PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Larusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jong Un Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larusso comes to the cage accompanied by You're the best around. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Larusso
vs
Un Kim

170 cm
19
140 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

150 cm
19
130 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Larusso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jong Un Kim!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Larusso takes the fight into the clinch.
Larusso lands with a short shot to the head.
Larusso lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Larusso creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kim lands a left hand.
Larusso scores with a hook to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Larusso.
Larusso lands a shot to the body.
A short left from Larusso.
Larusso tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Larusso tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larusso lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim blocks an elbow strike from Larusso.
Kim is looking to break free of the clinch but Larusso has double underhooks.
Larusso scores with a hook to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Larusso.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larusso's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Larusso - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Larusso tries to land a knee to the head but Kim blocks with his arms.
Kim stalling in the clinch but Larusso improves position.
Larusso is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Larusso pushes Kim back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Larusso scores with a shoulder strike.
Larusso works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Larusso scores with a shoulder strike.
Larusso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larusso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kims head.
Kim is trying to stall.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
Larusso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with some punches.
Kim is looking to control Larusso's arms but Larusso gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
Larusso working aggressively here.
Larusso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Larusso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larusso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larusso's elbow.
Good body shot from Kim.
Larusso lands with a short shot to the head.
Larusso misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Larusso misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Larusso.
Larusso with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larusso's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Larusso lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim prevents a body shot from Larusso.
Kim lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Larusso.
Larusso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim tries to break free but Larusso pushes him back against the cage.
Kim is trying to maintain a safe position but Larusso gets an underhook and turns Kim into the cage.
Kim misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Larusso.
Larusso prevents a body shot from Kim.
Kim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Larusso is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kim is defending well for now.
Kim blocks a body shot from Larusso.
Kim has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Larusso seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kim can turn it around.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Larusso scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso gets through Kim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Larusso prevents a body shot from Kim.
Larusso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kim stalling in the clinch but Larusso improves position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Larusso.
Larusso is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kim is looking to control Larusso's arms but Larusso gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
Kim misses with some punches.
Larusso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kim avoids it.
Kim working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Larusso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kim is looking to control Larusso's arms but Larusso gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
Kim pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Larusso dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kim lands with a kick to the ribs.
Larusso throws a right and a left that Kim avoids nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kim - that will leave a mark!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Larusso 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 Kim has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kim and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Larusso looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Larusso gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Larusso blocks the body kick.
Kim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Larusso.
Larusso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kim.

Larusso closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larusso.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Larusso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
Kim tries to score a body lock takedown but Larusso shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kim blocks a body shot from Larusso.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kim slips a straight right by Larusso.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kim.
Kim ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Larusso moves out of range of the strikes.
Larusso wants to clinch.
Kim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Larusso misses with a hook.
Larusso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kim throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Larusso.
Kim on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kim misses with a body kick.
Larusso lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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!
Larusso checks a low kick from Kim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Kim is rocked!
Larusso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kim.
Kim is still on wobbly legs! Can Larusso finish him?
Larusso walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Kim drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Larusso swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Kim's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Larusso!
Daniel Larusso is the new bantamweight champion!
After winning the bout, Daniel Larusso thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Jong Un Kim stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congrats, Kid. I'm heading back to the gym to wax on and wax off, and I'll be back to get this belt.'.