PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose comes to the cage accompanied by Another One Bites The Dust. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rose
vs
Kim

186 cm
40
202 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

183 cm
30
195 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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Project Mayhem

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 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Kim!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kim bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rose's head backwards.
Kim throws a low kick but Rose avoids it.
Rose looks to land a combination but Kim avoids it well.
Kim tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rose is able to avoid easily.
Rose looks to land a right hand but Kim moved out of range.
Kim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Kim instigates a clinch.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rose.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kim.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim lands a knee to the head.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rose avoids it.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Rose lands an uppercut.
Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kim working Rose over with knees to the body.
Rose avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rose lands a left hand.
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rose avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Kim lands an elbow just above Rose 's eye.

It looks like Johnny Rose has been cut.
Rose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rose dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Rose lands with a right to the head.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rose throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Rose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rose lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rose's brow.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rose misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Rose.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Rose avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Rose lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kim throws an elbow but it misses.
Rose swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kim.
Kim throws an elbow but it misses.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rose in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rose avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rose misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rose blocks the elbow strike.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Rose.
A nice left hand lands by Rose.
Kim lands an elbow inside that Rose shrugs off.
Rose works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses with the head strike.
Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Rose in his tracks for a moment.
Rose dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
Rose tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Rose back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim lands an elbow just above Rose 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
Rose lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Kim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rose's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rose throws a wild body kick that Kim sees coming a mile off.
Rose pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kim is out of range and Rose settles back down.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kim with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kim - that will leave a mark!
Rose misses with a leg kick
and Kim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kim throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kim moves away from the strike by Rose.
Kim feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rose's calf.
A jab from Rose misses.
Kim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rose throws a hook but Kim avoids it easily.
Kim lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rose's sensitive parts.
A jab from Rose misses.
A head kick misses from Kim.
Kim tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Kim takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnny Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kim connects with an inside leg kick.
Kim feints and then cracks Rose's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rose down.
Rose throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kim. That's going to slow Rose down.
Kim throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kim misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rose throws a push kick but Kim slaps the foot to one side.
Kim throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kim goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Kim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Kim moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rose swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
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.
Kim lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rose misses with a body shot.
Rose is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rose takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rose throws a hook but Kim blocks it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kim.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kim moves away.
Kim throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kim tries a head kick but it misses.
Kim doesn't manage to clinch there - Rose circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim scores with a kick to the body.
Rose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Kim turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rose throws a sloppy body shot
and Kim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rose is looking to wear down Kim with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kim lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kim. Rose shrugs it off though.
A slow jab from Rose misses its intended target.
Rose misses with a left hand
and Kim counters with a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Rose. Those never looked like landing.
Rose lands with a cross.
Rose throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rose takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kim takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses with a hook. Kim ducked under it nicely.
Kim moves out of range of the strikes.
Rose misses with an uppercut.
Kim slips a jab from Rose.
Kim misses with a straight right.
A big left from Rose misses.
Rose misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rose takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Kim has closed the distance and engaged Rose in a clinch.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rose avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Rose lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kim working Rose over with knees to the body.
Rose trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rose's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kim throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rose on the side of the head.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kim moves away.
Rose gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kim.
Kim fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rose misses with a straight right.
Rose throws the left hand but Kim avoids the punch easily.
Rose needs to keep his hands up - Kim had a free shot at his head there.
Kim misses the jab.
Kim throws a nice head kick!

Rose is rocked!

Kim forces Rose back against the cage and clinches.
Oh Rose is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose scores with a shot to the side of Kim's head.
Kim lands a big knee to the head and Rose goes down! Kim pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikey Kim!
A very excited looking Mikey Kim made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.