PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Travoltavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travoltavich comes to the cage accompanied by Power in the Blood. This should be fireworks!

Travoltavich
vs
Kingsley

190 cm
23
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

189 cm
23
222 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Travoltavich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Kingsley!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingsley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Travoltavich.
Kingsley defending well as Travoltavich loads up on a big left hand.
Travoltavich with a hook.
Travoltavich lands a leg kick that knocks Kingsley off balance momentarily.
Travoltavich cracks Kingsley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Travoltavich. Kingsley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Travoltavich looks to land a right hand but Kingsley moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Travoltavich.
Travoltavich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Travoltavich lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kingsley keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kingsley misses with an uppercut
and Travoltavich counters with a thumping low kick.
We've been told by Travoltavich's head coaches at Globo Gym Rio - Team Purple Cobras that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Travoltavich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kingsley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kingsley loads up on a big right hand but Travoltavich slips the punch.
John Travoltavich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Travoltavich.
Travoltavich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kingsley.
Kingsley throws a shot from downtown. Travoltavich moves away and avoids it.
Kingsley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A cross from Travoltavich lands.
Travoltavich fakes the leg kick and cracks Kingsley in the body.
A jab from Travoltavich finds it's way through Kingsley's defenses.
Kingsley throws a shot from downtown. Travoltavich moves away and avoids it.
Travoltavich misses with a body kick.
Travoltavich pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kingsley throws the left hand but Travoltavich avoids the punch easily.
Travoltavich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Travoltavich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kingsley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travoltavich swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kingsley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Travoltavich looks to land a body kick but Kingsley moved away.
Travoltavich moves out of range of the strikes.
Travoltavich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Travoltavich misses with a low kick.
Kingsley throws a shot to the body.
Travoltavich scoring well with a low kick there.
Kingsley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kingsley shoots in for a takedown but Travoltavich shows good takedown defense.
Travoltavich throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kingsley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travoltavich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kingsley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Travoltavich pushes Kingsley away with a front kick.
Travoltavich throws a body punch but Kingsley moves out of range.
Kingsley throws a poor cross that misses
and Travoltavich counters with a good low kick that Kingsley was not able to check.
Kingsley looks winded!
An inside leg kick lands from Travoltavich.
Kingsley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Travoltavich throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from Kingsley misses.
Nice body kick from Travoltavich.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Travoltavich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Travoltavich lands with a shot to the body.
Travoltavich throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kingsley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travoltavich lands a jab to the head.
Travoltavich throws a solid leg kick but Kingsley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Travoltavich.
Kingsley misses with a hook to the body
and Travoltavich counters with a body kick that stops Kingsley in his tracks momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Travoltavich, right into the meat.
Travoltavich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Travoltavich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Travoltavich thows a body kick. Kingsley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good shot there by Travoltavich.
Travoltavich lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Travoltavich throws a shot to the body.
Travoltavich lands a body shot.
John Travoltavich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Travoltavich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Travoltavich dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Travoltavich connects with a high kick.
Travoltavich pushes Kingsley away with a front kick.
Travoltavich lands a glancing blow to the side of Kingsley's head.

Kingsley is rocked!
Kingsley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Travoltavich sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kingsley is still on wobbly legs! Can Travoltavich finish him?
Travoltavich fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Travoltavich lands a front kick.
Kingsley seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Travoltavich is looking to slow Kingsley down with leg kicks.
A head kick misses from Travoltavich.
A jab from Travoltavich does it's job there.
Travoltavich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Travoltavich pounces like a tiger and cracks Kingsley with a vicious hook! Kingsley is down but not out! Travoltavich follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Travoltavich!
After winning the bout, John Travoltavich thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.