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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyun-Chul Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louis comes into the arena with Stand up and Fight blaring out of the sound system. Kyun-Chul Kim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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165 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyun-Chul Kim!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis looks to score with a jab to the body but Kim is just out of range.
Louis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Louis lands with a kick to the temple. Kim shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kim ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Louis scores with a jab. Kim acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Louis misses the jab.
Louis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Louis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kim.
Louis moves out of range of the body kick from Kim.
Kim connects with a nice looking jab.
Kim throws a hook but Louis avoids it easily.
Louis lands a really nice looking cross but Kim seems unphased.
Kim looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Louis misses with a straight left.
Kim throws a leg kick but Louis sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis misses with a looping left.
Louis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kim sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Louis checks a leg kick.
Louis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Louis delivers a nice body kick.
Kim throws a looping overhand right but Louis ducks down to avoid it.
Kim throws a leg kick but Louis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Louis moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.
Martin Louis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kim shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Louis as he jumps to the side.
Louis connects with a leg kick. Kim looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Louis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Louis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kim misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim slips under a jab from Louis.
Good leg kick by Kim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kim looks to land a body kick but Louis moved away.
Louis moves away from the strike by Kim.
Louis cracks Kim with a good jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louis moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.
Kim buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kim looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Some bone on bone action there as Kim checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big right from Louis misses.
Louis misses the shot to the body.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Louis.
Louis swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Louis scores with a decent looking hook.
Kim misses with a hook.
Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kim moves away.
Louis blocks a head kick by Kim.
Kim throws a lazy right hand but Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martin Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kim.
Kim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Louis throws a shot from downtown. Kim moves away and avoids it.
Kim misses with a body kick.
Kim misses the jab.
Louis misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis misses with an uppercut.
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louis.
Kim shoots in for a double leg but Louis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Kim connects with a body shot that sends Louis's belly button to the back.
Louis misses with a hook. Kim ducked under it nicely.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Louis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Louis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kim slips a straight right by Louis.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louis blocks the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Kim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Louis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kim throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Louis connects with a right hand. Kim shakes it off.
Martin Louis is winning the standup battle so far.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Louis blocks a low kick nicely.
Kim on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Louis throws a chopping leg kick but Kim manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kim moves out of range of the body kick from Louis.
Louis moves out of range of the body kick from Kim.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Kim misses with a body shot.
Louis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kim.
Kim looks to throw the jab but Louis is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kim misses with a looping left.
Kim pivots, looking for a leg kick but Louis is out of range and Kim settles back down.
Kim fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Louis is out of range.
Louis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kim's hands.
Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kim moves away.
Nice jab there from Louis.
Kim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Louis. Louis obviously looking to wear him down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kim.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Louis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kim moves away from the strike by Louis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Louis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis misses the shot to the body.
Louis lands a front kick.
Louis throws a lazy right hand but Kim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kim looks for the body kick but Louis saw that one coming.
Kim lands a nice looking kick to the body. Louis takes a step back to recover.
Kim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Louis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kim finds it's way round the side to connect with Louis's head.
Kim throws a lazy body kick
and Louis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kim has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Louis finds it's way round the side to connect with Kim's head.
Louis misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kim can pounce on him.
Kim takes a swing at Louis's ribcage but misses.
Kim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louis staying out of range there.
Kim dives in and scores a takedown into Louis's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Louis keeping moving, preventing Kim from controlling successfully.
Louis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kim passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kim working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim is looking to take a break and control but Louis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kim looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Louis is avoiding damage well.
Louis is trying to improve his position.
Kim looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Louis is avoiding damage well.
Kim trying to control the position but Louis is working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louis is trying to get back to half guard.
Louis is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kim's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Louis 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. This is the final round!
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.
Louis misses with a body shot.
A big left from Louis misses.
That kick from Kim tenderised Louis's leg. Louis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Some wild striking there from Kim.
Louis lands a slapping body shot.
Louis throws an overhand right that lands on Kim's shoulder, as Kim tries to avoid the shot.
Louis throws a right hand that misses
and Kim counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kim controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Louis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis looking to control.
Louis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kim has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Louis is working away from the top position though.
Kim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Louis tries to pass to full mount but Kim defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim is trying to get back to full guard.
Louis content to control rather than advance.
Louis is keen to just control but Kim is a slippery customer.
Martin Louis has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Louis misses with a head kick.
Kim swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kim throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kim lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Louis backs up against the cage.
A big left from Louis misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Kim.
Kim uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Louis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Kim does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kim cracks a nice hook into Louis's ribs.
Louis misses with a wild body shot.
Louis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Louis has closed the distance and engaged Kim in a clinch.
Kim is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kim blocking some punches.
Kim tries for a takedown. No joy.
Louis misses with a punch to the body.
Louis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Louis lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kim tries a body shot but Louis blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Kim's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kim is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Louis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Martin Louis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyun-Chul Kim.
Louis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kim wants a takedown.
Louis works on Kim's body with a couple of short punches.
Kim takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis is working Kim over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Louis.
Louis lands a right hand.
Louis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Louis.
A nice right hand lands inside from Louis.
Louis lands with a left to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louis pushes Kim back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Louis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Louis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kyun-Chul Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Louis lands a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Louis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Louis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Louis!
An out of breath Martin Louis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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