PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kula Leumpei (ranked 6062 p4p, 491 weight class) and Takeru Ishii (ranked 23933 p4p, 509 weight class). Takeru Ishii has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Leumpei
vs
Ishii

180 cm
27
165 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

170 cm
27
138 lbs
4 - 4 - 2

Excellent MT
Experienced

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kula Leumpei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takeru Ishii!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leumpei throws a sloppy head kick and Ishii moves out of range easily.
Leumpei swats away the attempt to clinch by Ishii.
Leumpei thinks about countering with a head kick.
Ishii throws a leg kick but Leumpei sees it coming and moves out of range.
Leumpei seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ishii blocks a head kick by Leumpei.
Ishii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leumpei lands with a kick to the temple. Ishii shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ishii tries to clinch but Leumpei moves out of range.

Leumpei has managed to clinch.
Ishii throws a head punch that misses.
Leumpei tries to land knees in the clinch but Ishii avoids the damage to the body.
Ishii throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ishii.
Leumpei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ishii blocks it with crossed arms.
Leumpei takes an elbow to the forehead.
Leumpei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ishii blocks it with crossed arms.
Ishii lands a right hand that snaps the head of Leumpei backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ishii lands an uppercut.
Leumpei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ishii is defending well for now.
Ishii scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Ishii.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leumpei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ishii is defending well for now.
Leumpei tries to land knees in the clinch but Ishii avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ishii just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leumpei's brow.
Leumpei scores with a shot to the side of Ishii's head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ishii throws an elbow but misses.
Ishii managing to block the knees to the body from Leumpei.
Ishii lands a nice elbow.
Ishii misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ishii.
Ishii misses with the head strike.
Ishii avoiding damage as Leumpei throws knees to the body.
Leumpei tries to land a knee to the head but Ishii blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ishii just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leumpei's brow.
Leumpei unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ishii lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ishii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leumpei is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Leumpei.
Ishii lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishii throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Leumpei takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Ishii.
Ishii lands an elbow inside that Leumpei shrugs off.
Ishii lands an elbow inside that Leumpei shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Leumpeis head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ishii creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ishii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leumpei tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ishii throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ishii.
Ishii lands with a left to the head.
Ishii lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ishii working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Leumpei avoids the elbow strike from Ishii, against the ropes.
Ishii misses with an elbow strike.
Leumpei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ishii.
Ishii creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Leumpei's defenses.
Leumpei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ishii avoids it.
Leumpei trying to land knees to the body.
Ishii avoiding damage as Leumpei throws knees to the body.
Leumpei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Ishii.
Ishii throws an elbow but it misses.
Ishii lands a nice uppercut.
Ishii lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ishii on the inside.
Leumpei avoids the elbow strike from Ishii, against the ropes.
Ishii lands a right hand.
Leumpei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ishii is defending well for now.
Ishii throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leumpei blocks an elbow strike from Ishii.
Ishii gets through Leumpei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Leumpei blocks the elbow strike.
Ishii managing to block the knees to the body from Leumpei.
A short right from Ishii on the inside.
Ishii throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ishii comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ishii softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Leumpei blocks an elbow strike from Ishii.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ishii.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leumpei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ishii avoids it.
Ishii gets through Leumpei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Leumpei trying to land knees to the body.
Leumpei blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Ishii.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishii working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ishii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ishii pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ishii creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Leumpei misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ishii just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leumpei's brow.
Leumpei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ishii.
Leumpei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ishii avoids it.
Ishii throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leumpei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ishii.
Ishii scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ishii lands a nice uppercut.
Ishii misses with an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Ishii.
A short uppercut from Ishii.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice left hand lands by Ishii.
Ishii lands an elbow that stopped Leumpei in his tracks for a moment.

Leumpei is rocked!
Ishii misses with an elbow strike.
Oh Leumpei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ishii lands an elbow inside that Leumpei shrugs off.
Ishii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ishii.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ishii scores with a hook.
Takeru Ishii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ishii scores with a nice strike.
Leumpei 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 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Takeru Ishii!