PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between JT King (ranked 4600 p4p, 2471 weight class) and Sergej Lazendic (ranked 0 p4p, 182 weight class). King's entrance music is Lil Wyte-Talkin aint Walkin. A fine choice. Lazendic has chosen Lazendic Trubaci as his entrance music. JT King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

King
vs
Lazendic

183 cm
18
130
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
136
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, JT King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergej Lazendic!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Lazendic. Beautiful body shot.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lazendic.
It looked like King wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A punch combination from Lazendic misses.
Lazendic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lazendic throws a one two combo.

It looks like JT King has been cut.
Lazendic misses with a body shot
and King counters with a straight right hand.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lazendic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lazendic loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
Lazendic cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.
Lazendic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down King rather than just go for the knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lazendic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with an uppercut
and Lazendic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lazendic throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lazendic throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
Lazendic scores with a decent looking hook.
Lazendic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lazendic lands a lovely overhand right.
King throws a lazy uppercut
and Lazendic counters with a left and a right that stings King.
Lazendic misses with a hook.
King throws a hook to the side of Lazendic's head but Lazendic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lazendic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lazendic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazendic lands a nice hook to King's body. King takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lazendic lunges at King with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by King's hand.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lazendic.
Lazendic throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
King misses with an uppercut
letting Lazendic counter with a right hand.
Lazendic scores with a jab to the jaw.
King misses the body punch
and Lazendic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Lazendic.
Lazendic digs a good body shot into King's ribs.
Lazendic lands with an uppercut that bounces King off the cage and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazendic works King's body with a nice hook.
A combination from King does no damage.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
King takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been informed that Lazendic has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lazendic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lazendic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! King had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Lazendic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping King at a distance.
King connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lazendic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
King dips to his left and cracks Lazendic with an uppercut!
King moves out of range as Lazendic strikes.
King throws a big counter combination but Lazendic scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lazendic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. King doesn't seem bothered though.
King is breathing heavily.
Lazendic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lazendic stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lazendic throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King throws the left hand but Lazendic avoids the punch easily.
Lazendic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice shot by Lazendic.
Lazendic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lazendic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sergej Lazendic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JT King's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lazendic gets a clinch.
Lazendic is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The referee calls for King to work.
Lazendic lands with a right to the head.

Lazendic breaks the clinch.
King throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lazendic on the side of the head.
King throws an ugly left hook that misses
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lazendic throws out the jab.
It looked like King wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
King slips under a jab.
Lazendic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazendic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lazendic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lazendic stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
King misses with an uppercut
and Lazendic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lazendic lands with a right hand.
Lazendic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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.
Lazendic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of King's head.
King on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good standup being displayed there by Lazendic as he connects with a hook.

King is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lazendic drops King with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but King looks back up at him and smiles so Lazendic waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazendic connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks King out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sergej Lazendic!
Sergej Lazendic decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.