PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adamh Pearse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Adamh Pearse has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Pearse
vs
King

191 cm
23
265 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
24
265 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Adamh Pearse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 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 tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

King clinches up with Pearse and pushes him back against the cage.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Pearse blocks with his arms.
Pearse stalling in the clinch.
Pearse wants to stall.
Pearse is pushing King up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pearse lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pearse takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pearse is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
Pearse dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pearse is looking to control King's arms but King gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pearse has his back to the cage.
Pearse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pearse is keeping busy.
Pearse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King working aggressively here.

King breaks from the clinch.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
King tries to clinch but Pearse moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pearse pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Pearse has King up against the cage in a clinch.
King with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Adamh Pearse has been cut.
Pearse looking to slow down the pace here.
King misses with a knee strike.
Pearse looking to stall.
King letting Pearse take a breather here.
King content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pearse tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Pearse back against the cage.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pearse blocks it with crossed arms.
Pearse lands a nice shot to the body.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pearse.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearse uses good head movement to avoid it.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Pearse.
King tries a knee to the head but Pearse blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearse looking to slow down the pace here.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pearse takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pearse tries to stall but King uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pearse trying to land knees to the body.
Pearse throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Pearse blocks with his arms.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pearse avoids it.
King looks gassed!
Pearse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Pearse blocks with his arms.
King working aggressively here.
Pearse dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pearse trying to stall but King improves his position.

Pearse breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pearse closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
Pearse is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Pearse escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

King closes the distance and pushes Pearse back into the cage.
Pearse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pearse just misses with a elbow thrown towards King's brow.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pearse misses with a body punch.
Pearse is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Pearse.
King slowing the pace effectively.
Pearse crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pearse lands a right hand.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King crunches a lovely knee into Pearse's ribcage.
Pearse has King pressed against the cage.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pearse lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pearse looking to stall.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Pearse avoids the damage to the body.
Pearse is looking to control King's arms but King gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pearse has his back to the cage.

King breaks the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as King checks a leg kick.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Pearse.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Pearse swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King tries to clinch there but Pearse circles away.
Pearse tests King's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pearse misses with a double jab
and King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pearse misses with a jab, cross combination.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Adamh Pearse will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Adamh Pearse's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

King takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
King turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
King closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pearse counters with a big head kick but King shrugs it off.
Pearse circles away from the clinch attempt.
King fails to land with a series of punches.
King blocks a head kick by Pearse.
Pearse tries to clinch
and King counters with a two punch combo.
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!
Pearse swats away the attempt to clinch by King.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pearse is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

King breaks the clinch.
Pearse closes the distance but King moves to the side
and King makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands with a hook. Pearse tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Pearse moves out of range easily.
Adamh Pearse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King looks to clinch
and Pearse counters with a good, hard body kick but King shrugs it off.
A combination from King does no damage.
King tries to clinch up but Pearse circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pearse avoids the head kick by King.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pearse tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pearse manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearse wants to stall.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pearse.
A shot in the inside from King.
Nice body punch from Pearse.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pearse.
King landing knees to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from King.
Pearse takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good body shot from King.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pearse blocks it with crossed arms.
King lands a knee to the body.
King's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
King utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by King.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearse looking to slow down the pace here.

King manages to break the clinch.
King throws out a leg kick but Pearse moves out of range and King only half commits.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pearse takes one to the side of the head.
Pearse throws a sloppy head kick
and King counters with a straight right hand.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pearse.
Pearse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King scores with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.

King moves into the clinch successfully.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pearse.
King is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pearse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Pearse is blocking nicely.
Pearse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pearse keeps the fight on the outside.
King misses with an attempted mid kick.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Pearse.
Pearse throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and King counters with a straight right hand.
King tries to clinch up
and Pearse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pearse cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King thuds his shin into the meat of Pearse's side.

King closes the distance and pushes Pearse back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
Nice body punch from King.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adamh Pearse's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

King rushes Pearse and presses him up against the cage.
Pearse pressing his opponent against the cage.
King misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King.
King is leaning against Pearse and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
Pearse working hard to break the clinch.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pearse blocks it with crossed arms.
King misses with a knee to the head.
King putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pearse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
King connects with a knee to the head.
Pearse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Pearse blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by King.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pearse avoiding damage.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pearse fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King cracks Pearse with a nice body shot.
King digs a right hand into Pearse's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pearse's gas tank.
Pearse taking a breather.
King lands a knee to the body.
Pearse working aggressively here.
Pearse looking to stall.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
King using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
King lands a shot to the body.
King using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pearse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King lands a left hand.
King manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice body punch from Pearse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King drops his hands momentarily and Pearse takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Frankie King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pearse looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
King looks to clinch
and Pearse counters with a good, hard body kick but King shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice uppercut lands for Pearse. That snapped King's head back.

Pearse has King up against the cage in a clinch.
King stalling against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for King.
A shot in the inside from Pearse.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pearse - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pearse slows down the pace here.
King is trying to force a seperation but Pearse has the dominant position.
Pearse lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pearse.
Pearse cracks King with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Pearse.
Pearse is pushing King up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Pearse.
King tries a body shot but Pearse blocks it.
King taking a breather.
Pearse lands a body punch.
Pearse crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
Pearse tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Pearse working King over with knees to the body.

Pearse pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pearse throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent King stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
King drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pearse gets a clinch.
Pearse wants to stall.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pearse backwards.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pearse blocks it with crossed arms.
Pearse avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
Pearse lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Pearse avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Pearse.
Pearse lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frankie King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pearse is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Pearse.
Pearse unloads a knee to the mid-section.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pearse's efforts to push away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pearse tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King lands a body punch.
Pearse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pearse is trying to maintain a safe position but King gets an underhook and turns Pearse into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frankie King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well King has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie King!