PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren Willington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and victor king (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darren Willington had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 266.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. The key to victory for Darren Willington has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Willington
vs
king

195 cm
22
271 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

203 cm
22
281 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darren Willington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, victor king!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Willington is defended easily by king.
Willington looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

king scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
king is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
king looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Willington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
king scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from king there.
king drops an elbow to the side of Willington's head.
king seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
king really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Willington. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
king takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
king slips a nice elbow through Willington's hands, connecting with Willington's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. king lands a nice short elbow.
king takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
king lands with a punch from half guard.
king lands with a punch from half guard.
king lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from king.

That's one minute gone in the round.
king working the head and body with strikes.
king is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
king working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. king connects with a nice short shot to Willington's temple.
king working the head and body with strikes.
king is nestled in close to Willington, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
king wants to lay and pray for a moment but Willington keeps working.
king drops an elbow to the side of Willington's head.
Willington taking some punishment here, with king in his half guard.
Willington has hold of king's hands but king slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
king slips a nice elbow through Willington's hands, connecting with Willington's forehead.
king working the head and body with strikes.
king looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Willington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
king seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
king is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
king slips a nice elbow through Willington's hands, connecting with Willington's forehead.
king working the head and body with strikes.
king lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Willington taking some punishment here, with king in his half guard.
king lands with a punch from half guard.
Willington could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
king seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Willington does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
king working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willington on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
king scoring with strikes to the body and head.
king scoring with strikes to the body and head.
king scoring with strikes to the body and head.
king lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Willington is looking for a sweep. king is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
king working Willington over with strikes.
Nice strikes from king there.

Willington looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from king there.
Willington has hold of king's hands but king slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Willington actively working from the bottom here.
king takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
king working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from king.
Willington taking some punishment here, with king in his half guard.
king is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
king wants to lay and pray for a moment but Willington keeps working.
Ground and pound from king.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
king working over Willington with some ground and pound. Willington looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
king scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
king lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Willington looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
king looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Willington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from king.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
king working over Willington with some ground and pound. Willington looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from king.

Willington looking for submissions off his back.
Willington is trying to defend against the ground and pound but king scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

victor king dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

king shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
king lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
victor king has got the better of the ground game so far.
king passes the guard and advances to mount!
king is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Willington can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
king is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Willington can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
king lands a big elbow.
Willington is in a horrible position here. king smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
king lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
king is landing with some decent strikes but Willington is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
king breaks from Willington's wrist control and lands an elbow.
king fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
king cracks Willington with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
king is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Willington can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
king looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
king lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Willington tries to hold on but king pushes him away.
The referee warns Willington that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
king looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
king postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Willington looks a forlorn figure.
king lands with some strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willington is in all sorts of trouble here.
king lands a heavy elbow.
king has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
king lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
king landing shots from mount.
Willington in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
king putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
king punishing his opponent with strikes.
king unloading with bombs!
Willington in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by king.
Willington working to try and regain half guard.
Willington tries to hold on but king postures up.
king breaks from Willington's wrist control and lands an elbow.
king with the ground and pound from mount.
king looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
king with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
king lands a big elbow.
Willington taking shots to the head.
king lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Willington slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. king connects with a nice short shot to Willington's temple.
Willington trying to control here.
king scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from king there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. king lands a nice short elbow.
king is nestled in close to Willington, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
king wants to control but Willington is keeping him busy.
Willington wants to control but king is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

king closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
king trying to control the position but Willington is working away.
king grinds an elbow into Willington's temple.
Willington is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Willington is looking for a sweep.
king scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Willington to see if he's OK.
Willington tries to buck king off but king is having none of it.
king working the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willington tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but king wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

king decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
king lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

victor king showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

king shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
king winds up and cracks Willington with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Willington has hold of king's hands but king slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from king.
Nice strikes from king there.
king working over Willington with some ground and pound. Willington looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
king is nestled in close to Willington, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
king landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Willington missing with punches from the bottom.

Willington actively working from the bottom here.
Willington on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
king working the head and body with strikes.
king lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
king scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
king looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Willington actively working from the bottom here.
Willington manages to get to full guard.

king is posturing up here but Willington has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! king tries to roll out but it's too tight and king has to tap! Slick submission there by Willington!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darren Willington!