PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Machine King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Maxim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machine King has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

King
vs
Maxim

183 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

189 cm
20
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Machine King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christian Maxim!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxim throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
King looks to clinch
and Maxim counters with a low kick, right behind King 's knee.
King closes the distance but Maxim moves to the side
and Maxim counters with a nice body kick.
King wants to clinch but Maxim slips to the side
and Maxim makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Maxim closes the distance and clinches.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Maxim lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maxim scores with a knee to the head.
King misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maxim obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King misses with the head strike.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maxim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maxim digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxim scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Machine King has been cut.
Maxim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

King is rocked!
Maxim blocking some punches.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maxim working King over with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maxim.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maxim lands a body punch.
Maxim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Maxim crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
Maxim lands with a right to the head.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maxim lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maxim pushes King back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
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!
Knees to the body from Maxim.
Maxim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxim lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
Maxim lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
Maxim scores with a knee to the head.
Maxim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maxim.
Maxim lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Maxim.
Maxim lands an elbow inside.
Maxim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maxim.
Maxim lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maxim working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maxim scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maxim.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Maxim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Maxim.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King misses with some punches.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
King working aggressively here.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Maxim.
Maxim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maxim.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Maxim.
Maxim lands a nice elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Maxim.
Maxim connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
Maxim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maxim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
King working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maxim connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
Maxim lands a shot to the body.
Maxim connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
King misses with the head strike.
Maxim blocking some punches.
Maxim working King over with knees to the body.
King is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maxim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Maxim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maxim blocks an uppercut.
Maxim unloads a knee to the mid-section. King lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maxim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Maxim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Maxim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Machine King's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

King moves to clinch but Maxim breaks away
and Maxim counters with an inside leg kick.
Maxim explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
King darts in trying to clinch
and Maxim counters with a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Maxim, right into the meat.
Maxim lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from Maxim tenderised King's leg. King is trying to keep his angry face on.
King tries to clinch up

and Maxim counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maxim.
Maxim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Maxim lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
Maxim unloads a knee to the mid-section. King lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maxim with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King misses with some punches.
King misses with the head strike.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maxim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maxim blocks an uppercut.
Maxim connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
Maxim lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maxim.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Maxim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Maxim drops King with a big knee straight up the middle! King is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
King moves to clinch but Maxim breaks away
and Maxim counters with a hugh head kick that removes King from consiousness! A brutal head kick knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Christian Maxim!