PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David The King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and thiago almer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). thiago almer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with David The King's chin.

The King
vs
almer

180 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David The King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, thiago almer!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but almer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
David The King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
almer shoots for a takedown but The King saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The King shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with almer but almer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The King misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The King with a lazy takedown attempt

and almer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David The King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
almer prevents The King from improving his position.
almer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but The King does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The King is looking to improve his position.

almer seems to be working for a kimura but The King defends the submission attempt.
almer looks gassed!
The King regains full guard. Nicely done.
almer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The King is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almer trying to strike off his back.
The King trying to control the position from guard on top but almer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The King looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
almer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
almer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The King. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The King connects with a couple of short punches.
The King in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The King wants to pass the guard but almer is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The King slips nicely into half guard.
almer wants to get back to full guard.
The King trying to control the action but almer is working from the bottom.
The King with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The King not landing any meaningful shots this time.

almer looking for submissions off his back.
The King scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The King passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
almer throwing hammer fists to the chest of The King. What's that going to do exactly?
The King tries to control but almer wriggling away.
almer is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The King with a couple of short strikes.
almer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, The King cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The King fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The King looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, The King cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
almer is squirming around, avoiding The King's attempts to control the action.
almer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
almer is working to get back to half guard.
The King lands with some vicious ground and pound - can almer hang on?
The King with good strikes from the mount here!
almer is working to get back to half guard.
almer is bucking up trying to escape but The King cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The King scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David The King dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The King tries for a takedown but almer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The King tries to bum rush almer with a series of wild strikes but almer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The King throws a right hand that almer ducks under and follows up with a left that almer also avoids with ease.
The King with a body punch. A glancing blow.
almer fails with a takedown attempt.
almer tries to clinch but The King moves out of range.
almer tries to close the distance and clinch but The King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The King tries for a takedown but almer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
almer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from The King.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David The King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from almer.
David The King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The King throws a lazy head kick

and almer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by almer.
The King lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
almer wants to break free but The King has control.

The King jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The King bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in almer's guard.
The King looking to sit in guard and control but almer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The King trying to keep a closed guard but almer is proving a slippery customer.

almer postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! The King is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of almer, into his guard.
The King wants to control from the top but almer keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The King won't allow almer to sweep him here.
The King not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
almer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The King working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of almer's head.
The King lands a couple of elbows.
The King stands and throws almer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
almer tries to bench press The King off him but The King keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The King lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The King lands some shots froms side control.
almer gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
almer is looking to improve his position but The King isn't that keen on the idea.
The King trying to control but almer is having none of it.
The King is landing with some decent strikes but almer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
almer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The King can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as almer is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The King unloading with bombs!
almer can't escape the position.
The King looking to control but almer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
almer wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
almer is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The King tries to control but almer wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David The King dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

The King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
almer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The King doesn't succeed with the takedown

and almer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The King lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for almer!
The King putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The King tries to control but almer wriggling away.
The King breaks from almer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The King with a couple of short strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The King dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The King lands a big shot there that rocks almer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
almer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The King sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
almer wants to control but The King is having none of it.
The King takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The King lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
almer is looking to improve his position but The King isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The King scores with a couple of good head shots there.
almer is trying to escape the mount.
The King won't let almer get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The King breaks from almer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The King in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The King scores with a couple of good head shots there.
David The King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
almer is looking to improve his position but The King isn't that keen on the idea.
almer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The King working the ground and pound effectively.
almer wants to control but The King is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The King lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The King lands a big shot there that rocks almer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The King landing punches.
The King controlling the pace for now.
The King landing strikes from the mount.
The King controlling the position easily from mount.
The King postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. almer looks a forlorn figure.
The King landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The King scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The King raining down shots from the mount!
The King lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The King pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The King content just to control the position here.
The King lands with some strikes.
almer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The King looking to control and managing it successfully.
thiago almer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
David The King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The King, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

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