PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cestmir Cejka (ranked 1254 p4p, 1647 weight class) and Malcolm King (ranked 164 p4p, 216 weight class). King has chosen YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cejka
vs
King

181 cm
28
176
14 - 17 - 1

185 cm
37
171
25 - 22 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cestmir Cejka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm King!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Cejka.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cejka scores with a nice strike.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cejka lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cejka just misses with a punch to the body.
Cejka looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
King goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
King misses with a looping left.
Cejka throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.

Cejka clinches up with King and pushes him back against the cage.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Cejka.
Cejka blocks an uppercut.
Cejka blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cejka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cejka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
The referee calls for Cejka to work.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Cejka.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King misses with some punches.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Cejka to work.
Cejka prevents a body shot from King.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cejka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King tries to throw a body punch but Cejka avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Cejka stalling the fight.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.

Cejka breaks the clinch.
Cejka scores with a body shot.
Cejka throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cejka avoids the body shot from King.
Cejka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King throws a head kick that misses.
Cejka is looking to counter punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cejka misses the jab.
Cejka moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cejka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cejka throws a jab but it's blocked by King.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cejka.
Cejka misses with a body shot.
King slips a straight right by Cejka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Cejka misses.
Cejka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cejka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cejka.
Cejka is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cejka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A slow jab from Cejka misses its intended target.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Cejka moves into range and clinches up with King.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Cejka breaks the clinch.
Cejka swings and misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cejka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cejka misses with a looping left.
Cejka tests King's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cejka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cejka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cejka moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to land a leg kick but Cejka saw it coming and moves away.
King fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cejka is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
King scores with a leg kick.
Cejka lands a lovely overhand right.
King lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cejka's sensitive parts.
King takes a shot to the body in his stride.
King misses with a low kick as Cejka jumps back.
King misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Cejka on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
King looks for the body kick but Cejka saw that one coming.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cejka was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
Nice shot lands for Cejka.
Cejka on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd cheers as Cejka lands an impressive looking overhand right. King doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Cejka finds it's way through King's defenses.
Cejka sizes up King with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
King looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
King throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cestmir Cejka will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cejka.
Cestmir Cejka is winning the standup battle so far.
Cejka missing with a left hand there. King was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
King pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cejka is out of range and King settles back down.
King misses with a low kick.
Malcolm King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cejka takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Cejka has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cejka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cestmir Cejka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Cejka.
Cejka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.

Cejka has taken the fight to the clinch.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Cejka.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cejka leaning against his opponent.
King presses Cejka against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cejka's elbow.
King lands an uppercut.
Cejka is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
Cejka blocking some punches.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Cejka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cejka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Cejka.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King tries to work over Cejka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cejka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Cejka controls the action.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cejka blocks a body shot from King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Cejka is stalling here.

Cejka breaks the clinch.
King is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cejka rather than just go for the knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King ducks under a wild hook from Cejka.
Cejka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cejka.
Cejka needs to keep his hands up - King had a free shot at his head there.
Cejka lands a body shot.
Cejka blocks the body kick.
Cejka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and King counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Cejka! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malcolm King!
Malcolm King thanked the fans post fight for their support.