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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kim Rhee Daebyeol (ranked 5364 p4p, 465 weight class) and Cain Alvarado (ranked 7542 p4p, 547 weight class). Kim Rhee Daebyeol has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kim Rhee Daebyeol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cain Alvarado!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarado 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.
Daebyeol fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Alvarado to the ground. Daebyeol is now in Alvarado's guard.
Daebyeol looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Daebyeol's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Daebyeol postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daebyeol slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daebyeol postures up.
Daebyeol content to stall in guard here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Daebyeol missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Daebyeol stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alvarado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Daebyeol is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Daebyeol has been working on his boxing with his coaches at All Star Performance Institute in the buildup to the fight.
Kim Rhee Daebyeol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alvarado.
Daebyeol shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alvarado napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Alvarado takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Daebyeol content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Alvarado is trying to control Daebyeol's posture but Daebyeol avoids it.
Daebyeol creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Alvarado sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Daebyeol is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Daebyeol in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Daebyeol seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Alvarado for as long as he can get away with.
Daebyeol landing a few strikes.
Daebyeol in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Daebyeol happy to just control the position for now.
Daebyeol scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daebyeol trying to control the action but Alvarado is working from the bottom.
Daebyeol scoring with punches from side control.
Alvarado can't do much from the bottom here.
Daebyeol taking a breather here.
Alvarado wants to get back to his feet but Daebyeol drags him back down.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alvarado tries to bench press Daebyeol off him but Daebyeol keeps the position.
Daebyeol looks up at the clock and then as Alvarado takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Daebyeol smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Rhee Daebyeol dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Alvarado enables Daebyeol to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Alvarado manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Daebyeol slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kim Rhee Daebyeol overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Daebyeol lands a couple of elbows.
Daebyeol with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Daebyeol not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Alvarado is trying to control the position but Daebyeol postures up.
Daebyeol engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daebyeol throwing strikes but missing.
Daebyeol lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarado working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Daebyeol.
Daebyeol slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Alvarado bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Daebyeol's guard.
Daebyeol keeping full guard, as Alvarado tries to pass.
Daebyeol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alvarado trying to control the position from guard on top but Daebyeol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daebyeol has Alvarado pulled in close to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado stopping the sweep attempt from Daebyeol.
Daebyeol wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Daebyeol bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alvarado's guard.
Daebyeol won't allow Alvarado to get back to his feet.
Daebyeol with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alvarado keeping moving, preventing Daebyeol from controlling successfully.
Daebyeol is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Alvarado keeping full guard, as Daebyeol tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daebyeol controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Daebyeol cracks Alvarado with a solid left hand.
Daebyeol content to stall in guard here.
Daebyeol pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alvarado is keeping the position for now.
Daebyeol is looking to pass into half guard but Alvarado pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Alvarado is in guard.
Alvarado postures up in Daebyeol's guard and throws a big left but Daebyeol blocks it.
Daebyeol is controlling Alvarado's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado trying to control the position from guard on top but Daebyeol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daebyeol bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alvarado's guard.
Daebyeol engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Daebyeol missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Daebyeol content to stall in guard here.
Alvarado tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Rhee Daebyeol dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Daebyeol drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Alvarado wants to control but Daebyeol postures up.
Alvarado tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The strikes coming from Daebyeol are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Daebyeol working the ground and pound.
Alvarado takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Daebyeol landing a few strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daebyeol is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Alvarado will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Daebyeol lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daebyeol taking a breather here.
Daebyeol landing a few strikes.
Daebyeol is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarado can do to turn this around?
Daebyeol controlling the position from side mount.
Daebyeol connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Alvarado some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Alvarado trying to remain calm as Daebyeol controls from the top position.
Daebyeol is chipping away with strikes.
Alvarado is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daebyeol scoring with punches from side control.
Daebyeol lands a decent elbow from side control.
Daebyeol looks up at the clock and then as Alvarado takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Daebyeol smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Daebyeol cracks Alvarado with a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee asks Daebyeol politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Daebyeol prefers to stall for the moment though.
Alvarado on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Alvarado throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Daebyeol controlling from side mount.
Alvarado taking a bit of punishment here - Daebyeol scoring with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado is being controlled here.
Daebyeol is putting a hurting on Alvarado here, landing some big shots from side control.
Alvarado is not content to let Daebyeol control the position.
Daebyeol working the ground and pound.
Daebyeol staying calm.
Further stalling from Daebyeol.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Alvarado taking a bit of punishment here - Daebyeol scoring with strikes.
Alvarado can't do much from the bottom here.
Alvarado is looking for a sweep.
Daebyeol controlling the position from side mount.
Alvarado is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cain Alvarado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daebyeol slows the pace down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kim Rhee Daebyeol showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Daebyeol has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kim Rhee Daebyeol!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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