PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miles Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

King
vs
Long

185 cm
21
255 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

193 cm
24
235 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Terry King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miles Long!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long misses with a series of wild punches.
Long shoots in for a takedown but King shows good takedown defense.
Long smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
King moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Miles Long has been cut.
Terry King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Long gets the takedown into side control.
King tries to bench press Long off him but Long keeps the position.
Long tries to score with some ground and pound. King controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
An elbow from Long crashes against the mat.
Long wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
Long tries to move into full mount but can't pass King's legs.
Long working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Long tries for a kimura but King is defending well.
Long has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Long is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, King has escaped the position, nice work there.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Long throwing shots but missing, from side control.
King tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Long wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Long in side control, throwing shots but King defends.
King is looking for a sweep.
King is working to avoid the ground and pound but Long connects with a decent elbow.
Long lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King parries the strikes from Long easily there. Long is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable King to escape.
Long trying to control the position but King is working away.
Long throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Long misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Long throws an elbow but King slips to the side and avoids it well.
Long misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
King on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if King tries to get out of the position.
King avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Long.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Good leg kick by Long there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Long throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
Nice shot lands for King.
Long tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Long.

Long throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. King was covering up waiting for the punch and Long finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Long postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Long looking to pass the guard.
King keeping moving, preventing Long from controlling successfully.
King preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes 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 Long's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long controls King momentarily but King frees himself.

Long is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
King has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Long looks gassed!

King avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
King landing with the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Long has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but King can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Long looking for subs off his back but King has passed one foot through into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Terry King will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Miles Long's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

King throws a hook to the side of Long's head but Long sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Long scores with a nice strike.
Long changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. King tries to avoid it but Long manages to keep hold of a leg and drag King to the ground. King escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
King avoids the head kick by Long.
Donk. King catches Long right on the button with a cross.
Crack! King connects with the perfect overhand right and Long falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for King!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Terry King!