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King Of The Rings 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Newer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaspars Timma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Newer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaspars Timma!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newer shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Timma eats them both and turns towards Newer to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Kaspars Timma has been cut.
Timma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Newer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Timma moves into the clinch.
Timma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Timma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Newer misses with a double jab
and Timma counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newer keeps the fight on the outside.
Jack Newer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Newer misses.
Timma slips a jab and a cross from Newer.
Newer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Timma counters with a body kick.
Newer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Timma counters with a slapping leg kick.
Newer is breathing heavily.
Timma darts in and clinches Newer up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Timma.
Timma lands a body punch in the clinch.
Timma working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Timma lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Timma - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Newer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Timma stalling the fight.
Timma lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Timma holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Timma lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Timma pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kaspars Timma.
Timma wants to clinch.
Timma tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timma darts in and clinches Newer up against the cage.
Newer blocks a body shot from Timma.
Timma slows down the pace here.
Timma scores with a shoulder strike.
Timma is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Timma is looking to control Newer's arms but Newer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Timma has his back to the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Timma.
Newer is trying to break free.
Timma swings wildly with an uppercut but Newer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Timma.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Timma.
Timma lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Jack Newer has been cut.
Timma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Newer or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Timma.
Timma manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Timma scores with a nice short uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stalling in the clinch from Timma.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kaspars Timma.
Timma has taken the fight to the clinch.
Newer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Timma scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timma displaying some good clinch control by pressing Newer up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Timma.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Timma pressing his opponent against the cage.
Timma scores with a shoulder strike.
Timma lands a shoulder strike.
Timma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Newer or not.
Timma holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Timma.
Timma manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Newer tries to break the clinch but Timma is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaspars Timma dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Timma scores with a push kick.
Timma wants to clinch up but Newer keeps it at a distance.
Newer throws a poor cross that misses
and Timma makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Newer really felt that one!
Timma tries to clinch up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Timma scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Timma displaying some good clinch control by pressing Newer up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Newer tries to circle away but Timma has him pinned against the cage.
Newer being controlled against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Timma is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Newer is keeping busy.
Timma stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timma pushes Newer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Newer is trying to break the clinch but Timma is controlling him.
Kaspars Timma seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Timma digs a right hand underneath Newer's ribcage. Newer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Timma lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Newer.
Timma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Timma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Timma has Newer pressed against the cage.
Timma lands a nice uppercut.
Newer is rocked!
Timma lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Newer to his knees! Timma keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaspars Timma!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mad Max (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron TheKing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mad Max has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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145 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mad Max!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Aaron TheKing!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Max clinches up with TheKing and pushes him back against the cage.
TheKing tries to land knees in the clinch but Max avoids the damage to the body.
TheKing creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
TheKing trying to control the position but instead, Max has worked for underhooks and has pushed TheKing into the cage.
Max has TheKing pressed against the cage, preventing TheKing from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
Max managing to block the knees to the body from TheKing.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
Max using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
TheKing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Max blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
TheKing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TheKing trying to stall but Max improves his position.
Max is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. TheKing is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Max as TheKing tries to tie him up.
TheKing misses with a knee strike.
TheKing trying to land knees to the body.
Max on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by TheKing.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
TheKing landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
TheKing is trying to break the clinch but Max has him pressed against the cage.
TheKing putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Max in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
Max keeps the fight in the clinch, despite TheKing's efforts to push away.
Max avoids the elbow strike from TheKing, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on TheKing's face as he tries to break the clinch.
TheKing tries to land knees in the clinch but Max avoids the damage to the body.
Max scores a nice knee to the body.
TheKing with an attempt at a knee that misses.
TheKing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Max trying to land knees to the body.
Max is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. TheKing is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
TheKing trying to land knees to the body.
TheKing misses with a knee to the head.
TheKing trying to stall but Max improves his position.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Max avoids it.
Max is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. TheKing is defending well for now.
Max avoiding damage as TheKing throws knees to the body.
Max misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from TheKing.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
TheKing creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
Max blocks a body shot from TheKing.
TheKing taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
TheKing using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Max has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Max blocking some punches.
TheKing avoiding damage as Max throws knees to the body.
TheKing managing to block the knees to the body from Max.
Max trying to land knees to the body.
TheKing is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
TheKing trying to land knees to the body.
Max scores a nice knee to the body.
TheKing tries to land knees in the clinch but Max avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Max trying to land knees to the body.
Max unloads a knee to the mid-section. TheKing lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
TheKing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron TheKing dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
TheKing fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Max, pushing him back against the cage.
Aaron TheKing seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
TheKing is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Max blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TheKing is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Max tries to land knees in the clinch but TheKing avoids the damage to the body.
TheKing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Max on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Max missing with knees to the body.
Max blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TheKing avoiding damage as Max throws knees to the body.
TheKing is looking to break free of the clinch but Max has double underhooks.
Max managing to block the knees to the body from TheKing.
Max avoids a wild elbow strike from TheKing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Max blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Max tries to land knees in the clinch but TheKing avoids the damage to the body.
TheKing is trying to break the clinch but Max has him pressed against the cage.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
A frustrated look appears on TheKing's face as he tries to break the clinch.
TheKing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
TheKing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
TheKing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
TheKing wants to break the clinch but can't.
Max working TheKing over with knees to the body.
TheKing tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Max has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Max avoids it.
TheKing misses with a knee strike.
Max misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from TheKing.
Max managing to block the knees to the body from TheKing.
Max landing knees to the body.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Max avoids it.
TheKing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TheKing trying to land knees to the body.
TheKing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Max blocks it with crossed arms.
Max tries to land knees in the clinch but TheKing avoids the damage to the body.
Max on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
Max blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
TheKing misses with a knee strike.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
Max avoiding damage as TheKing throws knees to the body.
Max tries to land knees in the clinch but TheKing avoids the damage to the body.
TheKing using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Max has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
TheKing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Max tries to land knees in the clinch but TheKing avoids the damage to the body.
TheKing misses with an elbow strike.
Max is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. TheKing is defending well for now.
Max misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from TheKing.
TheKing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Max tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and TheKing avoids it.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Max trying to land knees to the body.
TheKing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TheKing throws a knee to the head but misses.
Max takes a knee right on the jaw!
TheKing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Max takes a knee to the side of the body.
TheKing misses with a shot to the kidneys.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
TheKing throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Max on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
Max working TheKing over with knees to the body.
TheKing tries a body shot but Max blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron TheKing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Max moves into range and clinches up with TheKing.
Max is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. TheKing is defending well for now.
TheKing using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Max has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, TheKing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Max's brow.
TheKing tries to circle away but Max has him pinned against the cage.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
TheKing is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the head but Max blocks with his arms.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
TheKing managing to block the knees to the body from Max.
TheKing missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Max on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
Max avoiding damage as TheKing throws knees to the body.
TheKing putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Max in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
TheKing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TheKing is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Max is keeping busy.
Max working TheKing over with knees to the body.
TheKing looking to throw knees to the head but Max is blocking nicely.
TheKing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Max misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from TheKing.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Max avoids it.
TheKing tries to throw a body punch but Max avoids it by throwing TheKing back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
TheKing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Max avoids it.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
TheKing avoiding damage as Max throws knees to the body.
TheKing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Max is defending well for now.
TheKing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TheKing managing to block the knees to the body from Max.
TheKing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
TheKing taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
TheKing tries a knee to the head but Max blocks it.
TheKing with an attempt at a knee that misses.
TheKing takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
TheKing avoiding damage as Max throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
TheKing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Max missing with knees to the body.
Max landing knees to the body.
Max tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and TheKing avoids it.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Max avoids it.
TheKing managing to block the knees to the body from Max.
Max tries to land knees in the clinch but TheKing avoids the damage to the body.
Max utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Max utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
TheKing trying to land knees to the body.
Max managing to block the knees to the body from TheKing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
TheKing tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Max's elbow.
TheKing with an attempt at a knee that misses.
TheKing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TheKing wants to stall.
TheKing misses with a hook to the ribs.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the head but Max blocks with his arms.
TheKing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Max.
Max missing with knees to the body.
TheKing is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
TheKing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Max avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron TheKing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got TheKing winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight for Aaron TheKing!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Aaron TheKing!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Aaron TheKing!
Aaron TheKing wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Aaron TheKing started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Steel Penn Alliance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinji Mitsuha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitsuha has chosen JAP - abingdon boys school as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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210 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, The Steel Penn Alliance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinji Mitsuha!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitsuha moves into the clinch successfully.
Steel Penn Alliance's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel Penn Alliance lands with a nice body punch.
Nice shot by Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mitsuha.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Steel Penn Alliance makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel Penn Alliance lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance manages to break the clinch.
Mitsuha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steel Penn Alliance.
Mitsuha looks winded!
Mitsuha sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Steel Penn Alliance thumps Mitsuha with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance scores with a spinning back kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitsuha takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Shinji Mitsuha has been cut.
A good leg kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel Penn Alliance seems to be stalking Mitsuha here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Mitsuha drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). The Steel Penn Alliance!
A less than humble The Steel Penn Alliance misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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