PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kidney Stone (ranked 2508 p4p, 135 weight class) and Yasol Kim (ranked 3399 p4p, 178 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Stone might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppord. 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.

Stone
vs
Kim

169 cm
34
139 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

175 cm
26
147 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kidney Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yasol Kim!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kim gets a clinch.
Kim can't find room to land a body shot as Stone controls the action.
Kim tries to score a body lock takedown but Stone shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Kim pulls guard.
Stone trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Kim manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Stone had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kim defends it easily.
Kim pushing down on Stone's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone is doing well to control the position and prevent Kim from advancing to side control.
Kim controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone is trying to control but Kim passes into side control!
Stone trying to remain calm as Kim controls from the top position.
Kim is looking to take a break and control but Stone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kim is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Stone will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Stone can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two 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.
Stone is looking to reverse the position.
Kim working the strikes but Stone uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Stone controlling the position well.
Stone has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kim is working away from the top position though.
Kim not doing much here.
Kim trying to control from half guard but Stone is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim wants to clinch.
Kim has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Stone is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Stone slips a straight right by Kim.
Stone throws a nice head kick!
Stone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kim shoots in but no luck this time.
Stone wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Stone throws a head kick that misses.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kim gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stone.
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stone.
Stone tests Kim's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Kim does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a push kick but Kim slaps the foot to one side.
Stone connects with an inside leg kick.
Kim thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stone lands a head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Kim drives through and clinches with Stone against the cage.
Stone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kim lands with a short shot to the head.
Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
Kim jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stone walks away with a smile on his face. Kim gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kidney Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yasol Kim.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stone cracks Kim with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stone with a nice cross.
Yasol Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.
Stone backing away here, and Kim unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kim with a poor takedown
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kidney Stone dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kim takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yasol Kim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone avoids the head kick by Kim.
Stone fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kim just manages to avoid it.
Kim changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stone tries to avoid it but Kim manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stone to the ground. Stone escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stone jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Stone lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Kim is rocked!
Kim tries to clinch
and Stone counters with a big right hand! Oh Kim is in trouble here! Stone follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kidney Stone!
After winning the bout, Kidney Stone thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Yasol Kim stepped up to the mic, saying 'Perkele'.