PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maggot King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nickolai Ketchum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Make Them Suffer - Widower. Ketchum is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: XXX by Danny Brown. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

King
vs
Ketchum

165 cm
22
154 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

180 cm
29
159 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maggot King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nickolai Ketchum!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King slips a jab and a cross from Ketchum.
Ketchum takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Nickolai Ketchum has been cut.
Ketchum lands a straight punch to the body, keeping King at a distance.
King throws a head kick but Ketchum moves out of range.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
King ducks right into an uppercut from Ketchum.
King misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Ketchum misses.
King wants to land a leg kick but Ketchum is out of range.
King throws a head kick but Ketchum moves out of range.
Ketchum lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King tries to clinch but Ketchum is having none of it.
King walks into a jab.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ketchum.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ketchum moves away.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Ketchum moves out of range easily.
Ketchum lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ketchum.
Maggot King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ketchum comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ketchum has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ketchum lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
King takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ketchum avoids the head kick by King.
Ketchum throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King throws a shot to the body.
King misses with a low kick.

King has Ketchum up against the cage in a clinch.
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King misses with a knee strike.
Ketchum blocks an elbow strike.
Ketchum tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ketchum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King misses with an elbow over the top.
Ketchum wants to break free but King has control.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ketchum.
Ketchum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King missing with knees to the body.
King pressing his opponent against the cage.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
King lands a shoulder strike.
Ketchum blocks an uppercut.
Ketchum blocks the elbow strike.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ketchum avoids it.
Ketchum blocks an uppercut.
Ketchum blocks a body shot from King.
King throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ketchum wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the cage.
King creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
King missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ketchum takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ketchum avoids the elbow strike from King, against the cage.
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ketchum is defending well for now.
Ketchum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King scores with a shot to the side of Ketchum's head.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King pushes Ketchum back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Our sources have told us that King has been working on his elbows in the gym.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King lands an elbow inside that Ketchum shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King working aggressively here.
King prevents Ketchum from breaking the clinch.
King throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ketchum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

King delivers a nice body kick.
King walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ketchum checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
King throws a head kick that misses.
King throws a head kick but Ketchum moves out of range.
Ketchum scores with a jab to the body.
Ketchum blocks a leg kick.
King is looking to clinch but Ketchum is avoiding it.
King is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ketchum.
Ketchum jabs at King's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ketchum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ketchum with a jab.

King is rocked!
A head kick misses from King.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
King lands with a thumping leg kick.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
Nickolai Ketchum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ketchum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Ketchum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ketchum is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ketchum throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a head kick that Ketchum semi-blocks.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ketchum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ketchum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King looking to land some kicks to the body here.
King misses with a head kick.
Ketchum lands a jab to King's midsection.
King misses with a left hand
and Ketchum counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheers as Ketchum lands an impressive looking overhand right. King doesn't seem phased though.
King takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nickolai Ketchum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ketchum with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ketchum throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ketchum throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ketchum cracks King with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ketchum lands with an uppercut that bounces King off the cage and back into range.
Ketchum lands a nice shot to the body.
Ketchum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by King.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ketchum moves away.
Ketchum fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ketchum throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
Ketchum lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ketchum avoids the body shot from King.
King throws a hook to the side of Ketchum's head but Ketchum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ketchum connects with a looping right hand.
King with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ketchum drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks King right on the button. King goes down! Ketchum follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Ketchum gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nickolai Ketchum!
After the big win, Nickolai Ketchum made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Bad Man Clothing (Nothing over 40$) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.