PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bo Jackonson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silla Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackonson comes into the arena with Mama Said Knock You Out blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kim's choice of entrance music: CANON in D Korean Version (with gayageum) . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackonson
vs
Kim

178 cm
21
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

TAKEDOWN ©

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bo Jackonson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Silla Kim!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackonson stuffs the takedown.
Kim fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jackonson throws a series of punches but Kim moves out of range.
Jackonson lands with a nice combination. Kim backs away looking to recover.
Jackonson lands a two punch combo.
Jackonson checks a low kick from Kim.
Jackonson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kim's hands.
Jackonson scores with a nice right hand.
Jackonson throws a series of punches but Kim avoids them all with ease.

Kim shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kim showed some decent athleticism there.
Jackonson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kim looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jackonson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jackonson tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kim is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jackonson defends it well.
Kim lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kim trying to mount his opponent but Jackonson defends it.
Kim works his way into full mount!
Kim tries to control but Jackonson wriggling away.
Kim sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kim looking to control but Jackonson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kim throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jackonson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Kim swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jackonson is now in Kim's guard. A big mistake from Kim there, giving up the dominant position!
Jackonson trying to control the position from guard on top but Kim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kim bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jackonson's guard.
Kim works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kim passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jackonson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kim wants to finish this one by submission but Jackonson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kim.
Kim is landing with some decent strikes but Jackonson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kim with the ground and pound from mount.
Jackonson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jackonson is squirming around, avoiding Kim's attempts to control the action.
Jackonson wants to try and get back to his feet.

Kim with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Kim looking to control but Jackonson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackonson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kim controlling from the full mount.
Kim looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kim scoring with strikes but Jackonson is staying in there.
Kim lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jackonson is in a horrible position here. Kim smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
You get the feeling that Jackonson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Kim unloading with bombs!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kim working for a guillotine from mount but Jackonson is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silla Kim dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jackonson with a nice cross.
Jackonson connects with a single shot there.
Jackonson throws a right and a left that Kim avoids nicely.

Kim takes the fight into the clinch.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Jackonson blocks it.
Jackonson managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kim jumps guard.
Jackonson wants to stand but Kim has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kim is looking to sinch up a triangle. Jackonson throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Kim's body to avoid the submission. Kim has instead reached around Jackonson's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Kim arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Silla Kim!