PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ishi Kiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoo Gun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gun has chosen Sabotage as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Kiki
vs
Gun

173 cm
32
167 lbs
25 - 18 - 1

172 cm
26
142 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*

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 25 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ishi Kiki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yoo Gun!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gun.
Kiki throws a body punch but Gun moves out of range.
Kiki has his takedown stuffed
and Gun counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kiki slips under a jab from Gun.
Gun throws a solid leg kick but Kiki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gun.
Ishi Kiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gun slips a jab and a cross from Kiki.
Gun throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kiki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kiki shoots for a takedown but Gun saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gun swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kiki.
Gun throws a series of punches but Kiki avoids them all with ease.
Kiki throws a body punch but Gun moves out of range.
Gun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Gun - just one landing.
Kiki thows a body shot but no joy.
Kiki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gun swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kiki.
The fighters circling - Gun throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kiki shoots in looking for a takedown but Gun manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kiki's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ishi Kiki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gun tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice jab there from Kiki.
Kiki scores with the left hand. Gun knows he should have avoided that one.
Kiki missing with a left hand there. Gun was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gun dodges the punch combination from Kiki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gun takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A telegraphed right hand from Kiki misses the target.
Gun thows a body shot but no joy.
Kiki throws out a loose jab but Gun uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gun moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Gun there.
Gun tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiki was well out of range. Poor timing from Gun.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gun to score with a decent uppercut.
Gun avoids the body shot from Kiki.
Kiki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gun avoids the body shot from Kiki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kiki fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gun to the ground. Kiki is now in Gun's guard.
Kiki looking to pass the guard.

Kiki has gone for a leg lock! Gun slips out almost immediately though and dives into Kiki's guard.
Gun wants to get up but he can't break Kiki's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Kiki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kiki wants to hit a switch here but Gun passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kiki there!
Kiki tries to reverse the position but Gun maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gun controlling the position easily from mount.
Kiki tries to hold on but Gun postures up.
Kiki sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kiki makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kiki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kiki wants to sweep here but Gun controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gun gets to his feet - Kiki follows without any prompting.
Kiki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ishi Kiki will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gun blocks a low kick nicely.
Kiki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gun throws a front kick aimed at Kiki's knee but Kiki avoids it well.
Gun uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kiki is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gun takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kiki checks a leg kick.
Gun bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kiki's head.
Kiki looks to score with a jab to the body but Gun is just out of range.
Kiki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kiki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gun manages to avoid it.
Kiki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gun moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiki misses with a body shot.
Gun throws a hook but Kiki blocks it.
Gun misses with a double jab
and Kiki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gun checks a leg kick.
Kiki misses with a hook. Gun ducked under it nicely.
Kiki is looking to wear down Gun with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kiki throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gun counters with a nice leg kick.
Kiki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gun.
Kiki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kiki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gun.
Gun steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kiki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gun blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Kiki.
Ishi Kiki is winning the standup battle so far.
Kiki slips under a jab from Gun.
Kiki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kiki throws a hook to the side of Gun's head but Gun sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kiki moves away.
Gun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gun connects with a looping right hand.
Kiki throws a combination that misses
and Gun cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kiki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kiki scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kiki misses with a wild body shot.
Kiki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gun lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Gun.
A slow jab from Kiki misses its intended target.
Kiki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kiki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kiki misses the shot to the body.
Yoo Gun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gun avoids the body shot from Kiki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiki thuds a left hand into Gun's body.
Kiki misses with an uppercut
and Gun counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gun chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gun pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kiki misses the shot to the body.
Kiki moves out of range of the strikes.
Kiki throws a right hand that misses
and Gun counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gun chopping away at his opponent's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kiki misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiki misses with a combination
and Kiki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ishi Kiki dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Kiki throws a head kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gun.
A cross from Kiki lands.
Gun defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kiki.
Gun cracks the inside of Kiki's front leg.
Kiki dives in and grabs Gun's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gun pushes down on Kiki's head and hops out.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gun.
Gun pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kiki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gun. Gun obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice shot lands for Gun.
Kiki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kiki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ishi Kiki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiki throws a poor cross that misses
and Gun counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gun lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gun lands a high kick!
Kiki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kiki looks to score with a jab to the body but Gun is just out of range.
Kiki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Gun.
Gun throws a head kick that misses.
Gun slips a straight right by Kiki.
Gun tries to work over Kiki's front leg with a kick but Kiki checks it.
Yoo Gun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kiki, as that shot connected.
Gun blocks a jab.
Kiki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Kiki bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gun is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Kiki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kiki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kiki tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiki misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Kiki tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gun's legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Kiki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Kiki goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Gun has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Kiki but great work by Gun.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gun decides to stand up, so the ref orders Kiki to his feet.
Kiki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gun.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ishi Kiki.
Well Kiki has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ishi Kiki!