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00:00Olympic team member, Danny Kim.
00:07All right.
00:09In the blue corner, we have Hyun Lee.
00:14120 pounds, three-time U.S. Olympic team member,
00:17world championship bronze medalist, Hyun Lee.
00:23Yes, baby.
00:24And we on fire.
00:25Let's get it on.
00:28This should be a good match here.
00:29Danny Kim in the red, Hyun Lee in the blue.
00:32And Kim had a tough go last year.
00:36And Hyun Lee was a winner.
00:39Actually, Danny Kim is the two-time, also current national champion in his weight division.
00:44And the thing with Danny Kim is he grew up watching Hyun Lee.
00:47A little age difference, but he grew up.
00:49Hyun Lee was the superstar back then.
00:50And now Hyun has made the move into the pro TKD.
00:53And Danny's following him along.
00:54He's always wanted to compete against him.
00:56He got his wish tonight.
00:57Absolutely.
00:58You're going to see some.
00:59Hyun Lee, not only is he an incredible technician, but he's a showman.
01:03And he will play to the crowd.
01:05Danny also wants to show him to hang with the best.
01:09And what's hanging in our lap.
01:11Danny coming from Hawaii.
01:13Hyun coming from San Diego, California.
01:15Hyun going again for the back spinning kick and barely missing.
01:18Danny's going to have to be a little bit more careful.
01:20Let's go.
01:21No holding.
01:22He keeps charging in like that.
01:23Hyun might.
01:24You can see Hyun smiling.
01:25He loves this.
01:27He loves to fight.
01:29Hyun Lee, Hyun Lee, Hyun Lee.
01:31Danny Kim tends to be more of a technician.
01:33Hyun Lee just throws his entire arsenal at you at once.
01:36Strategy.
01:36Does he use a lot?
01:37Hyun Lee doesn't use much strategy at all.
01:39No.
01:39He just kind of goes.
01:40He'll kick.
01:41If you tell him to kick for three minutes, he'll kick for three minutes.
01:45And 90-second games are right up his alley.
01:51Danny Kim.
01:56Perhaps maybe a little bit intimidated also by the legend.
01:59Hyun Lee, the legend.
02:03Danny making his own legend at this time at the U.S. Nationals and the Olympic team trials.
02:10Danny will go for the team in the 2000 in Sydney.
02:13And this has to be one of the favorites.
02:15He's incredibly skilled.
02:18Gun Lee, a bronze medalist at the World Championships in 1993.
02:22Just an incredible fighter with an incredible amount of heart.
02:26How'd you score that first round?
02:28That's going to be tough.
02:29None of the fancy kids are going to call.
02:31I'm not going to be fine, but it's about to be about 4-3, young age.
02:52He looks a little dazed.
02:53He does.
02:54It looks like he's blacking out.
02:55That's what he's told his coach, Roland Ferrer.
02:57He's blacking out a little bit.
03:00That would be a great disappointment.
03:01This is a tremendous match.
03:03This does not hold well.
03:05No, Danny was very excited yesterday at the press conference.
03:09Demonstrating, making the front pains of the newspapers.
03:11A lot of people came out to see him.
03:14After the first round, red, six points.
03:18Blue, five points.
03:20Six to five, Danny Kim.
03:23Boy, I tell you what, he's trying to gather himself.
03:26Red, blue, what's up?
03:28Let's see if he's got anything.
03:29I don't think he's going to come out.
03:31I don't think he's going to answer the bell.
03:33He's not going to go.
03:34Six to five lead.
03:37Took a six to five lead.
03:38As soon as he sat down.
03:39Come on, coach, let's go.
03:43I think that's going to be it.
03:45I think it's going to be it.
03:46Danny can't even stand up, let alone get in the ring with a competitor like Hyun Lee.
03:51One minute, injury.
03:52Injury break.
03:53So you get an injury break of one minute.
03:55Actually, there's some oxygen in the back.
03:56You should get him some oxygen.
03:58One minute, injury break.
04:03Referee Hyun Lee, a little play on words there with the injury break.
04:08Danny's trying to collect himself a little bit.
04:10It looks like he's going to try.
04:13I still don't think he's got it.
04:14I don't think he's got it 100%.
04:16I think he looks like he's got 60% or 70%.
04:19That woozy.
04:20Well, he needs to be 100% against Hyun Lee as well.
04:23No doubt about it.
04:23Hyun Lee, you can see he is cagey and he is explosive.
04:26He's explosive as they come.
04:28Good word, explosive, to describe Hyun Lee.
04:31And he'll come off with anything.
04:33He doesn't necessarily keep himself to the basics.
04:36He really enjoys the fancy technique.
04:37He really enjoys pro-TKD style with the scoring system of higher points for the more advanced techniques.
04:44Boy, I tell you what, Danny Lee's going to show me something if he can recover from this.
04:47But he does not look like he's ready to be in this high-intensity match.
04:53We'll see.
04:54Round two.
04:54Let's see what he's got for round two.
04:56He's up six to five.
04:59And you know Hyun Lee's going to come right after him, knowing that he's winded and he was blacking out.
05:04As well he should.
05:13Hyun trying to push him off.
05:15Should be an immediate five-point deficit for Danny.
05:20Danny smartly getting on the other side of the ring.
05:22Staying away from the front of the stage.
05:25Hyun trying to draw it.
05:26Hyun's also known as a counter-fighter.
05:27Hyun's trying to draw his counter-attack out, which is some of the first strategy we've ever seen from him.
05:35That's going to be a point.
05:36Not only the point, but it also hurts.
05:38You get kicked in the butt like that and with a cut kick.
05:41Chopped his momentum.
05:42Chopped his spin.
05:43Takes all the technique in the offense right away.
05:47Oh, Danny.
05:49That's going to be a three-point shot right to the face.
05:52Huge turnaround for Danny Kim.
05:54He's out, basically out on his feet after the first round.
05:57That's a big point.
05:59Honestly, I didn't think he was going to answer the bell.
06:02Same here.
06:02Here he comes in with an axe kick to the face of Hyun Lee.
06:05Let's see, Hyun's going to turn it up a little now because that's going to put the points lead right
06:08back in favor of Danny.
06:09Danny Kim, Japan open, gold medalist, four-time MVP.
06:16Both of them going for the back-spinning kick, looking for a knockout, a big five-point score on that
06:21one.
06:22And Hill Lee's got to be feeling the pressure now.
06:24He thought he was going to have an easy time with Danny after that display of lightheadedness.
06:29Final four seconds, round two.
06:31Good kick to the body by Danny Lee.
06:33And I tell you what, that's an outstanding turnaround by Danny Kim, rather.
06:40Outstanding comeback.
06:41And he was out on his seat between the first and second rounds.
06:46Amazing.
06:46And those body shots that he just landed at the end of round two, that's going to take a little
06:50bit out of Hyun Lee.
06:54Danny Kim's confidence has to be building now.
06:56He's going to have a, it's my belief, he's going to maintain the points lead.
06:59Hyun Lee has not done anything outstanding that's going to give him a three- or five-point technique.
07:03In round two.
07:06Roland Ferrer telling Danny, we're going to win.
07:09We're going to win.
07:09Trying to build the confidence in his player.
07:19Master Daesung Lee coaching Hyun Lee.
07:25Telling him to check and draw out to Potachuggie.
07:27We're talking about Hyun Lee not being much of a strategist.
07:31What should he come up with here?
07:33And especially now that he's down 14-6.
07:36What kind of, what do you look for from him in this third round?
07:38I look for him to go all out.
07:41I look for him to throw his entire arsenal at Danny.
07:43He's going to have that 90 seconds to make up eight points, which is very possible.
07:47A couple of spinning kicks, a couple of turning kicks to the body.
07:51Something to the head.
07:52And it's a move out again.
07:53Something just like that.
07:55But if he waits for Danny to attack, Danny with a simulation of a flying sidekick there.
08:04Strong shot between the legs.
08:06Strong.
08:07Kicking low.
08:08Warning.
08:08Kicking high, okay?
08:12It's actually not just the fact that Hyun has to take some time out, but time is clicking off the
08:16clock.
08:22Stop the clock.
08:23How much time does he get to, does he get time to recover here?
08:25Actually, they haven't stopped the clock.
08:27They did.
08:27It was at 1-12.
08:28Yeah, he usually gets a minute for something like that, but they had let a sufficient amount of time run
08:32off the clock.
08:33Let about six, seven seconds run off, yep.
08:36Hyun's going to have to attack right now.
08:37He can't sit back.
08:39Danny's sitting on what they call a panateki, which is a defensive kick.
08:42In the roundhouse version, it just means he's going to move back.
08:45Running, grabbing.
08:46He's going to attack Hyun with a roundhouse kick to the body.
08:49And just sit on his points lead.
08:52Hyun's the one that has the pressure.
08:53He's the one that's got to make up the points.
08:55Danny Kim coming into this round up 14-6.
08:59This would be a big win and a back kick to the body.
09:02Hyun scored a roundhouse kick there, but Danny scored a back kick just before that.
09:05That's a, he lost, Hyun lost two points.
09:07That's a three-to-one advantage in Danny Kim's favor.
09:10This would be a huge win for Danny.
09:13After failing to medal at the Pan Am Championships, a huge win for Danny Kim.
09:17Last 22 seconds.
09:20Third and final round.
09:22Danny knows he's got this one in the bag.
09:28Hyun Lee wanting to get right back to the action.
09:31That's 10 seconds.
09:33And this looks like, unless something drastic happens in five seconds,
09:36it looks like a win for Danny Kim over Hyun Lee.
09:41Kallio!
09:44Danny Kim falling down to the mat again.
09:47Having a hard time breathing.
09:48It's Coach Roland Ferrer helping him get to the center of the ring.
09:51The match for the traditional bowing.
09:56Bowing is a sign of respect in Taekwondo.
09:59Not only to each other, but to the wonderful fans here at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen.
10:06Danny Kim raising his hands in victory.
10:08As if he's anticipating the decision in his favor.
10:11I think he is on the right track.
10:15Now the question comes in.
10:17How hard did Hyun Lee train for this?
10:19We'll have to see.
10:22Tell you what.
10:23Red! Final score!
10:24Red! 17!
10:26Blue! 11!
10:28Red wins!
10:28No surprise there, Danny Kim.
10:30Tell you what.
10:31An extra salute to Danny Kim for coming back after being pretty much out on his feet in the first
10:35round.
10:35I'll tell you, I thought he was done.
10:37I thought he was done.
10:40Now the coaches, Roland Ferrer and Hyun Lee, old friends, giving each other a big hug after that.
10:45They were teammates, actually, in the late 80s.
10:47Roland Ferrer himself.
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