PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Calvio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodger Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodger Kingston will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Calvio
vs
Kingston

193 cm
23
241 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Amber Swan*$15 Rec Supp*

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 London, Victor Calvio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodger Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingston shoots in but Calvio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Calvio darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calvio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kingston trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Calvio trying to control from half guard but Kingston is working away.
Kingston wants to control but Calvio is keeping busy.
Kingston gets back to full guard.
Kingston not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kingston doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kingston is defended easily by Calvio.
Kingston wants to clinch.
Calvio misses with a takedown

and Kingston counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Calvio!
Calvio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kingston tries to control but Calvio wriggling away.
The referee warns Calvio that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kingston with a couple of short strikes.
Calvio gives up his back whilst trying to strike.
Kingston connects with a big shot to the side of Calvio's head.
Calvio is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kingston working for the choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Kingston lands strikes to the head.
Kingston tries to get the hooks in deep but Calvio pushed the leg off.
Calvio wants to escape the position.
Kingston trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Calvio turns into Kingston and is now in his guard.
Calvio has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calvio working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kingston's head.
Calvio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kingston's head.
Calvio cracks Kingston with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Calvio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Calvio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kingston's head.
Calvio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Calvio advances position into side control!
Calvio working the ground and pound.
Calvio lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kingston is trying to improve his position.
Calvio working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calvio lands some shots froms side control.
Calvio prevents Kingston from escaping the position.
Kingston has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Calvio landing a few strikes.
Kingston is looking to reverse the position.
Calvio in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kingston is looking for a sweep.
Calvio working the ground and pound.
Calvio scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Kingston's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Calvio has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kingston!
Kingston is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodger Kingston dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Calvio drives through with a takedown into guard.
Calvio throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.
Calvio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kingston works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kingston is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Calvio won't allow Kingston to sweep him here.
Kingston avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kingston tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calvio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kingston works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kingston is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Calvio wants to improve his position but Kingston is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kingston lands a nice short elbow.
Calvio wants to get back to full guard.
Calvio punching from the bottom.
Kingston moves into full mount! Calvio won't be happy about that!
Kingston lands a nice shot to the head.
Calvio tries to lock up and control but Kingston gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Calvio tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Kingston working for a submission but Calvio is keeping him at bay.
Kingston prevents Calvio from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kingston controlling the position easily from mount.
Kingston tries to control but Calvio wriggling away.
Calvio gets back to half guard.
Kingston blocks the strikes from Calvio.
Calvio is looking for a sweep. Kingston is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Calvio works his way to full guard. Good work.
Calvio on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Calvio tries to get out of the position.
Kingston trying to control but Calvio is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calvio tries to strike from the bottom.
Kingston preventing the sweep.

Kingston stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A slow jab from Calvio misses its intended target.
Calvio swats away the attempt to clinch by Kingston.

Calvio scores with a takedown into Kingston's guard.
Kingston keeping moving, preventing Calvio from controlling successfully.
Kingston is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kingston avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Calvio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Kingston looking for a guillotine here but Calvio defends easily.
Kingston looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Kingston is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kingston misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Calvio dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Calvio lands with a nice body punch.

Calvio looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kingston!
Calvio prevents Kingston from getting the reversal.
Kingston taking shots to the head.
Kingston flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Calvio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Calvio lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kingston hang on?
Calvio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Calvio cracks Kingston with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kingston is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston is looking to get to half guard.
Kingston is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Calvio landing strikes, looking to finish!
Calvio lands a big elbow.
Kingston tries to hold on but Calvio pushes him away.
Calvio working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Calvio looking to control and managing it successfully.
Calvio cracks Kingston with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calvio lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Victor Calvio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kingston holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Calvio tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kingston is in a horrible position here. Calvio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Calvio lands a heavy elbow.
Calvio is landing with some decent strikes but Kingston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Calvio.
Kingston is desperately trying to improve his position but Calvio has a good base and remains in mount.
Calvio scoring with strikes but Kingston is staying in there.
Calvio in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston is working to get back to half guard.
Calvio landing strikes from the mount.
Calvio scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Calvio looking to finish Kingston with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kingston!
Calvio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Calvio.
Calvio controlling the pace for now.
Calvio connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Calvio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kingston is looking to escape.
Kingston tries to reverse the position but Calvio maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kingston throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Calvio lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kingston hang on?
Calvio working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kingston regains half guard.
Kingston is trying to stand back up but Calvio is controlling him
Kingston has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Calvio is working away from the top position though.
Ground and pound from Calvio.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Calvio lands a nice short elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Calvio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Calvio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Calvio!