PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between John King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

King
vs
Smith

197 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

186 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Great elbows
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Will Smith!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
King is looking for a counter combo.
King takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like John King has been cut.

Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King lands a nice elbow.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith scores with a hook to the body.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Smith misses with some punches.
King prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
King misses with some punches.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith misses with a body punch.
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns King into the ropes.
Smith blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
King throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
King lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Will Smith has been cut.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Smith back against the ropes.
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns King into the ropes.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
King trying to control the position but instead, Smith has worked for underhooks and has pushed King into the ropes.
King has Smith pressed against the ropes.
Smith working aggressively here.
King definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
King throws an elbow that misses.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.

King is rocked!
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks King with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! King looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. King get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Will Smith!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Will Smith made sure he mentioned Voodoo Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
In defeat, John King stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm humble in victory or defeat. This means that I need to go back, train & get better. I won't stand still. I'll be back!'.