PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kleen (ranked 6234 p4p, 3419 weight class) and Andre King (ranked 699 p4p, 449 weight class). Andre King will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kleen
vs
King

176 cm
20
245
3 - 2 - 0

192 cm
21
260
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

SynCity Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Kleen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre King!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King lands a nice hook to Kleen's body. Kleen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

King gets caught napping as Kleen dives in and scores a takedown. King manages to retain guard.
Kleen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kleen connects with a couple of short punches.
Kleen trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kleen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
King has a closed guard, preventing Kleen from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kleen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kleen trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
Kleen cracks King with a solid left hand.
Kleen passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kleen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head.

King looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kleen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for King!

King has left one of his arms exposed and Kleen doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. King screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Kleen!