PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kerry King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maluco Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King's entrance music is Slayer - Raining Blood. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

King
vs
Johnson

189 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kerry 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, Maluco Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for King.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
King looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King trying to strike off his back.
King wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
King keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson passes 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson preventing the sweep.

Johnson 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.
King tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
Johnson won't allow King to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Johnson is standing up over King. King looks to escape but Johnson dives into side control.
King manages to work his way to half guard, despite Johnson's best efforts.
King is trying to control but Johnson passes into side control!
King knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson works to advance to full mount. King defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Johnson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Johnson looking to secure an arm triangle but King defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson punching from mount but King doing a good job of avoiding damage.
King is trying to escape the mount.
King regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson stops King from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Maluco Johnson 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.

King goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
King misses with a wild combination.
King fails with the takedown.
King throws a head kick that misses.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
King scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Johnson looks for a takedown but King sprawls well.
King swinging wildly here.
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from King.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Johnson enables King to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Johnson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Johnson has momentary wrist control but King slips an elbow through the middle.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson is trying to control the position but King postures up.
King wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
King is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

King stands up from Johnson's guard - King perhaps looking for a knockout.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by King there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
King delivers a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by King. That's going to slow Johnson down.
King lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from King.
A head kick from King lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.
King lands a head kick!
King is pawing at Johnson, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Johnson's nose. Johnson is badly hurt! King pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Johnson tries desperately to hold on but King is relentless in his assault! As Johnson receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls King away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kerry King!