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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Ante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ban Ki Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ante comes to the cage accompanied by Lil' Wayne ft. Eminem - Drop the World. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kim's choice of entrance music: Guns N' Roses: Welcome To The Jungle. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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188 cm
24
176 lbs
13 - 8 - 1 |
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180 cm
20
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful |
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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
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dirk Ante! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ban Ki Kim! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kim is looking to clinch but Ante is avoiding it.
Kim moves into the clinch. Ante is trying to force a seperation but Kim has the dominant position. Ante tries to break free but Kim pushes him back against the cage. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ante's brow. Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Ante blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ante's brow. Kim misses with an elbow over the top. Kim taking a breather. Ante avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Dirk Ante has been cut. Ante takes an elbow to the temple. Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Kim content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kim throws an elbow but misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ante's defenses. With the fighters up against the cage, Kim throws an elbow but misses. Kim working Ante over with knees to the body. Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ante blocks an elbow strike. Ante managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
Ante takes an elbow to the forehead. Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ante's defenses. Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim. Ante blocks the elbow strike.
Ante dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Ante avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim. Ante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Ante is looking to break free of the clinch but Kim has double underhooks. Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Kim keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ante's efforts to push away. Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Ante leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Ante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Kim uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ante. Ante misses with a hook. Kim wants to clinch. Ante misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Kim staying out of range there. Kim is looking to clinch but Ante is avoiding it.
Ante looks to throw the jab but Kim is out of range. Ante loads up on a big right hand but Kim slips the punch. Kim tries to clinch but Ante moves out of range. Ante feints and then cracks Kim's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kim down. Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Ante swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Ante throws a jab but it's blocked by Kim. Kim wants to clinch up but Ante keeps it at a distance. Ban Ki Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Kim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ante throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Kim tries to clinch up. Ante looks to score with a jab to the body but Kim is just out of range. Kim is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Kim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ante paws at him with a jab and circles away. Kim bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Ante swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Kim is looking to clinch but Ante is avoiding it.
Kim ducks under a wild hook from Ante. Kim fails in his attempt to clinch. Kim checks a leg kick. Ante throws a lazy right hand but Kim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Kim tries to close the distance and clinch but Ante swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Kim moves into the clinch. Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Ante blocks the elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kim. Kim throws an elbow but it misses.
Ante blocks the elbow strike.
Ante dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Ante dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Ante's face as he tries to break the clinch. Ante working hard to break the clinch. Ante avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Kim stalling against the cage.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ante's defenses.
Dirk Ante's cut is getting worse. Ante blocks the elbow strike.
Ante blocks the elbow strike.
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Kim throws an elbow but it misses.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Ante dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Ante wants to break free but Kim has control.
Ante avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim. Ante working hard to break the clinch. A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim. Kim lands an elbow that stopped Ante in his tracks for a moment. A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim. Kim lands an elbow inside.
Dirk Ante's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ante's brow. Kim lands an elbow that stopped Ante in his tracks for a moment. Ante blocks an elbow strike. Ante working hard to break the clinch. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ante's brow. Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ban Ki Kim dominated that round. The cut man is working on Dirk Ante's cut. 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.
Ante blocks the body kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Ante wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Ante tries to break the clinch but Kim is controlling the position. Ante tries to circle away but Kim has him pinned against the cage. Ante blocks an elbow strike. Kim lands a nice elbow. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ante's brow. Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Ante avoids the damage to the body. Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ante.
Ante tries to circle away but Kim has him pinned against the cage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ante blocks the elbow strike.
Ante dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Ante blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Ante blocks an elbow strike. Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Kim lands an elbow inside. Ante can't break the clinch.
Ante tries to circle away but Kim has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kim is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Ante breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ante tried to score with a low kick but Kim checks it. A big left from Ante misses. Kim is looking to clinch but Ante is avoiding it.
Nice defenses there by Kim. Kim closes the distance and pushes Ante back into the cage. Ante wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Kim keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ante's efforts to push away. Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Ante can't break the clinch.
Ante escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kim on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Ban Ki Kim has been cut. Kim throws a head kick that Ante semi-blocks.
Kim clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ante blocks the elbow strike.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Kim looks to throw an elbow but misses. Kim lands an elbow that stopped Ante in his tracks for a moment.
Jeez, Dirk Ante's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dirk Ante's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ban Ki Kim!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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