PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tatsuya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Williamson's choice of entrance music: Iggy Pop - Lust For Life . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aoki
vs
Williamson

178 cm
33
181 lbs
26 - 13 - 1

170 cm
37
185 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent boxing
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tatsuya Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Simon Williamson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williamson misses with a wild combination.
Williamson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aoki.
Williamson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williamson misses with a combination

and Aoki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aoki.
Williamson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Aoki trying to land knees to the body.
Williamson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki working hard to break the clinch.
Williamson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
Aoki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aoki tries to land knees in the clinch but Williamson avoids the damage to the body.
Aoki can't find room to land a body shot as Williamson controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Aoki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williamson misses with a left hand

and Aoki counters by moving into the clinch.
Williamson is struggling to control the position.
Aoki looking to slow down the pace here.
Williamson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Aoki breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson throws a jab but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aoki. Williamson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simon Williamson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williamson. Aoki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aoki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williamson was well out of range. Poor timing from Aoki.
Nice straight punches there by Aoki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Aoki.
Williamson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Williamson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williamson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aoki manages to avoid it.
Williamson tries to clinch up but Aoki circles away and keeps his distance.
Williamson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Aoki does no damage.
Aoki misses with a series of wild punches.
Williamson misses with a right hand

and Aoki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Aoki slows down the pace here.
Williamson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Aoki stalling the fight.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Williamson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williamson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williamson misses with a knee to the head.
Williamson lands a right hand.
Aoki can't break the clinch.
Williamson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williamson swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki tries to circle away but Williamson has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Aoki tries to circle away but Williamson has him pinned against the cage.
Williamson throws an elbow that misses.
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 Tatsuya Aoki will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Aoki slips under a jab.
Williamson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williamson throws a right hand that misses

and Aoki moves into the clinch.
Aoki is trying to maintain a safe position but Williamson gets an underhook and turns Aoki into the cage.

Aoki breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Aoki misses its intended target.
Decent striking displayed by Williamson there.
Williamson misses with a straight left.
Williamson misses with a series of wild punches.
Aoki throws a nice looking combination but Williamson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aoki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williamson throws out a loose jab but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williamson defending well as Aoki loads up on a big left hand.
Williamson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Williamson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aoki.
Williamson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Williamson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Aoki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Williamson stalling in the clinch but Aoki improves position.
Aoki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williamson misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki can't break the clinch.
Aoki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki is looking to break free of the clinch but Williamson has double underhooks.
Aoki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Williamson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Williamson tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Williamson back against the cage.
Williamson avoiding damage.

Aoki breaks from the clinch.
Williamson scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williamson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aoki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aoki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williamson misses with a wild body shot.
Williamson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aoki.
Aoki throws a right hand that Williamson ducks under and follows up with a left that Williamson also avoids with ease.
Williamson misses with a wild body shot.
Aoki cracks a nice hook into Williamson's ribs.
Aoki is looking to wear down Williamson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Aoki slips a straight right by Williamson.
Williamson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aoki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki dodges the punch combination from Williamson.
Aoki lands a glancing blow to the side of Williamson's head.
Aoki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Williamson at a distance.
Aoki lands with a hook. Williamson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tatsuya Aoki is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williamson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Aoki throws an overhand right that has Williamson reeling! Aoki follows up with more punches and Williamson is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tatsuya Aoki!
A relieved looking Tatsuya Aoki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.