PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between JT King (ranked 5208 p4p, 4270 weight class) and Mimao Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lil Wyte-Talkin aint Walkin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Black

183 cm
18
130
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
130
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, JT King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mimao Black!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling King to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Mimao Black has been cut.
King throws the left hand but Black avoids the punch easily.
Black scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by King!

Black is rocked!
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
King throws a looping overhand right but Black ducks down to avoid it.
Black seems to have recovered his senses.
Black wants to clinch
and Black takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Black shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
King is looking for a counter combo.
JT King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mimao Black.
King misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Black has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black wants to take the fight to the mat but King manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Black jumps guard.
King prevents Black from getting back to his feet.
King has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Black trying to control the position.
Black utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
King sitting in guard, not really doing much.

King stands up from Black's guard - King perhaps looking for a knockout.
A left lands for King.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Black lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
King 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.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
JT King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King misses with a right hand
and Black counters with a three punch combo that has King backing up. King nods at Black to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black with a poor takedown
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
Black looks winded!
Black slips a jab and a cross from King.
Black has his takedown stuffed
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a shot from downtown. Black moves away and avoids it.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
King is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Black's head backwards.
A punch lands to the side of Black 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Black uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

King drops Black with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Black looks back up at him and smiles so King waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black shoots in but King avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from King.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from King on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
King lands with an overhand left.
BOOM! King lands a beautiful left hook that drops Black. Black tries to recover but King is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Black lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). JT King!
A relieved looking JT King thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.