PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seol Ki Hyon (ranked 5778 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke McStoner (ranked 7334 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke McStoner will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ki Hyon
vs
McStoner

191 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

209 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Seol Ki Hyon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Duke McStoner!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ki Hyon swings for the body but McStoner moves out of range.
McStoner throws an off balance right hand

and Ki Hyon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon pushes McStoner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ki Hyon effectively controlling the action here.
Ki Hyon lands a nice shot to the body.
McStoner's coach down at Lucky Liam's MMA Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on McStoner's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ki Hyon is struggling to control the position.
Ki Hyon lands a right hand that snaps the head of McStoner backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McStoner blocks a body shot from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon taking a breather.
Ki Hyon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ki Hyon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ki Hyon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McStoner.
Ki Hyon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ki Hyon is working McStoner over against the cage.
Ki Hyon effectively controlling the action here.
Ki Hyon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seol Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon throws a hook but McStoner avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McStoner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ki Hyon throws an overhand right that lands on McStoner's shoulder, as McStoner tries to avoid the shot.
Ki Hyon misses with a two punch combination.
McStoner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Ki Hyon moves into the clinch successfully.
Ki Hyon lands a right hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ki Hyon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
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!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ki Hyon cracks McStoner with a nice body shot.
A short right from Ki Hyon on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ki Hyon dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ki Hyon lands a left hand.
Ki Hyon lands a nice shot to the body.
McStoner looks winded!
Ki Hyon digs a right hand underneath McStoner's ribcage. McStoner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ki Hyon taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ki Hyon taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The referee calls for Ki Hyon to work.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ki Hyon for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Ki Hyon is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seol Ki Hyon.

Ki Hyon clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ki Hyon.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon controlling the action here for a moment.
Ki Hyon leaning against his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ki Hyon struggles to land a body shot inside as McStoner controls his hands.
Ki Hyon prevents a body shot from McStoner.
Ki Hyon leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seol Ki Hyon 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.

Ki Hyon throws a looping overhand right but McStoner ducks down to avoid it.
McStoner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ki Hyon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ki Hyon taking a breather.
Come on Ki Hyon - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seol Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McStoner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ki Hyon moves into range and clinches up with McStoner.
Ki Hyon prevents a body shot from McStoner.
Come on Ki Hyon - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A bit of stalling here from Ki Hyon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ki Hyon swings wildly with an uppercut but McStoner uses good head movement to avoid it.
McStoner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ki Hyon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ki Hyon is stalling here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seol Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon misses with an uppercut
and McStoner counters with a right hand to the body.
McStoner throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ki Hyon moves into the clinch.
Ki Hyon is pushing McStoner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ki Hyon controlling the action here for a moment.
Ki Hyon gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
McStoner prevents a body shot from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon avoiding damage.
Ki Hyon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ki Hyon controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seol Ki Hyon.
McStoner thuds his right hand into Ki Hyon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A cross from McStoner lands.
Seol Ki Hyon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

McStoner gets tackled into the cage by Ki Hyon. Ki Hyon maintains the clinch.
Ki Hyon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McStoner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ki Hyon can't find room to land a body shot as McStoner controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Ki Hyon.
McStoner prevents a body shot from Ki Hyon.
Seol Ki Hyon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon has McStoner pushed against the cage.
McStoner has a couple of punches blocked by Ki Hyon.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A bit of stalling here from Ki Hyon.
McStoner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ki Hyon is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seol Ki Hyon dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon wants to clinch up but McStoner keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like McStoner was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ki Hyon walks into a straight right hand from McStoner.

Ki Hyon rushes McStoner and presses him up against the cage.
Ki Hyon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ki Hyon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch on the inside from Ki Hyon fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ki Hyon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McStoner throws a punch but it's blocked by Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ki Hyon blocks a body shot from McStoner.
Ki Hyon tries to throw a body punch but McStoner avoids it by throwing Ki Hyon back against the cage.
Ki Hyon lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McStoner.
Ki Hyon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ki Hyon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ki Hyon misses with a body punch.
Ki Hyon controlling the action here for a moment.
Ki Hyon pushes McStoner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McStoner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ki Hyon cracks McStoner with a nice body shot.
Ki Hyon misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ki Hyon lands a body shot in the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ki Hyon here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ki Hyon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McStoner or not.
Ki Hyon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ki Hyon pushes McStoner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ki Hyon leaning against his opponent.
Ki Hyon pushes McStoner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon controlling the action here for a moment.
Ki Hyon stalling the fight.
Ki Hyon scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Ki Hyon as the two fighters clinch.
Ki Hyon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stalling in the clinch from Ki Hyon.
Ki Hyon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McStoner can do to turn this around?
Ki Hyon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ki Hyon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ki Hyon leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ki Hyon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Seol Ki Hyon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McStoner throws a punch but it's blocked by Ki Hyon.
McStoner being controlled against the cage.
McStoner misses with some punches.
Duke McStoner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McStoner swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seol Ki Hyon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ki Hyon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seol Ki Hyon!