PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tin Ping Lo Chie (ranked 4206 p4p, 4242 weight class) and Jin Kimura (ranked 182 p4p, 0 weight class). Jin Kimura is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lo Chie
vs
Kimura

176 cm
23
205
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
180
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tin Ping Lo Chie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lo Chie misses with a takedown attempt - Kimura sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lo Chie shoots for a takedown but Kimura saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lo Chie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tin Ping Lo Chie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kimura dives in and grabs Lo Chie's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lo Chie pushes down on Kimura's head and hops out.
Kimura avoids the head kick by Lo Chie.
Lo Chie shoots in looking for a takedown. Kimura tries to sprawl out of it but Lo Chie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kimura manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lo Chie bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kimura throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Kimura tries to buck Lo Chie off but Lo Chie is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Lo Chie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Lo Chie is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lo Chie scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lo Chie lands with a punch from half guard.
Kimura is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kimura moves into full guard.
Lo Chie content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lo Chie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lo Chie distracts Kimura with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kimura being controlled here, momentarily.
Lo Chie chips away with some ground and pound.
Lo Chie not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kimura had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lo Chie defends it easily.
Kimura keeping full guard, as Lo Chie tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo Chie is in close to Kimura's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lo Chie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lo Chie landing with the ground and pound.

Kimura has his foot on Lo Chie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lo Chie works his way back into a safe position though.
Kimura striking off his back but it's not causing Lo Chie any problems.
Lo Chie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Lo Chie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lo Chie distracts Kimura with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Kimura is looking for a triangle but Lo Chie pushes his legs off easily.

Kimura has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lo Chie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kimura looks winded!
Lo Chie is pushing down on Kimura's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kimura is fighting to maintain full guard but Lo Chie has managed to sneak the leg through.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lo Chie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tin Ping Lo Chie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lo Chie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kimura manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lo Chie is working Kimura over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lo Chie lands a couple of digs.

Kimura is rocked!
Lo Chie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kimura is still in real trouble! Can Lo Chie finish him?
Lo Chie arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Kimura's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tin Ping Lo Chie!