PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Brodie King (ranked 6161 p4p, 410 weight class) and Serious Dark (ranked 4993 p4p, 374 weight class). King comes to the ring accompanied by Kanye West - Stronger. Dark comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Beat on the beat- The Ramones kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

King
vs
Dark

179 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Condemned

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brodie King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serious Dark!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King rushes Dark and presses him up against the ropes.
King lands with a right to the head.
Dark tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Dark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from King.
Dark has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Dark throws a head punch that misses.
King is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
King lands a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for King to work.
Dark blocks an uppercut.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
Dark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dark misses with the head strike.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by King.
Dark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Dark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dark can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dark misses with a punch to the body.
King lands a left hand.
Dark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
King gets through Dark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from King.
Dark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dark backwards.
Dark tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King blocking some punches.
Dark has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. King seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dark can turn it around.
King looks to throw an elbow but misses.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dark blocks an elbow strike.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Dark is blocking nicely.
Dark looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dark.
King lands a left hand.
A short left from King.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King pushes Dark back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dark takes a shot to the head.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King digs a right hand underneath Dark's ribcage. Dark let out a lung full of air as it connected.
King is leaning against Dark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King gets through Dark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dark has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Dark tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Dark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie King dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dark with a nice cross.
Dark throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

King closes the distance and clinches.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King avoiding damage as Dark throws knees to the body.
Dark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King gets through Dark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dark tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King misses with an elbow over the top.
I was talking to King's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dark is trying to break free.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dark lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dark misses with a knee strike.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dark backwards.
Dark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brodie King has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dark managing to block the knees to the body from King.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dark.
Dark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dark's efforts to push away.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Dark.
Dark wants to break free but King has control.
Dark avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
Dark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dark backwards.
King lands an uppercut.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King misses with the head strike.
Dark missing with knees to the body.
Dark tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King lands with a left to the head.
Dark throws a head punch that misses.
King scores with a shot to the side of Dark's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dark.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dark misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Dark takes an elbow to the temple.
King prevents a body shot from Dark.
Dark has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Dark tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Dark back against the ropes.
Dark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dark misses with a knee strike.
King prevents a body shot from Dark.
Dark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dark backwards.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by King.
King lands a left hand.
King blocks an uppercut.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dark misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie King dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

King forces Dark back against the ropes and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
Dark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Dark.
King avoiding damage as Dark throws knees to the body.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Dark.
King lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dark.
Dark missing with knees to the body.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dark can do to turn this around?
King lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dark misses with a knee to the head.
Dark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
A right hand to the body from King.
Dark tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King gets through Dark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
King working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King avoiding damage as Dark throws knees to the body.
Dark looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
Dark working aggressively here.
Dark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King throws an elbow that misses.
King throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darks head.
Dark blocking some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Dark tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
Dark missing with knees to the body.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Dark backwards.
Serious Dark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dark working aggressively here.
Dark misses with a knee to the head.
Dark throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dark wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King works on Dark's body with a couple of short punches.
Dark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Dark.
Dark missing with knees to the body.
Dark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dark misses with a knee to the head.
Dark misses with a punch to the body.
Dark throws a head punch that misses.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dark backwards.
Dark with a knee to the head.
Dark swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King lands a shoulder strike.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dark has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Dark swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brodie King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for King, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brodie King!