PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brian King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

King
vs
Joe

200 cm
31
160 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

160 cm
21
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Joe!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Joe closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
King pushes Joe off looking to stand but Joe dives back in and keeps control.
Joe trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.
King flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Joe passes to side control.
King is looking to regain half guard here but Joe keeps moving and retains side control.
Joe wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King misses with a strike from the bottom.
Joe working the ground and pound.
Joe wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Joe tries for a kimura but King is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King is trying to buck Joe off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe working the head and body with strikes.
Joe taking a breather here.
King is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Joe asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Joe wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
King wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Joe has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Joe misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a combination

and Joe counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
King wants to break free but Joe has control.
Joe cracks King with a nice body shot.
King is trying to break free.
Joe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
King is trying to break the clinch but Joe has him pressed against the cage.
King working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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

Joe shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Joe tries to stand but his hand is stuck under King.
King wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Joe is looking for a kimura but King is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Joe to get the leverage.
Joe is trying to control. King wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Joe tries to pass to full mount but King defends it.
King tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Joe is looking to advance position but King won't allow it.
Joe seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Joe is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
King is trying to get back to full guard.
Joe tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe working King over with strikes.
King wants to improve his position but Joe is controlling well.
Joe moves into full mount! King won't be happy about that!
King is in all sorts of trouble here.
Joe landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Joe looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King can't escape the position.
Joe tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Joe dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

King moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.
King fails with a takedown attempt.

Joe closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming King to the mat! King manages to get full guard.
Joe prevents King from getting back to his feet.
King will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Joe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of King's head.
Joe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
King is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Joe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Joe trying to stand up but can't free himself from King's guard.
King looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joe is one step ahead there.
Joe wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
King trying to strike off his back.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Joe Joe was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Joe wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
King throws a nice looking combination but Joe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Joe has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

King closes the distance and pushes Joe back into the cage.
Joe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.
Joe wants to take the fight to the mat but King manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
King is trying to break free.
Joe wants to take the fight to the mat but King manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe is looking for a takedown.
Brian King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Joe.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Joe won't allow it.
Joe has King pressed against the cage, preventing King from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Joe jumps guard and drags King to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
King stopping the sweep attempt from Joe.
King wants to get up but he can't break Joe's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Joe pulls King in close to prevent any damage.
Joe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joe is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

King stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Joe has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Joe tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.

Joe successfully pulls guard.
King would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Joe Joe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Joe is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
King has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

King decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Joe gets a double leg takedown into King's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joe advances to half guard.
Joe wants to pass to mount but King is defending the position.
King looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joe slips a nice elbow through King's hands, connecting with King's forehead.
Joe wants to take a breather but King is having none of it.
King throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Joe manages to pass to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Joe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Joe closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into King's guard.
Joe landing with the ground and pound.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Joe works over King with some ground and pound from guard.
Joe wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Joe is looking to stand up but King won't let him.
King lands some strikes from the bottom.
Joe slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
King tries to strike from the bottom.

King has his feet on Joe's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Joe misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Joe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
King is trying to break the clinch but Joe has him pressed against the cage.
Joe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.
King working hard to break the clinch.
Joe tries to pull guard but King forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Joe lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Joe 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.
King is trying to stand up here but Joe is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King wants to improve his position but Joe is controlling well.
Joe takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Joe blocks the strikes from King.
King is trying to stand.
King is refusing to be controlled, as Joe sits in half guard.

Joe is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and King defends it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joe seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Joe trying to control from half guard but King is working away.
King tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Joe stops King from getting back to his feet.
King tries to get to full guard but Joe has control of the leg.
Joe blocks the strikes from King.
Joe is taking a breather. King says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
King punching from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Joe Joe hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
King tries to clinch but Joe is having none of it.

Joe clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Joe won't allow it.
Joe drops to a knee looking for a takedown but King gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Joe has hold of one of King's legs. King is fighting the takedown attempt but Joe gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Joe wants to stand but King has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
King will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Joe slips nicely into half guard.
Joe 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joe drops an elbow to the side of King's head.
Brian King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe Joe is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Joe slows the pace down in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Joe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Joe!