PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustapha Shakir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustapha Shakir has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

King
vs
Shakir

165 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
159 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mustapha Shakir!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shakir has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
King tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shakir gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Robert King has been cut.
King tries to pull guard but Shakir won't allow it.
King tries to pull guard but Shakir won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shakir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
King fails to pull guard.
Knees to the body from Shakir.
Shakir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shakir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
King tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Shakir just stands there and leans against the cage.
Shakir lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.

Robert King's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Shakir.
King takes a knee to the side of the body.
King is breathing heavily.
Shakir lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Shakir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Robert King's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
King could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Shakir using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Shakir.

King is rocked!
Shakir lands an elbow inside.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shakir unloads a knee to the mid-section. King lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shakir using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.

Jeez, Robert King's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Clinched against the cage, Shakir lands a big elbow that drops King! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - King is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mustapha Shakir!