PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Byeongsuk Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim comes to the cage accompanied by Choi Hong Man-Beauty and the Beast. Matt Sabre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kim
vs
Sabre

190 cm
27
195 lbs
19 - 11 - 3

189 cm
27
212 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Byeongsuk Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Sabre!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Sabre has managed to clinch.
Sabre misses with a body punch.
Sabre lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sabre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Kim lands a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sabre is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kim trying to keep a closed guard but Sabre is proving a slippery customer.
Kim keeping moving, preventing Sabre from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sabre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kim swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Byeongsuk Kim just wasn't active enough.
Sabre throws a nice looking combination but Kim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sabre checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sabre 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre tries to clinch up.
Some bone on bone action there as Kim checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sabre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kim fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sabre is out of range.
Kim takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Byeongsuk Kim has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sabre.
Kim shoots in for a takedown but Sabre shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sabre tries to clinch there but Kim circles away.
Sabre misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kim throws a leg kick that misses.
Sabre checks a low kick from Kim.
Kim bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kim blocks a jab.
Kim throws a push kick but Sabre slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a straight right.
Kim misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Sabre to counter with a crisp jab.
Kim takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sabre jabs Kim right on the nose. Kim blinks but takes it well.
Kim tries a low kick but Sabre avoids it.
Kim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sabre. That did some damage!
Kim lands a jab to Sabre's midsection.
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 a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sabre feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sabre blocks the body kick.
Sabre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kim.
Kim looks to land a combination but Sabre avoids it well.
Sabre takes one on the button.
Kim connects with a leg kick. Sabre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kim throws a leg kick but Sabre checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre thuds a left hand into Kim's body.
Sabre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kim is breathing heavily.
Sabre lands a really nice looking cross but Kim seems unphased.
Good leg kick by Sabre there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sabre misses with a kick to the body.
Sabre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sabre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Byeongsuk Kim's cut is getting worse.

Sabre closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Sabre.
Kim is looking to control Sabre's arms but Sabre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sabre scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre misses with a punch to the body.
Kim is trying to maintain a safe position but Sabre gets an underhook and turns Kim into the cage.
Sabre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sabre scores with a shoulder strike.
Sabre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sabre looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Sabre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Byeongsuk Kim's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sabre.
Kim blocks a leg kick.
Sabre feints and then cracks Kim's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kim down.
Sabre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sabre defending well as Kim loads up on a big left hand.
Sabre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sabre fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Sabre connects with a solid leg kick.
Sabre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kim misses with a leg kick
and Sabre counters with a good low kick that Kim was not able to check.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sabre lands with a good body shot.
Sabre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sabre avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sabre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kim is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Matt Sabre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sabre wants to slow Kim down by chopping away at his legs.
Sabre stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Byeongsuk Kim's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kim fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sabre checks it well.
Sabre lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sabre throws out a leg kick but Kim moves out of range and Sabre only half commits.
Kim walks into a straight right hand from Sabre.
Sabre fails to land with a series of punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sabre.
Sabre moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sabre lands a leg kick that knocks Kim off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sabre clinches up with Kim and pushes him back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sabre - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sabre is looking to control Kim's arms but Kim gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sabre has his back to the cage.
Sabre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sabre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Sabre lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sabre struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Sabre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sabre lands a left hand.
Kim is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sabre throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kims head.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sabre lands a hook that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Sabre lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sabre lands a good knee to the midsection. Kim won't want to take too many of those.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sabre.
Sabre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Jeez, Byeongsuk Kim's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Sabre lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sabre on the inside.
Sabre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Kim is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Byeongsuk Kim's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matt Sabre!
A very excited looking Matt Sabre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.