PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Stinkson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bo King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stinkson
vs
King

151 cm
19
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Samuel Stinkson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bo King!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King checks a low kick from Stinkson.
Nice takedown defense from King. No joy for Stinkson on that attempt.
King looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stinkson is fending him off so far but King persists. Nope, Stinkson circles away and we're back to standing.
Stinkson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but King swivels and escapes.
King is looking to clinch but Stinkson is avoiding it.
Stinkson leaves King with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stinkson throws a low kick but it's checked well by King.
King throws a head kick that misses.

King drives through and clinches with Stinkson against the cage.
Stinkson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Stinkson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King wants a takedown.
King told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Stinkson drops down looking for an ankle pick but King pulls his leg out and moves away.

King has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stinkson takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries a knee to the head but Stinkson blocks it.
King connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stinkson's face.

It looks like Samuel Stinkson has been cut.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

King pushes Stinkson up against the cage in a clinch.
King connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stinkson's face.

King pulls guard effortlessly.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Stinkson wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
King manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Stinkson can't escape the position.
King avoids the attempt from Stinkson to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Stinkson is now in King's guard. A big mistake from King there, giving up the dominant position!
Stinkson trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stinkson won't allow King to get back to his feet.
King seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Stinkson trying to control but King is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Samuel Stinkson.
Stinkson misses with a takedown attempt - King sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

King forces Stinkson back against the cage and clinches.

Stinkson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics King uses from the top position.
Stinkson controlling King's posture.
Stinkson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
King postures up and lands a big shot to Stinkson's brow.
King is looking to work some ground and pound but Stinkson has wrist control.
King wants to pass the guard but Stinkson is keeping the position.
Stinkson controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
Stinkson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stinkson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stinkson is breathing heavily.
King throwing strikes but missing.
King wants to control from the top but Stinkson keeps moving.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King postures up and lands a big shot to Stinkson's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stinkson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Stinkson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead King passes into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

King wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stinkson, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Stinkson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

King closes the distance and pushes Stinkson back into the cage.
King landing knees to the head.
King lands a damaging elbow.
Stinkson tries to pull guard but King holds him up against the cage and eventually Stinkson drops back down to his feet.
King lands an elbow just above Stinkson 's eye.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stinkson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

King clinches with his opponent.
A nice glancing elbow lands by King.
King with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Stinkson is rocked!
Bo King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Stinkson to his knees! King keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo King!