Artur Kyshenko vs Chi Bin Lim

Artur Kyshenko vs Chi Bin Lim 

2007-07-21 

K-1 Fighting Network KHAN 2007 

Seoul, Korea

Fight Analysis:

Artur starts the first round with pretty much nothing else but walking forward. He seems determined to go toe-to-toe with Lim. At first, he seems to have a little trouble finding the right distance but near the end of the round, his timing and distance is pretty good.
Lim puts up a good fight though. He doesn't let Artur just walk all over him and tries his best to keep him at bay.

Early in the second round, Kyshenko throws a beautiful jab-lead hook- right leg kick combo and nails his opponent with his shin. You can clearly see chi Bin Lim is hurting and Kyshenko goes after him with a couple more leg kicks. A couple 8-counts later the fight is all over.

Strengths:

• Once again, Artur combines speed and power well.
• He shows some nice counters, especially in the last part of the first round.
• Despite moving forward all the time, he keeps his defense up relatively well.
  

Weaknesses:

• In the first part of R1, he walks into a couple of his opponent's shots. It looks like he was a bit overconfident or didn't have the guy's measure yet. Either way, he should have been a bit more careful. As mentioned above, he kept his guard up and wasn't punished for it.
• With some more explosiveness in his footwork, he could have put a lot more pressure in the first round. Instead of exploding off the line, he often just casually steps forward to strike. With his reach advantage, this could have made his techniques even more powerful and harder to defend against.

Conclusion:

Another good fight by a Kyshenko.Though he seems a bit careless in the beginning, he stays focused and finishes his opponent off without rushing it when he smells blood.