PBP Commentary

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

King
vs
Sackett

168 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

TITAN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kong King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jubal Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck for King with that takedown attempt.
Sackett lands a jab to the nose.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
King stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sackett.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
Sackett throws the left hand but King avoids the punch easily.

King shoots in and gets a takedown into Sackett's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King trying to control but Sackett is working from the bottom.
King with a flurry of punches that miss.
King scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King wants to pass the guard but Sackett is keeping the position.
King throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sackett works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King wants to pass the guard but Sackett is keeping the position.
King makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
King with a flurry of punches that miss.
King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
King postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King passes Sackett's left leg - he's now in half guard.
King throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
King sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sackett defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is taking a breather. Sackett says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
King is nestled in close to Sackett, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sackett blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
King trying to control from half guard but Sackett is working away.
King takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King slows the pace down in half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sackett can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sackett blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
King trying to pass the guard but Sackett defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
King wants to control but Sackett is keeping him busy.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
King keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
King wants to pass the guard but Sackett is defending well.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
King not landing any meaningful shots this time.
King content to control rather than advance.
King wants to pass to mount but Sackett is defending the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sackett gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kong King dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

King shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sackett as he jumps to the side.
Sackett throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
King shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sackett pinned against the cage. Sackett gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sackett sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kong King. That's going to take a lot out of him.

King looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sackett!
King raining down shots from the mount!
King looking to finish Sackett with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sackett!
King lands a nice shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King wants to control the pace but Sackett is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sackett is in all sorts of trouble here.
King with good strikes from the mount here!
King tries to control but Sackett wriggling away.
The referee warns Sackett that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
King landing strikes from the mount.
King with shots to the head and body - Sackett looks very uncomfortable down there.

Sackett is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sackett is still in real trouble! Can King finish him?
King thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sackett seems to have recovered his senses.
King with the ground and pound from mount.
King landing shots from mount.
Sackett tries to hold on but King pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by King.
King connects with a bit shot that sees Sackett covering up! More strikes from King and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! King is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kong King!
Kong King seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.