PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Glen Danzig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Ishikawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danzig comes to the cage accompanied by The Misfits- Night of the Living Dead. Ishikawa has chosen mindshift genki sudo as his entrance music. 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.

Danzig
vs
Ishikawa

175 cm
23
160 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

150 cm
37
147 lbs
36 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Arcticus
V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Glen Danzig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Ishikawa!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danzig misses with a hook.
Danzig misses with a wild combination.

Ishikawa darts in and clinches Danzig up against the cage.
Ishikawa landing knees to the body.
Danzig on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ishikawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danzig misses with some punches.
Danzig dodges an elbow strike from Ishikawa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ishikawa.
Danzig tries to throw a body punch but Ishikawa avoids it by throwing Danzig back against the cage.
We've been informed that Ishikawa has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ishikawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Danzig.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danzig tries to throw a body punch but Ishikawa avoids it by throwing Danzig back against the cage.
Ishikawa blocks a body shot from Danzig.
Danzig working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ishikawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Danzig struggles to land a body shot inside as Ishikawa controls his hands.
Ishikawa looking to throw knees to the head but Danzig is blocking nicely.
Ishikawa stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishikawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Danzig misses with a punch to the body.
Danzig keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ishikawa's efforts to push away.
Ishikawa blocks an uppercut.
Ishikawa connects with a knee to the head.
Danzig is pushing Ishikawa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Danzig lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ishikawa backwards.
Danzig lands a body punch.
Ishikawa blocks a body shot from Danzig.
Ishikawa gets through Danzig's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ishikawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Danzig makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Danzig manages to break the clinch.
Danzig circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danzig circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ishikawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danzig paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danzig clobbers Ishikawa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ishikawa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danzig avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danzig dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Danzig. That snapped Ishikawa's head back.
Ishikawa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ishikawa wants to clinch
and Danzig counters with a stiff right hand.
Danzig uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Ishikawa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Danzig struggles to land a body shot inside as Ishikawa controls his hands.
Ishikawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Danzig has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Danzig lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Danzig misses with a hook to the ribs.
Danzig lands with a left to the head.
Danzig gets through Ishikawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa taking a breather.
A short right from Ishikawa.
A left hand lands to the body for Danzig.
Danzig stalling against the cage.
Ishikawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Danzig backwards.
Ishikawa looking to throw knees to the head but Danzig is blocking nicely.

Danzig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ishikawa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Danzig.
Ishikawa moves out of range of the body kick from Danzig.
Ishikawa is looking to clinch.
Danzig lands with a nice body punch.
Danzig clobbers Ishikawa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Ishikawa rushes Danzig and presses him up against the cage.
Danzig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ishikawa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Danzig struggles to land a body shot inside as Ishikawa controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Danzig breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danzig cracks a nice hook into Ishikawa's ribs.
Danzig smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ishikawa moves in looking to clinch but Danzig pushes him off.
Ishikawa tries to clinch but Danzig moves away
and Danzig connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Danzig throws the left hand but Ishikawa avoids the punch easily.
Ishikawa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Donk. Danzig catches Ishikawa right on the button with a cross.
Danzig lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ishikawa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Danzig manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Danzig misses with an uppercut.
Ishikawa tries to clinch there but Danzig circles away.
Danzig lands a jab to Ishikawa's midsection.
Danzig is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Danzig dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danzig jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Danzig throws a shot from downtown. Ishikawa moves away and avoids it.
Ishikawa is looking to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Danzig on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glen Danzig 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.

Danzig keeps the fight on the outside.
Ishikawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danzig cracks a nice hook into Ishikawa's ribs.
Ishikawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ishikawa tries to clinch but Danzig moves out of range.
Ishikawa tries to clinch but Danzig moves out of range.
Danzig circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danzig misses with a series of wild punches.
Danzig is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ishikawa can do to turn this around?
Danzig throws a lazy right hand but Ishikawa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ishikawa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ishikawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danzig swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danzig misses with a jab, cross combination.

Ishikawa gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Danzig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danzig swats away the attempt to clinch by Ishikawa.
Danzig is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ishikawa is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Danzig coming out on top.
Ishikawa slips a jab from Danzig.
Ishikawa replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Danzig blocks it well.
Ishikawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danzig swings for the body but Ishikawa moves out of range.
Ishikawa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ishikawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danzig fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ishikawa just manages to avoid it.
Ishikawa walks into a left hand.
Glen Danzig is winning the standup battle so far.
Danzig circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danzig lands a jab to Ishikawa's midsection.

Ishikawa closes the distance and pushes Danzig back into the cage.
Danzig lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Danzig tries to break the clinch but Ishikawa is controlling the position.
Danzig on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ishikawa stalls.
Ishikawa tries a knee to the head but Danzig blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa misses with a knee to the head.
Ishikawa misses with an elbow strike.
Ishikawa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ishikawa looking to throw knees to the head but Danzig is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Danzig.
Danzig misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Danzig on the inside.
Danzig misses with some punches.
Ishikawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Danzig.
Danzig stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Danzig scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Danzig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ishikawa prevents a body shot from Danzig.
Ishikawa is trying to maintain a safe position but Danzig gets an underhook and turns Ishikawa into the cage.
Danzig looking to slow down the pace here.
Ishikawa tries to stall but Danzig uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishikawa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Danzig up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Danzig leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ishikawa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short left from Danzig.
Danzig presses Ishikawa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Danzig lands a left hand.
Akira Ishikawa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ishikawa letting Danzig take a breather here.
Ishikawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ishikawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Danzig blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ishikawa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Danzigs head.
Danzig works on Ishikawa's body with a couple of short punches.
Ishikawa misses with an elbow strike.
Ishikawa tries to land a knee to the head but Danzig blocks with his arms.
Ishikawa lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishikawa is trying to maintain a safe position but Danzig gets an underhook and turns Ishikawa into the cage.
Danzig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Danzig manages to break the clinch.
Akira Ishikawa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ishikawa moves out of range of the body kick from Danzig.
Ishikawa lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Danzig avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ishikawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ishikawa tries to clinch but Danzig is having none of it.
Ishikawa moves in looking to clinch but Danzig pushes him off.
Ishikawa moves in looking to clinch but Danzig pushes him off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danzig misses with a looping right.
Danzig is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Ishikawa has closed the distance and engaged Danzig in a clinch.
Ishikawa lands a left hand.
Danzig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ishikawa looking to slow down the pace here.
Danzig blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glen Danzig dominated that second round.
That's time! Danzig's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ishikawa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Danzig looks to land a right hand but Ishikawa moved out of range.
Danzig misses with a series of wild punches.
Danzig lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ishikawa backs up against the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from Danzig misses the target.
A combination from Danzig does no damage.
Ishikawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ishikawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danzig paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ishikawa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danzig connects with a body shot.
A big right from Danzig misses.
Ishikawa tries to clinch up but Danzig circles away and keeps his distance.
Ishikawa fails in his attempt to clinch.

Ishikawa pushes Danzig up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danzig lands a nice uppercut.
Ishikawa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Danzig tries to work over Ishikawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ishikawa misses with a knee strike.
Danzig lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ishikawa backwards.
Ishikawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Danzig is trying to stall.
Ishikawa tries to stall but Danzig uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Danzig trying to stall but Ishikawa improves his position.
Danzig avoids a wild elbow strike from Ishikawa.
Ishikawa tries to break the clinch but Danzig is controlling the position.
Ishikawa tries to stall but Danzig uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Danzig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ishikawa throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Danzig fails to land.
Ishikawa trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danzig letting Ishikawa take a breather here.

Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danzig lands with a straight right. Ishikawa didn't see that one coming.
Ishikawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ishikawa is looking to clinch but Danzig is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Danzig misses the target.
Ishikawa walks into a left hand.
Ishikawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Danzig was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ishikawa.
Ishikawa is looking to clinch but Danzig is avoiding it.
Ishikawa wants to clinch up but Danzig keeps it at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice cross by Danzig.
Danzig scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ishikawa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Danzig scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ishikawa clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Danzig.
Danzig has a couple of punches blocked by Ishikawa.
Danzig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ishikawa trying to control the position but instead, Danzig has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ishikawa into the cage.
Ishikawa working aggressively here.
Ishikawa wants to stall.
Ishikawa looking to slow down the pace here.
Ishikawa misses with an elbow strike.
Ishikawa throws an elbow that misses.
Danzig misses with a body punch.

Danzig breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ishikawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danzig swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ishikawa tries to clinch up.
Danzig was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig connects with a looping right hand.
Ishikawa is looking to clinch but Danzig is avoiding it.
Akira Ishikawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ishikawa tries to clinch up but Danzig circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloppy strikes from Danzig. Those never looked like landing.
Danzig misses with a double jab.
Danzig punishes Ishikawa's body with a nice straight punch.
Danzig wants to slow Ishikawa down by chopping away at his legs.
Ishikawa wants to clinch.
Ishikawa wants to clinch up but Danzig keeps it at a distance.
Ishikawa avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ishikawa looks to clinch
and Danzig cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ishikawa fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Glen Danzig showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Danzig, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glen Danzig!
Glen Danzig decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.