PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lawrence King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West. The key to victory for Frank Fury has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Fury
vs
King

188 cm
26
204 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Perkele!
Perkele!

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lawrence King!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Fury bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
King is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.

Fury goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, King has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Fury but great work by King.
King wants to control but Fury is keeping him busy.
The referee asks King politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. King prefers to stall for the moment though.
Fury knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for King on the ground.

King wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fury, who protects the arm well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fury is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

King wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fury, who protects the arm well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury is letting King control him for a moment.
An elbow from King crashes against the mat.

King has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Fury is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. King yanks on the arm and Fury is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by King.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lawrence King!
A victorious Lawrence King thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.