Ishida akakwira muchikamu chehuremu kuti abvise James Kirkland uyo asina kumbobvira akundwa uyo rekodhi yake yaive 27<unk>0 (24 KOs), achimuwisira pasi katatu muminiti imwe nemasekondi makumi mashanu nemaviri emutambo wekutanga mumutambo wepakati-wepakati pamakumbo masere paHBO pay-per-view yakatariswa terevhizheni undercard yaErik Morales vs. Marcos Maidana paMGM Grand Las Vegas musi waApril 9, 2011, pasingasviki mwedzi mushure mekudengenyeka kwenyika kweTōhoku
. Nori Takatani (uyo aiva maneja Genaro Hernández, Oscar Albarado nevamwe), Rudy Hernández, Daisuke Okabe uye Hidenobu Honda kubva Green-Tsuda (uyo aiva shasha Japanese uye kaviri nyika zita challenger) vaiva pakona Ishida vake. Kurwisana kwacho kwakabudiswa masvondo maviri kurwisana kwacho kusati kwaitika. Munguva pfupi yekugadzirira, Ishida akadzidziswa muLas Vegas neCalifornia, kusanganisira kurwisana nevatambi vakuru vemutambo wetsiva vakaita saPeter Quillin. Pamberi pokurwisana, chikwata chaIshida chakasarudza kusambokanda zvibhakera zvakapoteredza, uye chakanga chakangwarira pamusoro penzvimbo yaaifanira kuva nayo pamhete. Mutauriri Jim Lampley akati kwakanga kuri kuora mwoyo kukuru kupfuura Buster Douglas kukunda Mike Tyson muna 1990. Yakavhotwa seUpset yeGore mu "The Ring's" 83rd Annual "Ring" Awards uye SI.com's 2011 Boxing Awards. Mukuwedzera, muRingTV.com's year-end polls ye2011, yakakwezva 22.6 muzana yevhoti yeUpset yeGore (kuisa yechitatu), uye 9.2 muzana yevhoti yeKO yeGore (kuisa yechipiri nemuganhu mukuru). Ishida haana kufara nechinzvimbo cheyaimbova shasha yenguva pfupi, uye aive achiri asina kugutsikana nekurova Kirkland padanho rakakura kudaro.