PBP Commentary

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

Sundberg
vs
King

158 cm
18
138 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
138 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Vikai Gear Island

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ove Sundberg!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vincent King!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a straight left.
Sundberg scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sundberg definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A shot to the liver by Sundberg. Beautiful body shot.
Sundberg getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sundberg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.
King misses with an uppercut. Sundberg saw that one coming.
Sundberg misses with a body shot
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sundberg throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.
Sundberg lands a body shot.
Sundberg scores with a hook.
Sundberg lands a body shot.
Sundberg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.
A little jabbing left from King on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundberg misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from King on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donk. King catches Sundberg right on the button with a cross.
Sundberg rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sundberg misses the body punch
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
Sundberg thuds a left hand into King's body.
King misses with an uppercut. Sundberg saw that one coming.
Sundberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
Sundberg ducks under a wild hook from King.
Sundberg misses the shot to the body.
King looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sundberg staying out of range there.
Sundberg misses the body punch
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sundberg throws a poor cross that misses
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sundberg appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King misses with a looping right.
Sundberg swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sundberg tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sundberg throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King missing with a left hand there. Sundberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sundberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sundberg misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
Sundberg scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sundberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sundberg throws a right hand that misses
and King counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sundberg. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like King was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
King might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sundberg lands a jab to King's midsection.
King is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King takes a body punch but keeps moving.
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sundberg.
Sundberg misses with an uppercut
and King makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sundberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Sundberg.
Sundberg rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sundberg moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sundberg looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from King on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sundberg fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches King on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sundberg slips under a jab from King.
Sundberg throws a jab but it's blocked by King.
King's coach down at The Hut - $50 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on King's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sundberg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and King cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sundberg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sundberg.
Sundberg throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.
King misses with an uppercut
and Sundberg counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sundberg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Sundberg wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sundberg is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice defenses there by Sundberg.
Sundberg slips under a jab from King.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ove Sundberg dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

King slips a jab and a cross from Sundberg.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sundberg lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sundberg.
Sundberg is looking to wear down King with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
King throws a poor cross that misses
and Sundberg counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sundberg moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sundberg. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
King ducks under a wild hook from Sundberg.
King walks into a straight right hand from Sundberg.

King is rocked!
Sundberg steps in with a hook that catches King right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sundberg follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! King looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ove Sundberg!
Ove Sundberg retains his bantamweight title!
Ove Sundberg gave a mention to Vikai Gear Island in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).