PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm King (ranked 4017 p4p, 4422 weight class) and Jana Iii Sobieskiego (ranked 149 p4p, 164 weight class). King comes into the arena with YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

King
vs
Sobieskiego

185 cm
34
171
18 - 17 - 0

185 cm
30
206
12 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malcolm King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jana Iii Sobieskiego!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King clinches.

King manages to break the clinch.
Sobieskiego throws a lazy head kick
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!

King forces Sobieskiego back against the cage and clinches.

King breaks the clinch.
King scores with a sloppy right hand. Sobieskiego should have avoided that one.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
King lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sobieskiego gets tackled into the cage by King. King maintains the clinch.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

King drives through and clinches with Sobieskiego against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for King.

Sobieskiego's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King misses with a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Sobieskiego on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sobieskiego lands a head kick. King smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sobieskiego tries a head kick but it misses.
King has been working on his boxing with his coaches at HELLCADEMY in the buildup to the fight.

King has taken the fight to the clinch.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sobieskiego rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King lands a nice uppercut.
Sobieskiego wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
King is trying to force a seperation but Sobieskiego has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.

Sobieskiego breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

King pushes Sobieskiego up against the cage in a clinch.
Sobieskiego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from King.
Sobieskiego has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.

Sobieskiego pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Sobieskiego circles away.
Sobieskiego throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobieskiego doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sobieskiego throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like King wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

King has Sobieskiego up against the cage in a clinch.

King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sobieskiego lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sobieskiego catches King with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

King fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sobieskiego, pushing him back against the cage.
Sobieskiego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sobieskiego takes a shot to the head.

King breaks from the clinch.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King tries to clinch there but Sobieskiego circles away.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sobieskiego tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sobieskiego tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Sobieskiego.
Sobieskiego misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well King has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 10:9
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 10:9
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malcolm King!
Our winner, Malcolm King, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.