PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Santos De Arroyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim's entrance music is call me. A fine choice. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kim
vs
Santos De Arroyo

175 cm
19
154 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
27
156 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Santos De Arroyo!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kim looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Kim drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Santos De Arroyo dives on top into guard.

Kim has his foot on Santos De Arroyo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Santos De Arroyo works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos De Arroyo with a nice head shot there.
Santos De Arroyo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Kim had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Santos De Arroyo defends it easily.
Santos De Arroyo is stalling in the full guard.
Santos De Arroyo slips nicely into half guard.
Santos De Arroyo lands strikes from half guard.
Kim moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kim is looking for a triangle but Santos De Arroyo pushes his legs off easily.

Kim is looking for a triangle here but Santos De Arroyo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Kim looks to move to half guard but instead Santos De Arroyo has passed into mount! Damn!
Santos De Arroyo controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos De Arroyo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kim is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kim is bucking up trying to escape but Santos De Arroyo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santos De Arroyo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Santos De Arroyo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santos De Arroyo content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santos De Arroyo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kim keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Santos De Arroyo dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee warns Kim that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos De Arroyo controlling from the full mount.
Kim really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Santos De Arroyo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santos De Arroyo content just to control the position here.
Santos De Arroyo trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Santos De Arroyo trying to control but Kim is having none of it.
Kim is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kim is working hard here to advance position.
Santos De Arroyo content just to control the position here.
Santos De Arroyo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kim looks a forlorn figure.
Kim tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo controlling his opponent.
Santos De Arroyo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Santos De Arroyo landing punches.
Santos De Arroyo controlling his opponent.
Kim is desperately trying to improve his position but Santos De Arroyo has a good base and remains in mount.
Santos De Arroyo lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos De Arroyo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kim's face.
Kim tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Santos De Arroyo is landing with some decent strikes but Kim is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos De Arroyo is landing with some decent strikes but Kim is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kim is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Santos De Arroyo 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.

Santos De Arroyo scores with a nice right hand.

Kim looking to score a takedown here. Santos De Arroyo is defending well but Kim drives through and ends up in Santos De Arroyo's guard.
Kim trying to move into half guard but instead Santos De Arroyo has managed to sweep!
Santos De Arroyo forces his way into half guard.
Santos De Arroyo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Kim actively working from the bottom here.
Santos De Arroyo sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Kim looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Santos De Arroyo lands strikes from half guard.

Santos De Arroyo is trying to work for a kimura but Kim is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos De Arroyo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Santos De Arroyo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Santos De Arroyo drops an elbow to the side of Kim's head.
Kim on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Santos De Arroyo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santos De Arroyo working the head and body with strikes.
Santos De Arroyo is taking a breather. Kim says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Kim looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Santos De Arroyo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Santos De Arroyo wants to take a breather but Kim is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kim looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Well, if Santos De Arroyo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Kim looking for submissions off his back.
Well, if Santos De Arroyo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Ground and pound from Santos De Arroyo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos De Arroyo trying to control the pace.
Santos De Arroyo scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo slips a nice elbow through Kim's hands, connecting with Kim's forehead.
Kim is refusing to be controlled, as Santos De Arroyo sits in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Santos De Arroyo connects with a nice short shot to Kim's temple.

Kim looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santos De Arroyo is looking to take a break and control but Kim is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Santos De Arroyo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kim defends it well.
Kim wants to get back to full guard.
Santos De Arroyo working the head and body with strikes.
Santos De Arroyo winds up and cracks Kim with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Santos De Arroyo stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Santos De Arroyo connects with a nice short shot to Kim's temple.
Santos De Arroyo seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Santos De Arroyo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kim with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Kim actively working from the bottom here.

Kim looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos De Arroyo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kim is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Santos De Arroyo pulls his head out easily.

Santos De Arroyo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Santos De Arroyo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Santos De Arroyo. That snapped Kim's head back.

Santos De Arroyo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kim sprawls well initially but Santos De Arroyo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hector Santos De Arroyo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kim is trying to get back to full guard.

Santos De Arroyo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kim sees it coming and defends easily.
Still in half guard, Santos De Arroyo seems content to control.
Santos De Arroyo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Kim looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Santos De Arroyo is trying to work for a kimura but Kim is defending well.
Kim is refusing to be controlled, as Santos De Arroyo sits in half guard.

Kim is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Santos De Arroyo pulls his head out easily.
Santos De Arroyo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Santos De Arroyo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Kim looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Santos De Arroyo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Santos De Arroyo winds up and cracks Kim with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santos De Arroyo working over Kim with some ground and pound. Kim looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Kim looking for submissions off his back.
Santos De Arroyo lands strikes from half guard.
Santos De Arroyo controlling the pace.
Kim is staying active underneath Santos De Arroyo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos De Arroyo drops an elbow to the side of Kim's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Santos De Arroyo is looking to take a break and control but Kim is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kim is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo drops an elbow to the side of Kim's head.

Kim actively working from the bottom here.
Santos De Arroyo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Kim looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santos De Arroyo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hector Santos De Arroyo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Santos De Arroyo is taking a breather. Kim says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kim with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Kim is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Santos De Arroyo pulls his head out easily.

Kim looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Vadim Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos De Arroyo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Santos De Arroyo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Santos De Arroyo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Santos De Arroyo!