PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Wan Soo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markku Blumenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Wan Soo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rise of the Northstar - Welcame. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Markku Blumenthal was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Wan Soo
vs
Blumenthal

168 cm
27
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

179 cm
20
167 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Wan Soo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Markku Blumenthal!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ron Honeybunn and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blumenthal tries to clinch but Wan Soo is having none of it.
Blumenthal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wan Soo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Wan Soo darts in and clinches Blumenthal up against the cage.
Wan Soo tries to throw a body punch but Blumenthal avoids it by throwing Wan Soo back against the cage.
Wan Soo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wan Soo leaning against his opponent.
Blumenthal looking to throw knees to the head but Wan Soo is blocking nicely.
Wan Soo pushes Blumenthal back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blumenthal lands a knee to the body.
Wan Soo lands a hook that snaps the head of Blumenthal backwards.
Wan Soo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wan Soo scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blumenthal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wan Soo can't find room to land a body shot as Blumenthal controls the action.
Blumenthal with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wan Soo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Blumenthal.
Wan Soo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wan Soo can't find room to land a body shot as Blumenthal controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Wan Soo.
Blumenthal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wan Soo blocks it with crossed arms.
Blumenthal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blumenthal landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wan Soo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blumenthal avoids it.
Blumenthal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blumenthal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wan Soo blocks it with crossed arms.
Blumenthal throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blumenthal stalling in the clinch but Wan Soo improves position.
Wan Soo lands a body shot.
Blumenthal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blumenthal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blumenthal tries to land a knee to the head but Wan Soo blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wan Soo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blumenthal.
Wan Soo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blumenthals head.
Wan Soo misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blumenthal stalls.
Wan Soo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blumenthal trying to land knees to the body.
Wan Soo controlling the action here for a moment.
Blumenthal tries to land a knee to the head but Wan Soo blocks with his arms.
Wan Soo works on Blumenthal's body with a couple of short punches.
Wan Soo avoids a wild elbow strike from Blumenthal.
Blumenthal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blumenthal lands a good knee to the midsection. Wan Soo won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch on the inside from Wan Soo fails to land.
Blumenthal avoids a wild elbow strike from Wan Soo.
Blumenthal looking to throw knees to the head but Wan Soo is blocking nicely.
Wan Soo gets through Blumenthal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blumenthal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blumenthal lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blumenthal slows down the pace here.
Blumenthal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wan Soo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blumenthal is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wan Soo is keeping busy.
Blumenthal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wan Soo lands with a right to the head.
Blumenthal tries to land knees in the clinch but Wan Soo avoids the damage to the body.
Wan Soo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wan Soo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wan Soo misses with a body punch.
Blumenthal with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wan Soo wants a takedown but no success here.
Wan Soo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blumenthal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blumenthal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wan Soo blocks it with crossed arms.
Blumenthal prevents the takedown attempt.
Blumenthal with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wan Soo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wan Soo lands with a right to the head.
Wan Soo lands a shoulder strike.
Blumenthal missing with knees to the body.
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!
Good body shot from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blumenthal backwards.
A short body shot lands from Wan Soo as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wan Soo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blumenthal's elbow.
Blumenthal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wan Soo is defending well for now.
Blumenthal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jon Wan Soo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wan Soo connects with a crisp jab.

Wan Soo instigates a clinch.
Wan Soo pushes Blumenthal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blumenthal prevents a body shot from Wan Soo.
Blumenthal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wan Soo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wan Soo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Blumenthal throws an elbow that misses.
Blumenthal throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blumenthal blocks a body shot from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wan Soo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whack! Wan Soo lands a heavy head kick that drops Blumenthal. The ref tackles Wan Soo to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Blumenthal was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Jon Wan Soo!
An out of breath Jon Wan Soo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.