PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yo Hwan Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randoff Back (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Back has chosen I am the Greatest! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hwan Lim
vs
Back

180 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yo Hwan Lim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randoff Back!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Back misses with a lunging right hand
and Lim counters with a straight right hand.
Lim misses with an uppercut
and Lim takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lim cracks Back with an open hand slap.
Back throws a lazy uppercut
and Lim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Back misses with a left hand
and Lim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Back misses with a hook
and Lim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Back thinking.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lim.
Back lands with a hook. Lim tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Back misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Back throws a poor cross that misses
and Lim counters with a nice uppercut.
Randoff Back seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Back misses with a lunging right hand
and Lim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Back swings widly with a right hand
letting Lim counter with a right hand.
Back misses with a lunging right hand
letting Lim counter with a right hand.
Lim swings widly with a right hand
and Back connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Back fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lim looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Back misses with a body shot
and Lim counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Back throws a lazy uppercut
and Lim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Back misses with a two punch combination.
Back throws a body punch but Lim moves out of range.
Back ducks under a wild hook from Lim.
Back avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lim looks to score with a jab to the body but Back is just out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lim lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Back has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Back and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Back throws a right hand that misses
and Lim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Back swings widly with a right hand
and Lim counters with a straight right hand.
Back rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Back misses with a left hand
and Lim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Back swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Back throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lim counters with a slapping leg kick.
Back rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lim throws an off balance right hand
and Back counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Back misses the body punch
and Lim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lim lands with a hook. Back tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Back misses with a right hand
and Lim counters with a straight right hand.
Back falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Back throws a right hand that misses
and Lim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Back sizes up Lim with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Back takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yo Hwan Lim dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Back rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Back throws an off balance right hand
and Back takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Back 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.
Lim takes a swing at Back's ribcage but misses.
Back rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lim makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Back misses with a left hand
and Lim counters with a good low kick that Back was not able to check.
Back throws an off balance right hand
and Lim makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Back swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lim counters with an inside leg kick.
Lim throws a poor cross that misses
and Back counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim throws a predictable looking body shot
and Back counters with a one-two to the body.
Lim scores with a jab to the head.
Back throws an off balance right hand
and Back takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Back looks to score with a jab to the body but Lim is just out of range.
Back throws a right hand that misses
and Lim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Back throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lim takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Back throws a right and a left that Lim avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Back lands an overhand right.
Yo Hwan Lim is winning the standup battle so far.
Lim misses the body punch
and Back connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Back throws an off balance right hand
and Lim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Back throws a lazy uppercut
and Lim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Back swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lim counters with a nice uppercut.
Back throws an off balance right hand
enabling Lim to counter with a crisp jab.
Back throws a lazy uppercut
and Lim counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim wants to land a leg kick but Back is out of range.
Lim throws a shot from downtown. Back moves away and avoids it.
Back misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lim takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Back throws a right hand that misses
and Lim counters with a stiff right hand.
Lim gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lim takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Back throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Back has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Back dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Back.
Lim loads up on a big right hand but Back slips the punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Back checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Back misses with an uppercut
and Lim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lim thuds a left hand into Back's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yo Hwan Lim will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lim bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Back misses with a right hand
and Lim counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice combination there by Back.
Back misses with a hook
and Lim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Back is rocked!
Lim throws out a loose jab but Back uses good head movement to avoid it.
Back is still on wobbly legs! Can Lim finish him?
Lim looks to land a left hand but Back moved out of range nicely.
Back ducks under a wild hook from Lim.
Lim misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Back ducks under a wild hook from Lim.
Lim misses with an uppercut.
Back bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Lim misses.
Lim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Back seems to have recovered his senses.
Back takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Back moves out of range of the strikes.
Back throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lim throws an overhand right that lands on Back's shoulder, as Back tries to avoid the shot.
Back takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Back throws a lazy uppercut
and Lim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Back throws a poor cross that misses
and Lim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lim misses with an uppercut
and Back counters with a three punch combo that has Lim backing up. Lim nods at Back to acknowledge the strikes.
Lim throws a predictable looking body shot
and Back connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Back misses with a combination
and Lim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim punishes Back's body with a nice straight punch.
Back rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lim counters with a lovely shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Lim misses.
Lim misses with a body shot.
Lim throws a body punch but Back moves out of range.
Back throws an off balance right hand
and Lim counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Back rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lim counters with a nice body shot.
Lim throws a low kick, looking for Back's leg but Back calmly moves out of range.
Back swings widly with a right hand
letting Lim counter with a right hand.
Back moves out of range as Lim strikes.
Back misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Back throws an off balance right hand
and Lim counters with a big right hand! Oh Back is in trouble here! Lim follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yo Hwan Lim!
Yo Hwan Lim is the new welterweight champion!