to break free but Biernat pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Biernat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nagumo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Biernat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isoroku Nagumo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nagumo doesn't manage to clinch there - Biernat circles away.
Nagumo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nagumo works the jab nicely.
Biernat throws a series of punches but Nagumo moves out of range.

Biernat clinches up against the ropes.

Biernat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nagumo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Biernat gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Biernat.
Biernat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nagumo is defending well for now.
Biernat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nagumo is defending well for now.
Nagumo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Biernat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Biernat fails in his attempt to clinch.
Biernat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nagumo lands a jab to Biernat's midsection.
Biernat slips a jab and a cross from Nagumo.

Biernat rushes Nagumo and presses him up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Biernat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A good leg kick by Biernat.

Nagumo moves into range and clinches up with Biernat.

Biernat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nagumo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nagumo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Biernat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Nagumo tries to circle away but Biernat has him pinned against the ropes.
Biernat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Biernat leaning against his opponent.

Biernat manages to break the clinch.
Nagumo wants to clinch up but Biernat keeps it at a distance.
Nagumo avoids the head kick by Biernat.
Nagumo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nagumo misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Biernat was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nagumo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nagumo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Biernat rushes Nagumo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biernat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nagumo's efforts to push away.
Nagumo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee is keeping an eye on Biernat - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nagumo wants to get back to striking at distance but Biernat won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Biernat.
Biernat has Nagumo pressed against the ropes, preventing Nagumo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nagumo trying to control the position but instead, Biernat has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nagumo into the ropes.
Biernat taking a breather.
Nagumo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Biernat breaks the clinch.
Biernat tries to clinch up
and Nagumo counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Biernat forces Nagumo back against the ropes and clinches.

Biernat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nagumo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Biernat swinging wildly here.

Nagumo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Nagumo breaks from the clinch.
Nagumo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nagumo duly obliges.
Biernat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Biernat tries to clinch up.
Nagumo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Biernat momentarily.
Biernat fails in his attempt to clinch.
Biernat tries to clinch but Nagumo moves out of range.
Nagumo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nagumo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagumo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagumo tries to clinch but Biernat moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Biernat looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nagumo tries to clinch but Biernat moves out of range.
Biernat throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nagumo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nagumo scores with a jab. Biernat acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nagumo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Biernat moves into the clinch successfully.
Biernat lands a nice uppercut.
Nagumo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nagumo is trying to break the clinch but Biernat has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Biernat.
Biernat is pushing Nagumo up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Biernat manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Isoroku Nagumo.
I've got Nagumo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isoroku Nagumo!