PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gastly Gengar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Sung il (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gengar's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Major Lazer - Pon De Floor . Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gengar
vs
Sung il

175 cm
23
154 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

172 cm
24
158 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Powerful

FinnFighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gastly Gengar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kim Sung il!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gengar jabs Sung il right on the nose. Sung il blinks but takes it well.
Good leg kick by Sung il there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gengar bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A jab from Gengar does it's job there.
Sung il throws a head kick that misses
and Gengar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gengar scores with the left hand. Sung il knows he should have avoided that one.
Gengar scores with a head kick. Sung il tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sung il lands a head kick. Gengar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sung il throws a head kick that misses
and Gengar counters with a body kick that stops Sung il in his tracks momentarily.
Sung il bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gengar's head.
Sung il throws a head kick that misses
and Sung il takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sung il takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gengar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sung il steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gengar.
Sung il uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gengar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sung il has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gengar finds it's way round the side to connect with Sung il's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Gengar misses the target.
Gengar throws a lazy head kick
and Sung il counters with a head kick.
Gengar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sung il throws a sloppy head kick and Gengar moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Gengar. That snapped Sung il's head back.
Sung il uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gengar.
Gengar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gengar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sung il's hands.
Sung il fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gengar.
Gengar lands a really nice looking cross but Sung il seems unphased.
Gengar lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sung il will feel that in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sung il.
Sung il tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gengar was well out of range. Poor timing from Sung il.
Gengar feints and then cracks Sung il's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sung il down.
Sung il keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sung il shoots for a takedown but Gengar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A slow jab from Gengar misses its intended target.
Gengar misses with a head kick.
Gengar loads up on a big right hand but Sung il slips the punch.
Gengar misses with a leg kick.
Gengar throws a sloppy head kick and Sung il moves out of range easily.
Gengar misses with a leg kick
and Sung il counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gengar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gengar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gengar throws a body punch but Sung il moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gengar throws a leg kick which misses Sung il's front leg but catches the back leg as Sung il tries to avoid it.
Gengar misses with a hook
and Sung il counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gengar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gengar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sung il.
That kick from Sung il tenderised Gengar's leg. Gengar is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gengar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gengar throws a sloppy head kick and Sung il moves out of range easily.
Sung il gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gengar blocks a head kick by Sung il.
Gengar missing with a left hand there. Sung il was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sung il moves away from the strike by Gengar.
Gengar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sung il closes the distance and clinches up with Gengar, looking for a takedown. Sung il pushes Gengar against the cage but Gengar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gengar dips to his left and cracks Sung il with an uppercut!
Gengar digs a good hook to Sung il's body.
Gengar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gengar cracks Sung il with an open hand slap.
Sung il misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gengar lands a nice shot that snaps Sung il's head back.
Gengar avoids the head kick by Sung il.
Nice straight punches there by Gengar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gengar.
Sung il throws a leg kick but Gengar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gastly Gengar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gengar looks to land a body kick but Sung il moved away.
Sung il takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sung il blocks a head kick by Gengar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gastly Gengar dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sung il uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gengar.
Sung il takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gengar misses with a head kick.
Gengar throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sung il counters with an inside leg kick.
Gengar throws a nice looking combination but Sung il bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sung il moves out of range of the strikes.
Gengar lands a lovely overhand right.
Gastly Gengar is winning the standup battle so far.
Gengar with a hook.
A head kick from Gengar lands but Sung il takes it in his stride.
Gengar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gengar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Sung il is rocked!
Sung il throws a sloppy head kick and Gengar moves out of range easily.
Sung il is still on wobbly legs! Can Gengar finish him?
Sung il misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sung il seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sung il on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sung il ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gengar checks a leg kick nicely.
Sung il throws a head kick that misses.
Sung il moves out of range as Gengar throws a body kick.
Sung il moves out of range as Gengar throws a body kick.
Sung il has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sung il slips a straight right by Gengar.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gengar.
Sung il tries a head kick but it misses.
Gengar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sung il drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gengar swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gengar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sung il throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gengar throws a sloppy head kick and Sung il moves out of range easily.
Gengar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sung il circles away quickly and effectively.
Sung il takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sung il throws a leg kick but Gengar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gengar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sung il keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sung il takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gengar throws a right and a left that Sung il avoids nicely.
Gengar shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sung il eats them both and turns towards Gengar to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Gengar.
Gengar scores with a nice body kick.
Sung il throws a head kick that misses.
Sung il moves out of range of the body kick.
Sung il takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gengar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice jab there from Gengar.
Sung il throws a low kick, looking for Gengar's leg but Gengar calmly moves out of range.
Gengar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gengar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gengar misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Sung il misses
and Gengar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sung il throws a low kick but Gengar moves out of range easily.
Gengar with a hook.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sung il might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gengar has got the better of the exchanges.
Sung il keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gengar misses with an uppercut. Sung il saw that one coming.
Sung il is looking to land body kicks.
Gengar with a jab.
Gastly Gengar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Sung il.
Sung il tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sung il connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick by Sung il misses
and Gengar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gengar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gastly Gengar dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gengar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sung il scoring well with a low kick there.
Sung il lands with a slapping head kick.
Gengar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sung il manages to avoid it.
Gengar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gengar lands a jab.
Gengar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Sung il.
Sung il tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gengar swings widly with a right hand
and Sung il counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gengar misses with the body kick
and Sung il counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gengar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sung il.
Gengar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gengar lands with a nice body kick.
Gengar scores with a nice strike.
Gengar is looking to slow Sung il down with leg kicks.
Sung il on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gengar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sung il blocks a low kick nicely.
Sung il avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sung il throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Gengar to counter with a crisp jab.
Gengar jabs at Sung il's body.
Sung il throws a sloppy head kick
and Gengar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sung il takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice straight punches there by Gengar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gengar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gengar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sung il avoids the body shot from Gengar.
Sung il closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gengar takes a swing at Sung il's ribcage but misses.
Gengar blocks a low kick nicely.
Sung il walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gengar misses with a hook. Sung il ducked under it nicely.
Gengar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gengar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gengar wants it to stay on the feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gengar.
Gengar scores with a leg kick.
Sung il keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gengar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sung il avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Gengar finds it's way through Sung il's defenses.
A low kick from Sung il is predictable there
and Gengar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sung il is looking to score with low kicks.
Sung il walks into a jab.
Gengar throws a shot from downtown. Sung il moves away and avoids it.
Gengar lands a head kick!
Gengar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sung il manages to avoid it.

Sung il closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gengar to the mat! Gengar manages to get full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sung il drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gengar looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gengar looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gengar!
Gengar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sung il keeps working.
Gengar sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Sung il is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sung il stops Gengar from passing to mount.
Gengar throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gengar tries to move into full mount but can't pass Sung il's legs.
Gengar is staying tight to Sung il's torso, preventing him from escaping.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gastly Gengar clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gengar looks to land a right hand but Sung il moved out of range.
Gengar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sung il can do to turn this around?
Good exchange - Gengar coming out on top.
Gengar delivers a nice body kick.
Gengar takes a swing at Sung il's ribcage but misses.
A head kick from Gengar lands but Sung il takes it in his stride.
Gengar thuds his shin into the meat of Sung il's side.
Sung il takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gengar scores with a leg kick.
Gengar scores with a head kick. Sung il tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sung il throws a head kick but Gengar moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Gengar there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gengar lands a lovely overhand right.
Gengar takes a swing at Sung il's ribcage but misses.
A right-left combo lands from Gengar.
Crunch! Gengar slams his shin into Sung il's torso.
Sung il is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Good standup being displayed there by Gengar as he connects with a hook.
Gengar scores with the left hand. Sung il knows he should have avoided that one.
Gengar scores with a jab to the head.
Gengar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sung il.
Sung il on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Gengar! Sung il is out on his feet! Gengar rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Sung il is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Sung il is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gastly Gengar!
Gastly Gengar retains his featherweight title!