PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yasol Kim (ranked 523 p4p, 813 weight class) and Bald Martin (ranked 62 p4p, 93 weight class). Martin has chosen I�m Bald And I Know It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kim
vs
Martin

175 cm
44
162
43 - 21 - 0

182 cm
39
161
25 - 16 - 2

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

NARCOS
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yasol Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Bald Martin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kim tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Kim rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Martin lands a nice looking body shot.
Yasol Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Martin misses with a hook. Kim ducked under it nicely.
Martin throws a jab but it's blocked by Kim.
Martin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kim momentarily.
Kim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Martin connects with a single shot there.
Martin throws the left hand but Kim avoids the punch easily.
Kim with a lazy takedown attempt
and Martin counters with a straight right hand.
Martin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kim.
Martin with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kim under the eye.
Kim throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim misses with a hook. Martin ducked under it nicely.

Kim has taken the fight to the clinch.
Martin blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Martin as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kim.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kim lands a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin tries to circle away but Kim has him pinned against the cage.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim misses with the head strike.

Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kim 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 fight stays on the outside here - Kim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Martin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim feints and then cracks Martin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martin down.
Kim is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martin.
Martin checks a leg kick nicely.
Kim looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kim slips under a jab from Martin.
Martin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Kim moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Martin manages to break the clinch.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kim moves away.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Martin.
Kim swings widly with a right hand
and Martin counters with a stiff right hand.

Kim clinches.
Martin is struggling to control the position.
Martin tries to break free but Kim pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kim scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martin slowing the pace effectively.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martin stalling in the clinch but Kim improves position.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A big right from Kim misses.
Jab by Kim.
Kim tries to clinch but Martin moves out of range.
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by Kim.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kim looks to land a left hand but Martin moved out of range nicely.
Martin lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Kim throws a leg kick
and Martin counters with a stiff right hand.
Martin misses with a straight right.
Kim thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim throws a lazy body kick
and Martin counters with a stiff right hand.
Kim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martin throws out a powerful jab.
Martin avoids the body shot from Kim.
Martin looks to throw the jab but Kim is out of range.
Kim scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Martin with a nice cross.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martin misses with an uppercut. Kim saw that one coming.
Kim moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bald Martin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Martin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martin throws out the jab.
Kim swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kim lands a nice looking kick to the body. Martin takes a step back to recover.
Martin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kim manages to avoid it.
Kim misses the shot to the body.
Martin looks to throw the jab but Kim is out of range.
Kim thows a leg kick but Martin checks it
letting Martin counter with a right hand.
Martin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kim. Martin does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Martin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Martin takes a swing at Kim's ribcage but misses.
Martin misses with a hook.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Kim's head but Kim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kim moves into range and clinches up with Martin.
Kim working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kim working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Martin lands a nice uppercut.
Kim misses with a body punch.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martin lands with an overhand left.
Martin lands a jab to Kim's midsection.
Kim lands with a nice body punch.
Kim stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Martin throws a shot from downtown. Kim moves away and avoids it.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Kim moved out of range nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Kim misses its target.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Kim is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Martin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Martin checks a low kick from Kim.
Martin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin looks to land a left hand but Kim moved out of range nicely.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Martin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kim staying out of range there.
Martin misses with a hook
and Kim counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin lands with a good body shot.
A big right from Martin misses.
Donk. Martin catches Kim right on the button with a cross.
Martin scores with a jab.
Martin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kim tries to clinch up but Martin circles away and keeps his distance.
Kim on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Martin.
Bald Martin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kim throws a low kick, looking for Martin's leg but Martin calmly moves out of range.
Kim throws a big shot that misses.

Kim rushes Martin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Martin trying to stall but Kim improves his position.
Kim lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martin moves out of range of the strikes.
Martin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kim swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
Martin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martin swings for the body but Kim moves out of range.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kim moves into the clinch successfully.
Martin is stalling here.
Yasol Kim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martin taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Martin is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Martin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin fails to land with a series of punches.
Kim misses with a body shot.
Kim uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Martin throws an overhand right that lands on Kim's shoulder, as Kim tries to avoid the shot.
Kim moves to clinch but Martin breaks away
and Martin counters with a nice body shot.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bald Martin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kim's jab looks to have found its range, popping Martin under the eye.
Kim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martin lands an overhand right.
Kim scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Martin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kim moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kim drops his hands momentarily and Martin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Martin lands an overhand right.

Kim moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin lands a right hand.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kim tries to move into range but Martin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kim looks to throw the jab but Martin is out of range.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kim was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kim. Martin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kim lands a nice shot that snaps Martin's head back.
Kim slips a straight right by Martin.
Martin slips a straight right by Kim.
Kim moves out of range of the strikes.
Martin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kim lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Yasol Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bald Martin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a body kick.
Kim thows a body kick. Martin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kim throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Martin counters with a nice body shot.
Kim misses the body punch
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin with a hook.
Martin throws a right hand that misses
and Kim counters with a one-two to the body.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kim tries to work over Martin's front leg with a kick but Martin checks it.
Martin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kim.
Kim throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A lazy body kick from Kim
and Martin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kim gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin takes a swing at Kim's ribcage but misses.
Kim missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kim on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Kim throws a poor cross that misses
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A slow jab from Martin misses its intended target.
Kim on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kim avoids the body shot from Martin.
A low kick from Kim is predictable there
letting Martin counter with a right hand.
Kim ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kim throws a leg kick but Martin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Martin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kim throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Martin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kim takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim looks to clinch
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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 misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Martin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kim. That's going to slow Martin down.
Martin misses with a two punch combination.
Kim throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kim takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kim looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kim takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martin with a jab.
Kim missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kim's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kim tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kim throws a jab but it's blocked by Martin.
Kim throws a leg kick but Martin sees it coming and moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bald Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Martin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bald Martin!
Bald Martin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.