PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perrin Aybara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aybara has chosen Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

King
vs
Aybara

190 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Perrin Aybara!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King moves to clinch but Aybara breaks away
and Aybara counters with a thumping low kick.
King misses with a takedown attempt

and Aybara counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in King's guard now.
King is breathing heavily.
Aybara keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aybara working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of King's head.
Aybara is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Aybara stands up over King, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Aybara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
King keeping moving, preventing Aybara from controlling successfully.
Aybara scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Aybara lands a couple of elbows.
Aybara makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aybara is in close to King's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aybara keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
Aybara working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Aybara trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aybara is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
King has momentary wrist control but Aybara slips an elbow through the middle.
Aybara postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Aybara connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aybara postures up and lands a big shot to King's brow.
Aybara with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Aybara cracks King with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aybara is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Aybara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Aybara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Aybara postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aybara is working King over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aybara landing some decent shots from guard.
Aybara stands up over King, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Aybara landing with the ground and pound.
Aybara working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Aybara with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Aybara lands a couple of digs.
Aybara sitting in guard here, content to control.
Let's hope that Aybara has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Aybara connects with a couple of short punches.
Aybara landing with the ground and pound.

King is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aybara with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Aybara landing some decent shots from guard.
Aybara stands up over King, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Aybara trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
Aybara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Aybara prevents King from getting back to his feet.
Aybara connects with a couple of short punches.
Aybara scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aybara connects with a couple of short punches.
Aybara landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aybara is in close to King's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Aybara lands a couple of digs.
Aybara keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
Aybara controls from within his opponent's guard.
Aybara postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aybara is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Aybara scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aybara distracts King with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Aybara with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aybara scoring with some ground and pound.
Aybara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Aybara postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
King is looking to stand up but Aybara isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perrin Aybara dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Aybara shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in King's guard.

Aybara is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Aybara is working King over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aybara is working King over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aybara lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Aybara connects with a couple of short punches.
Aybara lands a couple of elbows.
King will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Aybara controlling from the top position.
Aybara trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
Aybara scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aybara landing some decent shots from guard.
King has momentary wrist control but Aybara slips an elbow through the middle.
Aybara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Aybara thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aybara with a nice head shot there.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Aybara lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
King being controlled here, momentarily.
King controls Aybara momentarily but Aybara frees himself.
Aybara stopping the sweep attempt from King.
Aybara wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aybara sitting in guard here, content to control.
Perrin Aybara has got the better of the ground game so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Aybara circles away from the clinch attempt

so Aybara counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Aybara with a nice head shot there.
Aybara connects with a couple of short punches.
Aybara throws a big right hand that misses.

Aybara got a little sloppy there for a moment and King has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Aybara has managed to get both his arms back between King's legs - danger averted.

King pushes Aybara off and gets back to his feet.
King wants to clinch but Aybara slips to the side

and Aybara counters with a single leg into guard. King didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aybara preventing the sweep.
Aybara is in close to King's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aybara distracts King with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
King keeping moving, preventing Aybara from controlling successfully.

King has his foot on Aybara's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aybara works his way back into a safe position though.
King is trying to control the position from the bottom.
King has momentary wrist control but Aybara slips an elbow through the middle.
Aybara chips away with some ground and pound.

King working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Aybara doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Aybara manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Aybara postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aybara trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aybara lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perrin Aybara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

King misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Aybara counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for King!
King wants to hold on but Aybara pushes him away.
Aybara with the ground and pound from mount.
Aybara with a couple of short strikes.
Aybara connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Aybara putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Aybara raining down shots from the mount!
Aybara with the ground and pound from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aybara dominating with strikes here.
Aybara lands a big shot there that rocks King but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Aybara controlling the position easily from mount.
Aybara working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aybara raining down shots from the mount!
Aybara working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Aybara connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Aybara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aybara unloading with bombs!
Aybara breaks from King's wrist control and lands an elbow.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Aybara cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Aybara punishing his opponent with strikes.
Aybara has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of King's face.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Aybara cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
King takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Aybara controlling from the full mount.
Aybara raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aybara with the ground and pound from mount.
Aybara punishing his opponent with strikes.
Aybara looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aybara lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Aybara controlling the position easily from mount.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Aybara cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
King can't escape the position.
Aybara working King over with strikes here.
Aybara is trying to control here but King has managed to regain half guard.
King trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Aybara there.
Aybara is thwarting King's attempts to control the position.
King is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Aybara is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Aybara scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aybara working over King with some ground and pound. King looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aybara landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Aybara stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Aybara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Aybara counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Aybara.

Aybara avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Aybara trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
Perrin Aybara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Chris King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

King had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aybara defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Perrin Aybara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aybara has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Perrin Aybara!