PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Kothciushco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jong's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Nobody Nobody. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jong
vs
Kothciushco

195 cm
38
286 lbs
31 - 23 - 0

200 cm
36
250 lbs
20 - 25 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Popeye Nutritional Supplement

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kim Jong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Krzysztof Kothciushco!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jong has Kothciushco up against the cage in a clinch.
Kothciushco with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jong lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Jong.
Jong tries to throw a body punch but Kothciushco avoids it by throwing Jong back against the cage.
Kothciushco lands a nice uppercut.
Kothciushco stalling the fight.
Kothciushco leaning against his opponent.
Kothciushco blocks a body shot from Jong.
Jong misses with a knee to the head.
Jong tries a body shot but Kothciushco blocks it.
A short right from Kothciushco.
Kothciushco lands a shoulder strike.
Jong lands a damaging elbow.
Kothciushco lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kothciushco takes an elbow to the temple.
Kothciushco pushes off an throws an elbow but Jong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kothciushco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jong misses with a knee to the head.
Jong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kothciushco throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kothciushco swings wildly with an uppercut but Jong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kothciushco avoiding damage as Jong throws knees to the body.
Jong tries to land a knee to the head but Kothciushco blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jong.
Kothciushco avoids the elbow strike from Jong, against the cage.
Jong trying to land knees to the body.
Kothciushco lands a nice elbow.
Kothciushco lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jong backwards.
Kothciushco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jong backwards.
Jong misses with a body punch.
Kothciushco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kothciushco misses with some punches.
Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kothciushco throws a head punch that misses.
Kothciushco has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jong seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kothciushco can turn it around.
Kothciushco throws an elbow that misses.
Jong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kothciushco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Kothciushco.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kothciushco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jongs head.
Jong can't find room to land a body shot as Kothciushco controls the action.
Kothciushco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Kothciushco manages to break the clinch.

Jong has managed to clinch.
Jong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jong misses with the head strike.
Kothciushco has a couple of punches blocked by Jong.
Jong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
I was talking to Jong's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kothciushco pushes Jong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kothciushco tries to land a knee to the head but Jong blocks with his arms.
Kothciushco with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jong tries to work over Kothciushco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kothciushco lands with a right to the head.
Kothciushco blocks an elbow strike from Jong.
Kothciushco managing to block the knees to the body from Jong.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kothciushco stalling.
Kothciushco stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jong takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Kim Jong has been cut.
Jong misses with a knee strike.
Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kothciushco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jong takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jong is breathing heavily.
Jong misses with a knee to the head.
Kothciushco stalling in the clinch but Jong improves position.
Jong avoids a wild elbow strike from Kothciushco.
Kothciushco scores with a shot to the side of Jong's head.

Kothciushco drops Jong onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Jong is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Jong is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kothciushco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oh Jong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jong takes the fight into the clinch.
Jong seems to have got his legs back now.
Kothciushco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Kothciushco drops Jong onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Jong is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Kothciushco lands an uppercut.
Jong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kothciushco is defending well for now.
Kothciushco is looking to control Jong's arms but Jong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kothciushco has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jong lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Kothciushco drops Jong onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Jong is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Kothciushco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kothciushco's face.
Kothciushco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kothciushco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kothciushco working aggressively here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short right from Jong.
Kothciushco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kothciushco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kothciushco creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Jong with a big uppercut! Jong tries to clinch up but Kothciushco pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Jong to the mat! Jong covers up and Kothciushco unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Krzysztof Kothciushco!
During a confident post fight interview, Krzysztof Kothciushco thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.