PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kofi Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Moxley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moxley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Welcome to the Masquerade - Thousand Foot Krutch. Kofi Kingston has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kingston
vs
Moxley

185 cm
29
180 lbs
3 - 12 - 0

184 cm
24
179 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kofi Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Moxley!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moxley shoots in for a takedown but Kingston shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kingston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moxley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kingston throws a sloppy head kick and Moxley moves out of range easily.
Moxley shoots in but no luck this time.
Kingston lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kingston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Kingston. No joy for Moxley on that attempt.
Kofi Kingston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Moxley.

Moxley shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Moxley showed some decent athleticism there.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kingston gets back to full guard.
Kingston looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Kingston thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kingston knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moxley on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Moxley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Moxley works over Kingston with some ground and pound from guard.
Moxley sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kingston's guard.
Moxley lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Moxley has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Kingston defend it? Moxley steps over the head and cranks it - Kingston is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Moxley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jon Moxley!
Jon Moxley decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.