PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Method Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Kimmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Man might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wu-Tang Clan-METHOD MAN . Kimmo has chosen Roni Size-Bite The Bullet as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Man
vs
Kimmo

191 cm
26
218 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

188 cm
38
194 lbs
19 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

Sydney BEAST Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Method Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Kimmo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Topper Green and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kimmo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Man darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kimmo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Man moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kimmo throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.

Kimmo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kimmo tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kimmo tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kimmo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Man tries a body shot but Kimmo blocks it.
Kimmo prevents a body shot from Man.
Man lands an uppercut.
Kimmo missing with knees to the body.
Kimmo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Man takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kimmo throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimmo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Man.
Man lands a body shot.
Man working aggressively here.
Kimmo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Kimmo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short uppercut from Man.
Kimmo looking to stall.
Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kimmo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Man manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kimmo blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimmo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kimmo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Man has a couple of punches blocked by Kimmo.
Kimmo struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
Kimmo tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Kimmo back against the cage.
Man scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Man.
Kimmo crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Man has Kimmo pressed against the cage.
Kimmo tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Man manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Man lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Man lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kimmo.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Kimmo avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kimmo throws a punch but it's blocked by Man.
Kimmo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kimmo tries to stall but Man uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Kimmo.
Kimmo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Kimmo trying to land knees to the body.
Kimmo looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Man.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Kimmo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kimmo backwards.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Man dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Man content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kimmo misses with a punch to the body.
Man has Kimmo pushed against the cage.
Man lands a body shot in the clinch.
Man avoiding damage as Kimmo throws knees to the body.
Kimmo trying to control the position but instead, Man has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kimmo into the cage.
A short right from Man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Man lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kimmo backwards.

Kimmo is rocked!
Man stalling.
Kimmo is still on wobbly legs! Can Man finish him?
Kimmo scores with a hook to the body.
Kimmo seems to have recovered his senses.
Kimmo misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Method Man 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.

Kimmo misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Man misses.
Kimmo misses with an uppercut. Man saw that one coming.
Kimmo is looking to slow Man down with leg kicks.
Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Man clobbers Kimmo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kimmo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Man looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kimmo lands an overhand right.
Man has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Man misses the shot to the body.
Man tries to bum rush Kimmo with a series of wild strikes but Kimmo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Man misses.
Man's corner calls for a 1-2. Man obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Man steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kimmo.

Kimmo has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kimmo prevents a body shot from Man.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Kimmo tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Kimmo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Man has Kimmo pushed against the cage.
Kimmo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Kimmo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Man holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kimmo looking to stall.
Kimmo takes a shot to the head.
Kimmo misses with an elbow over the top.
Man taking a breather.
Man lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Kimmo.
Man will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kimmo up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kimmo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kimmo connects with a knee to the head.
Man tries to stall but Kimmo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kimmo gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Man is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kimmo is keeping busy.
Kimmo tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man pushes Kimmo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Man leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Method Man.
A combination from Kimmo does no damage.
Kimmo throws a wild body kick that Man sees coming a mile off.
Nice uppercut there from Man.
Kimmo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Man moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Man keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Man, right into the meat.

Man gets tackled into the cage by Kimmo. Kimmo maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kimmo misses with a knee strike.
Man misses with some punches.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Kimmo.
Kimmo misses with a knee to the head.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kimmo takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Kimmo.
Man dips a shoulder and cracks Kimmo with a mighty uppercut! Kimmo falls back against the cage and Man unloads with a barrage of strikes! Kimmo is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Man screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Method Man!
Method Man looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Hey, you! get off my cloud! You don't know me and you don't know my style! Happy 420 y'all smoke one with Iron Lung!'.