PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bill King (ranked 1805 p4p, 2297 weight class) and Steven Seagull (ranked 101 p4p, 133 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

King
vs
Seagull

168 cm
26
138
4 - 1 - 0

160 cm
27
135
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bill King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steven Seagull!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seagull keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seagull misses the shot to the body.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Seagull circles away.
Seagull is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
King is looking to counter the offense by Seagull and move into the clinch.
Seagull just misses with a punch to the body.
Seagull circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seagull throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
King tries to clinch but Seagull is having none of it.
King throws a hook but Seagull avoids it easily.
Seagull misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Seagull keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Seagull on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Seagull throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seagull paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King walks into a stiff left hand from Seagull.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seagull paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King tries to clinch but Seagull moves out of range.
Seagull looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Seagull.
King wants to clinch up but Seagull keeps it at a distance.
Seagull circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seagull thuds a left hand into King's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seagull throws a low kick but King moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King is looking to clinch.
Seagull throws out a counter right but King avoids it with no problem.
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Seagull.
Seagull scores with a shot to the body.
Seagull looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
King is looking to clinch.
Seagull throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seagull manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seagull throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Seagull avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seagull is clearly trying to counter these attacks from King with a body shot.
King is looking to clinch but Seagull is avoiding it.
Seagull throws out a counter right but King avoids it with no problem.
King tries to clinch up.
King tries to clinch
and Seagull counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Seagull swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
King definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
King walks into a left hand.
King dodges the punch combination from Seagull.
Seagull circles away from the clinch attempt.
King tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seagull manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seagull stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Seagull looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
King tries to counter by clinching up but Seagull breaks away and moves out of range.
Bill King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seagull swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seagull avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Seagull pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seagull swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King moves out of range as Seagull strikes.
Seagull misses with a hook.
Seagull ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
King wants to clinch up but Seagull keeps it at a distance.
King wants to clinch.

King gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Seagull to score an easy takedown into full guard.

King is looking for a triangle but Seagull pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagull throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
King keeping moving, preventing Seagull from controlling successfully.
Seagull scoring with some ground and pound.
King is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seagull working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Seagull throws a big right hand that misses.
King keeping full guard, as Seagull tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King working a defensive guard here.

King looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

King looking for a guillotine here but Seagull defends easily.
Seagull postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seagull is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Seagull is sitting in close to King's body. King has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Seagull is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Seagull is tapping! That was a very nice submission by King.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bill King!