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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ban Ki Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim has chosen Guns N' Roses: Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music. Travis Riley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Travis Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ban Ki Kim!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kim.
Crunch! Kim slams his shin into Riley's torso.
Riley throws a hook to the side of Kim's head but Kim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kim connects with a solid leg kick.
Kim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Riley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A good leg kick by Kim.
Kim loads up on a big right hand but Riley slips the punch.
Kim slips under a jab from Riley.
Kim is looking to clinch but Riley is avoiding it.
Riley takes a swing at Kim's ribcage but misses.
Kim lunges at Riley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Riley's hand.
Kim fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ban Ki Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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 misses with an attempted mid kick.
Riley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kim moves away.
Riley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Riley misses the jab.
Kim looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kim tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Riley is able to avoid easily.
Riley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Riley.
Kim connects with a good right hand that stumbles Riley. Riley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kim closes the distance and clinches.
Kim letting Riley take a breather here.
Riley misses with a punch to the body.
Riley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Riley wants to break free but Kim has control.
Kim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riley is looking to break free of the clinch but Kim has double underhooks.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kim prevents a body shot from Riley.
Riley wants to break free but Kim has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Riley.
Kim is struggling to control the position.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Riley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Riley takes an elbow to the forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kim blocks a body shot from Riley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Riley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Riley looking to stall.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Riley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the cage.
Riley lands with a left to the head.
Kim softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Riley tries to break free but Kim pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kim.
Riley misses with a body kick.
Kim throws a leg kick
enabling Riley to counter with a crisp jab.
Kim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Riley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kim was well out of range. Poor timing from Riley.
A swing and a miss from Riley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries to clinch but Riley moves out of range.
Kim scores with a kick to the body.
Kim has managed to clinch.
Riley manages to break the clinch.
Riley throws out a loose jab but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim tries to clinch up but Riley circles away and keeps his distance.
Ban Ki Kim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kim shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Riley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kim pinned against the cage. Kim gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Riley changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kim looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Riley throws a strike aimed at the side of Kim's head but Kim avoids it well.
Riley is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kim will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Kim is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kim manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riley scores with the left hand. Kim knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Riley throws out the jab.
Good exchange - Riley coming out on top.
Kim cracks Riley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kim misses with a body kick.
Kim attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kim tries to clinch up.
Riley lands a nice shot that snaps Kim's head back.
Kim tries to clinch up.
Kim misses with a looping left.
A solid leg kick lands there for Riley.
Riley throws an overhand right that lands on Kim's shoulder, as Kim tries to avoid the shot.
Kim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kim gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kim on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Riley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kim defending well as Riley loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ban Ki Kim will probably get the nod.
That's time! Riley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Riley misses with a looping left.
Kim misses with a hook
and Riley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kim showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riley.
Kim cracks the inside of Riley's front leg.
Kim slips under a jab.
Kim throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Riley.
Riley cracks Kim with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Riley thows a body shot but no joy.
Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Kim.
Kim clinches up with Riley and pushes him back against the cage.
Riley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
It looks like Ban Ki Kim has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riley takes an elbow to the temple.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Kim throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
A short left from Riley.
Kim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Riley.
Kim tries a body shot but Riley blocks it.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.
Riley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Riley swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riley's brow.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Riley avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Riley can't find room to land a body shot as Kim controls the action.
Kim is looking to control Riley's arms but Riley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kim.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.
Riley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Riley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Riley misses with a body shot.
Riley throws a low kick but Kim avoids it.
Kim moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kim obliges.
Riley tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Riley throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Riley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kim is trying to maintain a safe position but Riley gets an underhook and turns Kim into the cage.
Kim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kim prevents a body shot from Riley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kim obliges.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kim tries to work over Riley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Riley in his tracks for a moment.
Riley trying to stall but Kim improves his position.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riley's elbow.
Riley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Riley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
Riley is trying to force a seperation but Kim has the dominant position.
Kim prevents a body shot from Riley.
Riley has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Kim lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Kim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riley's face.
Riley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Riley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Riley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riley throws a looping overhand right but Kim ducks down to avoid it.
Kim moves out of range of the body kick.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Riley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Riley.
Riley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Kim.
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riley.
Kim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kim scoring well with a low kick there.
Kim throws a head kick but Riley moves out of range.
Kim fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kim is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Riley misses its intended target.
Kim moves in looking to clinch but Riley pushes him off.
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 Travis Riley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ban Ki Kim's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Kim uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Riley.
Riley lands a body shot.
Travis Riley is winning the standup battle so far.
Riley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Riley has a takedown stuffed.
Riley swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Kim throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kim throws a leg kick but Riley sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kim drops his hands momentarily and Riley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kim 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 Riley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Riley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kim takes one on the button.
Kim is looking to clinch but Riley is avoiding it.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley blocks a head kick by Kim.
Nice body punch from Riley.
Riley misses with a low kick.
Kim takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim looks to throw the jab but Riley is out of range.
Kim moves to clinch but Riley breaks away
and Riley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Riley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kim rushes Riley and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Riley fails to land.
Riley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Kim landing knees to the body.
Kim connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riley misses with the head strike.
Riley avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Riley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Riley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riley missing with a left hand there. Kim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kim.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riley has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kim.
A jab from Riley misses.
Riley misses with a straight left.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Riley crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kim - the referee stops the clock and Riley gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kim. Riley manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kim throws a head kick but Riley moves out of range.
Kim thows a body shot but no joy.
A lazy left from Riley finds it's target.
Riley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kim.
Riley walks into a straight right hand from Kim.
Kim shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kim.
Riley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kim was well out of range. Poor timing from Riley.
A big left from Riley misses.
Riley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kim doesn't manage to clinch there - Riley circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands a glancing blow to the side of Kim's head.
Riley tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A big right from Riley misses.
Kim moves into range and clinches up with Riley.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Riley will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Riley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley scores with a shoulder strike.
Kim is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kim obliges.
Kim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
Riley throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley takes an elbow to the temple.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Riley tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Riley back against the cage.
Kim lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riley manages to break the clinch.
Kim fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Riley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kim lands a head shot.
Riley missing with a left hand there. Kim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kim clinches with his opponent.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kim prevents a body shot from Riley.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riley.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ban Ki Kim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ban Ki Kim!
Ban Ki Kim decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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