PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jerrick Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad The Third Tepes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kingston
vs
The Third Tepes

179 cm
18
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerrick Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vlad The Third Tepes!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tepes digs a good hook to Kingston's body.
Kingston fails with the takedown
and Tepes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tepes lands with a hook. Kingston tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Tepes. Beautiful body shot.
Tepes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kingston momentarily.

Tepes clinches up with Kingston and pushes him back against the cage.
Kingston tries for a takedown but Tepes manages to get underhooks.
Kingston letting Tepes take a breather here.
Kingston tries for a takedown but Tepes manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerrick Kingston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kingston is breathing heavily.
Tepes has Kingston pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tepes manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Tepes is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kingston trying to control but Tepes is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Jerrick Kingston wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Kingston drives through and clinches with Tepes against the cage.
Tepes lands a nice knee to the body.
Tepes lands a good knee to the midsection. Kingston won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Tepes.
Tepes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tepes avoiding damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tepes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tepes throws an elbow but misses.

Tepes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tepes works over Kingston's head and body with a nice combination.
Tepes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tepes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Kingston is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tepes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kingston doesn't seem bothered though.
Oh Kingston is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tepes flashes Kingston a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Kingston's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Kingston crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Tepes punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vlad The Third Tepes!