PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jin Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Risto Korpisuo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Korpisuo has chosen Eläkeläiset - Humpparaakki as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kim
vs
Korpisuo

185 cm
30
220 lbs
15 - 18 - 1

183 cm
27
203 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
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 15 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jin Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Risto Korpisuo!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korpisuo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kim misses with a series of wild punches.
Korpisuo avoids the head kick by Kim.

Korpisuo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Korpisuo tries a knee to the head but Kim blocks it.

Kim gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Korpisuo regains guard.
Kim wants to pass the guard but Korpisuo is keeping the position.

Kim drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kim jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kim in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kim throws a strike but Korpisuo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korpisuo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kim is keeping the position for now.
Korpisuo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Korpisuo scoring with some ground and pound.
Korpisuo throws a strike but Kim rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Korpisuo controlling the position.
Kim has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Korpisuo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim wants to control but Korpisuo is having none of it.
Korpisuo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Korpisuo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kim tries to lock up and control but Korpisuo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Korpisuo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kim holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Korpisuo tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korpisuo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Korpisuo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Korpisuo trying to control but Kim is having none of it.

Korpisuo goes for an armbar but Kim turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Kim.

Kim is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Korpisuo is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Korpisuo has escaped and now he's on top!
Kim keeping moving, preventing Korpisuo from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korpisuo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kim swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Korpisuo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Korpisuo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kim swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Korpisuo is looking to advance position but Kim has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kim looking to control but Korpisuo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Risto Korpisuo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Korpisuo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Korpisuo lands with a nice body punch.
Korpisuo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kim doesn't seem bothered though.
Kim tries to move into range but Korpisuo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Korpisuo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kim.
Korpisuo tries to clinch up but Kim circles away and keeps his distance.
Korpisuo throws a head kick but Kim moves out of range.
Kim tries for a takedown but Korpisuo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Korpisuo tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Kim counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kim thows a huge punch but Korpisuo dodges it nicely.
Korpisuo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kim is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Korpisuo is pressing down on Kim's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Korpisuo pulls Kim in to control the position.
Kim trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kim trying to control the position from guard on top but Korpisuo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Risto Korpisuo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Korpisuo working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Korpisuo manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Korpisuo lands a body shot.

Korpisuo darts in and clinches Kim up against the cage.
Kim tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jin Kim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Korpisuo trying to land knees to the body.

Kim jumps guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kim seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Korpisuo stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Kim throws up his legs and catches Korpisuo in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Korpisuo tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Kim! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jin Kim!