PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Luther King Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson comes to the cage accompanied by Cold Drink, Hot Girl. Martin Luther King Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Henderson
vs
Luther King Jr

192 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Henderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King Jr shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. King Jr showed some decent athleticism there.
Henderson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
King Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henderson defending well though.
King Jr 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.
King Jr working over Henderson with some ground and pound. Henderson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
King Jr looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
King Jr throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.
King Jr has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
King Jr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King Jr lands a heavy elbow.
Henderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King Jr with shots to the head and body - Henderson looks very uncomfortable down there.
King Jr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Henderson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is bucking up trying to escape but King Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Henderson wants to control but King Jr is having none of it.
King Jr takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Henderson is trying to stand.
King Jr dominating with strikes here.
King Jr controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that King Jr has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henderson is trying to escape the mount.
King Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
King Jr controlling from mount.

King Jr swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Martin Luther King Jr!
Martin Luther King Jr is the new middleweight champion!