PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Edgardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ancient King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen Ancient King - Conquering Sound as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Edgardo
vs
King

167 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

170 cm
18
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Francisco Edgardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ancient King!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgardo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Edgardo moves away.
Edgardo misses with the combination.

King closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Edgardo is looking for a sweep.
Edgardo defending against the ground and pound.
King landing strikes.
King wants to control but Edgardo is keeping him busy.
King throws an elbow but Edgardo slips to the side and avoids it well.
King working the strikes but Edgardo uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

King is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Edgardo is just riding it out for now. King eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
King is nestled in close to Edgardo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
King is thwarting Edgardo's attempts to control the position.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Edgardo's head.
King lands strikes from half guard.
King looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
King has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgardo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.

King is looking for a kimura but Edgardo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for King to get the leverage.
Edgardo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for King on the ground.
King misses with a head shot. Edgardo uses the momentum to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King throws a big elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Edgardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
King stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Edgardo swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a big right hand that misses.
Edgardo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Edgardo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Edgardo tries to get out of the position.
Edgardo keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
King throws a big right hand that misses.
King scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
King forces his way into half guard.

King is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgardo won't allow King to pass to mount.

King wants to work for an arm triangle but Edgardo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King trying to control the action but Edgardo is working from the bottom.
King is just content to waste time from the top position. Edgardo takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ancient King dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

King closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Edgardo did well to prevent King getting side control.
King missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
King trying to control from half guard but Edgardo is working away.
King looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ground and pound from King.
Ancient King has got the better of the ground game so far.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
King throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Edgardo to regain full guard.
King throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

King postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Edgardo is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of King, into his guard.

King has his foot on Edgardo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Edgardo works his way back into a safe position though.

King is looking to sinch up a triangle. Edgardo throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to King's body to avoid the submission. King has instead reached around Edgardo's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! King arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ancient King!
An intense looking Ancient King took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'AWARAWRAWRAWRAW.'.