PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Lessard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cooper King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper King is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lessard
vs
King

182 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Lessard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cooper King!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lessard looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

King looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lessard!
King looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lessard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for King on the ground.
King in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
King is landing with some decent strikes but Lessard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lessard in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
King controlling from mount.
King scoring with strikes but Lessard is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King looking to finish Lessard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lessard!
King controlling the pace for now.
King dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands a big shot there that rocks Lessard but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
King raining down shots from the mount!
King with the ground and pound from mount.
King controlling the position easily from mount.
King is landing with some decent strikes but Lessard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Lessard is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King controlling from the full mount.
King unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Lessard wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! King celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cooper King!