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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ban-Ki Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Mannelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim comes into the arena with Guns N' Roses: Welcome To The Jungle blaring out of the sound system. Patrick Mannelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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174 lbs
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178 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ban-Ki Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Mannelly!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Mannelly.
Mannelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kim moves forwards but Mannelly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kim takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick by Kim misses
and Mannelly counters with a one-two to the body.
Mannelly throws a combination. Kim tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kim is rocked!
It looks like Ban-Ki Kim has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mannelly avoids the head kick by Kim.
Kim moves into the clinch successfully.
Mannelly avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim.
Kim effectively controlling the action here.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Mannelly blocks it.
Mannelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Mannelly pushes off an throws an elbow but Kim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mannelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Mannelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mannelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Mannelly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mannelly misses with some punches.
Mannelly looking to slow down the pace here.
Kim lands an elbow just above Mannelly 's eye.
Kim stalling in the clinch but Mannelly improves position.
Mannelly misses with a body punch.
Kim taking a breather.
Mannelly trying to land knees to the body.
Mannelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mannelly trying to control the position but instead, Kim has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mannelly into the cage.
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kim looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mannelly avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mannelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mannelly is pushing Kim up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mannelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mannelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mannelly tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Mannelly back against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mannelly has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kim pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mannelly blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim prevents a body shot from Mannelly.
A body shot lands from Mannelly.
Mannelly scores with a hook to the body.
Mannelly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kim landing knees to the body.
Mannelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kim taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kim as Mannelly tries to tie him up.
Mannelly leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mannelly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mannelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mannelly tries to work over Kim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mannelly misses with a punch to the body.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Mannelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mannelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim stalling.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Mannelly misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mannelly's brow.
Kim is stalling here.
Mannelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kim tries a body shot but Mannelly blocks it.
Mannelly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mannelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kim.
Good body shot from Mannelly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Still in the clinch, Mannelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kim lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mannelly lands a body punch.
Mannelly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mannelly managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kim avoiding damage as Mannelly throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Mannelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ban-Ki Kim'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.
Mannelly throws a looping overhand right but Kim ducks down to avoid it.
Mannelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick from Kim lands but Mannelly takes it in his stride.
Kim fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mannelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mannelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mannelly lands a jab-cross combination.
Kim throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mannelly wants to slow Kim down by chopping away at his legs.
Mannelly clinches up with Kim and pushes him back against the cage.
Mannelly can't find room to land a body shot as Kim controls the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim misses with a knee to the head.
Mannelly tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Mannelly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Patrick Mannelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mannelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mannelly's defenses.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kim as Mannelly tries to tie him up.
Mannelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.
Mannelly pushes Kim back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim taking a breather.
Mannelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mannelly misses with the head strike.
Mannelly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kim taking a breather.
Kim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Kim blocking some punches.
Mannelly misses with the head strike.
Mannelly digs a right hand underneath Kim's ribcage. Kim let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mannelly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kim is looking to control Mannelly's arms but Mannelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim letting Mannelly take a breather here.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mannelly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Mannelly blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim.
Kim gets through Mannelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Mannelly.
Mannelly lands a body punch.
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mannelly pushes Kim back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mannelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mannelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Mannelly stalling against the cage.
Mannelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kim connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Mannelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Kim avoids the damage to the body.
Kim scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mannelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mannelly.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Mannelly blocks it.
Mannelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Mannelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mannelly tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Mannelly back against the cage.
Mannelly takes an elbow to the temple.
Mannelly can't find room to land a body shot as Kim controls the action.
Kim prevents a body shot from Mannelly.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mannelly is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mannelly throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kim lands an elbow just above Mannelly 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mannelly avoids it.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mannelly is trying to stall.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mannelly's defenses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kim can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Kim gets through Mannelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim scores with a knee to the head.
Mannelly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mannelly misses with the head strike.
Mannelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Patrick Mannelly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ban-Ki Kim'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. This is the final round!
Kim misses with a body kick.
Mannelly lands a body shot.
Kim scores with a head kick.
Kim throws a sloppy head kick and Mannelly moves out of range easily.
A jab from Mannelly misses.
Mannelly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kim counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kim tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mannelly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kim.
Mannelly tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Mannelly misses with a body punch.
Mannelly lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Mannelly.
Mannelly blocks an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mannelly 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 tries a knee to the head but Mannelly blocks it.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Mannelly in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim prevents a body shot from Mannelly.
Mannelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mannelly takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Mannelly fails to land.
Kim blocks a body shot from Mannelly.
Mannelly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mannelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mannelly is defending well for now.
Mannelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Mannelly blocks the elbow strike.
Mannelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kim's elbow.
Mannelly misses with a punch to the body.
Mannelly blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mannelly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kim managing to block the knees to the body from Mannelly.
Kim blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mannelly.
Kim prevents a body shot from Mannelly.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Mannelly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the cage.
Mannelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Kim.
Mannelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mannelly dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim lands an elbow just above Mannelly 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mannelly as Kim tries to tie him up.
Mannelly taking a breather.
Kim landing knees to the head.
Kim working Mannelly over with knees to the body.
Mannelly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Patrick Mannelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mannelly tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Mannelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mannelly.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Mannelly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the cage.
Mannelly trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mannelly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mannelly tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Mannelly back against the cage.
Ban-Ki Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mannelly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Mannelly blocks with his arms.
Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mannelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mannelly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kim blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Mannelly blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mannelly avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim.
Kim lands a good knee to the midsection. Mannelly won't want to take too many of those.
Kim looking to slow down the pace here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patrick Mannelly.
Well Mannelly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Mannelly!
Patrick Mannelly tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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