PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Miko Dimelo (ranked 20452 p4p, 636 weight class) and Seung-Jin Bailey (ranked 3761 p4p, 434 weight class). Bailey has chosen Zombie Juice - Lava as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dimelo
vs
Bailey

182 cm
27
203 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

189 cm
28
202 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Miko Dimelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seung-Jin Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Bailey misses.
Bailey misses with a looping left.
Bailey throws a lazy right hand but Dimelo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bailey shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bailey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seung-Jin Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dimelo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bailey pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dimelo is out of range and Bailey settles back down.
Bailey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dimelo throws a hook but Bailey avoids it easily.
Bailey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dimelo misses with a looping right.
Bailey appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bailey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimelo lands with a straight right. Bailey didn't see that one coming.
Bailey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dimelo throws a hook to the side of Bailey's head but Bailey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dimelo throws a good cross that connects.
Dimelo has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimelo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bailey.
Dimelo fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimelo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bailey misses with an uppercut.
Bailey throws a sloppy body shot
and Dimelo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dimelo. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dimelo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dimelo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Dimelo misses the target.
Dimelo throws a looping overhand right but Bailey ducks down to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bailey.
Nice jab there from Bailey.
Dimelo throws the left hand but Bailey avoids the punch easily.
Dimelo is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
Dimelo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dimelo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dimelo lands a really nice looking cross but Bailey seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey throws a right and a left that Dimelo avoids nicely.
Dimelo throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Bailey. Those never looked like landing.
Dimelo looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimelo blocks a leg kick.
Dimelo throws a right hand that misses
and Bailey counters with an outside leg kick.
Dimelo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bailey is out of range and Dimelo settles back down.
Dimelo misses with a jab to the body
and Bailey counters with a big head kick but Dimelo shrugs it off.
Bailey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bailey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bailey goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bailey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dimelo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bailey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dimelo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bailey momentarily.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dimelo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dimelo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dimelo backwards.
Dimelo lands with a light punch inside.
Dimelo tries a body shot but Bailey blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Seung-Jin Bailey will probably get the nod.
That's time! Dimelo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dimelo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Seung-Jin Bailey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dimelo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dimelo connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Bailey's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Bailey - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Miko Dimelo!
During a confident post fight interview, Miko Dimelo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Seung-Jin Bailey spoke after the fight, saying 'i'm ok o-bviously k-rying'.