PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lars Christiansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kingsley's choice of entrance music: Blood Stained Nike's - Complete. Lars Christiansen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kyle Kingsley's chin.

Christiansen
vs
Kingsley

175 cm
33
166 lbs
20 - 18 - 1

175 cm
28
160 lbs
11 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lars Christiansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Kingsley!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingsley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kingsley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kingsley tries to clinch but Christiansen moves out of range.
Christiansen looks to throw the jab but Kingsley is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christiansen. Kingsley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingsley misses with a low kick as Christiansen jumps back.
Kingsley tries to clinch there but Christiansen circles away.
Kingsley thuds a left hand into Christiansen's body.
Christiansen misses with a straight right.
Lars Christiansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kingsley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kingsley checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christiansen. Kingsley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingsley throws a right and a left that Christiansen avoids nicely.
Kingsley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kingsley slips under a jab.
Kingsley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kingsley takes one to the chin there.
Kingsley slips under a jab from Christiansen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Christiansen lands.
Christiansen misses with a leg kick
and Kingsley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Christiansen's knee momentarily.
Kingsley on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Christiansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kingsley counters with a two punch combo.
Kingsley tries to close the distance and clinch but Christiansen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Christiansen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Christiansen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christiansen throws a right hand that misses
and Kingsley counters with an outside leg kick.
Kingsley slips a straight right by Christiansen.
Kingsley throws a sloppy head kick and Christiansen moves out of range easily.
Kingsley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christiansen.
Kingsley tries to close the distance and clinch but Christiansen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Christiansen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kingsley is trying to defend but Christiansen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christiansen controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

We're going to have a standup here because Lars Christiansen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kingsley moves out of range of the strikes.
Christiansen misses with a double jab
enabling Kingsley to counter with a crisp jab.
Kingsley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kingsley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christiansen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christiansen. Kingsley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingsley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kingsley is looking to clinch but Christiansen is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen misses with a straight left.
Christiansen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Christiansen stuffs the takedown attempt from Kingsley. Kingsley gets slowly back to his feet.
Christiansen looks to land a left hand but Kingsley moved out of range nicely.
Christiansen throws a push kick but Kingsley slaps the foot to one side.
Christiansen misses with a hook. Kingsley ducked under it nicely.

Christiansen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kingsley napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Christiansen controlling from side mount.
Kingsley is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Christiansen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Christiansen controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Christiansen has just dragged him back down to the mat.
You can see the frustration on Kingsley's face as Christiansen controls the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Christiansen lands a nice forearm strike.
Christiansen working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christiansen advances nicely into full mount.
Kingsley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Christiansen lands a big shot there that rocks Kingsley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Christiansen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Christiansen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Kingsley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Christiansen lands a heavy elbow.

Kingsley is rocked!
BOOM! Christiansen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Christiansen looks to score with a jab to the body but Kingsley is just out of range.
Christiansen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kingsley.
Lars Christiansen is winning the standup battle so far.
Kingsley moves out of range as Christiansen strikes.
Kyle Kingsley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christiansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Christiansen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christiansen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kingsley wants to clinch up but Christiansen keeps it at a distance.
Kingsley connects with an inside leg kick.
Kingsley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kingsley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christiansen throws out the jab.
Kingsley lands with a nice combination. Christiansen backs away looking to recover.
Christiansen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kingsley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Christiansen looks to score with a jab to the body but Kingsley is just out of range.
Christiansen throws a hook to the side of Kingsley's head but Kingsley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Christiansen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christiansen slows the pace down.
Christiansen trying to control the action but Kingsley is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Kingsley taking shots to the head.
Christiansen is landing with some decent strikes but Kingsley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kingsley really wants to buck Christiansen off and get back to his feet.
Christiansen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lars Christiansen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christiansen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee warns Kingsley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Christiansen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Christiansen breaks from Kingsley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kingsley is still in real trouble! Can Christiansen finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christiansen landing punches.
Christiansen with the ground and pound from mount.
Oooh a big shot lands for Christiansen! Kingsley is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lars Christiansen!