PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Naghi Ghanbari (ranked 4874 p4p, 25469 weight class) and Jeff King (ranked 599 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen Wala as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Naghi Ghanbari has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ghanbari
vs
King

185 cm
25
180
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
181
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Naghi Ghanbari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeff King!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghanbari works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Ghanbari lands an impressive looking overhand right. King doesn't seem phased though.
Nice uppercut lands for Ghanbari. That snapped King's head back.

King is rocked!

King gets a double leg takedown into Ghanbari's guard.
King is still in real trouble! Can Ghanbari finish him?
Ghanbari wants to stand but King is controlling the position.
King seems to have recovered his senses.
Ghanbari trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ghanbari is looking to stand back up but King counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Ghanbari.
Ghanbari keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ghanbari is trying to stand.

Ghanbari makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King misses with a low kick as Ghanbari jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghanbari lands a jab to the head.
Ghanbari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King shoots in but Ghanbari avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ghanbari keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ghanbari lands with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ghanbari.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
King wants to clinch.
Ghanbari connects with a crisp jab.
Ghanbari lands a jab to the head.

Ghanbari cracks King with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ghanbari has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning King to stand back up!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King is aggressively charging in as Ghanbari backs up avoiding any damage. Ghanbari tosses out a jab and King runs right into it face first! King is out cold! Ghanbari dropped down on all fours and is barking in King's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Naghi Ghanbari!
During a confident post fight interview, Naghi Ghanbari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Jeff King was interviewed post fight and said 'I came up short this time but yall better believe I'm coming right back until i get a title'.