PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yod Kingstar (ranked 3739 p4p, 315 weight class) and Robert Bruce (ranked 3803 p4p, 317 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kingstar
vs
Bruce

159 cm
26
148 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

174 cm
26
145 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

ZZ POPS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yod Kingstar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingstar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kingstar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bruce slips under a jab from Kingstar.
Kingstar swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Kingstar moves into the clinch.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside.
Kingstar lands an elbow that stopped Bruce in his tracks for a moment.
Kingstar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kingstar pushes off an throws an elbow but Bruce leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kingstar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bruce's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Kingstar.
Kingstar can't find room to land a body shot as Bruce controls the action.
Kingstar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bruce backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kingstar.
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!
Kingstar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bruce up against the cage.
Kingstar blocks an uppercut.
Bruce has a couple of punches blocked by Kingstar.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruce.
Kingstar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside that Bruce shrugs off.

It looks like Robert Bruce has been cut.
Kingstar lands a left hand.
Kingstar lands an elbow that stopped Bruce in his tracks for a moment.
Kingstar controlling the action here for a moment.
Bruce tries to circle away but Kingstar has him pinned against the cage.
Bruce wants to get back to striking at distance but Kingstar won't allow it.
Kingstar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kingstar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kingstar lands a hook that snaps the head of Bruce backwards.
Kingstar leaning against his opponent.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bruce is trying to break free.
Bruce takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
Bruce looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bruce can't find room to land a body shot as Kingstar controls the action.
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!
Bruce takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingstar is struggling to control the position.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kingstar.
Kingstar digs a right hand underneath Bruce's ribcage. Bruce let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bruce tries to break the clinch but Kingstar is controlling the position.
Bruce's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kingstar lands an elbow that stopped Bruce in his tracks for a moment.
Kingstar scores with a hook to the body.
Nice elbow from Kingstar.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside that Bruce shrugs off.
Kingstar tries to land a knee to the head but Bruce blocks with his arms.
Bruce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.
Kingstar lands with a short shot to the head.
Kingstar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kingstar stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kingstar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Kingstar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kingstar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bruce has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingstar is stalling here.
Bruce lands a shoulder strike.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
A right hand to the body from Kingstar.
Bruce looks winded!
Bruce has a couple of punches blocked by Kingstar.
Bruce takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow.
Bruce tries a body shot but Kingstar blocks it.
Kingstar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kingstar taking a breather.
Kingstar lands a body punch.
Kingstar lands a shot to the body.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruce wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kingstar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kingstar.
Bruce misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Kingstar.
Kingstar lands a body shot.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bruce wants to break free but Kingstar has control.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside.
Kingstar lands an elbow that stopped Bruce in his tracks for a moment.
Kingstar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kingstar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kingstar gets through Bruce's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kingstar tries to land a knee to the head but Bruce blocks with his arms.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside.
Bruce takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kingstar.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yod Kingstar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Bruce's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kingstar throws a leg kick which misses Bruce's front leg but catches the back leg as Bruce tries to avoid it.
Kingstar lands a nice looking body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Kingstar.
Bruce 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.

Kingstar gets a clinch.
Kingstar lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Bruce's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yod Kingstar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kingstar.
Stalling in the clinch from Kingstar.
Kingstar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.
Kingstar leaning against his opponent.
A right hook to the body lands for Kingstar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruce's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The referee is keeping an eye on Kingstar - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kingstar slows down the pace here.
Kingstar slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingstar stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yod Kingstar.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Kingstar.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kingstar.
Bruce takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Kingstar.
Bruce is trying to break free.
Kingstar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kingstar lands with a left to the head.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruce is trying to break free.
Kingstar gets through Bruce's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kingstar lands an elbow that stopped Bruce in his tracks for a moment.
Bruce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kingstar lands a hook that snaps the head of Bruce backwards.

Bruce is rocked!
Bruce is trying to break the clinch but Kingstar is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingstar lands a damaging elbow.
Kingstar keeps control of Bruce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
Kingstar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kingstar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kingstar tries a knee to the head but Bruce blocks it.
Kingstar lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bruce is breathing heavily.
Bruce misses with a body punch.
Kingstar leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bruce is trying to break the clinch but Kingstar has him pressed against the cage.
Kingstar is working Bruce over against the cage.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow.
Bruce tries to break the clinch but Kingstar is controlling the position.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.
Kingstar lands an elbow just above Bruce 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kingstar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
Bruce tries to break the clinch but Kingstar is controlling the position.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside that Bruce shrugs off.
Kingstar lands a nice uppercut.
Bruce being controlled against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kingstar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kingstar stalling in the clinch.
Bruce working aggressively here.
Kingstar prevents Bruce from breaking the clinch.
Kingstar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Kingstar.
Kingstar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bruce backwards.
Kingstar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kingstar.
Kingstar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kingstar presses Bruce against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kingstar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kingstar.
Kingstar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.
Kingstar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bruce is still on wobbly legs! Can Kingstar finish him?
Kingstar lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Kingstar.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside that Bruce shrugs off.
Kingstar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kingstar lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Kingstar.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside.
Kingstar scores with a hook to the body.

Kingstar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kingstar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yod Kingstar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robert Bruce's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Kingstar lunges at Bruce with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bruce's hand.
Bruce seems to have recovered his senses.
Kingstar connects with a solid leg kick.

Kingstar drives through and clinches with Bruce against the cage.
Kingstar lands a nice shot to the body.
Kingstar lands a damaging elbow.
Kingstar lands a left hand.
Kingstar presses Bruce against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kingstar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kingstar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bruce lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kingstar lands a body punch.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingstar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kingstar digs a right hand into Bruce's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bruce's gas tank.
Kingstar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kingstar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Kingstar.
Bruce takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right hand to the body from Kingstar.
Kingstar lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Kingstar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingstar works on Bruce's body with a couple of short punches.
Bruce takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kingstar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kingstar lands a right hand.
Kingstar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bruce can do to turn this around?
Kingstar stalling.
Kingstar lands a body shot.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
Kingstar lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kingstar.
Kingstar digs a right hand underneath Bruce's ribcage. Bruce let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kingstar controlling the action here for a moment.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
Kingstar lands an elbow that stopped Bruce in his tracks for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Kingstar.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingstar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kingstar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow.
Kingstar lands a nice elbow.
Kingstar lands with a short shot to the head.
Kingstar lands a damaging elbow.
Bruce is pressed against the cage. Kingstar pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Bruce! Two more big strikes from Kingstar and Bruce crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Yod Kingstar!
A very excited looking Yod Kingstar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.