PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ace King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konan Obrien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Big Chips. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

King
vs
Obrien

195 cm
22
282 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

193 cm
27
270 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Ace King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Konan Obrien!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obrien throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
Obrien throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Obrien lands a body shot.
Obrien tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King throws a series of punches but Obrien avoids them all with ease.
Obrien misses the shot to the body.

King tries to keep at a distance but Obrien has taken the fight into the clinch.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Obrien uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obrien lands with a left to the head.
Obrien lands a body punch.
Obrien scores with a hook to the body.
King is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Obrien lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
Obrien cracks King with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Obrien.
Nice body punch from Obrien.
A shot in the inside from Obrien.
Obrien lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Obrien digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A bit of stalling here from Obrien.
The crowd are getting on Obrien's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Obrien.
Knees to the body from Obrien.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Obrien - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Obrien is working King over against the cage.
Obrien lands a left hand.
Obrien lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Obrien landing knees to the body.

Obrien manages to break the clinch.
Obrien with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Obrien instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Obrien.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Obrien.
A nice left hand lands by Obrien.
Obrien content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Obrien.
A short body shot lands from Obrien as the two fighters clinch.
Obrien lands a nice uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Obrien obliges.
King letting Obrien take a breather here.
Obrien softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Obrien scores a nice knee to the body.
Obrien avoiding damage.
Obrien stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obrien will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.
Obrien putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Obrien lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Obrien works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
King tries to work over Obrien's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Obrien.
A right hand to the body from Obrien.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Obrien.
Obrien lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Obrien.
Obrien lands a left hand.
Obrien lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Obrien.
A right hand to the body from Obrien.
Obrien throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kings head.
Obrien gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Obrien manages to break the clinch.
King takes a jab right on the kisser.
King takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Obrien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
King avoids the head kick by Obrien.
Obrien throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Obrien tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Obrien.
King throws a sloppy body shot
and Obrien counters with a good low kick that King was not able to check.
King throws a big shot that misses.
Nice body punch from Obrien.
A chopping leg kick lands by Obrien.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Obrien fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Obrien scores with a shoulder strike.
Obrien lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Obrien lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Obrien is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Obrien on the inside.
Obrien lands a body punch in the clinch.
Obrien makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Obrien scores with a shoulder strike.
Obrien scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Obrien controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Obrien is stalling here.
Obrien misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Obrien pressing his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by King as Obrien tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obrien pushes King back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Obrien lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Obrien's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Obrien moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konan Obrien dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Obrien misses the shot to the body.
King blocks a head kick by Obrien.

Obrien rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Obrien.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Obrien obliges.

Obrien breaks from the clinch.
Obrien looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Konan Obrien seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Obrien tries to clinch there but King circles away.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Obrien.
Obrien throws a hook but King avoids it easily.
Obrien throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Obrien. King shrugs it off though.
Obrien slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
King takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Obrien feints and then cracks King's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow King down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obrien wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
King takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Obrien looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Obrien is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
King takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Obrien blocks a jab.
Obrien scoring well with a low kick there.
King takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Obrien. Beautiful body shot.
Obrien's corner calls for a 1-2. Obrien obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Obrien misses.
Obrien has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King misses with a hook.
Obrien lands a slapping body shot.
Obrien is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down King rather than just go for the knockout.
Obrien doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Obrien moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Konan Obrien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Obrien. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Obrien throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
Obrien lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Obrien dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obrien with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Obrien scores with a sloppy right hand. King should have avoided that one.
Obrien tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Obrien darts in and clinches King up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Obrien creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Obrien.
A short left from Obrien.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Konan Obrien seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Ace King has been cut.
Obrien scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
Obrien stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Obrien lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Obrien.
Obrien lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Obrien scores with a shoulder strike.
Obrien lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Obrien dips a shoulder and cracks King with a mighty uppercut! King falls back against the cage and Obrien unloads with a barrage of strikes! King is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Obrien screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konan Obrien!