PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dae Kyung Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raful Eitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Kyung Kim
vs
Eitan

174 cm
21
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dae Kyung Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raful Eitan!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eitan lands a right hook to the body.
Eitan swinging wildly here.
Eitan cracks Kim with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've been hearing reports that Kim has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Kim takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab, jab by Eitan - just one landing.
Jab, jab by Eitan - just one landing.
Eitan connects with a crisp jab.
Eitan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Kim appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kim takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Eitan misses the shot to the body.
Eitan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Kim throws a poor cross that misses
and Eitan counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eitan misses with the combination.
Kim has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Eitan finds it's way round the side to connect with Kim's head.
Eitan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kim circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like Kim wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
No joy there for Eitan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eitan throws a body shot but no joy.
Eitan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Kim counters with a takedown into side control.
Eitan is not content to let Kim control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kim has hold of Eitan's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Eitan seems comfortable defending it but Kim has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Eitan is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Eitan is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Kim couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dae Kyung Kim!