PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Fonseca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fonseca has chosen Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music. Ray King could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jackson Fonseca's chin.

King
vs
Fonseca

186 cm
25
220 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
30
220 lbs
22 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jackson Fonseca!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King jabs at Fonseca's body.
King ducks under a wild hook from Fonseca.
The crowd cheers as Fonseca lands an impressive looking overhand right. King doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Ray King has been cut.
King misses the jab.
King throws a shot from downtown. Fonseca moves away and avoids it.
Fonseca takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fonseca looks to land a body kick but King moved away.
King lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fonseca at a distance.
King throws out a loose jab but Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
King fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
King blocks a head kick by Fonseca.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King stuns Fonseca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
King throws a hook but Fonseca blocks it.
King with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Fonseca moves into the clinch successfully.
King misses with the head strike.
King lands an elbow just above Fonseca 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fonseca throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Fonseca dodges an elbow strike from King.
A nice left hand lands by King.
Fonseca lands a nice uppercut.
Fonseca misses with a punch to the body.
King is trying to break free.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fonseca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Fonseca leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Jackson Fonseca has been cut.
Fonseca misses with a punch on the inside.
King taking a breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King breaks the clinch.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fonseca misses with a low kick.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fonseca moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King takes a swing at Fonseca's ribcage but misses.

Fonseca has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
Fonseca throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Fonseca avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
King comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fonseca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fonseca is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fonseca takes an elbow to the temple.
King misses with the head strike.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fonseca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fonseca.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King avoids a kick to the body.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Fonseca is just out of range.
King is looking to wear down Fonseca with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
King shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ray King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fonseca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fonseca looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fonseca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King.
Fonseca lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
King throws a lazy right hand but Fonseca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fonseca rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fonseca throws a low kick but it's checked well by King.
King moves out of range of the leg kick from Fonseca.
King punishes Fonseca's body with a nice straight punch.
Fonseca loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
Fonseca on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fonseca throws a hook but King blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
King throws a body punch but Fonseca moves out of range.
King connects with a looping right hand.
Fonseca throws a big shot that misses.
King throws a hook but Fonseca avoids it easily.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fonseca throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Fonseca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King slips a straight right by Fonseca.
Fonseca blocks a jab.
King missing with a left hand there. Fonseca was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fonseca throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
King connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fonseca's hands.
Fonseca misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray King dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

King lands a jab.
King throws a hook but Fonseca avoids it easily.
Fonseca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King connects with a crisp jab.
Fonseca ducks under a wild hook from King.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fonseca in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King looks to land a right hand but Fonseca moved out of range.
King lands a body shot.
Fonseca swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
King staying out of range there.
Good standup being displayed there by Fonseca as he connects with a hook.

Fonseca clinches.
Fonseca misses with some punches.
A short right from King on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fonseca.
Fonseca misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Fonseca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fonseca lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Fonseca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
King creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fonseca's defenses.
King blocks an uppercut.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King defending well as Fonseca loads up on a big left hand.
King swings for the body but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca cracks King with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from Fonseca misses.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Fonseca's shoulder, as Fonseca tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Fonseca misses.
Nice shot by King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fonseca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
King loads up on a big right hand but Fonseca slips the punch.
King misses with a looping right.
King throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Fonseca to counter with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Fonseca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
King scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fonseca wants to land a leg kick but King is out of range.
Fonseca takes one to the chin there.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Fonseca misses the target.
King throws a looping overhand right but Fonseca ducks down to avoid it.
King slips a straight right by Fonseca.
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fonseca throws out the jab.
Fonseca throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a straight left.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fonseca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
Fonseca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
King misses with a hook. Fonseca ducked under it nicely.
Fonseca slips under a jab from King.
Fonseca misses with a low kick as King jumps back.
Fonseca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fonseca throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King misses with a wild body shot.
King tests Fonseca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fonseca.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King misses with a body shot.
Fonseca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fonseca avoids a punch combination nicely.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fonseca misses with a looping left.
King misses with an uppercut
and Fonseca counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Fonseca does a little dance to reset his feet.
King changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
King swings for the body but Fonseca moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fonseca throws a hook but King blocks it.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fonseca has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from King finds it's way round the side to connect with Fonseca's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ray King will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Fonseca throws a hook but King avoids it easily.
Fonseca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King misses with a double jab.
Fonseca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King throws the left hand but Fonseca avoids the punch easily.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
King throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Fonseca counters by moving into the clinch.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson Fonseca seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fonseca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King stalling in the clinch.
King wants to stall.
Fonseca scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fonseca lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fonseca working aggressively here.
King lands an uppercut.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fonseca throws a jab but it's blocked by King.
Fonseca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fonseca ducks under a wild hook from King.
Fonseca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
Fonseca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
King lands a jab to Fonseca's midsection.
King throws a big shot that misses.
King thuds his right hand into Fonseca's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
King lands a slapping body shot.
King misses with an uppercut
and Fonseca counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
King throws the left hand but Fonseca avoids the punch easily.
King takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jackson Fonseca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Fonseca does a little dance to reset his feet.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fonseca defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
King throws a looping overhand right but Fonseca ducks down to avoid it.

Fonseca clinches.
King wants to stall.
Fonseca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fonseca looking to slow down the pace here.
King is trying to stall.
Fonseca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King is pushing Fonseca up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fonseca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

King darts in and clinches Fonseca up against the cage.
Fonseca working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fonseca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fonseca makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
King taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
King lands a shoulder strike.

Fonseca manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King throws a hook to the side of Fonseca's head but Fonseca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King misses with an uppercut.
Fonseca staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - Fonseca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King looks to throw the jab but Fonseca is out of range.
Fonseca takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A left lands for King.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King avoids the head kick by Fonseca.
King scores with a hook.
King looks to land a right hand but Fonseca moved out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King scores with the left hand. Fonseca knows he should have avoided that one.
King uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ray King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King connects with a single shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for King, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray King!
Ray King took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, BLKOUT CLothing 93% Laundry for their support in the buildup to the fight.