PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Haneul Iseul Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Falardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Iseul Kim
vs
Falardo

170 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Haneul Iseul Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Falardo!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim misses with a body shot.
Falardo wants to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Falardo.
Kim is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Kim is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kim takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Falardo trying to control the action but Kim is working from the bottom.
Kim tries to buck Falardo off but Falardo is having none of it.
Kim takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kim is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim is trying to control Falardo's posture but Falardo avoids it.
Falardo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kim is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kim taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kim takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Falardo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kim looking for a sweep but Falardo has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Falardo avoids the attempt from Kim to control.
Kim takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Falardo tries to control but Kim wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim is in all sorts of trouble here.
Falardo breaks from Kim's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kim sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kim is staying active underneath Falardo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Falardo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Falardo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Falardo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kim defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falardo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kim tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Falardo working the ground and pound effectively.
Kim is looking to get to half guard.
Falardo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Falardo scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim can't escape the position.

Falardo looking to isolate an arm here. Kim doesn't see it coming and as Falardo extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Falardo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carlos Falardo!