PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Amisviiksi Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Il Sung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen comes to the cage accompanied by Machinae Supremacy - Death From Above. Il Sung has chosen Death in Vegas- Dirt as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tolonen
vs
Il Sung

180 cm
36
178 lbs
17 - 9 - 2

178 cm
29
180 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KAISER
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amisviiksi Tolonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kim Il Sung!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Il Sung walks into a stiff left hand from Tolonen.
Tolonen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Il Sung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolonen moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Il Sung.

Il Sung closes the distance and clinches.
Tolonen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tolonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tolonen fails to land.
Il Sung is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
Tolonen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Il Sung up against the cage.
Il Sung lands a good knee to the midsection. Tolonen won't want to take too many of those.
Il Sung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Il Sung misses with a punch to the body.
Tolonen misses with a body punch.
Il Sung tries to circle away but Tolonen has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Il Sung misses with a hook from the clinch.
Il Sung digs a right hand underneath Tolonen's ribcage. Tolonen let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Il Sung pulls guard effortlessly.
Il Sung is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Il Sung seems to be looking for submissions.
Tolonen is in trouble now - Il Sung has advanced to mount!

Il Sung looking for a guillotine from mount but Tolonen is having none of it.
Il Sung prevents Tolonen from getting the reversal.
Tolonen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Il Sung.
Tolonen is desperately trying to improve his position but Il Sung has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Il Sung working Tolonen over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung wants to control the pace but Tolonen is squirming around nicely.
Tolonen gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Il Sung seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Il Sung lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Il Sung is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Tolonen is just riding it out for now. Il Sung eventually gives up the hold.
Il Sung not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Il Sung is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tolonen sees it coming and defends easily.

Il Sung is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung moves nicely into side control.
Il Sung advances to full mount.
Il Sung connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tolonen can't escape the position.
Il Sung lands a nice shot to the head.
Tolonen can't escape the position.
Il Sung wants to take his opponent's back but Tolonen doesn't allow it.
Il Sung is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tolonen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Amisviiksi Tolonen has been cut.
Il Sung pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
My spies in 5 Star Spar Bazaar inform me that Il Sung has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Tolonen is in a horrible position here. Il Sung smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Il Sung fails to take his opponent's back.
Tolonen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tolonen desperately trying to maintain half guard.

Il Sung is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tolonen defends it well.

Il Sung is working for a kimura but Tolonen is defending it quite comfortably.

Tolonen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kim Il Sung dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Il Sung gets a clinch.
Il Sung working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Il Sung landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Il Sung lands a body shot.
Tolonen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Il Sung.
Good body shot from Tolonen.
Il Sung is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tolonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tolonen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tolonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Il Sung.
Il Sung lands a nice uppercut.
Tolonen misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung tries to land a knee to the head but Tolonen blocks with his arms.
Tolonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Il Sung.
Il Sung has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tolonen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tolonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Il Sung.
Tolonen tries a body shot but Il Sung blocks it.
I was talking to Tolonen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Il Sung works on Tolonen's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tolonen.
Il Sung trying to land knees to the body.
Tolonen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Il Sung tries to land knees in the clinch but Tolonen avoids the damage to the body.
Tolonen misses with a body punch.
Tolonen has a couple of punches blocked by Il Sung.
Kim Il Sung seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Il Sung tries to work over Tolonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tolonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Il Sung looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
Il Sung scores a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tolonen.
Tolonen lands a left hand.
Tolonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tolonen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Il Sung or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Il Sung trying to land knees to the body.
Il Sung works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Tolonen.
Tolonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Il Sung is trying to pull guard but Tolonen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Amisviiksi Tolonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Il Sung.
Il Sung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tolonen's elbow.
Il Sung swings wildly with an uppercut but Tolonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Il Sung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tolonen.
Il Sung fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tolonen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Il Sung tries to throw a body punch but Tolonen avoids it by throwing Il Sung back against the cage.
Tolonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Il Sung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Il Sung tries to throw a body punch but Tolonen avoids it by throwing Il Sung back against the cage.
Il Sung has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Il Sung tries to work over Tolonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Il Sung trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Il Sung.
Il Sung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tolonen working aggressively here.
Il Sung with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tolonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tolonen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Il Sung or not.
Tolonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Il Sung.
Il Sung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Il Sung lands a right hand.
Il Sung struggles to land a body shot inside as Tolonen controls his hands.
Il Sung is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tolonen blocks a body shot from Il Sung.
Il Sung goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tolonen prevents it.
Tolonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Il Sung controls his hands.
Tolonen managing to block the knees to the body from Il Sung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Amisviiksi Tolonen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tolonen throws a hook but Il Sung blocks it.
Il Sung with the counter takedown but Tolonen avoids it easily.
Il Sung misses with a looping right.
Il Sung lands with a shot to the body.

Il Sung has closed the distance and engaged Tolonen in a clinch.
Tolonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Il Sung's elbow.
Il Sung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Il Sung lands a nice knee to the body.
Tolonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Il Sung breaks the clinch.
Tolonen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Il Sung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Il Sung takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Amisviiksi Tolonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen lands with an overhand left.
Il Sung displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tolonen throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung misses with a hook
and Tolonen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Il Sung throws a body punch but Tolonen moves out of range.
Il Sung lands with a good body shot.
Il Sung lands with a hook. Tolonen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Il Sung avoids a kick to the body.
Il Sung tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Tolonen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tolonen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Il Sung moves away from the strike by Tolonen.
Il Sung drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tolonen defends it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Il Sung. Tolonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Il Sung takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Amisviiksi Tolonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Il Sung fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung checks the leg kick.
Il Sung throws a body punch but Tolonen moves out of range.
Il Sung scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tolonen avoids the body shot from Il Sung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tolonen throws a lazy right hand but Il Sung sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Il Sung feints and then cracks Tolonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tolonen down.
Tolonen looks to throw the jab but Il Sung is out of range.
Il Sung ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Il Sung connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tolonen is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Il Sung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tolonen.
Il Sung is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tolonen rather than just go for the knockout.
Tolonen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Il Sung lands a slapping body shot.
Il Sung drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Il Sung misses the body punch
and Tolonen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Il Sung throws a quick inside leg kick.
Il Sung blocks the body kick.
Il Sung looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Il Sung tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tolonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Il Sung.
Il Sung works Tolonen's body with a nice hook.
Il Sung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung misses with an uppercut
and Tolonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Tolonen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Il Sung looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tolonen trying to control but Il Sung is working from the bottom.
Il Sung has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Il Sung working for a triangle but Tolonen defends it easily.
Il Sung takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Il Sung is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kim Il Sung.
Well Il Sung has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kim Il Sung!
A very excited looking Kim Il Sung made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.