PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kosuke Ishimura (ranked 4797 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Palelei (ranked 5592 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ishimura
vs
Palelei

197 cm
28
250 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

190 cm
38
265 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kosuke Ishimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soa Palelei!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishimura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ishimura moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Palelei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ishimura.
Palelei throws a fast counter high kick but Ishimura manages to duck under it in time.
An inside leg kick lands from Palelei.
Palelei needs to keep his hands up - Ishimura had a free shot at his head there.
Ishimura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Palelei throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ishimura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Palelei's calf.
A combination from Palelei does no damage.
Nice body kick there by Ishimura.
Ishimura dips to his left and cracks Palelei with an uppercut!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ishimura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palelei.
Palelei looks to land a left hand but Ishimura moved out of range nicely.
Palelei misses with an uppercut. Ishimura saw that one coming.
Ishimura jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ishimura thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Palelei if he has to take too many more of those.
No luck for Palelei with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Palelei catches Ishimura right on the button with a cross.
Palelei moves out of range of the leg kick from Ishimura.
Ishimura lands a two punch combo.
Palelei looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ishimura throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Palelei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ishimura with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Palelei takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ishimura misses with a body kick.
Palelei avoids a kick to the body.
Ishimura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ishimura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Palelei.
Palelei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ishimura throws a leg kick but Palelei sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ishimura's jab looks to have found its range, popping Palelei under the eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ishimura lands with a nice combination. Palelei backs away looking to recover.
Ishimura lands a head shot.
Ishimura thuds his right hand into Palelei's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Palelei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Palelei blocks a head kick by Ishimura.
Ishimura is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ishimura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palelei.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ishimura.
A combination from Ishimura does no damage.
Palelei comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Palelei changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Palelei lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Kosuke Ishimura has been cut.
Ishimura is breathing heavily.
Ishimura misses with a hook. Palelei ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Palelei was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ishimura throws a right hand that misses
and Palelei counters with a big left hand that crumples Ishimura! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Soa Palelei!
A relieved looking Soa Palelei thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.