PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lloyd Badweather Jr (ranked 21152 p4p, 19841 weight class) and Dwayne King (ranked 441 p4p, 467 weight class). Badweather Jr comes to the ring accompanied by Ay poyoo- GOAT. Dwayne King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Badweather Jr
vs
King

173 cm
31
150
11 - 13 - 0

174 cm
38
150
17 - 24 - 1

World class boxer
Very quick

World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lloyd Badweather Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dwayne King!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from King there as he acknowledges the shot.
Badweather Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
King scores with a nice right hand.
Badweather Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lloyd Badweather Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Badweather Jr throws a right hand that misses
and King counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Badweather Jr is breathing heavily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
King lands a nice uppercut.
Badweather Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Badweather Jr blocking some punches.
Badweather Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Badweather Jr.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King scores with a shot to the side of Badweather Jr's head.
King misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from King.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badweather Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short left from King.
Badweather Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
King throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Badweather Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Badweather Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King tries to throw a body punch but Badweather Jr avoids it by throwing King back against the ropes.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Badweather Jr.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badweather Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Badweather Jr blocks an uppercut.
Badweather Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King.
King misses with the head strike.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King tries a body shot but Badweather Jr blocks it.

Badweather Jr manages to break the clinch.
Crunch! King slams his shin into Badweather Jr's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

King closes the distance and clinches.
Badweather Jr blocking some punches.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King lands a left hand.
King working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne King dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Badweather Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Badweather Jr throws a big shot that misses.
King moves away from the strike by Badweather Jr.

King clips Badweather Jr with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Badweather Jr a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Badweather Jr tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Despite the aggression on King's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Badweather Jr misses with a double jab.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Badweather Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Badweather Jr misses with an uppercut.

King clinches with his opponent.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Badweather Jr.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Badweather Jr.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Badweather Jr.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Badweather Jr.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
King tries a body shot but Badweather Jr blocks it.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Badweather Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King working aggressively here.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Badweather Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Badweather Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dwayne King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Badweather Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Badweather Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.

Badweather Jr tries to keep at a distance but King has taken the fight into the clinch.
King lands an uppercut.
Badweather Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Badweather Jr's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
King tries to work over Badweather Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King working aggressively here.
Badweather Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
A shot in the inside from King.
Badweather Jr blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
Badweather Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from King.
King tries to throw a body punch but Badweather Jr avoids it by throwing King back against the ropes.
King lands a right hand.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne King takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

King lands with a straight right. Badweather Jr didn't see that one coming.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Badweather Jr.
King explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Badweather Jr stalks King and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into King's face. King staggers backwards, shaken.
Lloyd Badweather Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Badweather Jr at a distance.
King thuds his shin into the meat of Badweather Jr's side.

King throws out a head kick that Badweather Jr doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Badweather Jr crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Badweather Jr's eyes and has decided to let it go on!

Badweather Jr is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. King engages and cracks Badweather Jr with a massive lead left hook - Badweather Jr tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! King is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dwayne King!
During a confident post fight interview, Dwayne King thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.