PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aron Kim (ranked 5380 p4p, 513 weight class) and Thor Ragardo (ranked 6367 p4p, 557 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kim
vs
Ragardo

192 cm
25
269 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
268 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Likes comics

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aron Kim!
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, Thor Ragardo!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kim keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ragardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Kim circles away.

Kim tries to sprawl but Ragardo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Kim trying to control but Ragardo postures up.
Ragardo thows a huge punch but Kim dodges it nicely.
Kim is looking to control Ragardo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kim avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragardo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kim does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Kim kicks off Ragardo and gets to his feet.

Ragardo shoots in and gets a takedown into Kim's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragardo trying to control the position from guard on top but Kim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ragardo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kim is keeping the position for now.

Kim is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Kim looking for a triangle here. Ragardo is fighting it but it looks tight! Kim pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Ragardo is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Aron Kim!
After the fight, Aron Kim was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.