PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torjus Wiker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiker has chosen DJ D Vs. Nitrogenetics - Shock The Future (Hellsystem Remix) as his entrance music. Torjus Wiker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kim
vs
Wiker

183 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
27
187 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Torjus Wiker!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim tries to work over Wiker's front leg with a kick but Wiker checks it.
Kim lands a head shot.
Wiker tries to clinch there but Kim circles away.
Wiker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Kim.
Wiker checks the leg kick.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Wiker tries to clinch up.
Wiker tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiker tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim is looking to score with low kicks.

Wiker clinches up with Kim and pushes him back against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Wiker.
Wiker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.
Kim lands an elbow inside.
Wiker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kim.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim working Wiker over with knees to the body.
Kim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiker blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Kim.
Wiker throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Wiker tries to work over Kim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wiker tries to work over Kim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiker is defending well for now.
Kim lands an elbow inside that Wiker shrugs off.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Wiker is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wiker misses with the head strike.
Wiker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wiker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wiker blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiker misses with a body punch.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiker is defending well for now.
Wiker pushes Kim back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Wiker pushes Kim back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wiker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Kim scores with a knee to the head.
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.

Kim breaks the clinch.
Kim throws a solid leg kick but Wiker takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kim.
A leg kick checked by Wiker.
Wiker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws out a leg kick but Wiker moves out of range and Kim only half commits.
Kim cracks the inside of Wiker's front leg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wiker tries to clinch but Kim moves out of range.
Kim just misses with a punch to the body.
Kim tries to work over Wiker's front leg with a kick but Wiker checks it.
Kim thumps Wiker with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Wiker blocks the leg kick.
Kim misses with a low kick as Wiker jumps back.
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
Kim shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kim looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kim fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wiker checks it well.
Kim throws out a leg kick but Wiker moves out of range and Kim only half commits.
Wiker is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kim prevents a body shot from Wiker.
Wiker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wiker avoids it.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wiker avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Wiker blocks the elbow strike.

Kim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wiker pushes Kim up against the ropes in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wiker fails to land.
Wiker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiker struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Kim misses with a knee to the head.
Wiker misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Wiker in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Kim dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

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 Wiker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wiker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Wiker has closed the distance and engaged Kim in a clinch.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wiker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wiker misses with a punch to the body.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wiker lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wiker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiker is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Kim working Wiker over with knees to the body.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Wiker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Wiker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Wiker is breathing heavily.
Wiker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wiker working aggressively here.
Wiker swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiker avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiker tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Wiker back against the ropes.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Wiker blocks it.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Kim's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kim wants to land a leg kick but Wiker is out of range.
Wiker is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.
Kim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wiker. That did some damage!
Kim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kim misses with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kim.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Wiker tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mikey Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wiker clinches up with Kim and pushes him back against the ropes.
Wiker misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim crunches a lovely knee into Wiker's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Mikey Kim has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Kim's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wiker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kim listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kim throws a low kick but Wiker moves out of range easily.

Kim darts in and clinches Wiker up against the ropes.
Kim misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Wiker swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Kim's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wiker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kim lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiker checks a leg kick nicely.
Kim tried to score with a low kick but Wiker checks it.
Wiker tries to clinch up.
Wiker tries to clinch but Kim moves away
and Kim counters with a leg kick.
Kim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kim lands with a nice body punch.
Kim lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wiker's sensitive parts.
Nice body punch from Kim.
Wiker tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Kim.
Wiker tries to clinch but Kim moves away
and Kim counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.
Kim lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wiker tries to clinch but Kim moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kim.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kim, right into the meat.
Wiker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wiker moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.

Wiker clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiker avoids the damage to the body.
Wiker holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

Kim manages to break the clinch.
Kim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wiker. That did some damage!
Kim walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wiker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wiker tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.
Wiker is looking to clinch.
Wiker wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Kim dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kim tries a low kick but Wiker avoids it.
Wiker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wiker tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Kim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kim throws a front kick aimed at Wiker's knee but Wiker avoids it well.
Wiker tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wiker checks the leg kick.
Wiker avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wiker is looking to clinch.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.
Wiker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kim.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kim.
Wiker moves out of range of the leg kick from Kim.
Wiker tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Crunch! Kim slams his shin into Wiker's torso.
Wiker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mikey Kim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mikey Kim is winning the standup battle so far.
Wiker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wiker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kim counters with a thumping low kick.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wiker is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.
Wiker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kim tries to work over Wiker's front leg with a kick but Wiker checks it.
Kim misses with a leg kick.
Wiker wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.
Wiker tries to clinch but Kim is having none of it.
Kim 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.
Kim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wiker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wiker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wiker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kim counters with a good, hard body kick but Wiker shrugs it off.
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 keeps the fight on the outside.
Kim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wiker fails with an attempt to clinch.

Wiker rushes Kim and presses him up against the ropes.
Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kim lands an elbow just above Wiker 's eye.
Kim looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wiker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiker is defending well for now.
Wiker has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kim.
Wiker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kim lands a good knee to the midsection. Wiker won't want to take too many of those.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim misses with a knee strike.
Wiker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Wiker blocks it.
Wiker misses with a punch to the body.
Kim lands an elbow inside.
Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wiker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kim breaks the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kim. Wiker shrugs it off though.
Wiker tries to clinch but Kim is having none of it.
Kim fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wiker is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wiker avoids the head kick by Kim.
Wiker is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.
Kim is looking to slow Wiker down with leg kicks.
Kim throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kim plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Kim moves into the clinch.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kim blocking some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kim.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kim throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim lands a nice knee to the body.
Wiker misses with a punch to the body.
Kim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Torjus Wiker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kim blocks a body shot from Wiker.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikey Kim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kim has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikey Kim!
An out of breath Mikey Kim thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.