PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Takeru Ishii (ranked 24049 p4p, 6366 weight class) and Namsaknoi Yudthangarngamtorn (ranked 628 p4p, 524 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.

Ishii
vs
Yudthangarngamtorn

170 cm
29
127
14 - 18 - 2

175 cm
25
160
2 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 14 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takeru Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Namsaknoi Yudthangarngamtorn!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Ishii misses.
Yudthangarngamtorn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yudthangarngamtorn connects with a high kick.
Yudthangarngamtorn scores with a head kick.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ishii paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ishii avoids a kick to the body.
Yudthangarngamtorn wants to clinch up but Ishii keeps it at a distance.
Nice body kick from Yudthangarngamtorn.
Yudthangarngamtorn moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yudthangarngamtorn missing with a left hand there. Ishii was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yudthangarngamtorn slips a jab and a cross from Ishii.
Yudthangarngamtorn flicks out a counter leg kick but Ishii steps away.
Ishii tries to clinch up.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yudthangarngamtorn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ishii.
Ishii tries to clinch but Yudthangarngamtorn moves out of range.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands a head kick!
A left lands for Ishii.
Ishii motions for Yudthangarngamtorn to come forward. Ishii throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yudthangarngamtorn is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries a head kick but it misses.
Good work by Yudthangarngamtorn as he checks the leg kick.
Ishii ducks under a wild hook from Yudthangarngamtorn.

Ishii clinches up against the ropes.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ishii backwards.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to throw a body punch but Ishii avoids it by throwing Yudthangarngamtorn back against the ropes.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a head punch that misses.
Yudthangarngamtorn blocking some punches.
Yudthangarngamtorn pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Ishii avoids a wild elbow strike from Yudthangarngamtorn.
Yudthangarngamtorn misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ishii fails to land.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ishii avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ishii throws an elbow but misses.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands a shoulder strike.
Ishii throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yudthangarngamtorn misses with an elbow strike.
Yudthangarngamtorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ishii blocks an uppercut.
Ishii throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ishii just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yudthangarngamtorn's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Ishii fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ishii just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yudthangarngamtorn's brow.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yudthangarngamtorn blocking some punches.
Ishii avoiding damage as Yudthangarngamtorn throws knees to the body.
Ishii throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Yudthangarngamtorn fails to land.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ishii avoids it.

Yudthangarngamtorn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yudthangarngamtorn wants to clinch.
Yudthangarngamtorn with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Namsaknoi Yudthangarngamtorn dominated that round.
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.

Yudthangarngamtorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Ishii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ishii clinches with his opponent.
Ishii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ishii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ishii lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yudthangarngamtorn backwards.
Yudthangarngamtorn can't find room to land a body shot as Ishii controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Ishii.
A short uppercut from Yudthangarngamtorn.
Yudthangarngamtorn misses with a punch to the body.
Yudthangarngamtorn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yudthangarngamtorn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yudthangarngamtorn misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ishii fails to land.
Yudthangarngamtorn blocks the elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yudthangarngamtorn takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Yudthangarngamtorn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Yudthangarngamtorn fails to land.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands a nice elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands a nice knee to the body.
Ishii lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Namsaknoi Yudthangarngamtorn has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ishii misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Yudthangarngamtorn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ishii's brow.
Ishii lands a damaging elbow.
Ishii lands a nice uppercut.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to circle away but Ishii has him pinned against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Ishii fails to land.
Ishii lands an elbow that stopped Yudthangarngamtorn in his tracks for a moment.
Yudthangarngamtorn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yudthangarngamtorn.
Ishii swings wildly with an uppercut but Yudthangarngamtorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ishii blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ishii throws an elbow but misses.
Ishii lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Yudthangarngamtorn fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ishii as Yudthangarngamtorn tries to tie him up.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands an elbow just above Ishii 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yudthangarngamtorn blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Ishii.
Yudthangarngamtorn is looking to control Ishii's arms but Ishii gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yudthangarngamtorn has his back to the ropes.

Yudthangarngamtorn breaks from the clinch.
Yudthangarngamtorn looks for the body kick but Ishii saw that one coming.
Yudthangarngamtorn checks a low kick from Ishii.
Yudthangarngamtorn is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Yudthangarngamtorn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ishii if he has to take too many more of those.
Yudthangarngamtorn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A quick step to the side and Ishii tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ishii 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.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ishii cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ishii wants to slow Yudthangarngamtorn down by chopping away at his legs.
Yudthangarngamtorn appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Namsaknoi Yudthangarngamtorn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ishii lands an overhand right.
Ishii throws a leg kick but Yudthangarngamtorn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yudthangarngamtorn wants to counter with a clinch but Ishii pushes him away.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ishii displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yudthangarngamtorn throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ishii takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A jab from Yudthangarngamtorn misses.
A little feinted left hand from Ishii on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice shot by Ishii.
Yudthangarngamtorn fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Takeru Ishii will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Namsaknoi Yudthangarngamtorn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Yudthangarngamtorn throws a lazy body kick
and Ishii counters with a left to the body.
Ishii lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ishii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to land a front kick but Ishii steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ishii tries to score with a low kick but Yudthangarngamtorn moves his leg out of the way.
Some bone on bone action there as Yudthangarngamtorn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ishii blocks a head kick by Yudthangarngamtorn.
Ishii tries to counter by clinching up but Yudthangarngamtorn breaks away and moves out of range.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a head kick that misses.
Ishii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yudthangarngamtorn connects with the punch.
Yudthangarngamtorn has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Yudthangarngamtorn wants to land a leg kick but Ishii is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yudthangarngamtorn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ishii.
Ishii scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yudthangarngamtorn is looking to clinch but Ishii is avoiding it.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ishii darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to land a front kick but Ishii steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ishii wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yudthangarngamtorn walks into a stiff left hand from Ishii.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to land a front kick but Ishii steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ishii avoids a kick to the body.
Yudthangarngamtorn moves in looking to clinch but Ishii pushes him off.
Ishii throws a leg kick but Yudthangarngamtorn moved away.
Yudthangarngamtorn throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ishii counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yudthangarngamtorn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ishii catches Yudthangarngamtorn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ishii swats away the attempt to clinch by Yudthangarngamtorn.
Ishii wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Ishii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yudthangarngamtorn misses with the body kick
and Ishii counters with a stiff right hand.
Ishii throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ishii wants to slow Yudthangarngamtorn down by chopping away at his legs.
A head kick misses from Yudthangarngamtorn.

Ishii clinches up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yudthangarngamtorn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yudthangarngamtorn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ishii avoids the damage to the body.
Ishii pushes off an throws an elbow but Yudthangarngamtorn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Ishii lands an elbow inside that Yudthangarngamtorn shrugs off.

Yudthangarngamtorn is rocked!
Ishii lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yudthangarngamtorn backwards.
Yudthangarngamtorn is still on wobbly legs! Can Ishii finish him?
Ishii breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Yudthangarngamtorn with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Yudthangarngamtorn looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Yudthangarngamtorn get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Takeru Ishii!