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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy King (ranked 1679 p4p, 3312 weight class) and Joseph Starling (ranked 196 p4p, 374 weight class). Joseph Starling is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joseph Starling !
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Starling .
Starling moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Starling connects with a jab.
Starling gets caught flat footed, as King shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Starling preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Starling avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
King scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Starling working a defensive guard here.
King postures up in Starling 's guard and throws a big left but Starling blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Starling has control of King's left arm, preventing King from doing any damage.
King is looking to work some ground and pound but Starling has wrist control.
King postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Starling is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Starling controlling King's posture.
King wants to control from the top but Starling keeps moving.
King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
King is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King looking to sit in guard and control but Starling gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Starling tries to stand but King is controlling from the bottom.
King on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if King tries to get out of the position.
Starling wants to stand and escape but instead King has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
King wants to control from the top but Starling keeps moving.
Starling pulls King in close to prevent any damage.
King might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Starling is trying to control the position but King postures up.
King with a nice head shot there.
King trying to control but Starling is working from the bottom.
King is in close to Starling 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
King landing some decent shots from guard.
Starling not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
King wants to control from the top but Starling keeps moving.
King is looking to work some ground and pound but Starling has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starling is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King trying to control but Starling is working from the bottom.
Starling wants to sweep here but King controlling him for the moment.
Starling trying to keep a closed guard but King is proving a slippery customer.
Starling has control of King's left arm, preventing King from doing any damage.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Starling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Starling managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Starling is trying to keep King in close.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
King lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Starling controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
Starling wants to sweep but no luck.
King trying to control but Starling is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Starling dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on King. That did some damage!
Starling scores with a head kick. King tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joseph Starling is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Starling throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Starling lands a nice looking body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Starling lands with a thumping leg kick.
Starling chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Starling lands a nice looking body kick.
King drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy King dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Starling misses with a head kick.
Starling lands a nice looking kick to the body. King takes a step back to recover.
Starling misses with a looping right.
King half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
King darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Starling has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Starling trying to control here.
Starling makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Starling .
Starling looking for a sweep. Not yet Starling , not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King is working Starling over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
King content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
King is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Starling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starling wants to sweep but no luck.
King throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Starling looking to control.
King postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Starling looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Starling looking to control.
King makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
King stopping the sweep attempt from Starling .
Starling working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from King.
King is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
King postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jimmy King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Starling trying to control the position.
Starling is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King preventing the sweep.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Starling can do to turn this around?
King with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
King landing some decent shots from guard.
King scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
King lands a couple of digs.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Starling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Starling avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
King throws a big elbow that misses.
King content to stall in guard here.
Starling looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Starling is trying to control the position but King postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
King distracts Starling with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
King stands up over Starling , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
King is in close to Starling 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Starling controlling King's posture.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Starling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Starling looking to hit a scissor sweep but King is one step ahead there.
King with a nice head shot there.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King throws a big elbow that misses.
Starling is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
King throws a strike but Starling rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starling wants to stand and escape but instead King has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Starling has momentary wrist control but King slips an elbow through the middle.
King throws a big right hand that misses.
King scoring with punches to the head and body.
King scoring with punches to the head and body.
King distracts Starling with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Starling looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King is in close to Starling 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Starling is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Starling covers up, he's hurt! King keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from King and the ref steps in to end the fight! King can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy King!
After the big win, Jimmy King made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Hardcore Sports Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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