PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ozzy Erwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Erwin
vs
King

172 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ozzy Erwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian King!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erwin lands a head kick. King smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Erwin fails with the takedown.
Erwin moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Erwin tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Erwin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

King has managed to clinch.
King tries to break the clinch but Erwin is controlling the position.
King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Erwin has him pressed against the cage.
Erwin is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
Erwin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
King is trying to push Erwin away but Erwin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King is trying to force a seperation but Erwin has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Erwin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ozzy Erwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Erwin looking to slow down the pace here.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Erwin won't allow it.
King being controlled against the cage.
Erwin goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Erwin tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Erwin wants it to stay on the feet.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Erwin.
King fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
King looks gassed!

King forces Erwin back against the cage and clinches.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
King is trying to push Erwin away but Erwin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Erwin jumps guard but King stands there with Erwin around his waist. Erwin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Erwin looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King prevents a takedown attempt there.
Erwin trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Erwin into the cage.
Erwin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but King gets the underhooks and prevents it.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Erwin wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Erwin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King avoids the head kick by Erwin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Erwin doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Erwin fails with the takedown.
Erwin stuffs the takedown.

Erwin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in King's guard.
Erwin trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ozzy Erwin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Erwin moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Erwin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
Erwin tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Erwin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Erwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Erwin is looking to clinch.

Erwin darts in and clinches King up against the cage.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
King breaks from the clinch.
Erwin wants to clinch.
Erwin moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Erwin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King is breathing heavily.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Erwin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin connects with a high kick.
Erwin tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
No luck for Erwin with that takedown attempt.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Erwin tries to pull guard but King won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ozzy Erwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

King clinches up against the cage.
Erwin jumps guard but King turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Erwin prevents King from breaking the clinch.
King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Erwin has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King misses with a jab, cross combination.
Erwin is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Erwin is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King throws a nice looking combination but Erwin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Erwin moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Erwin tries for a takedown but King sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Erwin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Erwin doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erwin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Erwin doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.

Erwin shoots in and gets a takedown into King's guard.
King throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Erwin wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Erwin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Erwin stopping the sweep attempt from King.
King keeping moving, preventing Erwin from controlling successfully.
King throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King wants to stand up but Erwin is controlling him.
King is striking off his back. Erwin thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Erwin frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
King swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
King is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Erwin trying to control but King is having none of it.
King throws a strike from the bottom but Erwin uses the opportunity to take his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ozzy Erwin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Erwin doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Erwin tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Erwin is looking to clinch.

Erwin gets caught flat footed, as King shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
King wanted to stand there but Erwin had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Erwin is looking to stand up but King isn't so interested in that idea.
Erwin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Erwin has control of King's left arm, preventing King from doing any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Ozzy Erwin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Erwin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King tries to break free but Erwin pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King can't break the clinch.
Erwin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
King is trying to break the clinch but Erwin has him pressed against the cage.

King manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Erwin.
Erwin tries to clinch up

and King holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Erwin won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Erwin controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King working hard to break the clinch.
Erwin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables King to keep the fight standing.

Erwin works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Erwin passes into half guard.
Erwin prevents King from standing back up.
Erwin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but King does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King looks like he's trying to stand up.
Erwin wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
Erwin controlling the action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Ozzy Erwin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Erwin.
Erwin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

King gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
King will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King trying to strike off his back.
Ozzy Erwin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
King wants to sweep but no luck.
King is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Erwin dives into side control.
King striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
King tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
King is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Brian King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Erwin takes King's back, avoiding a couple of desperation strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ozzy Erwin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Erwin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ozzy Erwin!