PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kimble Cho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bot Botanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cho
vs
Botanovic

185 cm
28
183 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

180 cm
34
175 lbs
29 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Brute

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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kimble Cho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bot Botanovic!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botanovic motions for Cho to come forward. Botanovic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Botanovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cho avoids a kick to the body.
Kimble Cho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cho stuns Botanovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Botanovic misses with a head kick.
Botanovic moves out of range of the leg kick from Cho.
Cho misses with a low kick.
Botanovic lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cho takes a step back to recover.
Botanovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Botanovic scores with a takedown into Cho's guard.

Botanovic thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Botanovic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cho is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Botanovic preventing the sweep.
Botanovic trying to control but Cho is working from the bottom.
Cho tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Botanovic wants to control from the top but Cho keeps moving.
Botanovic won't allow Cho to sweep him here.
Cho keeping moving, preventing Botanovic from controlling successfully.

Bot Botanovic has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Botanovic is looking to land body kicks.
Cho tries to score with a low kick but Botanovic moves his leg out of the way.
Cho blocks the body kick.
Botanovic looks for the body kick but Cho saw that one coming.
Botanovic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cho but Cho pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cho throws a push kick but Botanovic slaps the foot to one side.
Cho misses with a kick to the body.
Botanovic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Botanovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cho.
Botanovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cho's calf.
Botanovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Botanovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Cho throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Botanovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cho lands a leg kick that knocks Botanovic off balance momentarily.
Cho takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Botanovic tries to score with a low kick but Cho moves his leg out of the way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cho.
Botanovic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cho checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An inside leg kick lands from Cho.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Cho sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho swings for the body but Botanovic moves out of range.
A punch combination from Cho misses.
Cho blocks a leg kick.
Cho scores with a shot to the body.
Cho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Cho.
That kick from Botanovic tenderised Cho's leg. Cho is trying to keep his angry face on.
Botanovic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cho wants to land a leg kick but Botanovic is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Botanovic misses.
Cho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good work by Cho as he checks the leg kick.
Cho throws a leg kick that is checked
and Botanovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Botanovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cho scores with a body shot.
Botanovic is looking to chop away at Cho's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cho takes a swing at Botanovic's ribcage but misses.
Botanovic misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Botanovic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cho blocks the body kick.
Botanovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Botanovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Botanovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cho.
Botanovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cho is looking to wear down Botanovic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cho listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Botanovic throws a body kick that misses.
Botanovic tries a low kick but Cho avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cho misses with a head kick.
Cho avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cho defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Botanovic.
Botanovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bot Botanovic will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cho checks a leg kick.
Cho lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Botanovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Bot Botanovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Botanovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Botanovic is looking to slow Cho down with leg kicks.
Cho throws a one two combo.
Cho avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cho blocks a low kick nicely.
Botanovic 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.
Botanovic takes one to the side of the head.
Cho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Botanovic doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Botanovic.
Kimble Cho is winning the standup battle so far.
Cho stuffs the takedown attempt from Botanovic. Botanovic gets slowly back to his feet.
Cho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Botanovic.
Botanovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Botanovic dives in and grabs Cho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cho pushes down on Botanovic's head and hops out.
Kimble Cho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bot Botanovic.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Cho sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Botanovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cho is looking to slow Botanovic down with leg kicks.
Cho misses with a wild body shot.
Botanovic misses with a kick to the body.
Kimble Cho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Botanovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Botanovic dives in and grabs Cho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cho pushes down on Botanovic's head and hops out.
Botanovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Botanovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Botanovic shoots in but Cho avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cho lands with a straight right. Botanovic didn't see that one coming.
Cho moves out of range of the body kick from Botanovic.
Both fighters circling a little - Cho finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Botanovic is breathing heavily.
Botanovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cho defends it nicely.
A leg kick checked by Cho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Botanovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Botanovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cho is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cho pivots, looking for a leg kick but Botanovic is out of range and Cho settles back down.
Cho connects with a leg kick. Botanovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cho misses with a leg kick
and Botanovic counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Botanovic.
Botanovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Botanovic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Botanovic misses with a body kick.
Cho 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.
Cho throws a leg kick which misses Botanovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Botanovic tries to avoid it.
Cho throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Botanovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cho lands a slapping body shot.
Botanovic is looking to score with low kicks.
Botanovic blocks a low kick nicely.
Botanovic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cho looks to score with a jab to the body but Botanovic is just out of range.
Botanovic scores with a head kick.
Cho fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Botanovic is out of range.
Botanovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cho sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Botanovic manages to avoid it.
Botanovic avoids the body shot from Cho.
Cho fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Botanovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cho fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Botanovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Botanovic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cho.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cho.
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!
Botanovic staying out of range there.
Cho connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Botanovic's hands.
Botanovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Cho sees it coming and moves out of range.
Botanovic tries a low kick but Cho avoids it.
Cho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Botanovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Botanovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Botanovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A combination from Cho does no damage.
Botanovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cho.
Botanovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimble Cho dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Botanovic throws a leg kick that misses.
Botanovic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Botanovic wants to slow Cho down by chopping away at his legs.
Cho throws a leg kick that is checked
and Botanovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Botanovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Botanovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Cho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cho avoids a kick to the body.
Botanovic scoring well with a low kick there.

Botanovic manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cho on his heels. He'll look to pass Cho's guard now, I'm sure.
Cho is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Botanovic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Botanovic works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cho has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Botanovic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cho is aware though and is defending well.
Botanovic has a closed guard, preventing Cho from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cho avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cho won't allow Botanovic to sweep him here.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Botanovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cho defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cho wants to stand but Botanovic is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cho stands up and waves to Botanovic to follow him.
Cho blocks a low kick nicely.
Botanovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic looks to throw a body kick
and Cho counters with a good low kick that Botanovic was not able to check.
Cho cracks the inside of Botanovic's front leg.
Botanovic checks a leg kick.
Botanovic thumps Cho with a low kick.
Botanovic thows a leg kick but Cho checks it
and Cho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Botanovic tried to score with a low kick but Cho checks it.
Cho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Botanovic.
Cho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Botanovic.
Botanovic misses with a kick to the body.
Cho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cho is looking to score with low kicks.
Cho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Botanovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Cho.
An inside leg kick from Cho misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kimble Cho.
I think Cho has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimble Cho!
After the big win, Kimble Cho made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Hellraiser Fightgear ($10 and above) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.