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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Simon Hall (ranked 6651 p4p, 90 weight class) and Isiah Yesaya (ranked 5934 p4p, 159 weight class). Yesaya has chosen Rivers of Babylon as his entrance music. Isiah Yesaya is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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295 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
Solid Muay Thai
KO power
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Simon Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Isiah Yesaya!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall closes the distance and clinches.
Hall putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yesaya in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hall is trying to maintain a safe position but Yesaya gets an underhook and turns Hall into the ropes.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hall leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Hall has had enough of the clinch but Yesaya keeps him there for the moment.
Yesaya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Yesaya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yesaya has Hall pressed against the ropes, preventing Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yesaya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yesaya manages to break the clinch.
Yesaya swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yesaya dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Yesaya throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yesaya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Yesaya looks to move away, Hall throws a big counter combo but Yesaya just gets out of the way.
Yesaya doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
Hall has taken the fight to the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Yesaya.
Yesaya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hall taking a breather.
Yesaya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall letting Yesaya take a breather here.
Hall breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall blocks the body kick.
Yesaya thuds his right hand into Hall's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yesaya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hall throwing a counter right hand but Yesaya manages to avoid it.
Hall moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yesaya as Hall tries to tie him up.
Yesaya avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Yesaya blocking some punches.
Yesaya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on Hall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yesaya is struggling to control the position.
Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yesaya slips a jab and a cross from Hall.
Hall moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromYesaya.
Yesaya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yesaya lands a right hook to the body.
Yesaya pushes Hall up against the ropes in a clinch.
Yesaya'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.
Hall misses with an elbow over the top.
We've been informed that Yesaya has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yesaya has him pressed against the ropes.
Hall slowing the pace effectively.
Hall throws an elbow that misses.
Hall tries to break the clinch but Yesaya is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to circle away but Yesaya has him pinned against the ropes.
Hall wants to stall.
Yesaya stalling in the clinch but Hall improves position.
Yesaya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yesaya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yesaya has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yesaya is keeping busy.
Hall holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Yesaya lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isiah Yesaya dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yesaya rushes Hall and presses him up against the ropes.
Yesaya lands with a left to the head.
Hall wants to break free but Yesaya has control.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
Yesaya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yesaya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall rushes Yesaya and presses him up against the ropes.
Hall wants to break free but Yesaya has control.
Yesaya trying to stall but Hall improves his position.
Yesaya keeps control of Hall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yesaya lands with a light punch inside.
Hall working hard to break the clinch.
Hall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yesaya keeps control of Hall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yesaya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hall's efforts to push away.
Yesaya trying to control the position but instead, Hall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yesaya into the ropes.
Hall just leaning against Yesaya, taking a breather.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hall seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Yesaya breaks the clinch.
Yesaya fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simon Hall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hall swats away the attempt to clinch by Yesaya.
Hall pushes Yesaya up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yesaya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hall is trying to break free.
Yesaya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yesaya can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.
Hall working hard to break the clinch.
Yesaya digs a right hand underneath Hall's ribcage. Hall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yesaya taking a breather.
Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yesaya has him pressed against the ropes.
Yesaya trying to stall but Hall improves his position.
Yesaya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hall's efforts to push away.
Hall wants to break free but Yesaya has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
Yesaya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A big left from Yesaya misses.
Yesaya gets a clinch.
Yesaya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Yesaya has Hall pressed against the ropes, preventing Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yesaya trying to land knees to the body.
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Hall is looking to control Yesaya's arms but Yesaya gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hall has his back to the ropes.
Yesaya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall tries to break the clinch but Yesaya is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yesaya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yesaya tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.
Hall blocks a head kick by Yesaya.
Yesaya throws a head kick but Hall moves out of range.
Yesaya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yesaya clinches up against the ropes.
Hall taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Hall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A left hand lands to the body for Yesaya.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yesaya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yesaya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Yesaya rushes Hall and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isiah Yesaya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Yesaya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hall breaks from the clinch.
Hall throws out a loose jab but Yesaya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yesaya tries a head kick but it misses.
Yesaya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yesaya clinches with his opponent.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Yesaya.
A bit of stalling here from Yesaya.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Isiah Yesaya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Yesaya.
Yesaya breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yesaya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yesaya lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hall will feel that in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yesaya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Isiah Yesaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yesaya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Yesaya misses with a head kick.
Hall is looking for a counter combo.
Yesaya throws a head kick but Hall moves out of range.
Yesaya darts in and clinches Hall up against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice left hand lands by Yesaya.
Yesaya stalling the fight.
Yesaya misses with a knee strike.
Yesaya prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yesaya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hall's efforts to push away.
Yesaya manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Yesaya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yesaya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yesaya has Hall pressed against the ropes.
Yesaya scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
Hall is rocked!
Hall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oh Hall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yesaya cracks Hall with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Hall goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Hall wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Isiah Yesaya!
A victorious Isiah Yesaya thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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