PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Je Ha Kim (ranked 5512 p4p, 23610 weight class) and Mikkel Madsen (ranked 594 p4p, 638 weight class). Mikkel Madsen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kim
vs
Madsen

189 cm
18
188
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
197
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Je Ha Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mikkel Madsen!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim avoids the body shot from Madsen.
Kim seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Madsen throws a combination that misses
and Kim counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Mikkel Madsen has been cut.
Madsen throws a nice looking combination but Kim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kim was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Madsen throws a right hand that misses
and Kim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Madsen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Kim gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kim effectively controlling the action here.
Kim lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Madsen or not.
Kim lands with a short shot to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kim as Madsen tries to tie him up.
Madsen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Madsen backwards.
Madsen is trying to maintain a safe position but Kim gets an underhook and turns Madsen into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Kim.
Kim taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Madsen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kim is keeping busy.
Madsen wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim scores with a shot to the side of Madsen's head.
Kim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Madsen lands a shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Madsen is trying to maintain a safe position but Kim gets an underhook and turns Madsen into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mikkel Madsen.
Kim bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madsen. Kim does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madsen swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Madsen tries to clinch up
enabling Kim to counter with a crisp jab.
Madsen misses with a hook
and Kim counters with a stiff right hand.
Kim cracks Madsen with a hook to the temple - Madsen is on wobbly legs here! Kim swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Madsen falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Kim wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Je Ha Kim!
After winning the bout, Je Ha Kim thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.