PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lelei Tinae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yedo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim has chosen "We Be Clubbin (Eye of the Tiger Remix)" by Ice Cube as his entrance music. Yedo Kim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tinae
vs
Kim

197 cm
27
260 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

225 cm
24
288 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Supersize Me

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lelei Tinae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yedo Kim!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tinae works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kim getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Lelei Tinae has been cut.
Kim tried to score with a low kick but Tinae checks it.
Kim cracks Tinae with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tinae. Tinae obviously looking to wear him down.
Tinae misses with a hook
enabling Kim to counter with a crisp jab.
Tinae throws an overhand right that lands on Kim's shoulder, as Kim tries to avoid the shot.
Kim throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tinae misses with a wild body shot.
Kim with a jab.
Tinae throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.
Tinae blocks a jab.
Kim is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kim is looking to land body kicks.
Tinae tries a head kick but it misses.
Decent striking displayed by Kim there.
A head kick misses from Tinae.
Tinae throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kim counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tinae misses with a straight right.
Tinae throws a poor cross that misses
and Kim counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tinae scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
Tinae drops his hands momentarily and Kim takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tinae misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kim throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lelei Tinae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tinae throws a hook to the side of Kim's head but Kim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tinae throws a body kick that misses.
Tinae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tinae slips a jab from Kim.
Kim jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tinae throws a shot from downtown. Kim moves away and avoids it.
Kim misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tinae throws a wild body kick that Kim sees coming a mile off.
Kim misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tinae tries a head kick but it misses.
Kim bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kim takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kim looks gassed!
Tinae goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tinae misses with a body kick.
Tinae misses with a lunging right hand
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tinae slips under a jab from Kim.
Tinae throws a lazy right hand but Kim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a body shot.
Tinae throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.
Kim has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tinae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tinae.
Tinae swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kim counters with a nice leg kick.
Kim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kim connects with the punch.
Tinae on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tinae misses the jab.
Tinae throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kim counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tinae's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yedo Kim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lelei Tinae's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kim throws a leg kick that misses.
Tinae looks to throw a body kick
and Kim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good exchange - Kim coming out on top.
Yedo Kim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kim moves out of range of the body kick.
Kim misses with a straight right.
Kim takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Kim misses.
Kim connects with a single shot there.
Tinae throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick by Tinae misses
and Kim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tinae thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinae throws a head kick that misses.
Tinae throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tinae takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kim dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Kim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tinae doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tinae on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tinae on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kim. Kim obviously looking to wear him down.
Kim scores with a head kick.

Lelei Tinae's cut is getting worse.
Kim swings for the body but Tinae moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands a glancing blow to the side of Tinae's head.
Tinae is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kim's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd cheers as Kim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tinae doesn't seem phased though.
Kim lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tinae misses with a left hand

and Kim counters with a nice right hand that sends Tinae toppling to the canvas! Tinae scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Kim finish him?!

Tinae is rocked!
Tinae swings widly with a right hand
and Kim makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tinae really felt that one!

Kim lands a big uppercut and Tinae crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tinae looks OK. Kim waves Tinae back to his feet!
Oh Tinae is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kim lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Tinae up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Kim from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Tinae's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yedo Kim!