PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy The Crocodile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silla Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kim's choice of entrance music: CANON in D Korean Version (with gayageum) . 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.

The Crocodile
vs
Kim

180 cm
24
178 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

180 cm
24
176 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy The Crocodile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Silla Kim!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for The Crocodile.
Kim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Crocodile throws out the jab.
Kim misses with a head kick.
Kim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Crocodile throws out the jab.
Kim moves out of range as The Crocodile strikes.
Kim slips a jab and a cross from The Crocodile.
The Crocodile jabs Kim to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The Crocodile misses with an uppercut
and Kim counters with a big head kick but The Crocodile shrugs it off.
The Crocodile looks to land a combination but Kim avoids it well.
Kim throws a shot from downtown. The Crocodile moves away and avoids it.
The Crocodile tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kim was well out of range. Poor timing from The Crocodile.
The Crocodile connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kim ducks under a wild hook from The Crocodile.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Crocodile gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kim avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Crocodile throws a combination that misses

and Kim counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kim has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. The Crocodile avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kim tries a knee to the head but The Crocodile blocks it.
The Crocodile connects with a knee to the head.
Kim is working for takedown but The Crocodile is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Crocodile trying to control the position but instead, Kim has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Crocodile into the cage.
The Crocodile softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kim drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Crocodile gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jimmy The Crocodile has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silla Kim.
A body shot lands from The Crocodile.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
The Crocodile is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Crocodile can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The Crocodile tries to work over Kim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from The Crocodile.
Kim looking to stall.
The Crocodile misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Crocodile tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
The Crocodile misses with an elbow strike.
Kim working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Crocodile blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Crocodile on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Crocodile pushes Kim back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Crocodile lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The Crocodile lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
The Crocodile tries to work over Kim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Crocodile avoids it.
The Crocodile has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
The Crocodile swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from The Crocodile.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from The Crocodile.
Kim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, The Crocodile scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kim misses with the head strike.
The Crocodile lands with a short shot to the head.
Kim scores with a knee to the head.
Kim stalling against the cage.
The Crocodile lands a body punch.
Kim looks gassed!
The Crocodile avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
The Crocodile lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kim or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Crocodile softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Crocodile has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Crocodile lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Crocodile.
The Crocodile creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kim's defenses.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Crocodile avoids it.
Kim dodges an elbow strike from The Crocodile.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Crocodile.
The Crocodile misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from The Crocodile.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but The Crocodile avoids the damage to the body.
The Crocodile throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Crocodile is keeping busy.
The Crocodile lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
The Crocodile trying to land knees to the body.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Crocodile is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kim.
The Crocodile working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A bit of stalling here from The Crocodile.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Crocodile just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kim's brow.
The Crocodile doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kim crunches a lovely knee into The Crocodile's ribcage.
Kim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from The Crocodile fails to land.
The Crocodile fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kim blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Crocodile just stands there and leans against the cage.
The Crocodile swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by The Crocodile.
Kim digs a right hand underneath The Crocodile's ribcage. The Crocodile let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Crocodile swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim blocks the elbow strike.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Crocodile avoids it.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Crocodile is defending well for now.
The Crocodile throws an elbow that misses.
The Crocodile is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but The Crocodile blocks with his arms.
The Crocodile lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Crocodile lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Crocodile gets underhooks to prevent Kim's takedown attempt.
Kim throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kim misses with some punches.
Kim goes for a takedown attempt but The Crocodile pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The Crocodile lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jimmy The Crocodile will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The Crocodile misses with a hook.
Kim slips under a jab.
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Crocodile.
The Crocodile throws a series of punches but Kim avoids them all with ease.
Jimmy The Crocodile seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Crocodile thows a leg kick but Kim checks it

and Kim counters with a single leg into guard. The Crocodile didn't expect that.
Kim throwing strikes from guard but The Crocodile blocks nicely.
Kim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Crocodile swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Crocodile works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim looking to sit in guard and control but The Crocodile gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kim isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. The Crocodile stacks Kim on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by The Crocodile!
The Crocodile scoring with punches and elbows.
Kim gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kim taking some punishment here, with The Crocodile in his half guard.
Kim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kim looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Kim looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Crocodile wants to control but Kim is keeping him busy.

Kim has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for The Crocodile. Oh but Kim has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! The Crocodile goes limp - he's gone! Kim jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Silla Kim!