PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kiko Kaluma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kaluma
vs
King

190 cm
20
140 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kiko Kaluma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luke King!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kaluma shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches King napping and manages to drive through into side control!
King looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kaluma connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused King some visible discomfort.
Kaluma in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King stops Kaluma from passing to mount.
King is trying to get back to half guard.
Kaluma scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at King to see if he's OK.
King is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kaluma asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Kaluma goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, King rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Kaluma's guard! Nice work there by King!
Kaluma is adopting a defensive guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaluma wants to sweep but no luck.
Kaluma manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kaluma scoring with strikes but King is staying in there.
Kaluma lands a big shot there that rocks King but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Kaluma connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kaluma cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kaluma landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaluma postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. King looks a forlorn figure.

Kaluma looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
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!
Kaluma lands a heavy elbow.
Kaluma is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. King can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kaluma lands a big elbow.
Kaluma working King over with strikes here.
Kaluma looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kaluma with shots to the head and body - King looks very uncomfortable down there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kaluma lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

King is rocked!
King takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Kaluma's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kiko Kaluma!
Kiko Kaluma retains his bantamweight title!