PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lambo Gallardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gallardo
vs
Kim

200 cm
32
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

185 cm
41
220 lbs
30 - 43 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lambo Gallardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 43 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Jin Kim!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim shoots in but Gallardo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kim shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gallardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kim let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kim has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Jin Kim has been cut.
Kim shoots in and drives through. Gallardo sprawls well.
Lambo Gallardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jin Kim.
Gallardo misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Kim counters with a shoot takedown. Gallardo fights it but they end up in guard.
Gallardo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gallardo wants to stand but Kim is controlling the position.
Gallardo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gallardo wants to stand up but Kim is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallardo 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 controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gallardo is adopting a defensive guard.
Kim with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gallardo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kim's guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gallardo sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kim managing to control the position.
Kim trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gallardo wanted to stand there but Kim had control of the position.
Gallardo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Kim tries to counter it with a takedown but Gallardo pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Gallardo tests Kim's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gallardo lunges at Kim with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kim's hand.
Gallardo throws a nice looking combination but Kim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gallardo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kim with a nice cross.
Kim fails with the takedown
and Gallardo counters with a three punch combo that has Kim backing up. Kim nods at Gallardo to acknowledge the strikes.
Kim tries for a takedown but Gallardo circles away easily
enabling Gallardo to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gallardo moves into the clinch.
Gallardo cracks Kim with a nice body shot.
Gallardo stops a takedown attempt from Kim.
Gallardo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallardo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gallardo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kim.
Gallardo lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Gallardo.
Gallardo is trying to maintain a safe position but Kim gets an underhook and turns Gallardo into the cage.
Kim is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gallardo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gallardo.
Gallardo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lambo Gallardo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jin Kim's cut.
That's time! Gallardo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kim throws a sloppy head kick
and Gallardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Gallardo does it's job there.
Kim throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gallardo's waist but Gallardo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kim off to one side.
Gallardo slaps away a takedown attempt from Kim, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gallardo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kim can do to turn this around?
Kim tries for a takedown but Gallardo circles away easily
and Gallardo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lambo Gallardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jin Kim.
Kim tries for a takedown but Gallardo circles away easily
and Gallardo counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Kim falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lambo Gallardo!
Lambo Gallardo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.