PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jim Fish (ranked 2625 p4p, 2283 weight class) and Israel Adesanya (ranked 138 p4p, 118 weight class). Adesanya has chosen Israel Adesanya Entrance Music as his entrance music. Fish has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fish
vs
Adesanya

185 cm
26
196
8 - 10 - 0

193 cm
28
184
16 - 6 - 1

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Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Israel Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fish wants to clinch.
It seemed like Adesanya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fish throws a predictable looking body shot
and Adesanya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adesanya bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fish's head backwards.

Adesanya rushes Fish and presses him up against the ropes.

Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya cracks Fish with an open hand slap.
Adesanya slips a jab from Fish.
Adesanya cracks Fish with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya tests Fish's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adesanya blocks a low kick nicely.
Fish is breathing heavily.
A jab from Adesanya does it's job there.
Adesanya takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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Some wild striking there from Adesanya.
Fish swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Adesanya has closed the distance and engaged Fish in a clinch.

Adesanya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish throws a lazy right hand but Adesanya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fish takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Fish is rocked!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Adesanya! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Israel Adesanya!
Israel Adesanya took some time post fight to say the following; 'Nos encanta una buena salida. Nos encanta una buena pelea. Esto es parte de la cultura. Directamente hacia arriba. Somos un país de raza guerrera, los maoríes. Esto es parte de nuestra cultura. Si estallara una pelea en este momento, ¿qué harían todos ustedes? Me ignorarías y verías la pelea.'.