PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Prezkota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rhapsody Of Fire-Steelgods Of The Last Apocalypse. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Prezkota
vs
King

170 cm
21
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominic Prezkota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolai King!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from King misses.
Prezkota drops his hands momentarily and King takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Prezkota tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Prezkota takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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.
King misses with a double jab.
King throws a series of punches but Prezkota moves out of range.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nikolai King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King tries to bum rush Prezkota with a series of wild strikes but Prezkota uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Prezkota is defended easily by King.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Prezkota paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a hook.
King throws a nice looking combination but Prezkota bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Prezkota bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
King looks to land a combination but Prezkota avoids it well.
Prezkota moves forwards but King connects with a nice, crisp jab.
King tries to clinch there but Prezkota circles away.
Prezkota fails with the takedown.
Prezkota defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.

That's two 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.
King is looking to clinch but Prezkota is avoiding it.
King tries to clinch up but Prezkota circles away and keeps his distance.
Prezkota ducks under a wild hook from King.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.

King gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Prezkota tries to score a body lock takedown but King shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominic Prezkota. That's going to take a lot out of him.

King manages to break the clinch.
Prezkota takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Prezkota looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for King!
King is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

King defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Prezkota.
Prezkota looking to ground and pound but King is blocking nicely.

Prezkota is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. King can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Prezkota thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Prezkota there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Prezkota misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
King holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Prezkota tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Prezkota wants to finish this one by submission but King is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Prezkota.
Prezkota fails to take his opponent's back.
King is desperately trying to improve his position but Prezkota has a good base and remains in mount.
Prezkota thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
King is trying to escape the mount.
King is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolai King dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Prezkota misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Prezkota gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dominic Prezkota is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from King.
Prezkota takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
King tries to clinch but Prezkota is having none of it.
King is looking to clinch but Prezkota is avoiding it.
Prezkota shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts King as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King lands a with a good body shot.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King is looking to clinch but Prezkota is avoiding it.
King throws a series of punches but Prezkota moves out of range.
King throws a hook but Prezkota avoids it easily.
King lands a jab-cross combination.
King fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with an uppercut. Prezkota saw that one coming.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prezkota moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King lands with a nice combination. Prezkota backs away looking to recover.
King swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prezkota shoots for a takedown but King saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominic Prezkota. That's going to take a lot out of him.

King has managed to clinch.
Prezkota has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. King is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
King just leaning against Prezkota, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for King.
King leaning against his opponent.
King stops a takedown attempt from Prezkota.
A short left from King.
King lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Prezkota.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Prezkota backwards.

King breaks from the clinch.

King gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Prezkota to score an easy takedown into full guard.
King really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Prezkota. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Prezkota throws and elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Prezkota's guard. Nice move by King!

Prezkota is looking to sinch up a triangle. King throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Prezkota's body to avoid the submission. Prezkota has instead reached around King's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Prezkota arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dominic Prezkota!