PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cannondale Trail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trail has chosen AWOLNATION - Sail as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

King
vs
Trail

200 cm
34
281 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

198 cm
24
280 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cannondale Trail!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body kick from Trail.
Trail waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King.
Trail throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Trail swings and misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Trail avoids a punch combination nicely.
King lands with a good body shot.
Trail misses with a right hand
and King counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trail throws a wild body kick that King sees coming a mile off.
King blocks the body kick.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trail.
King has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ELITE GYM 40CAP in the buildup to the fight.
Trail lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
King dodges the punch combination from Trail.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trail.
King throws a series of punches but Trail avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trail scores with a push kick.
Trail scores with a push kick.
King is breathing heavily.
Trail lands a jab.
King takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trail darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
Trail lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
A hook to the body from King.
Trail scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.
Trail lands a left hand.
Trail misses with some punches.
Trail misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trail is looking to control King's arms but King gets an underhook and turns him. Now Trail has his back to the cage.
Trail blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trail swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King tries to throw a body punch but Trail avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Trail swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King lands with a right to the head.
King working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Trail.
King tries to throw a body punch but Trail avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Trail misses with a hook from the clinch.
King is trying to push Trail away but Trail has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King blocking some punches.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Trail uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trail lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King throws a head punch that misses.

Trail manages to break the clinch.
Trail moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trail misses with a combination
and King counters with a lovely shot to the body.
King looks to land a left hand but Trail moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trail cracks King with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
King walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Trail does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trail fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cannondale Trail seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Trail.
Trail bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King's head backwards.
Trail pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Trail throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
King throws the left hand but Trail avoids the punch easily.
King throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Trail throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trail getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Don King has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Trail lands a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trail fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. King looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trail's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Trail duly obliges.
Trail clobbers King with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
King on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Trail listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Trail scores with a punch to the head.
A punch combination from Trail misses.
Nice cross by Trail.
Trail throws a head kick that half lands.

King is rocked!
Trail connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trail misses the jab.
King is looking to wear down Trail with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Trail catches King napping and connects with a big right hand that sends King to the canvas!
Oh King is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trail passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cannondale Trail dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Don King's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Trail misses the jab.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
Trail has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trail thumps King with a low kick.
King takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Trail takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cannondale Trail seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trail throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Trail throws a right and a left that both miss.
Trail throws a jab when King was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
Trail thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trail throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
Trail moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trail scoring well with a low kick there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trail throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Trail.
Trail lands a head shot.
Trail thows a body kick. King tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Trail works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Trail tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
King takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Trail tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trail throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
Trail misses with a double jab.
King takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Trail 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trail punishes King's body with a nice straight punch.
Don King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trail goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A thudding body kick lands there by Trail!
Trail connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A decent looking cross lands there for Trail.
Trail throws a body kick that misses.
Trail throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Trail wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
King takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
King sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A right-left combo lands from Trail.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Trail.
A combination from Trail does no damage.
Trail misses with a body kick.
Trail fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches King on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trail lands a front kick.
Trail loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trail.
King takes one on the button.
Trail slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
King takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Trail misses with a looping left.
King has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Trail.
King is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Trail connects with a good right hand that stumbles King. King circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Trail lands with a slapping head kick.

King is rocked!
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!
Trail is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Trail shuts the power down on King. Lights out, game over! Trail is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cannondale Trail!
A relieved looking Cannondale Trail thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.