PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad El Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baekjae Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Sayed comes into the arena with Stand Up by Trapt blaring out of the sound system. Kim has chosen CANON in D Korean Version (with gayageum) as his entrance music. The key to victory for Mohammad El Sayed has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

El Sayed
vs
Kim

178 cm
25
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
179 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad El Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Baekjae Kim!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
El Sayed lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kim misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from El Sayed.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by El Sayed.
El Sayed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
El Sayed misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kim moves out of range as El Sayed strikes.
El Sayed smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
El Sayed connects with a jab.
El Sayed tries a head kick but it misses.
El Sayed tries to clinch but Kim moves out of range.

El Sayed gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kim trying to control but El Sayed is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kim accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as El Sayed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kim is in close to El Sayed's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kim landing with the ground and pound.
El Sayed wants to stand and escape but Kim is having none of it.
Kim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
El Sayed pulls Kim in to control the position.

El Sayed pushes Kim off and scrambles back to his feet.
A lazy left from El Sayed finds it's target.
A head kick misses from El Sayed.
El Sayed fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Sayed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

El Sayed clinches with his opponent.
El Sayed tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. El Sayed smiles and moves away.
El Sayed misses with a hook.
El Sayed keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kim has a takedown stuffed.
Kim moves forwards but El Sayed connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for El Sayed.

Kim gets a takedown into half guard.
Kim tries to pass to full mount but El Sayed defends it.

Kim is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. El Sayed doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kim.
El Sayed wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim winds up and cracks El Sayed with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
El Sayed blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kim.
Kim thows a huge punch but El Sayed dodges it nicely.
Kim is looking to take a break and control but El Sayed is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
El Sayed is trying to stand back up but Kim is controlling him

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

El Sayed gets caught flat footed, as Kim shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kim content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kim is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kim postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kim won't allow El Sayed to get back to his feet.
Kim passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Kim throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kim working the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Kim are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Kim prevents El Sayed from escaping the position.
El Sayed trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Kim tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kim throwing shots but missing, from side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kim misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baekjae Kim.
Kim looks gassed!
El Sayed displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kim.
El Sayed lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baekjae Kim dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kim misses with a head kick.
Kim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kim takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kim takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
El Sayed scores with a jab.
El Sayed delivers a nice body kick.
Kim fails with a takedown attempt.
El Sayed plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Danga de danga de dang - El Sayed scores with a four punch combination!
El Sayed lands a really nice looking cross but Kim seems unphased.
El Sayed avoids a kick to the body.
Kim is breathing heavily.
El Sayed fails to land with a series of punches.
El Sayed lands with a shot to the body.
Kim tries for a takedown but El Sayed sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sayed throws a good cross that connects.
Kim takes one on the button.
Mohammad El Sayed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kim blocks a head kick by El Sayed.
El Sayed is looking to clinch.
El Sayed lands a head kick!
Kim takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

El Sayed clinches up against the cage.
Kim prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kim is looking for a takedown up against the cage. El Sayed gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baekjae Kim.
El Sayed scores with a hook to the body.
El Sayed landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
El Sayed looking to throw knees to the head but Kim is blocking nicely.
El Sayed lands a nice elbow.
El Sayed tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
El Sayed lands a nice elbow.
El Sayed tries to land a knee to the head but Kim blocks with his arms.
El Sayed tries to pull guard but Kim won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kim is trying to trip El Sayed. He has hold of a leg but El Sayed is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Kim persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
El Sayed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kim postures up in El Sayed's guard and throws a big left but El Sayed blocks it.
El Sayed looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kim tries to free his leg and advance position but El Sayed is retaining full guard.
El Sayed wants to stand and escape but Kim is having none of it.
Kim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as El Sayed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
El Sayed wants to get back to his feet but Kim is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
El Sayed stuffs the takedown attempt from Kim. Kim gets slowly back to his feet.
El Sayed connects with a looping right hand.
Kim on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by El Sayed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. El Sayed darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
El Sayed scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
El Sayed throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick from El Sayed lands but Kim takes it in his stride.
El Sayed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Sayed misses with a head kick.
El Sayed throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
El Sayed feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kim's calf.
Kim wants to clinch.
El Sayed misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Sayed misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice cross by El Sayed.
Kim walks into a stiff left hand from El Sayed.
Horrible takedown by Kim or perhaps it was just good defense by El Sayed which made him look bad.
El Sayed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kim takes a swing at El Sayed's ribcage but misses.
Kim takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kim has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kim scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kim gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim winds up and cracks El Sayed with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad El Sayed dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kim looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? El Sayed is fending him off so far but Kim persists. Nope, El Sayed circles away and we're back to standing.
El Sayed tries to clinch but Kim is having none of it.
Kim throws a hook but El Sayed avoids it easily.
El Sayed lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kim will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
El Sayed connects with a solid leg kick.
Kim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from El Sayed.
El Sayed tries to clinch up

and Kim counters with a takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Kim are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
El Sayed wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
El Sayed is trying to control Kim's posture but Kim avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kim is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, El Sayed has escaped the position, nice work there.
El Sayed tries to escape but Kim is in control.
El Sayed avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kim.
El Sayed wants to get back to his feet but Kim drags him back down.
Sloppy strikes there by Kim.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
El Sayed connects with a single shot there.
Mohammad El Sayed is winning the standup battle so far.
Kim throws a lazy body kick
and El Sayed counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Sayed scores with a jab. Kim acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
El Sayed misses with a head kick.
Kim lands with a nice body kick.
Kim fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but El Sayed avoids it really well and circles away.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baekjae Kim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Sayed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Kim counters with a single leg into guard. El Sayed didn't expect that.
Kim in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
El Sayed keeping moving, preventing Kim from controlling successfully.
Baekjae Kim has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kim prevents El Sayed from getting back to his feet.
El Sayed keeping moving, preventing Kim from controlling successfully.
Kim wants to pass the guard but El Sayed is keeping the position.
Kim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
El Sayed wants to stand up but Kim is controlling him.
Kim passes El Sayed's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice takedown defense from El Sayed. No joy for Kim on that attempt.
El Sayed lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kim ducks right into an uppercut from El Sayed.
El Sayed fails to land with a series of punches.
Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but El Sayed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
El Sayed throws a nice inside leg kick.
El Sayed is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.
El Sayed throws a leg kick which misses Kim's front leg but catches the back leg as Kim tries to avoid it.
El Sayed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
El Sayed misses with a wild combination.
El Sayed uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kim has time to react.
El Sayed throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
El Sayed tries to clinch but Kim moves out of range.
El Sayed takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kim shoots in for a double leg but El Sayed sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
El Sayed keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A head kick misses from El Sayed.
El Sayed defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kim.
El Sayed lands a glancing blow to the side of Kim's head.

El Sayed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Sayed as Kim tries to tie him up.
El Sayed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kim blocks it with crossed arms.
El Sayed lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from El Sayed.
El Sayed slows down the pace here.

Kim jumps guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baekjae Kim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baekjae Kim!