PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes to the cage accompanied by Untouchable . Roberto Kim will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Le
vs
Kim

174 cm
43
183 lbs
36 - 22 - 0

190 cm
39
187 lbs
30 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cung Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Kim!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Le clinches up against the cage.
Kim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Le wants to stall.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Le blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Kim working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Le blocking some punches.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kim's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Le fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Le.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kim working aggressively here.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le works on Kim's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Kim scores with a nice hook to the head.
Le is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kim is keeping busy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Le lands a hook that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Le pushes off an throws an elbow but Kim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Le lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Le.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim working aggressively here.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le trying to control the position but instead, Kim has worked for underhooks and has pushed Le into the cage.
Kim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Le prevents a body shot from Kim.
Kim digs a right hand into Le's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Le's gas tank.
Kim lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kim working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim is working Le over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le trying to stall but Kim improves his position.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Kim misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim scores with a hook to the body.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Le throws an elbow but misses.
Kim lands a left hand.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Le just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kim's brow.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Le misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim working aggressively here.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Kim working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kim.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kim blocking some punches.
A short left from Le.
Le is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Le.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kim misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim blocks an elbow strike from Le.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Kim lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Le.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Le.
Le has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Kim dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab from Le does it's job there.

It looks like Roberto Kim has been cut.
Kim takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Le wants to land a leg kick but Kim is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kim! But no joy.
Kim throws the kick towards the body but Le avoids it.
Roberto Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le just misses with a punch to the body.
Kim lands a jab.
Le walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kim.
Kim bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Le's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kim uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Le has time to react.
Le closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kim's corner calls for a 1-2. Kim obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!
Le tries to clinch up.
Kim is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Le 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Le is rocked!
Kim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Le walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Oh Le is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kim walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Le drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Kim swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Le's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Kim!
During a confident post fight interview, Roberto Kim thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.