PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yedo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ripgut's entrance music is Abominable Putridity - Throat Fisting Abortion. A fine choice. Kim has chosen "We Be Clubbin (Eye of the Tiger Remix)" by Ice Cube as his entrance music. Yedo Kim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ripgut
vs
Kim

190 cm
25
225 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

225 cm
23
288 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Ripgut!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yedo Kim!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim fakes the leg kick and cracks Ripgut in the body.
Ripgut throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ripgut takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kim throws a front kick aimed at Ripgut's knee but Ripgut avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Kim.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ripgut. That's going to slow Kim down.
Kim wants to slow Ripgut down by chopping away at his legs.
Kim throws a sloppy head kick and Ripgut moves out of range easily.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.
Kim thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kim fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Sean Ripgut has been cut.
Ripgut misses with a leg kick

and Kim counters with a crisp right hand that drops Ripgut! Kim lets Ripgut back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Ripgut is rocked!
Kim scores with a nice head shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ripgut turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ripgut tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kim counters with a low kick, right behind Ripgut 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ripgut misses with a leg kick
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.
Kim has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ripgut looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ripgut. That's going to slow Kim down.
Ripgut throws the kick towards the body but Kim avoids it.

Kim feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Ripgut sprawling to the canvas! Ripgut rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Kim finish him?!
Oh Ripgut is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut tries to land a leg kick but Kim saw it coming and moves away.
Ripgut seems to have got his legs back now.
Ripgut tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ripgut tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Kim misses the jab.
Ripgut throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kim.
Kim misses with a leg kick
and Ripgut counters with a nice body kick.
Ripgut tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ripgut just misses with a punch to the body.
Ripgut misses with a straight left.
Kim cracks the inside of Ripgut's front leg.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ripgut. That's going to slow Kim down.
Kim misses with a wild body shot.
Ripgut scores with a hook to the body. Kim takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim throws a hook but Ripgut blocks it.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yedo Kim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sean Ripgut's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kim tries a low kick but Ripgut avoids it.
Ripgut connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kim is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ripgut lands a body shot.
Ripgut moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ripgut tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kim throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ripgut throws a leg kick but Kim sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ripgut scores with a leg kick.
Ripgut does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut blocks a jab.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A lazy body kick from Ripgut
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.
Kim misses with a looping left.
Ripgut stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kim.
Kim blocks a leg kick.
Ripgut defending well as Kim loads up on a big left hand.
Ripgut tries to clinch
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kim circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kim counters with a straight right hand.

Sean Ripgut's cut is getting worse.
Ripgut misses with a body kick.
Ripgut fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ripgut scores with a nice strike.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ripgut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ripgut, right into the meat.
Kim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ripgut manages to avoid it.
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Kim keeps it at a distance.
Ripgut throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.
Kim connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kim takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Ripgut dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sean Ripgut's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Good leg kick by Ripgut there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ripgut is looking to clinch.
Ripgut thuds his shin into the meat of Kim's side.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kim buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ripgut turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ripgut tries to clinch but Kim moves away
and Kim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ripgut is looking to slow Kim down with leg kicks.
Yedo Kim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kim takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ripgut lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ripgut manages to avoid it.
Ripgut with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ripgut lands a nice looking body kick.
Ripgut tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kim was well out of range. Poor timing from Ripgut.
Ripgut lands with a good body shot.

Ripgut pushes Kim up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Ripgut holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Ripgut lands a knee to the body.
Kim takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Yedo Kim has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ripgut takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ripgut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ripgut content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kim's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kim lands a right hand.
Knees to the body from Ripgut.
Ripgut looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ripgut is working Kim over against the cage.
Ripgut misses with an elbow strike.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Ripgut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kim avoids the elbow strike from Ripgut, against the cage.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Kim's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kim wants to get back to striking at distance but Ripgut won't allow it.
Ripgut is struggling to control the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ripgut.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim swings wildly with an uppercut but Ripgut uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A left hand lands to the body for Ripgut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ripgut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim blocks an elbow strike.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Ripgut clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Ripgut's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kim throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ripgut sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside.

Ripgut forces Kim back against the cage and clinches.
Ripgut working Kim over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ripgut.
Ripgut presses Kim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Kim is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ripgut lands a knee to the body.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ripgut lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim blocks the elbow strike.
Ripgut putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kim in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut crunches a lovely knee into Kim's ribcage.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ripgut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kim's brow.
Ripgut lands a nice elbow.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Ripgut is blocking nicely.
Ripgut putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kim in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ripgut stalling the fight.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut taking a breather.
Ripgut lands a knee to the body.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kim in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ripgut.
Ripgut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
Ripgut is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kim avoids a wild elbow strike from Ripgut.
Ripgut throws an elbow but it misses.
Ripgut presses Kim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ripgut here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Ripgut lands a left hand.
Ripgut avoiding damage.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripgut is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Ripgut.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Ripgut had his way with Yedo Kim in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Decent striking displayed by Kim there.
Kim avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kim misses with a leg kick

and Ripgut counters by clinching up.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sean Ripgut has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ripgut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripgut content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Ripgut scores a nice knee to the body.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Kim is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim slows down the pace here.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Ripgut landing knees to the head.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Ripgut is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Yedo Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Ripgut.
Kim takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripgut dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ripgut taking a breather.
Ripgut misses with an elbow over the top.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Ripgut avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ripgut.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Ripgut.
Kim looking to stall.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Ripgut digs a right hand into Kim's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kim's gas tank.
Come on Ripgut - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripgut tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Kim avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Kim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Kim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ripgut stalls.
Kim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Ripgut showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ripgut has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 49:45
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 49:45
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Ripgut!
Sean Ripgut retains his heavyweight title!