PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt King (ranked 4632 p4p, 4258 weight class) and Jamie Webb (ranked 235 p4p, 217 weight class). Jamie Webb has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

King
vs
Webb

180 cm
18
122
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
136
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jamie Webb!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King throws out a loose jab but Webb uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Webb.
Webb lands a straight punch to the body, keeping King at a distance.
Donk. Webb catches King right on the button with a cross.
Webb 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.
King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Webb cracks King with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

King is rocked!
King swings for the body but Webb moves out of range.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
King scores with a decent looking hook.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
King tries to clinch there but Webb circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Webb. No joy for King on that attempt.
King moves in looking to clinch but Webb pushes him off.
King has been working on his balance at Catch Wrestling L.A., so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Webb.

Webb cracks King with a big right hand and King goes down!

That's one minute gone in the round.
King bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Webb's guard.

King is standing up over Webb. Webb looks to escape but King dives into side control.
King wants to control but Webb is keeping him busy.
King working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Webb is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with the ground and pound.
King taking a breather here.
King trying to control the action but Webb is working from the bottom.
Webb is pushing King's head away, looking to escape. King manages to hold on to the position though.
King trying to control the action but Webb is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Webb dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jab by King.
A low kick lands for Webb.
A jab lands there for Webb.
Webb scores with a nice right hand.
King shoots in but Webb avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Webb has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Webb throws an overhand right that drops King like a sack of potatoes! Webb dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Webb!