PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Kirby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kirby
vs
Kim

185 cm
27
199 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Kirby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jay Kim!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Kim waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kirby.
Kim cracks Kirby with an open hand slap.
A shot to the liver by Kirby. Beautiful body shot.
Kirby misses with an uppercut
and Kim counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like John Kirby has been cut.
Kirby misses with a hook
and Kim counters with a left and a right that stings Kirby.
Kirby tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kim was well out of range. Poor timing from Kirby.
Kirby misses with a double jab
and Kim counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kirby misses with a right hand
and Kim counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Kim.
Kirby misses with a right hand
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
Kirby tries to move into range but Kim moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kirby takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kirby takes a swing at Kim's ribcage but misses.
Kim swings widly with a right hand
and Kirby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kirby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim looks to land a combination but Kirby avoids it well.
Kirby moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kim lands an overhand right.
Kim uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kim misses with a series of wild punches.
Kim throws a hook but Kirby blocks it.
Kirby staying out of range there.
Kirby throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kim lands a really nice looking cross but Kirby seems unphased.
Kirby misses with an uppercut.
Kim feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kirbys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kirby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kim counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a hook but Kirby avoids it easily.
Kirby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kim is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kirby had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kirby swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kim counters with a left and a right that stings Kirby.
Kirby misses with a hook
and Kim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kirby is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim looks to throw the jab but Kirby is out of range.
Kirby misses with a left hand
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kim clobbers Kirby with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kim digs a good body shot into Kirby's ribs.
Kirby moves out of range of the strikes.
Kim might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice body punch from Kim.
Kirby moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kirby throws a one two combo.
Kim connects with a looping right hand.
Nice shot by Kim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kim counters with a two punch combo.
Kim throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kim takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kim thuds his right hand into Kirby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kirby looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kim lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

John Kirby's cut is getting worse.
Kim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kim scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kim listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kirby misses with a right hand
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kirby slips a jab and a cross from Kim.
Kim scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kirby throws a right and a left that Kim avoids nicely.
Kim misses with a lunging right hand
and Kirby counters with a straight right hand.
Kim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kirby avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kirby misses with a double jab
and Kirby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kirby takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kirby takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kirby misses with a series of wild punches.
John Kirby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kirby takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kirby swings widly with a right hand
and Kim counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kirby looks to land a combination. Kim sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kirby lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kirby.
Kim throws a shot from downtown. Kirby moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Kim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Kirby's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kirby throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
Kirby throws a combination that misses
and Kim counters with a right hand to the body.
Kim misses with an uppercut.
Kirby avoids the body shot from Kim.
Kim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A swing and a miss from Kim.
Kirby avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kirby misses with a lunging right hand
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kirby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kirby misses with a hook
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Kim.
Kirby misses the body punch
and Kim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kirby's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kirby duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jay Kim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kirby 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 jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kirby rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kim counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kirby throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kim counters with a left and a right that stings Kirby.
Kim lands with a nice combination. Kirby backs away looking to recover.

John Kirby's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A shot to the liver by Kim. Beautiful body shot.
Kirby throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
Kirby throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kim counters with a right hand to the body.
Kirby misses with a hook to the body
and Kirby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kim lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kim takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kim lands a nice shot that snaps Kirby's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby throws a lazy uppercut
and Kim counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kim lands a right hook to the body.
Kim ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from Kim does it's job there.
Kim connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kirby's hands.
Kirby bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kirby misses with a right hand
and Kirby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kim takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kim throws a nice looking combination but Kirby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kirby lands a two punch combo.
Kirby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kirby misses with a left hand
and Kim counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim works Kirby's body with a nice hook.
Kim jabs Kirby to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kim smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kim scores with a nice head shot.
John Kirby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kirby misses with a right hand
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Kim. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kim.
Kirby misses with a left hand
and Kirby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kirby misses with a jab to the body
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kim cracks Kirby with an open hand slap.
Kirby misses with a lunging right hand
and Kim counters with a two punch combo.
Kirby throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kirby thinking.
Kim scores with a jab to the head.
Kirby takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kirby throws an off balance right hand
and Kim counters with a series of strikes. Kirby will be more careful next time no doubt.

Jeez, John Kirby's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirby rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kim takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kirby on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kirby scores with a decent looking hook.
Kirby lands a jab to the head.
Kim scores with a punch to the head.
Kirby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kirby fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kirby moves away from the strike by Kim.
Kirby misses with a lunging right hand
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kirby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Kirby's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A left and a right from Kim both land. Nice combination.
Kirby misses with a right hand
and Kim counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kirby swings widly with a right hand
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kirby misses with a lunging right hand
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
Kirby misses with a combination
and Kirby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kirby misses with a double jab
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kirby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kirby takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kim lands a jab to the head.
Kirby throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.
Kirby throws a right hand that misses
and Kim counters with a stiff right hand.
Kirby falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice straight punches there by Kim. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kim.
Kirby moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Kim misses.
Kim bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kirby's head.
Kirby misses with a hook
and Kim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kirby throws a right hand that misses
and Kim counters with a left to the body.
Kirby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kirby misses with a right hand
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kim tests Kirby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kim missing with a left hand there. Kirby was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jay Kim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kim duly obliges.
Kim smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kirby moves away.
Kirby misses with a hook
and Kim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kim lands with an uppercut that bounces Kirby off the cage and back into rage.
Kim cracks Kirby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kirby swings widly with a right hand
and Kim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kirby thinking.
Kirby lands a jab.
Kirby throws a combination that misses
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
Kirby misses with a combination
and Kim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kirby thinking.
Kirby throws an off balance right hand
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
Kim throws a series of punches but Kirby moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kirby rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kim counters with a nice body shot.
Kirby swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kim makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kirby misses with a combination
enabling Kim to counter with a crisp jab.
Kirby throws a combination that misses
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
Kirby takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kim dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kirby takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kirby tries to move into range but Kim moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kirby throws a right hand that misses
and Kim counters with a stiff right hand.
Kim throws a good cross that connects.
John Kirby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kirby throws a right hand that misses
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kirby takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kim scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kirby in his tracks.
Kirby misses with a combination
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
Kim looks to land a combination. Kirby sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kirby tests Kim's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kim cracks Kirby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kirby misses with a lunging right hand
and Kim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kim darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kirby misses with a combination
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kim works over Kirby's head and body with a nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Kim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kim has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Kim!