PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harley King (ranked 690 p4p, 1072 weight class) and Henri Jospin (ranked 106 p4p, 161 weight class). Jospin has chosen Clash 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.

King
vs
Jospin

194 cm
31
216
21 - 16 - 0

192 cm
30
218
15 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harley King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henri Jospin!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Henri Jospin has been cut.
Jospin throws a leg kick but King sees it coming and moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from King on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jospin looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jospin is looking to land body kicks.
King blocks a jab.
King lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jospin connects with a good right hand that stumbles King. King circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
King takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jospin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
King blocks the body kick.
Jospin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jospin looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
King looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
King misses with a hook
and Jospin counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jab by Jospin.
Jospin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Jospin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jospin lands with an overhand left.
Jospin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Jospin circles away from the clinch attempt.
King looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jospin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jospin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jospin throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
Jospin misses with an uppercut. King saw that one coming.
King lands a jab to the head.
Jospin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jospin.
Jospin misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from King on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Jospin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jospin misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King misses with an uppercut. Jospin saw that one coming.
Jospin throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jospin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jospin loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
King lands a body shot.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jospin's head backwards.
King moves away from the strike by Jospin.
Jospin throws a front kick that sends King stumbling back into the cage.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jospin.
Jospin moves out of range of the strikes.
King tries to score with a low kick but Jospin moves his leg out of the way.
King misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Jospin misses the target.
Jospin works the jab nicely.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jospin slips a jab and a cross from King.
King moves out of range as Jospin strikes.
A jab lands there for Jospin.
Jospin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jospin looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jospin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jospin catches King with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jospin misses with a wild body shot.
Jospin stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
King lands with an uppercut that bounces Jospin off the cage and back into range.
King misses the jab.
Jospin swings for the body but King moves out of range.
King wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Decent striking displayed by King there.

That has opened up Henri Jospin's cut even more.
A swing and a miss from King.
Jospin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
King throws out a loose jab but Jospin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jospin scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jospin throws a wild body kick that King sees coming a mile off.
King missing with a left hand there. Jospin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jospin is looking for the big counter here.
Jospin throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jospin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jospin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from King does no damage.
Jospin scores with a jab to the head.
Jospin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Jospin.
King has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jospin finds it's way round the side to connect with King's head.
Jospin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jospin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before King has time to react.
King misses with a hook
and Jospin counters with a left to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jospin throws a right hand that misses
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left lands for Jospin.
Jospin lands a jab.
Jospin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Henri Jospin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henri Jospin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

King takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
King on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Jospin.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jospin.
Henri Jospin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King misses with an uppercut
enabling Jospin to counter with a crisp jab.
Jospin throws a lazy head kick
and King counters with a straight right hand.
Jab, jab by Jospin - just one landing.
King connects with a looping right hand.
Jospin defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
Jospin cracks King with a good jab.
King throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jospin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jospin scores with a jab to the jaw.
King takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jospin missing with a left hand there. King was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
King is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
King looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
King swings for the body but Jospin moves out of range.
Jospin misses with a hook
and King counters with a nice body shot.
Jospin throws a hook but King avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from King misses its target.
Harley King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jospin was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King moves out of range of the body kick from Jospin.
King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jospin throws a chopping leg kick but King manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A shot to the liver by King. Beautiful body shot.
Jospin is breathing heavily.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Jospin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Jospin does it's job there.
Jospin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and King has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
Jospin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jospin looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
King throws a big shot that misses.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jospin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jospin misses with a looping left.
Jospin jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King avoids a kick to the body.
King lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jospin backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Jospin's head back.

The cut above Henri Jospin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice jab there from King.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Jospin does no damage.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jospin.
Jospin is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice body punch from King.
King lands a slapping body shot.
Jospin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
King cracks Jospin with a right hand to the side of the head.
King swinging wildly here.
A jab from Jospin misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Jospin. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from King misses.
King throws a leg kick but Jospin sees it coming and moves out of range.
King scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Henri Jospin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Henri Jospin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Harley King!
Harley King made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Win or lose, I believe in giving my best and that is what I always do'.