PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dika Familia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Dika Familia has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dika Familia seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Familia
vs
King

200 cm
20
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
23
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dika Familia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frankie King!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King moves in looking to clinch but Familia pushes him off.
Familia shoots in but King avoids the takedown attempt easily.

King rushes Familia and presses him up against the cage.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Familia backwards.
The referee calls for King to work.
King continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
King landing knees to the body.
King utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Familia is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King digs a right hand into Familia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Familia's gas tank.
King connects with a nasty looking knee right to Familia's face.

It looks like Dika Familia has been cut.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frankie King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King tries to clinch but Familia moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Familia swats away the attempt to clinch by King.

A big head kick from King and Familia is sent sprawling to the canvas!
King controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King got a little sloppy there for a moment and Familia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, King has managed to get both his arms back between Familia's legs - danger averted.
King sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King prevents Familia from getting back to his feet.
King looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Despite being in the dominant position, Frankie King just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Familia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Familia paws at him with a jab and circles away.

King moves into range and clinches up with Familia.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King slaps away a takedown attempt from Familia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dika Familia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
It's a brutal combination of punches from King! Familia is backing up but he can't get away as King lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Familia and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frankie King!