PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wilford Gregory (ranked 23304 p4p, 0 weight class) and Israel King (ranked 3597 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen Ocean Eyes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Israel King will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gregory
vs
King

159 cm
19
214 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wilford Gregory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Israel King!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Watson and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

King lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Gregory sprawling to the canvas. King follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Gregory hang on?

It looks like Wilford Gregory has been cut.
Gregory moves into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King stays in close to Gregory's body and controls the position.
Gregory keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gregory is proving hard to escape from.
Gregory keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Gregory could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gregory throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregory wants to stand up but King is controlling him.

King gets to his feet - Gregory follows without any prompting.
Gregory shoots in for a takedown but King shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
King keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
King shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gregory sprawls well. Gregory wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. King gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from King. No joy for Gregory on that attempt.
King is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilford Gregory. That's going to take a lot out of him.

King drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

King decides to stand back up. King steps back and let's Gregory get back to his feet.
Israel King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King shoots in looking for a takedown but Gregory manages to keep the fight standing, pushing King's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gregory shoots in looking for a takedown but King manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gregory's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gregory shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with King but King pushes him off and we're back to square one.
King lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

King lands a big shot that drops Gregory! Can he finish him?

Gregory is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oh Gregory is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

King stands and steps away. Gregory gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

King dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Gregory has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Israel King!
A pretty intense looking Israel King took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.