PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Goguryeo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Arts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim comes to the cage accompanied by Cunninlynguists - Lynguistics. Arts has chosen Face the Pain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kim
vs
Arts

182 cm
28
195 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
192 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 159Q Recovery $79)

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Goguryeo Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marshall Arts!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arts lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kim dodges the punch combination from Arts.
Kim tries to work over Arts's front leg with a kick but Arts checks it.
Arts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kim checks it well.
Arts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arts throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Marshall Arts has been cut.

Arts clinches up against the cage.
Kim is leaning against Arts and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kim can't break the clinch.
Arts tries to land a knee to the head but Kim blocks with his arms.
Arts lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Goguryeo Kim has been cut.
Kim blocks the elbow strike.
A short left from Kim.
Arts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Arts misses with an elbow over the top.
Arts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Arts throws an elbow but it misses.
Arts throws an elbow that misses.
Arts tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Kim is leaning against Arts and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Arts throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arts connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kim's face.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim avoiding damage.
Arts has Kim pressed against the cage, preventing Kim from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kim avoids a wild elbow strike from Arts.
Arts tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Arts just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kim's brow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kim.
Arts missing with knees to the body.
Arts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kim avoiding damage.
Kim blocks an elbow strike from Arts.
Kim avoids the elbow strike from Arts, against the cage.
Arts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kim stalling in the clinch.
Arts throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim blocks the elbow strike.
Arts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Arts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Arts misses with a knee to the head.
Arts lands an elbow inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Arts trying to control the position but instead, Kim has worked for underhooks and has pushed Arts into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arts landing knees to the body.
Arts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Arts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kim lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Arts or not.
Kim slows down the pace here.

Kim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kim misses with an uppercut. Arts saw that one coming.
Kim takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Arts wants to clinch but Kim slips to the side
and Kim counters with an inside leg kick.
Arts tries a low kick but Kim avoids it.
Arts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Arts throws a leg kick
and Kim counters with a nice body shot.
Kim fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Arts looks gassed!
Some bone on bone action there as Arts checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arts ducks right into an uppercut from Kim.
Kim avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick by Arts misses
and Kim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kim scores with a body shot.
Kim throws a front kick that sends Arts stumbling back into the cage.
Kim wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kim feints and then cracks Arts's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Arts down.
Kim connects with a body shot.
Arts throws a lazy head kick
and Kim counters with a good, hard body kick but Arts shrugs it off.
Arts takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Arts looks to clinch
and Kim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Arts gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kim lands with a thumping leg kick.
Arts connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arts tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kim counters with a good low kick that Arts was not able to check.
Kim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kim misses with a head kick.
Kim chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Arts can pounce on him.
Kim cracks a nice hook into Arts's ribs.
Arts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kim makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arts throws a sloppy head kick
and Arts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kim connects with an inside leg kick.
Kim misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kim lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Arts pushes Kim away with a front kick.
Arts avoids the body shot from Kim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goguryeo Kim dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Arts moves to clinch but Kim breaks away
and Kim counters with a thumping low kick.
Arts throws a combination that misses
and Kim counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Arts throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Kim counter with a right hand.
Kim cracks the inside of Arts's front leg.
Kim is looking to slow Arts down with leg kicks.
Kim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kim takes a swing at Arts's ribcage but misses.
Kim circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
Arts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kim. Kim obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Arts takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim connects with a leg kick. Arts looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kim misses with a series of wild punches.
Good shot there by Kim.
Kim connects with a leg kick. Arts looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Arts tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Arts checks the leg kick nicely there.
Arts swings widly with a right hand
and Kim counters with a nice low kick that buckles Arts's knee momentarily.
A head kick by Arts misses
and Kim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kim throws a series of punches but Arts avoids them all with ease.
Arts doesn't manage to clinch there - Kim circles away.
Arts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kim misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Arts shoots in for a takedown but Kim shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kim is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arts can do to turn this around?
A punch lands to the side of Arts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot by Kim.

Arts rushes Kim and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kim avoids the elbow strike from Arts, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kim.
Kim lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hand to the body from Kim.
Arts's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Arts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kim stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kim for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Arts misses with an elbow over the top.
Kim blocks the elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Kim.
Arts trying to stall but Kim improves his position.
A right hook to the body lands for Kim.

Kim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kim circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kim counters with a left to the body.
Arts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kim lands a nice shot that snaps Arts's head back.
Arts throws a leg kick
and Kim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arts thinking.
Arts thows a leg kick but Kim checks it
and Kim counters with a head kick. That will keep Arts thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Arts is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OH! Arts has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Kim smells blood and charges in for the finish! Kim unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Arts sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Goguryeo Kim!