PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Foster (ranked 5793 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny King (ranked 6036 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenny King has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jeffrey Foster's chin.

Foster
vs
King

177 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeffrey Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenny King!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King gets the takedown into side control.
Foster manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
King flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Foster looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Foster prevents King from standing back up.
Foster landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

King looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Foster seems to be looking for submissions.

Foster is working for a kimura but King is defending it quite comfortably.
King throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

King looking for submissions off his back.
Foster sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. King defending well though.

Foster gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Foster displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from King.
Foster is looking to counter the offense by King and move into the clinch.
Foster moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Foster cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a right and a left that Foster avoids nicely.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Foster.
King fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jeffrey Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenny King.

King pushes Foster up against the cage in a clinch.

Foster pulls King into guard.
King is fighting to break Foster's control of his arms but Foster is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
King landing some decent shots from guard.
King is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Foster controls King momentarily but King frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King looking to pass the guard.
Foster is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst King is controlling him.
King postures up.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Foster is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

King striking from half guard on the bottom.

Foster is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and King defends it well.
Foster is breathing heavily.
King pushes Foster off looking to stand but Foster dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foster is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
King tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
King moves into full guard.

Foster got a little sloppy there for a moment and King has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Foster has managed to get both his arms back between King's legs - danger averted.
Foster makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
King throwing short punches from the bottom.
Foster is standing up over King. King looks to escape but Foster dives into side control.

Foster tries for a kimura but King is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Foster scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffrey Foster dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

King shoots in looking for a takedown but Foster manages to keep the fight standing, pushing King's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
King shoots in for a double leg but Foster sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
King shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Foster defends it nicely.
Jeffrey Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenny King.

King has Foster up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Foster.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Foster breaks the clinch.
Foster wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
King throws a right and a left that Foster avoids nicely.
King tries for a takedown but Foster sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

King closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
King is breathing heavily.

King tries for a kimura but Foster is defending well.
Foster regains half guard.
Jeffrey Foster overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster keeps control of the position for the meantime.

King is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Foster is looking to control King's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Foster avoid being mounted?
Foster is positioning himself well to prevent King advancing to mount.
King not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster gets back to full guard.
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King throws a big right hand that misses.
Foster is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
King stopping the sweep attempt from Foster.
Foster is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
King landing with the ground and pound.
Foster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King can do to turn this around?
King throws a strike but Foster rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

King striking off his back but it's not causing Foster any problems.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Foster got a little sloppy there for a moment and King has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Foster has managed to get both his arms back between King's legs - danger averted.
King throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Foster won't allow King to get back to his feet.
King trying to strike off his back.

King working for a triangle but Foster defends it easily.
King trying to strike off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

King has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Foster can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

King has his foot on Foster's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Foster works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kenny King will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Foster. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
King will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Foster wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Foster is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.

Foster forces King back against the cage and clinches.
Foster can't get the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Foster manages to break the clinch.
Foster stuffs the takedown attempt from King. King gets slowly back to his feet.
Jeffrey Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenny King.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Foster clinches up against the cage.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Foster turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
King tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Foster presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
King throwing hammer fists to the chest of Foster. What's that going to do exactly?
King is squirming around, avoiding Foster's attempts to control the action.
We've been informed that King has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Foster raining down shots from the mount!

Foster looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
King is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
King really wants to buck Foster off and get back to his feet.
King tries to reverse the position but Foster maintains control.
King tries to buck Foster off but Foster takes his back!
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!
King is trying to break free.

Foster has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, King has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
King is trying to break free.

Foster is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. King defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Foster working for a choke but King is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Foster looking for the choke but no joy.
King wants to get back to his feet.
King breaks Foster's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
King prevents Foster from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King stopping the sweep attempt from Foster.
King chips away with some ground and pound.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
King prevents Foster from getting back to his feet.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
King stops Foster from standing up.
King is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
King lands a couple of decent looking shots.
King in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeffrey Foster showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Foster has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeffrey Foster!