PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Matsuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hyung Seul Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim has chosen H.O.T. - The Castle Outsiders as his entrance music. Hyung Seul Kim has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ryo Matsuda's chin.

Matsuda
vs
Seul Kim

182 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

164 cm
22
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Matsuda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyung Seul Kim!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kim shoots in and bounces Matsuda off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kim wants to control from the top but Matsuda keeps moving.
Kim lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kim forces his way into half guard.
Kim seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Matsuda does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Matsuda is looking to improve his position.
Kim working Matsuda over with strikes.

Matsuda actively working from the bottom here.
Matsuda is breathing heavily.
Kim tries to pass the half guard into mount. Matsuda knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Matsuda has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Kim escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Kim!
Matsuda is not content to let Kim control the position.
Matsuda taking a bit of punishment here - Kim scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda tries to buck Kim off but Kim is having none of it.
Kim scoring with punches and elbows.
Kim is putting a hurting on Matsuda here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kim controlling the position.
Kim in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kim is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Matsuda knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Kim working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Kim working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Matsuda regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim passes to full mount!
Matsuda is looking to improve his position but Kim isn't that keen on the idea.
Kim loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Matsuda scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Kim land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Kim stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hyung Seul Kim!