PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Polo Quincy (ranked 3413 p4p, 363 weight class) and Jain Kim (ranked 3623 p4p, 386 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Quincy
vs
Kim

178 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Polo Quincy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jain Kim!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Quincy working aggressively here.
Quincy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quincy takes a shot to the head.
Kim softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quincy is pushing Kim up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Quincy keeps control of Kim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Quincy can't find room to land a body shot as Kim controls the action.
Quincy stalling the fight.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Quincy lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quincy misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kim.
Quincy working aggressively here.
Quincy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kim up against the cage.
Quincy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quincy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Kim.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quincy's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quincy.
Kim lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Kim.
Quincy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kim working aggressively here.
Quincy tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Quincy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A body shot lands from Quincy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kim.
Quincy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim lands an uppercut.
Quincy misses with the head strike.
Quincy tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Quincy blocks an uppercut.
Kim scores with a shoulder strike.
Quincy misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries to break the clinch but Quincy is controlling the position.
Quincy is looking to break free of the clinch but Kim has double underhooks.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Quincy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Kim.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Quincy.
Quincy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Kim.
Quincy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kim lands a hook that snaps the head of Quincy backwards.
A short uppercut from Kim.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Quincy.
Quincy is struggling to control the position.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Quincy throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quincy misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Quincy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Quincy.
Quincy lands a right hand.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Quincy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim stalling in the clinch but Quincy improves position.
Kim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quincys head.
Kim pushes Quincy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Quincy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kim.
Kim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quincys head.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quincy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Quincy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quincy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quincy can't find room to land a body shot as Kim controls the action.
Quincy is trying to push Kim away but Kim has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quincy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kim is trying to maintain a safe position but Quincy gets an underhook and turns Kim into the cage.
Quincy gets through Kim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Quincy avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Quincy is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.
Quincy wants to stall.
Quincy is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Quincy fails to land.
Kim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quincy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kim taking a breather.
Quincy has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Quincy tries to break free but Kim pushes him back against the cage.
Kim lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Quincy drives through and clinches with Kim against the cage.
Kim has Quincy pressed against the cage, preventing Quincy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Quincy.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quincy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jain Kim seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Quincy swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quincys head.
Kim lands a shot to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Quincy.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Quincy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quincy lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Quincy.
Kim is trying to break free.
Kim wants to stall.
Quincy lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kim lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Quincy is keeping busy.
Kim misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quincy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Kim stalling against the cage.
Quincy blocks an uppercut.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quincy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quincy is working Kim over against the cage.
Quincy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Kim.
Quincy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Quincy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Quincy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quincy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Quincy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kim lands a shoulder strike.
Quincy is looking to control Kim's arms but Kim gets an underhook and turns him. Now Quincy has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
Kim lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Kim's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quincy is looking to control Kim's arms but Kim gets an underhook and turns him. Now Quincy has his back to the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kim.
Quincy pushes Kim back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
Quincy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quincy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kim pushes Quincy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quincy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim blocks a body shot from Quincy.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Quincy avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quincy lands a right hand.
Quincy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
Kim wants to get back to striking at distance but Quincy won't allow it.
Quincy tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Quincy back against the cage.
Quincy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Quincy blocks an uppercut.
Quincy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kim works on Quincy's body with a couple of short punches.
Kim misses with a body punch.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Quincy avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Quincy looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
Kim gets through Quincy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kim lands with a short shot to the head.
Quincy misses with some punches.
Kim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Quincy backwards.
Kim lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quincy backwards.
Quincy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kim has him pressed against the cage.
Quincy looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kim.
Kim throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kim creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Kim.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Quincy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quincy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim displaying some good clinch control by pressing Quincy up against the cage.
Kim lands with a right to the head.
Quincy wants to get back to striking at distance but Kim won't allow it.
Kim wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Quincy.
Quincy looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jain Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Quincy moves into the clinch.
Quincy misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Kim.

Quincy manages to break the clinch.

Quincy rushes Kim and presses him up against the cage.
Quincy lands with a left to the head.
Kim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kim gets through Quincy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quincy wants to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Quincy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quincy lands a hook that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Quincy lands with a left to the head.
Quincy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quincy prevents a body shot from Kim.
Good body shot from Quincy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quincy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kim.
Quincy misses with a punch on the inside.
Quincy controlling the action here for a moment.
Kim is looking to control Quincy's arms but Quincy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Quincy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quincy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
A head punch on the inside from Quincy fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kim is trying to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kim.
Kim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quincy.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kim.
Quincy tries to work over Kim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quincy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Quincy tries to circle away but Kim has him pinned against the cage.
Quincy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quincy is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Kim fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Kim scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kim looking to stall.
Quincy misses with some punches.
Kim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kim pushes Quincy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Quincy.
Quincy has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Quincy.
Quincy misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quincy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quincy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quincy scores with a shot to the side of Kim's head.
A shot in the inside from Kim.
Quincy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quincy.
Kim lands a right hand.
Quincy blocking some punches.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quincy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Kim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Quincy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quincy.
Quincy tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Quincy blocking some punches.
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!
Kim throws a punch but it's blocked by Quincy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries to break free but Quincy pushes him back against the cage.
Kim looking to stall.
Quincy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kim lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kim taking a breather.
Quincy throws an elbow that misses.
Quincy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Kim - that landed with a thud.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Quincy as Kim tries to tie him up.
Kim is pushing Quincy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Quincy misses with a punch on the inside.
Quincy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Kim misses with some punches.
Polo Quincy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quincy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Polo Quincy.
Well Kim has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jain Kim!
A very excited looking Jain Kim made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.