PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrus Ansip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Courtney King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ansip
vs
King

183 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrus Ansip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Courtney King!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries a low kick but Ansip avoids it.
Ansip slips a jab and a cross from King.
King throws a big shot that misses.

Ansip scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
King is trying to stand.

Ansip is working for a kimura but King is defending it quite comfortably.
King is looking to escape.
Ansip wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
Ansip prevents King from standing back up.
Ansip is looking to advance position but King won't allow it.

King kicks off Ansip and gets to his feet.

King gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ansip prevents King from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

King has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ansip off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
A punch lands to the side of King 's head but he takes it in his stride.
King digs a good body shot into Ansip's ribs.
Ansip showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
Courtney King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King throws a right hand that Ansip ducks under and follows up with a left that Ansip also avoids with ease.
King feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ansips jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
King misses with a straight left.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ansip sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ansip showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws an off balance right hand

and Ansip holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King is trying to push Ansip away but Ansip has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King throws a jab when Ansip was well out of range.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King throws a poor cross that misses

and Ansip counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
King wants to get back to his feet.
King looks winded!

King kicks off Ansip and gets to his feet.
Ansip steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
A combination from King does no damage.
No luck for Ansip with that takedown attempt.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ansip shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

King wriggles free and stands up.
King throws a series of punches but Ansip moves out of range.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from King.
Ansip throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ansip checks a leg kick.
King motions for Ansip to come forward. King throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from King.

Ansip moves into the clinch.

Ansip's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ansip showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
A telegraphed right hand from King misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Andrus Ansip has been cut.
King misses with a straight left.
Ansip gets cracked with a nice right hand there by King.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ansip's head backwards.
King throws a body punch but Ansip moves out of range.
Courtney King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from King does no damage.
King throws a right and a left that Ansip avoids nicely.
Ansip does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King stuffs the takedown.

Ansip instigates a clinch.
King is trying to push Ansip away but Ansip has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Courtney King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrus Ansip's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ansip gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good work by Ansip as he checks the leg kick.
Ansip throws a head kick that misses.

Ansip gets in close and instigates a clinch.
King is trying to push Ansip away but Ansip has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King prevents the takedown attempt.
King is trying to break the clinch but Ansip is controlling him.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Ansip has double underhooks.
Ansip is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
King is trying to force a seperation but Ansip has the dominant position.
King is trying to break free.
Ansip taking a breather.
King tries to circle away but Ansip has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King is trying to push Ansip away but Ansip has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King tries to break free but Ansip pushes him back against the cage.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ansip keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.
King has had enough of the clinch but Ansip keeps him there for the moment.
Ansip prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Ansip tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King is trying to push Ansip away but Ansip has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ansip tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrus Ansip. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Ansip has double underhooks.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King lands a body shot.
Courtney King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts King, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ansip's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
King's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ansip under the eye.
King tests Ansip's chin there with a solid looking shot.
King throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ansip's head backwards.
King slaps away a takedown attempt from Ansip, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ansip takes one to the chin there.

Ansip is rocked!
King lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Ansip - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for King!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Courtney King!
A relieved looking Courtney King thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.