PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between William Schneider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Schneider
vs
King

169 cm
19
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
164 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Schneider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben King!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schneider throws a hook but King avoids it easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that King has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by King.
King controls the position.
Schneider is looking to work his way out of this bad position but King is controlling him well.

King tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no King has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Schneider stops King from passing to mount.
Schneider has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
King is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King advances to mount.
Schneider is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
King tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Let's hope that King has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

King has isolated one of Schneider's arms. Schneider looking to fight him off but King twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ben King!