PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kari Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Jee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jee has chosen Get The Funk Out Of My Face as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kimura
vs
Jee

185 cm
21
179 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
170 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Jee!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura misses with a body shot.
Kimura doesn't manage to clinch there - Jee circles away.

Jee lands a left and a right that send Kimura crashing to the mat, dazed. Jee thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kimura is rocked!

It looks like Kari Kimura has been cut.
Jee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kimura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kimura shoots in looking for a takedown. Jee tries to sprawl out of it but Kimura keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Jee gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jee will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Jee wants to sweep but no luck.
Kimura throwing strikes but missing.
Jee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kimura stands and throws Jee's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kimura in side control, throwing shots but Jee defends.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jee tries to buck Kimura off but Kimura is having none of it.
Kimura misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jee is looking to reverse the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kimura doesn't seem bothered though.
Jee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karl Jee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kimura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jee lands a with a good body shot.
Jee throws a right and a left that Kimura avoids nicely.
Kimura slips a jab and a cross from Jee.
Jee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jee throws a shot to the body.
Kimura is breathing heavily.
Jee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Jee scores with a four punch combination!
Karl Jee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jee throws a right and a left that Kimura avoids nicely.

Jee lands a big head kick that sends Kimura tumbling to the mat! Jee takes a step backwards and waves Kimura back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Kimura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Jee.
Jee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kimura at a distance.
Kimura seems to have got his legs back now.
Jee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kimura manages to avoid it.

Jee drops Kimura with a beautiful combination! Kimura stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jee is looking for the KO!
Jee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kimura.
Jee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kimura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Jee drops Kimura with a beautiful combination! Kimura stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jee is looking for the KO!
Jee swings for the body but Kimura moves out of range.
Jee thuds a left hand into Kimura's body.
Jee misses with a wild combination.
Jee throws a leg kick but Kimura sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jee!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jee is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kimura rather than just go for the knockout.
Jee lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kimura tries to clinch but Jee is having none of it.
A punch combination from Jee misses.
Jee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jee is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kimura lands with a slapping head kick.
Jee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jee paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Kimura gets a clinch.
Kimura tries to pull guard but Jee won't allow it.
Kimura jumps guard but Jee stands there with Kimura around his waist. Kimura gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kari Kimura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jee prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kimura's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jee lands a shoulder strike.
Jee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kimura backwards.

Jee breaks the clinch.
Kimura looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kimura avoids the body shot from Jee.
Jee misses with a body punch
and Kimura counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A left and a right from Jee both land. Nice combination.
Jee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jee digs a good hook to Kimura's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jee thuds a left hand into Kimura's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jee drops Kimura with a beautiful combination! Kimura stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jee is looking for the KO!

Kari Kimura's cut is getting worse.
Jee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Jee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kari Kimura's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jee swings for the body but Kimura moves out of range.
Jee misses with a body shot.
Jee throws a right and a left that both miss.

Jee lands a left and a right that send Kimura crashing to the mat, dazed. Jee thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Jee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kimura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kimura shoots in for a takedown but Jee shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kimura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jee.
Kimura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Jee.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jee throws a shot to the body.
Kimura takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jee misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jee connects with a solid leg kick.
Jee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kimura manages to avoid it.
Jee stuffs the takedown attempt from Kimura. Kimura gets slowly back to his feet.
Karl Jee seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kari Kimura is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kimura dodges the punch combination from Jee.
Jee misses with a wild combination.
Kimura tries to clinch but Jee moves out of range.
Jee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jee scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jee throws a body punch but Kimura moves out of range.
Kimura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jee.
Kimura shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jee as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kari Kimura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jee stuffs the takedown attempt from Kimura. Kimura gets slowly back to his feet.
Jee throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jee connects with a high kick.

Jee drops Kimura with a beautiful combination! Kimura stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jee is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kimura showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jee.
Jee lands a nice hook to Kimura's body. Kimura takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jee throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kimura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jee.
Jee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jee misses the shot to the body.
Kimura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kimura throws a shot from downtown. Jee moves away and avoids it.
Jee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jee throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a two punch combination.
Kimura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kimura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jee misses with a double jab.
Kimura slips under a jab.
Kimura is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jee.
Kimura lands a jab to the nose.

Kimura pushes Jee up against the cage in a clinch.
Kimura wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kimura drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kimura tries to break the clinch but Jee is controlling the position.

Jee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jee misses with a series of wild punches.

Kimura changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jee stops Kimura from passing to mount.
Jee sneaks back into half guard.
Kimura seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jee is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kimura trying to work for an americana but Jee has managed to regain full guard.
Jee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kimura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Jee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kari Kimura's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jee thows a body shot but no joy.
Jee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kimura moves away.
Kimura has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jee finds it's way round the side to connect with Kimura's head.
Kimura shoots for a takedown but Jee saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A punch combination from Jee misses.
Kimura is looking to clinch.
Jee lands with a right hand.
Kimura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kimura doesn't manage to clinch there - Jee circles away.
Jee lands a slapping body shot.
Jee misses with a wild body shot.
Jee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kimura.
Kimura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jee throws a leg kick which misses Kimura's front leg but catches the back leg as Kimura tries to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jee misses with a wild body shot.
Kimura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jee scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kimura tries to clinch but Jee is having none of it.
Jee lands with a shot to the body.
Jee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kimura was well out of range. Poor timing from Jee.
Jee lands a lovely overhand right.
Jee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kimura circles away quickly and effectively.
Kimura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kimura showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jee.
Jee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jee throws a combination. Kimura tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kimura on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jee throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kimura stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jee scores with a decent looking hook.
Kari Kimura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jee circles away.
Jee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kimura was well out of range. Poor timing from Jee.
Kimura walks into a straight right hand from Jee.
Kimura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Kimura looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jee has his hands on Kimura's head, controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jee can do anything to dispel that myth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kimura pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jee is keeping the position for now.
Kimura preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kimura trying to control but Jee is working from the bottom.
Kimura postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jee throws a lazy head kick

and Kimura counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kimura looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Jee breaks the clinch.
Kimura shoots in but Jee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kari Kimura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Jee misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kimura drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice sprawl there from Jee as Kimura shoots in.
Jee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jee swats away the attempt to clinch by Kimura.
Kimura showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jee.
Jee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kimura at a distance.
Kimura throws an overhand right that lands on Jee's shoulder, as Jee tries to avoid the shot.
Jee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kimura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jee throws a big shot that misses.
Jee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kimura.
Karl Jee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kimura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Jee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jee 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Jee!