PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between King Cult (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cult's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Magneto's Theme. Benjamin Grundy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with King Cult's chin.

Cult
vs
Grundy

188 cm
28
190 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

190 cm
37
186 lbs
31 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, King Cult!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grundy throws a leg kick
enabling Cult to counter with a crisp jab.
Grundy defending well as Cult loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the body from Grundy misses
and Cult makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grundy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grundy throws a low kick, looking for Cult's leg but Cult calmly moves out of range.
Grundy has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Grundy thuds a left hand into Cult's body.
Grundy misses with a right hand
and Cult counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cult scores with a sloppy right hand. Grundy should have avoided that one.
Cult misses with an uppercut. Grundy saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Grundy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cult lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cult fails to land.
Grundy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grundy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cult.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Grundy fails to land.
Grundy trying to land knees to the body.
Grundy lands an elbow inside that Cult shrugs off.
Grundy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cult lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grundy backwards.
Grundy misses with the head strike.
Cult throws a punch but it's blocked by Grundy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cult misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grundy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cult's brow.
A right hand to the body from Cult.
Grundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grundy misses with an elbow strike.
Cult misses with some punches.
Cult working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Grundy misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grundy.
Cult tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Cult.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grundy wants to stall.
Cult tries to stall but Grundy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grundy throws a head punch that misses.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grundy blocks a body shot from Cult.
Cult tries a body shot but Grundy blocks it.
Cult misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cult fails to land.
Grundy lands a hook that snaps the head of Cult backwards.
Still in the clinch, Cult scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cult blocks the elbow strike.
Cult lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grundy or not.
Cult lands with a light punch inside.
Grundy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grundy throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like King Cult has been cut.
Cult struggles to land a body shot inside as Grundy controls his hands.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cult misses with the head strike.
Cult lands a hook that snaps the head of Grundy backwards.
Cult managing to block the knees to the body from Grundy.
Cult misses with a punch on the inside.
Grundy misses with some punches.
Cult tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cult fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cult throws a punch but it's blocked by Grundy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grundy throws an elbow but misses.
Grundy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Cult scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cult swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cult doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grundy misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grundy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cult.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grundy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cult.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cult.
Still in the clinch, Grundy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cult tries to throw a body punch but Grundy avoids it by throwing Cult back against the cage.
Cult lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grundy backwards.
Cult lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grundy blocks an uppercut.
Cult misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cult misses with the head strike.
Grundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cult swings wildly with an uppercut but Grundy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cult managing to block the knees to the body from Grundy.
Cult tries to throw a body punch but Grundy avoids it by throwing Cult back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Cult.
Grundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Cult dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Cult's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice uppercut there from Cult.
Cult fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cult lands with a cross.
Cult with a nice cross.
Grundy misses with a body punch
and Cult counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cult takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Grundy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cult blocks a jab.
Grundy throws a front kick aimed at Cult's knee but Cult avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cult throws a leg kick but Grundy checks it.
King Cult is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice shot by Cult.
Grundy cracks Cult with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grundy. Cult does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cult bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cult scores with a decent looking hook.

Grundy is rocked!
Cult throws an uppercut from hell that sends Grundy clean off his feet! He's out cold! Cult stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). King Cult!
In his post fight interview, King Cult started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.