PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jay Kim struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moraes
vs
Kim

179 cm
21
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Moraes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jay Kim!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moraes wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Moraes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Kim as Moraes shoots in.
Moraes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kim's waist but Kim gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Moraes off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Moraes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moraes misses with a body shot
and Kim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moraes shoots for a takedown but Kim saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Moraes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Moraes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Moraes ducks under a wild hook from Kim.
Moraes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim throws a good cross that connects.
Moraes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kim counters with a stiff right hand.
Kim comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Moraes slips a jab and a cross from Kim.
Kim has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kim cracks Moraes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice shot lands for Kim.
Moraes shoots and misses
and Kim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Moraes thinking.
Moraes is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim clobbers Moraes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kim connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Moraes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Moraes ducks right into an uppercut from Kim.

Moraes is rocked!
Kim drops Moraes with a straight right hand, right on the button! Kim follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Kim!