PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Allen Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Fortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kingsley
vs
Fortez

189 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Allen Kingsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnold Fortez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fortez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kingsley is trying to defend but Fortez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kingsley tries to get to full guard but Fortez has control of the leg.
Kingsley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kingsley has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fortez has passed into side control.
Kingsley is not content to let Fortez control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kingsley can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kingsley is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Fortez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Fortez looks gassed!
Kingsley moves into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kingsley is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fortez trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley trying to control the position from guard on top but Fortez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kingsley passes Fortez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Kingsley is trying to work for a kimura but Fortez is defending well.
Kingsley is thwarting Fortez's attempts to control the position.

Kingsley is looking for a kimura but Fortez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kingsley to get the leverage.

Kingsley is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fortez defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kingsley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Kingsley wants to take a breather but Fortez is having none of it.

Kingsley seems to be looking for submissions.
Kingsley passes to full mount!

That's four 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.
Kingsley breaks from Fortez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fortez is looking to get to half guard.
Fortez is trying to escape the mount but Kingsley keeps good control and instead manages to take Fortez's back.
What can Fortez do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Kingsley working for the choke.

Kingsley is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allen Kingsley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fortez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kingsley gets full guard.
Kingsley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kingsley is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kingsley manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fortez is breathing heavily.
Kingsley avoids the attempt from Fortez to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley looking to control but Fortez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Kingsley looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Kingsley is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fortez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Fortez is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Kingsley has taken his back.
Fortez tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fortez defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Kingsley's arms.

Kingsley is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Fortez is defending well though. Kingsley let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kingsley is persistently looking for the submission but Fortez is defending it well.
Kingsley not allowing Fortez to control his hands.
Allen Kingsley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fortez has hold of Kingsley's leg, trying to break free but it's let Kingsley lock up a rear naked choke! This could be big trouble! Fortez is turning an unusual color here… he's out! Kingsley throws him to one side and jumps onto the cage to celebrate with his fans.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Allen Kingsley!