PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyun-Chul Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Makoto Shibasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shibasaki has chosen Genki Sudo - 'Mind Shift' as his entrance music. Kyun-Chul Kim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kim
vs
Shibasaki

175 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
23
164 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyun-Chul Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Makoto Shibasaki!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shibasaki ducks under a wild hook from Kim.
Shibasaki misses with a head kick.
Shibasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Shibasaki misses.
Shibasaki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kim.
Shibasaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shibasaki.
Kim looks to score with a jab to the body but Shibasaki is just out of range.
Kyun-Chul Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shibasaki misses with a hook.
Kim leaves Shibasaki with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shibasaki.
Kim throws a leg kick that misses.
Shibasaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Decent striking displayed by Kim there.
Shibasaki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shibasaki throws a hook but Kim blocks it.
A clash of legs there as Kim blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shibasaki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kim.
Kim throws an overhand right that lands on Shibasaki's shoulder, as Shibasaki tries to avoid the shot.
Shibasaki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kim checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donk. Kim catches Shibasaki right on the button with a cross.
Shibasaki has a takedown stuffed.
Shibasaki checks a low kick from Kim.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Shibasaki.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kim throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shibasaki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Kim tries to sprawl but Shibasaki drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Shibasaki trying to control from half guard but Kim is working away.
Kim trying to control but Shibasaki postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shibasaki throwing shots but Kim is blocking nicely.
Shibasaki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kim keeps working.
Kim wants to control but Shibasaki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shibasaki wants to pass to mount but Kim is defending the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A lazy left from Kim finds it's target.
Kim cracks a nice hook into Shibasaki's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shibasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Kim is just out of range.
Kim misses with a wild body shot.
Kim misses with a hook to the body
and Shibasaki counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shibasaki. Shibasaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Kyun-Chul Kim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shibasaki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Shibasaki misses with a body kick.
No luck for Shibasaki with that takedown attempt.
Kyun-Chul Kim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Makoto Shibasaki.
Shibasaki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Kim.
Kim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shibasaki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kim as he avoids it easily.
Kim stuns Shibasaki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A good leg kick by Shibasaki.
Kim takes a swing at Shibasaki's ribcage but misses.
Kim looks to score with a jab to the body but Shibasaki is just out of range.
Kim scores with a hook to the body. Shibasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kim missing with a left hand there. Shibasaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kim throws a body punch but Shibasaki moves out of range.
Kim lands with an uppercut that bounces Shibasaki off the cage and back into range.
No luck for Shibasaki with that takedown attempt.
Kim steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Shibasaki. That one must have hurt.
Kim misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kim smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shibasaki throws a leg kick that misses.
Kim throws a looping overhand right but Shibasaki ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Makoto Shibasaki will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shibasaki throws a leg kick but Kim moved away.
Shibasaki connects with a leg kick. Kim looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A swing and a miss from Kim.
Kim misses with a double jab.
Shibasaki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kim takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Shibasaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shibasaki tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Decent striking displayed by Kim there.
Kim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kim takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fighters circling - Kim throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shibasaki misses with a low kick.
Kim misses with a shot to the body
and Shibasaki counters with an inside leg kick.
Shibasaki has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shibasaki there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shibasaki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim misses with a shot to the body
and Shibasaki counters with a good low kick that Kim was not able to check.
Kim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shibasaki lands a nice hook to Kim's body. Kim takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kim misses with the combination.
Shibasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shibasaki throws a leg kick which misses Kim's front leg but catches the back leg as Kim tries to avoid it.
Kim scores with a nice right hand.
Kim is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shibasaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kim throws a lazy uppercut

and Shibasaki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Shibasaki wants to pass the guard but Kim is keeping the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kim has Shibasaki pulled in close to control his posture.
Shibasaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Kim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki landing some decent shots from guard.
Shibasaki postures up and lands a big shot to Kim's brow.
Shibasaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kim looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Shibasaki slips nicely into half guard.
Kim tries to get to full guard but Shibasaki has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Shibasaki is trying to control. Kim wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kim is looking to control Shibasaki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kim avoid being mounted?
Shibasaki trying to control the pace.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Makoto Shibasaki was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Kim misses the jab.
Kim avoids the body shot from Shibasaki.
Kim fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shibasaki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shibasaki defending well as Kim loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kim misses with a wild body shot.
Kim misses with an uppercut
and Shibasaki counters with a body kick.
Kim connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shibasaki. Shibasaki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shibasaki shoots for a double leg takedown but Kim sprawls well. He's pushed Shibasaki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Kim rushes Shibasaki and presses him up against the cage.

Kim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shibasaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shibasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shibasaki moves into the clinch successfully.
Kim wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shibasaki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kim.
Kim tries a body shot but Shibasaki blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Makoto Shibasaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Shibasaki connects with a body shot.
Kim is looking to slow Shibasaki down with leg kicks.
Kim thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shibasaki feints and then cracks Kim's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kim down.
Kim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Kim clinches up with Shibasaki and pushes him back against the cage.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Shibasaki leaning against his opponent.
Shibasaki lands a body shot in the clinch.

Kim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Kim. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kim.
Kim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick from Shibasaki misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibasaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kim.
Kim paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shibasaki avoids the body shot from Kim.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Shibasaki.
Shibasaki throws a hook to the side of Kim's head but Kim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shibasaki slips a straight right by Kim.
Shibasaki shoots in but no luck this time.
Shibasaki throws a leg kick but Kim sees it coming and moves out of range.
Shibasaki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kim finds it's way round the side to connect with Shibasaki's head.
Kim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shibasaki manages to avoid it.
Shibasaki moves away from the strike by Kim.
Kim swings widly with a right hand
and Shibasaki counters with a nice body shot.

Kim rushes Shibasaki and presses him up against the cage.
Kim letting Shibasaki take a breather here.
Kim's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim is trying to break free.
Shibasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shibasaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Shibasaki can't get the takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kim is looking to break free of the clinch but Shibasaki has double underhooks.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Shibasaki avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.

Kim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shibasaki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kyun-Chul Kim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Makoto Shibasaki.
Kim slips a jab from Shibasaki.
Kim takes a swing at Shibasaki's ribcage but misses.
Kim keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shibasaki.
Jab, jab by Kim - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kim throws a jab but it's blocked by Shibasaki.

Shibasaki instigates a clinch.
Kim takes a shot to the head.

Kim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kim rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shibasaki counters with a nice leg kick.
Kim misses with a body punch
and Shibasaki counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shibasaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shibasaki keeps Kim at a distance using the push kick.
Kim walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shibasaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Shibasaki does it's job there.
Shibasaki walks into a jab.
Kim misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shibasaki counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shibasaki lands with a right hand.
Shibasaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shibasaki misses with a low kick.

Kim has Shibasaki up against the cage in a clinch.
Makoto Shibasaki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kim wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kim struggles to land a body shot inside as Shibasaki controls his hands.
Shibasaki blocks a body shot from Kim.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shibasaki working aggressively here.
Kim wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kyun-Chul Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kim lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Makoto Shibasaki.
I've got Shibasaki winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Makoto Shibasaki!
As Makoto Shibasaki got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: We are all one!'.