PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luther King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiberius Avisius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

King
vs
Avisius

182 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luther King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tiberius Avisius!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a wild body shot.

King has Avisius up against the cage in a clinch.
King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Avisius has him pressed against the cage.
King is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King wants to clinch up but Avisius keeps it at a distance.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Avisius tries a head kick but it misses.
King checks a leg kick.
Avisius tries to land a front kick but King steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Avisius keeps the fight on the outside.

King instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to pull guard but Avisius holds him up against the cage and eventually King drops back down to his feet.
King goes for a takedown attempt but Avisius pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luther King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Avisius throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Avisius moves out of range easily.
Avisius does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
King shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Avisius sprawls well. Avisius wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. King gets slowly back to his feet.
King shoots and misses
and Avisius counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Avisius takes a shot right to the bread basket.
King fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Avisius defends it nicely.
King on the wrong end of a nice hook.
King checks the leg kick nicely there.
Avisius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Avisius misses with an attempted mid kick.
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Avisius.
Tiberius Avisius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice sprawl there from Avisius as King shoots in.
King is breathing heavily.
King tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avisius throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
King chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Avisius can pounce on him.

Avisius lands a big head kick that sends King tumbling to the mat! Avisius takes a step backwards and waves King back to his feet - he wants the finish!

King is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King wants to stay close but Avisius steps back to make room for something. King seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Avisius and King drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tiberius Avisius!