PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urijah Klein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kingston
vs
Klein

191 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Urijah Klein!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klein fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Klein throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kingston's waist but Kingston gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Klein off to one side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Klein checks a leg kick.
Klein will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Kingston drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kingston working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kingston is fighting to break Klein's control of his arms but Klein is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kingston throwing strikes but missing.

Kingston gets to his feet - Klein follows without any prompting.
Klein throws a body kick that misses.
Kingston throws a right and a left that both miss.

Klein has Kingston up against the cage in a clinch.

Kingston pulls Klein into guard.

Klein gets to his feet. Kingston looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Klein throws a sloppy head kick and Kingston moves out of range easily.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Klein.
Kingston swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Klein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Kingston drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Kingston looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kingston is breathing heavily.
Klein struggling a bit here.
Klein might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kingston kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Klein is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Klein's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Klein is looking to reverse the position.
Kingston is chipping away with strikes.
Kingston gets to mount! Klein was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Kingston avoids the attempt from Klein to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston looking to finish Klein with some ground and pound. This is bad for Klein!
Klein can't escape the position.
Kingston looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Klein can't escape the position.
Kingston has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Klein's face.

Klein is rocked!
Kingston cracks Klein with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Klein is still in real trouble! Can Kingston finish him?
Kingston scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Klein?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kingston with good strikes from the mount here!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A nice elbow there by Kingston.

Kingston swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ben Kingston!