PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Eriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying King's choice of entrance music: Sway - Level Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eriksson
vs
King

188 cm
23
200 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
27
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, William Eriksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Steve King!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eriksson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Eriksson.

Eriksson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
Eriksson lands with a light punch inside.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Eriksson won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Eriksson.
A short left from Eriksson.
Eriksson is stalling here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Eriksson for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Eriksson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Eriksson lands with a right to the head.
King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Eriksson has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Eriksson.
Eriksson is working King over against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Eriksson has double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Eriksson.

Eriksson manages to break the clinch.

Eriksson clinches up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Eriksson.
Eriksson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Eriksson lands an uppercut.
Eriksson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Eriksson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Eriksson works on King's body with a couple of short punches.
Eriksson scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Eriksson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King letting Eriksson take a breather here.

Eriksson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Eriksson throws a head kick that half lands.
A head kick misses from Eriksson.

Eriksson darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
King can't break the clinch.
Eriksson tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Eriksson back against the cage.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Eriksson won't allow it.
Eriksson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King tries to break free but Eriksson pushes him back against the cage.
King is trying to break the clinch but Eriksson is controlling him.
Eriksson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Eriksson breaks from the clinch.

Eriksson closes the distance and clinches.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short uppercut from Eriksson.
King letting Eriksson take a breather here.
King is trying to force a seperation but Eriksson has the dominant position.
Eriksson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Eriksson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Come on Eriksson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by William Eriksson.
King looks to throw the jab but Eriksson is out of range.
Eriksson wants to clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Eriksson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to clinch up but Eriksson circles away and keeps his distance.
King scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like William Eriksson has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Eriksson back to the cage. King follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Eriksson clinches up against the cage.

Eriksson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from King.
King is looking to clinch.
Eriksson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eriksson throws a head kick that half lands.
Eriksson wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Eriksson clinches up with King and pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksson stalling against the cage.
King takes a shot to the head.
King working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Eriksson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Eriksson's cut.
That's time! Eriksson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Eriksson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Eriksson tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Eriksson clinches.
Eriksson prevents King from breaking the clinch.

Eriksson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eriksson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.

Eriksson has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
Eriksson lands with a left to the head.
Eriksson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Eriksson blocking some punches.
Eriksson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Eriksson.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A left hand lands to the body for Eriksson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Eriksson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Eriksson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksson blocking some punches.
Eriksson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eriksson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Eriksson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Eriksson.
Eriksson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Eriksson breaks the clinch.
William Eriksson is winning the standup battle so far.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson lands a right hand.
Eriksson keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eriksson lands a right hand.
Eriksson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Eriksson lands a shoulder strike.
Eriksson scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eriksson displaying some good clinch control by pressing King up against the cage.
King can't break the clinch.
The referee calls for Eriksson to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by William Eriksson.

Eriksson has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson lands a nice shot to the body.
Eriksson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Eriksson scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
Eriksson stalling in the clinch.
King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Eriksson has him pressed against the cage.
Eriksson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Eriksson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
A shot in the inside from Eriksson.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eriksson lands on the inside with an uppercut.

King is rocked!
King has had enough of the clinch but Eriksson keeps him there for the moment.

Eriksson manages to break the clinch.

Eriksson takes the fight into the clinch.
King avoiding damage as Eriksson throws knees to the body.
Eriksson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Eriksson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Eriksson lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King letting Eriksson take a breather here.
Eriksson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Eriksson lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Eriksson.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Eriksson finish him?
Eriksson lands a body punch in the clinch.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Eriksson.
King is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Eriksson.

Eriksson breaks from the clinch.
Eriksson seems to be stalking King here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! King drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). William Eriksson!
A victorious William Eriksson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.