PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felix King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stig Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsson has chosen Raappana - Sensimilla as his entrance music. The key to victory for Felix King has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

King
vs
Karlsson

172 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
24
183 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stig Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson closes the distance and clinches up with King, looking for a takedown. Karlsson pushes King against the cage but King circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
King swings away with a leg kick that misses.
King throws a head kick that misses.

Karlsson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Karlsson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. King is keeping the position for now.
King is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Karlsson is controlling him.
Karlsson throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
Karlsson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karlsson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Stig Karlsson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

King gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Karlsson to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King keeping full guard, as Karlsson tries to pass.
Karlsson trying to stand up but can't free himself from King's guard.
Karlsson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Karlsson prevents King from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson wanted to stand there but King had control of the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Stig Karlsson.

Karlsson scores with a takedown into King's guard.
Karlsson throws a big elbow that misses.

Karlsson stands up and waves to King to follow him.
King is breathing heavily.

Karlsson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Karlsson asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Karlsson stands up.

Karlsson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. King quickly recovers to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stig Karlsson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Karlsson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches King napping and manages to drive through into side control!
King is not content to let Karlsson control the position.
Karlsson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Karlsson controlling from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Stig Karlsson.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown but King shows good takedown defense.
Karlsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
Karlsson checks a leg kick.

Karlsson gets a clinch.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King prevents a body shot from Karlsson.
Karlsson has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson shoots for a double leg takedown but King sprawls well. He's pushed Karlsson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
King lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karlsson shoots in for a double leg but King sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Felix King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stig Karlsson.
Karlsson has a takedown stuffed.
Felix King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Karlsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from King, right into the meat.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King misses with a few strikes there.
King cracks Karlsson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from King misses the target.
Stig Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King throws a right and a left that Karlsson avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Karlsson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. King did well to prevent Karlsson getting side control.

Karlsson is working for a submission of some sort.
Karlsson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Well, if Karlsson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Stig Karlsson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karlsson tries to pass to full mount but King defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stig Karlsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Karlsson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
King is refusing to be controlled, as Karlsson sits in half guard.
Karlsson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Karlsson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karlsson working over King with some ground and pound. King looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson is looking to advance position but King won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karlsson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Stig Karlsson.
Karlsson throws a hook but King blocks it.
Karlsson looks to land a body kick but King moved away.
Felix King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King misses the shot to the body.

Karlsson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Karlsson content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karlsson seems to be looking for submissions.
Karlsson is trying to control the action in half guard but King is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Karlsson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karlsson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Stig Karlsson.

Karlsson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Karlsson seems to be working for a kimura but King defends the submission attempt.
King is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karlsson controlling the pace.
King is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson wants to pass to mount but King is defending the position.
Karlsson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks King with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Felix King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King taking some punishment here, with Karlsson in his half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karlsson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Karlsson decides to stand up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stig Karlsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Karlsson 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Stig Karlsson!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Stig Karlsson!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Stig Karlsson!

Stig Karlsson wins by unanimous decision!