PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankie King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes has chosen F**king Hostile as his entrance music. Frankie King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

King
vs
Holmes

189 cm
32
265 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

213 cm
27
285 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frankie King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Herman Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes moves out of range of the leg kick from King.
Holmes wants to clinch.
King misses with a straight left.
Holmes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Holmes fails with an attempt to clinch.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

King clinches with his opponent.
Holmes is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Holmes gets an underhook and turns King into the cage.
King misses with a knee strike.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holmes's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Holmes is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.

It looks like Herman Holmes has been cut.
King misses with some punches.
Holmes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but King is keeping busy.
King tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
King working aggressively here.

Holmes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Holmes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holmes tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King lands a right hook to the body.

Holmes moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Holmes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Holmes avoids the damage to the body.
King has Holmes pressed against the cage, preventing Holmes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Holmes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King lands a leg kick that knocks Holmes off balance momentarily.
Holmes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King fakes the leg kick and cracks Holmes in the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holmes is looking to clinch.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmes.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Holmes circles away.
Holmes tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King feints and then cracks Holmes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holmes down.
Holmes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King tries to clinch but Holmes moves out of range.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Holmes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holmes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King looking to slow down the pace here.
King lands with a left to the head.
Holmes tries to break free but King pushes him back against the cage.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Holmes avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King lands a right hand.
Holmes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Holmes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holmes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Holmes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Holmes circles away.
King tries a head kick but it misses.
Holmes tries to clinch but King moves away

and King counters with a head kick that drops Holmes to the mat! Holmes scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Holmes is rocked!
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holmes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holmes is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
King throws a leg kick but Holmes moved away.
Holmes throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
King lands a front kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

King rushes Holmes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holmes seems to have recovered his senses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Holmes.
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holmes is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Herman Holmes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holmes closes the distance looking to clinch

and King counters with a crisp right hand that drops Holmes! King lets Holmes back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Holmes misses with a body kick.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmes.
Holmes thows a left - swing and a miss!
King keeps the fight on the outside.
King lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
King defending well as Holmes loads up on a big left hand.
Frankie King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King tries a head kick but it misses.
Holmes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Holmes closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on King - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Holmes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by King.

That has opened up Herman Holmes's cut even more.

Holmes breaks from the clinch.
King misses with a hook
enabling Holmes to counter with a crisp jab.
Holmes tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Holmes is looking to clinch.
Holmes lands a lovely overhand right.
Holmes moves out of range of the strikes.
Holmes tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Holmes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Holmes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King throws a leg kick but Holmes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holmes lands a leg kick that knocks King off balance momentarily.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
King throws a head kick that misses.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Holmes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Holmes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Holmes looks to clinch
and King counters with a leg kick.
Holmes is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
King is looking to clinch.
King lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holmes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holmes wants to clinch.
Frankie King is winning the standup battle so far.

King moves into range and clinches up with Holmes.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Holmes.
A frustrated look appears on Holmes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.

Holmes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

King closes the distance and pushes Holmes back into the cage.
Holmes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holmes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King wants to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as King takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
King misses with a knee to the head.
Holmes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holmes tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie King dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Herman Holmes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jab from King.

Holmes moves into the clinch.
King digs a right hand into Holmes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Holmes's gas tank.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A knee to the head by King.
King tries a body shot but Holmes blocks it.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holmes.
King working aggressively here.
King dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Holmes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.

King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Holmes gets tackled into the cage by King. King maintains the clinch.
King stalling the fight.
King tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holmes.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
King effectively controlling the action here.
Herman Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holmes can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holmes.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holmes blocks a body shot from King.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Holmes.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Holmes prevents a body shot from King.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Holmes breaks the clinch.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.

King takes the fight into the clinch.
Holmes managing to block the knees to the body from King.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holmes's efforts to push away.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Holmes has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Frankie King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Holmes manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes jabs King to the body, keeping him at a distance.
King thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Holmes if he has to take too many more of those.
Holmes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from King.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Holmes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from King.
Holmes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holmes walks into a left hand.
Holmes moves out of range of the body kick from King.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes lands a right hook to the body.
King ducks right into an uppercut from Holmes.

It looks like Frankie King has been cut.
Holmes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Holmes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but King is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes is looking to clinch.
King connects with a body shot.
King avoids the head kick by Holmes.

King fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Holmes, pushing him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frankie King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well King has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27

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