PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heurelho King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Blanka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blanka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amazing by kanye West kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Blanka

175 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heurelho King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Blanka!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King throws a hook to the side of Blanka's head but Blanka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from King does no damage.
King lands the left hand.
King cracks Blanka with a good jab.
King throws a shot from downtown. Blanka moves away and avoids it.
King misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from King.
King scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blanka blocks a jab.
King misses with a looping right.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blanka.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a body shot.
A jab from King misses.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blanka moves away.
King misses with an uppercut.
King throws out a loose jab but Blanka uses good head movement to avoid it.
King throws a big shot that misses.
Blanka slips under a jab from King.
Blanka slips under a jab.
A big left from King misses.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Blanka is just out of range.
Heurelho King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanka moves out of range as King strikes.
King throws out a loose jab but Blanka uses good head movement to avoid it.

Blanka darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
King is looking to control Blanka's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can King avoid being mounted?
King moves into full guard.
King wants to get back to his feet but Blanka is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
King is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Blanka thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Blanka passes King's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Blanka moves nicely into side control.

Blanka is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, King has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Blanka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
King gets back to half guard.
King tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Blanka has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
King is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heurelho King dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

King connects with the punch.

It looks like Pedro Blanka has been cut.
King misses with a straight right.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blanka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King misses with a hook.
King loads up on a big right hand but Blanka slips the punch.
King misses with an uppercut. Blanka saw that one coming.
King misses the jab.
Blanka blocks a jab.
Blanka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
Blanka staying out of range there.
Blanka slips under a jab from King.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blanka slips a jab and a cross from King.
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
King throws the left hand but Blanka avoids the punch easily.
King digs a good hook to Blanka's body.
King misses with a looping left.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanka was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blanka moves away.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanka was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blanka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King throws a jab when Blanka was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
King misses with a straight left.
King takes a swing at Blanka's ribcage but misses.
King misses the shot to the body.
King scores with a nice right hand.
Blanka slips under a jab from King.
King fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blanka on the side of the head.
King misses with a looping left.
Blanka dodges the punch combination from King.
Blanka moves out of range of the strikes.

Blanka fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. King sprawls well initially but Blanka persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Blanka 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanka is controlling the pace.
King trying to control but Blanka postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
King is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blanka tries to pass to full mount but King defends it.
King wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blanka is trying to control the action in half guard but King is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King wants to improve his position but Blanka is controlling well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blanka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heurelho King dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pedro Blanka's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

King throws a body punch but Blanka moves out of range.
Blanka moves away from the strike by King.
Blanka slips a straight right by King.
King takes a swing at Blanka's ribcage but misses.
King punishes Blanka's body with a nice straight punch.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Blanka darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
King is trying to control but can't.
Blanka works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King is looking for a sweep.
King can't do much from the bottom here.

Blanka working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
King tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Blanka wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Blanka wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by King, who protects the arm well.
King sneaks back into half guard.
King wants to get back to full guard.
Blanka tries to pass the half guard into mount. King knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
King strikes from the bottom but Blanka passes into mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King tries to hold on but Blanka postures up.
King is looking to improve his position but Blanka isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Blanka trying to control but he's not successful this time.
King is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
King is working to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Blanka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think King 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heurelho King!