PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Doza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. que vida boa kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

King
vs
Doza

180 cm
27
300 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition(Disciples of Pain)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Doza!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a takedown

and Doza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
King gets full guard.
King might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Doza being controlled here momentarily.
Doza trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doza is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Doza has gone for a leg lock! King slips out almost immediately though and dives into Doza's guard.
King tries to free his leg and advance position but Doza is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doza looking to hit a scissor sweep but King is one step ahead there.
King tries to free his leg and advance position but Doza is retaining full guard.
King advances to half guard.
King prevents Doza from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
King is figuring out what he wants to do next.
King moves nicely into side control.
Doza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by King.
King trying to control the action but Doza is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King misses with the ground and pound.
King slows the pace down.
Doza tries to bench press King off him but King keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
King wants to control but Doza is keeping him busy.
Doza struggling a bit here.
Doza being controlled for a moment.
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.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
King wants to control but Doza is keeping him busy.

We're going to have a standup here because Josh King wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
King throws a shot from downtown. Doza moves away and avoids it.
King checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
King misses with a hook.
Doza fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but King avoids it really well and circles away.
Doza does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Doza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Doza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doza ducks under a wild hook from King.
King shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Doza counters with a takedown into side control.
King sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Doza is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so King is just riding it out for now. Doza eventually gives up the hold.

Doza is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, King has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Doza is sneakily working for an arm triangle but King sees it coming and defends easily.

Doza wants to work for an arm triangle but King is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Doza tries to pass the half guard into mount. King knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Doza is stalling here. King is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Doza seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and King has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Doza tries to improve position but can't.
King happy to just control the position for now.
King wants to control but Doza is keeping him busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Doza sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank Doza will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

King throws an off balance right hand
and Doza counters with a good low kick that King was not able to check.
King misses with a jab to the body
and Doza counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Doza lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and King has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from King and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A jab from King misses.

King shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
King is trying to control. Doza wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
King sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Doza defending well though.
Doza blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
Doza trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
King controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
King landing shots from mount.
Doza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with King. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
King trying to control but he's not successful this time.
King with shots to the head and body - Doza looks very uncomfortable down there.
King landing punches.
King working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King landing strikes, looking to finish!
King with a couple of short strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Doza can do anything to dispel that myth.
King landing shots from mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
King avoids the attempt from Doza to control.
King wants to control the pace but Doza is squirming around nicely.
King with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King unloading with bombs!
King lands a big elbow.
King controlling the position easily from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Doza is working to get back to half guard.
King breaks from Doza's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
King takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
King lands a big elbow.
King tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Doza is wriggling around trying to escape.
King cracks Doza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
King has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Doza's face.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
King controlling the pace for now.
Doza tries to reverse the position but King maintains control.
King really is a fat lump.
King is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Doza regains half guard.
King winds up and cracks Doza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Frank Doza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
King keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Doza trying to hold on to King's head to control him but King postures up.
King scoring with strikes to the body and head.
King not landing any meaningful shots this time.
King prevents Doza from improving his position.

Doza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Doza is refusing to be controlled, as King sits in half guard.
King works his way into side control.
Doza is not content to let King control the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
King controls the position from side control.
Doza gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Doza is looking to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh King showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Josh King!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Josh King!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Josh King!

Josh King wins by unanimous decision!