PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goguryeo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera's entrance music is Romper Stomper. A fine choice. Kim has chosen CANON in D Korean Version (with gayageum) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vera
vs
Kim

188 cm
22
202 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

182 cm
25
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Lightning Fight Gear
Lightning Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dominic Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Goguryeo Kim!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim scores with a body shot.
Kim slips a straight right by Vera.
Kim misses with a wild body shot.
Kim steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vera.
Kim misses with a hook.
Vera tries a head kick but it misses.
Kim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vera missing with a left hand there. Kim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kim ducks right into an uppercut from Vera.
Vera on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kim. Kim obviously looking to wear him down.
Vera avoids a kick to the body.
Vera missing with a left hand there. Kim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vera throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kim stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
Vera misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera moves out of range of the body kick.
Kim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kim lands a jab to Vera's midsection.
Vera is breathing heavily.
Kim misses with a two punch combination.
Kim's corner calls for a 1-2. Kim obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Dominic Vera has been cut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vera.
Goguryeo Kim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kim stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kim wants it to stay on the feet.
A good leg kick by Kim.
Kim bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vera's head.
Kim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vera circles away quickly and effectively.
Vera ducks right into an uppercut from Kim.
Dominic Vera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vera walks into a straight right hand from Kim.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vera misses with a takedown attempt - Kim sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Vera throws out a loose jab but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kim.
Kim throws a right and a left that Vera avoids nicely.
Kim misses with a body kick.
Vera throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.
Vera misses with a looping right.
Vera misses with a wild combination.
Vera thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick by Vera misses
and Kim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Vera misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kim uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vera.
Vera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kim takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kim throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kim stuns Vera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vera blocks a head kick by Kim.
Vera moves out of range of the body kick.
Kim throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vera.
Kim misses with a kick to the body.
Kim avoids the head kick by Vera.
Vera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kim swings for the body but Vera moves out of range.
Kim connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera takes one on the button.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kim misses with a wild body shot.
Kim scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kim. Vera does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Kim misses its intended target.
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kim wants to slow Vera down by chopping away at his legs.
Kim moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim misses the jab.
A jab from Vera finds it's way through Kim's defenses.
Vera throws a sloppy head kick
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goguryeo Kim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dominic Vera's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kim throws out a leg kick but Vera moves out of range and Kim only half commits.
Kim throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Vera counter with a right hand.
Vera misses with a head kick.
Kim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kim ducks under a wild hook from Vera.
Kim takes one to the chin there.
Kim scores with a leg kick.
Kim scores with a push kick.
Kim misses the shot to the body.
Kim throws a right and a left that Vera avoids nicely.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Goguryeo Kim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kim misses with a kick to the body.
Vera is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vera swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kim counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kim is looking to slow Vera down with leg kicks.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Vera might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kim throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Kim does no damage.
Kim is looking to slow Vera down with leg kicks.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kim throws a series of strikes that have Vera backpedaling.
Kim swings for the body but Vera moves out of range.
Vera falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kim counters with a left right combination that sends Vera crashing to the mat - Kim wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Vera out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

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