PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yedo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is "We Be Clubbin (Eye of the Tiger Remix)" by Ice Cube . Cherry comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Busters Back kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kim
vs
Cherry

225 cm
27
287 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

199 cm
27
279 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Supersize Me

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yedo Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buster Cherry!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cherry.
Cherry looks to land a right hand but Kim moved out of range.
Kim throws a jab but it's blocked by Cherry.
Kim throws out a powerful jab.
Cherry takes a swing at Kim's ribcage but misses.
Cherry connects with a looping right hand.
Cherry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kim.
Buster Cherry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kim lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cherry has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cherry and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cherry misses with an uppercut
and Kim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cherry tries to move into range but Kim moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kim connects with a leg kick. Cherry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cherry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Kim shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cherry connects with a solid leg kick.
Cherry misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim tries to land a front kick but Cherry steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kim is looking to land body kicks.
Cherry just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cherry is defended easily by Kim.
Cherry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cherry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kim really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cherry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kim moves away.
A head kick misses from Kim.
Cherry slips under a jab from Kim.
Cherry lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cherry shoots in and gets a takedown into Kim's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cherry controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but Kim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cherry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kim is keeping the position for now.

Kim looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Kim keeps moving.
Cherry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry is looking to work some ground and pound but Kim has wrist control.
Cherry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Kim keeps moving.
Cherry throws a strike but Kim rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cherry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kim throwing strikes but missing.
Cherry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim is pushing down on Cherry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cherry is fighting to maintain full guard but Kim has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cherry wants to get back to full guard.
Kim is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cherry has his hands clasped together around Kim's back. He's all about the action.
Cherry has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kim is working away from the top position though.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cherry gets back to full guard.
Kim looking to pass the guard.
Cherry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kim has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kim pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cherry is keeping the position for now.
Cherry looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kim is one step ahead there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cherry shoots in for a double leg but Kim sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cherry is looking to land body kicks.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Kim moves out of range of the body kick.
Cherry keeps Kim at a distance using the push kick.
Cherry moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kim is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cherry under the eye.
Kim throws a leg kick but Cherry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cherry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kim.
Cherry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kim stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cherry stuns Kim with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cherry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kim looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cherry is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kim rather than just go for the knockout.
A swing and a miss from Cherry.
Cherry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kim on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cherry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cherry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kim is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Kim tries to sprawl but Cherry drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Cherry drops an elbow to the side of Kim's head.
Cherry tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kim knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cherry thows a huge punch but Kim dodges it nicely.
Kim trying to control here.
Cherry is looking to take a break and control but Kim is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cherry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Cherry is trying to work for a kimura but Kim is defending well.
Cherry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cherry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cherry wants to free his trapped foot but Kim is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kim tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Cherry has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim is squirming around, avoiding Cherry's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that round.
That's time! Kim's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cherry swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cherry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cherry fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kim on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cherry connects with a right hand. Kim shakes it off.
Cherry lands with a good body shot.
Kim takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cherry.

Cherry drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cherry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cherry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kim keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kim is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim keeping full guard, as Cherry tries to pass.
Kim has momentary wrist control but Cherry slips an elbow through the middle.
Cherry throws a big right hand that misses.
Cherry slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but Kim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kim can't keep his opponent in guard - Cherry advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kim wants to control but Cherry is keeping busy.
Buster Cherry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kim is in trouble now - Cherry has advanced to mount!
Cherry content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry with the ground and pound from mount.
Kim takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cherry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cherry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cherry is landing with some decent strikes but Kim is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cherry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kim taking shots to the head.
Cherry lands with some strikes.
Cherry lands a big shot there that rocks Kim but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Kim is rocked!
Cherry dominating with strikes here.
Oh Kim is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cherry lands a heavy elbow.
A big strike lands for Cherry! That's really hurt Kim and he's turned his back - Cherry keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Cherry jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buster Cherry!
Buster Cherry spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.