PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dak Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moon Gunjoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ishii comes to the ring accompanied by Insane in the membrane by Cypress Hill. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Ishii
vs
Gunjoo

164 cm
23
137 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

165 cm
23
136 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dak Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Moon Gunjoo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunjoo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gunjoo loads up on a big right hand but Ishii slips the punch.
Gunjoo lands with a kick to the temple. Ishii shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Dak Ishii has been cut.

Ishii looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ishii passes to side control.
Gunjoo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ishii cracks Gunjoo with a big right hand but Gunjoo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gunjoo defending against the ground and pound.
Gunjoo is trying to get back to half guard.
Ishii prevents Gunjoo from escaping the position.
Ishii lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gunjoo down.

Ishii is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gunjoo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gunjoo prevents Ishii from moving into mount.
Gunjoo is pushing Ishii's head away, looking to escape. Ishii manages to hold on to the position though.
Gunjoo prevents Ishii from moving into mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunjoo is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Ishii has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Ishii has hold of Gunjoo's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Gunjoo tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Ishii cranks the arm and Gunjoo screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Gunjoo, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Dak Ishii!