PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Altin Rraklli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silla Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim has chosen CANON in D Korean Version (with gayageum) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Altin Rraklli has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rraklli
vs
Kim

190 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Altin Rraklli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Silla Kim!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rraklli lands the left hand.

Rraklli darts in and clinches Kim up against the cage.
Kim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rraklli avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Kim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rraklli tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.
Kim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rraklli throws an elbow but it misses.
Rraklli lands a damaging elbow.
Rraklli scores a nice knee to the body.
Kim tries to pull guard but Rraklli holds him up against the cage and eventually Kim drops back down to his feet.
Rraklli lands a damaging elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kim slows down the pace here.
Rraklli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rraklli taking a breather.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Rraklli using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rraklli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kim's defenses.
Rraklli landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kim looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rraklli unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kim lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rraklli is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rraklli scores a nice knee to the body.
Rraklli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rraklli with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Rraklli.
Rraklli pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rraklli lands a nice knee to the body.
Rraklli lands a knee to the body.
Rraklli lands a nice knee to the body.
Rraklli unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kim lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rraklli lands an elbow just above Kim 's eye.
Stalling in the clinch from Rraklli.
Rraklli using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rraklli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rraklli has Kim pushed against the cage.
Rraklli with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Rraklli.
Kim tries to pull guard but Rraklli holds him up against the cage and eventually Kim drops back down to his feet.
Rraklli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Rraklli.
Rraklli lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A bit of stalling here from Rraklli.
Rraklli prevents a body shot from Kim.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Rraklli has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the cage.
Rraklli connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kim's face.
Rraklli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rraklli - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rraklli lands an elbow inside.
Kim takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rraklli blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim being controlled against the cage.
Rraklli unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kim lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kim tries to pull guard but Rraklli holds him up against the cage and eventually Kim drops back down to his feet.
Altin Rraklli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silla Kim.
Kim goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rraklli prevents it.
Rraklli gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rraklli prevents a body shot from Kim.
Rraklli stalling in the clinch.
Rraklli lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rraklli managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rraklli - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rraklli managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
Kim changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rraklli fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rraklli feints and then cracks Kim's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kim down.
Rraklli connects with a high kick.
Altin Rraklli is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rraklli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rraklli cracks the inside of Kim's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rraklli tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Good leg kick by Rraklli there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kim changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rraklli tries to avoid it but Kim manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rraklli to the ground. Rraklli escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Altin Rraklli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kim shoots in but Rraklli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rraklli works the jab nicely.
Rraklli tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rraklli lands with an uppercut that bounces Kim off the cage and back into rage.
Kim goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rraklli feints and then cracks Kim's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kim down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Altin Rraklli dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No luck for Kim with that takedown attempt.
Kim uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rraklli.
Kim tries to clinch but Rraklli is having none of it.
Rraklli connects with a solid leg kick.
Rraklli scores with a leg kick.
Rraklli moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.

Rraklli rushes Kim and presses him up against the cage.
Rraklli avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rraklli as Kim tries to tie him up.
Kim is breathing heavily.
Rraklli missing with knees to the body.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Rraklli has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the cage.
Rraklli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rraklli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rraklli landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stalling in the clinch from Rraklli.

Kim manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Rraklli finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rraklli moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rraklli misses with a head kick.
Rraklli scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rraklli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rraklli is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rraklli wants to clinch but Kim slips to the side

and Kim counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rraklli holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rraklli is trying to maintain the position but Kim is very close to passing his half guard.
Rraklli wants to get back to full guard.
Kim is looking to take a break and control but Rraklli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kim throwing shots but Rraklli is blocking nicely.
Kim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rraklli controlling the position well.
Rraklli is trying to stand back up but Kim is controlling him

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rraklli wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Kim steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rraklli. That one must have hurt.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Rraklli.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rraklli - that will leave a mark!
Rraklli throws a leg kick but Kim moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rraklli tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Rraklli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kim can do to turn this around?
Kim shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rraklli pinned against the cage. Rraklli gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rraklli avoids a kick to the body.

Rraklli has Kim up against the cage in a clinch.
Rraklli crunches a lovely knee into Kim's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rraklli lands a knee to the body.
Rraklli lands an elbow inside that Kim shrugs off.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rraklli just leaning against Kim, taking a breather.

Kim ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kim no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Rraklli slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Altin Rraklli dominated that second round.
That's time! Rraklli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A nice leg kick lands there from Rraklli.
Rraklli cracks Kim with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kim throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rraklli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kim's knee momentarily.
Kim takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Altin Rraklli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rraklli.
Good leg kick by Rraklli there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kim takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kim chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rraklli throws a sloppy head kick
and Kim counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rraklli throws a leg kick which misses Kim's front leg but catches the back leg as Kim tries to avoid it.
Altin Rraklli is winning the standup battle so far.
Rraklli tries to clinch but Kim is having none of it.
Rraklli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rraklli tries to clinch up.
Rraklli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rraklli tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rraklli tries to clinch up

and Kim counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kim is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rraklli doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kim.
Kim not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rraklli is trying is best to control the position here.
Kim with the ground and pound but Rraklli uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Kim trying to control but Rraklli is working from the bottom.
Kim preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rraklli keeping moving, preventing Kim from controlling successfully.
Rraklli controlling Kim's posture.
Kim sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kim trying to control the position from guard on top but Rraklli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kim trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rraklli trying to control the position here.
Kim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rraklli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rraklli is looking to stand up but Kim isn't so interested in that idea.
Rraklli is adopting a defensive guard.
Silla Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kim trying to move into half guard but instead Rraklli has managed to sweep!

And that's the end of the fight!
Altin Rraklli showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rraklli, 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Altin Rraklli!