PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyun-Chul Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boy Dahlia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dahlia has chosen Pussy by Iggy Azalea as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kim
vs
Dahlia

175 cm
26
165 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

179 cm
26
165 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyun-Chul Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boy Dahlia!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dahlia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dahlia moves in looking to clinch but Kim pushes him off.
Kim misses with a leg kick.
Dahlia tries to clinch up.
Kim swats away the attempt to clinch by Dahlia.
Some wild striking there from Kim.
Dahlia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab by Kim.
Dahlia doesn't manage to clinch there - Kim circles away.
Dahlia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kim throws out the jab.
Dahlia takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dahlia is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.
Dahlia throws a nice looking combination but Kim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dahlia lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kim takes a step back to recover.
Dahlia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kim counters with a low kick, right behind Dahlia 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Kim.
Kim swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dahlia.

Dahlia moves into the clinch.
Kim is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dahlia lands an elbow inside.
Dahlia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim is trying to force a seperation but Dahlia has the dominant position.
Kim has a couple of punches blocked by Dahlia.
Kim is working for takedown but Dahlia is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kim is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyun-Chul Kim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kim scores with a hook to the body.
Dahlia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kim.
Nice elbow from Dahlia.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Dahlia is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dahlia gets underhooks to prevent Kim's takedown attempt.
Kim pushes Dahlia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim tries to work over Dahlia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dahlia lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dahlia prevents it.
Kim has Dahlia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dahlia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Kim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dahlia fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dahlia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kim lands a nice shot that snaps Dahlia's head back.
Dahlia tries to close the distance and clinch but Kim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab from Kim.

Dahlia closes the distance and clinches.
Kim is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dahlia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dahlia prevents a body shot from Kim.
Kim tries to throw a body punch but Dahlia avoids it by throwing Kim back against the cage.
Dahlia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim avoiding damage as Dahlia throws knees to the body.
Kim is trying to drag Dahlia to the mat but Dahlia just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dahlia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kim backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dahlia gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nice elbow from Dahlia.

Kim lands a takedown into guard.

Kim got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dahlia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kim has managed to get both his arms back between Dahlia's legs - danger averted.
Kim stopping the sweep attempt from Dahlia.

Dahlia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Dahlia is tightening it up a little... Kim has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Kim reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Kim taps out! Nice BJJ there by Dahlia!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Boy Dahlia!
In his post fight interview, Boy Dahlia gave a big smile as he said 'I want to thank my opponent for stepping into the ring ... he gets to tell the world he got his ass beat by a lady boy! Who wants to rub lotion on the new champion??'.