PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kerry King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebastian Bruno acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

King
vs
Bruno

195 cm
22
285 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
23
258 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kerry King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sebastian Bruno!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruno slips under a jab.
King fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
King shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bruno but Bruno pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bruno digs a good hook to King's body.
Bruno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bruno misses with a double jab.
King will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kerry King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bruno drops his shoulder and cracks King with a huge uppercut! King goes down! Can Bruno finish him?

King is rocked!
King is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruno controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bruno postures up.
King is really struggling to control Bruno but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bruno must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bruno stopping the sweep attempt from King.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruno wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Bruno controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bruno trying to control but King is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bruno controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King keeping moving, preventing Bruno from controlling successfully.

King had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bruno is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. King Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bruno's back instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

King is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Bruno is defending well though. King let's go of the attempt for now.
King not allowing Bruno to control his hands.

Despite being in the dominant position, Sebastian Bruno just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bruno looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
King shoots in but Bruno avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
King takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bruno misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bruno tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
Bruno bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of King's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bruno lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and King falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sebastian Bruno!