PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Irish Power (ranked 178 p4p, 628 weight class) and James King (ranked 21 p4p, 75 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.

Power
vs
King

172 cm
36
151
27 - 14 - 0

170 cm
30
156
17 - 10 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Irish Power!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James King!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for King.
King scoring well with a low kick there.
Power has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from King.
King moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
King lands a high kick!
King throws a head kick that misses.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
King blocks a jab.
Power swings and misses with a shot to the body
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
King bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Power closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Power.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Irish Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King throws a sloppy head kick

and Power holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
Power misses with a punch to the body.
Power lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Power.
Power misses with an elbow over the top.

King manages to break the clinch.
King cracks Power with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Power rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Power throws the left hand but King avoids the punch easily.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Power.
Power fakes the leg kick and cracks King in the body.
A shot to the liver by Power. Beautiful body shot.
Power loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
King takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Power.
King tries to bum rush Power with a series of wild strikes but Power uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Power thows a left - swing and a miss!
King misses with a looping right.
King lands with an overhand left.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Power definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

King gets tackled into the cage by Power. Power maintains the clinch.
A right hand to the body from King.
King misses with a knee to the head.
Power lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Power.
Power scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
Power swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King slips a straight right by Power.
Power misses with a hook
and King counters with a good, hard body kick but Power shrugs it off.
Power tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Power.

Power closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Power backwards.
King blocks a body shot from Power.
Power lands a knee to the head.
King is trying to break the clinch but Power is controlling him.
King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Power blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Power.
Power misses with the head strike.

King manages to break the clinch.
King lands with a slapping head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from King.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Power throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
King tries to bum rush Power with a series of wild strikes but Power uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Power sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
King connects with the punch.
Power lands with a good body shot.
Power lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Power clinches up with King and pushes him back against the cage.
Power misses with a punch to the body.
King crunches a lovely knee into Power's ribcage.
Power tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by King.

It looks like Irish Power has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Power tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King connects with a knee to the head.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Power throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but James King will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Irish Power'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.

King throws a wild body kick that Power sees coming a mile off.
Power tries to counter by clinching up but King breaks away and moves out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for King.
Power misses with an uppercut. King saw that one coming.
King slips under a jab from Power.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Power.
A little jabbing left from King on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Power clinches.
Irish Power has scored more points in the clinch so far.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Power.
Power lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. King obliges.
King avoiding damage as Power throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Power throws a head punch that misses.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Power backwards.
Power lands an uppercut.

King manages to break the clinch.
King throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King cracks Power with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Power swings away with a body shot that misses
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
King connects with a solid leg kick.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Power.
King throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Power 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.
King pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Power back to the cage. King follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Power throws a big shot that misses.
Nice body kick from King.

Power darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
Power using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King dodges an elbow strike from Power.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King lands an elbow inside.

King breaks from the clinch.
King bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Power looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
King finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
King lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Despite the aggression on King's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Power throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Power moves out of range of the body kick from King.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Power throws a lazy uppercut
and King counters with a good, hard body kick but Power shrugs it off.
A nice leg kick from King, right into the meat of the thigh.
Power doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is looking to land body kicks.
Power will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
King scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Power doesn't seem bothered though.
Power throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of King 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Power misses with a straight left.
King is trying to counter with his kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Power's head back.
A decent looking cross lands there for King.
Power looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Power misses with a looping right.
King scores with a head kick.
King throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Power counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Power.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
Power jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King connects with a body shot that sends Power's belly button to the back.
Power misses the jab.
King misses with a shot to the body
and Power counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps King thinking.
King connects with a nice looking jab.
King misses with a two punch combination.
As King tries to get set, Power tries to push him back and clinch up but King manages to avoid the attempt.
Power 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.
King misses with a body shot.
It looked like Power wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crunch! King slams his shin into Power's torso.
Power dodges the punch combination from King.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Irish Power's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

King blocks a jab.
King appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
King misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Power.
Power misses with a straight left.
A bone on bone clash there as King blocks the leg kick.
Power throws a hook but King blocks it.
King throws a counter combo.
Power throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
King now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Decent striking displayed by King there.
Power misses with a jab to the body
and King counters with a nice low kick that buckles Power's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice jab there from King.
Power misses with an uppercut
and King makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
King looks to land a body kick but Power moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Power.
King misses with an uppercut. Power saw that one coming.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Power.
Power avoids a punch combination nicely.
Power lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
King misses the shot to the body.
A quick step to the side and Power tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That kick from King tenderised Power's leg. Power is trying to keep his angry face on.
Power plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Power misses with a straight left.
Power throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from King! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands a nice leg kick that just misses Power's sensitive parts.
King throws a lazy right hand but Power sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Power falls off balance throwing a combination
and Power takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice shot lands for Power.
Power throws a right hand that misses
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Power.
Power backing away here, and King unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Power takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
King throws a lazy head kick
and Power counters with a series of strikes. King will be more careful next time no doubt.
Power misses with a double jab
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power misses with a body punch
and King counters with a left to the body.
Power is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Power doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Power blocks a head kick by King.
Power throws a solid leg kick but King takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Power.
Power pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King looks to land a combination but Power avoids it well.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Power misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Power. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
King unleashes a big counter combination but Power bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Power misses with a hook to the body
and King counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before King can pounce on him.
King stuns Power with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Power takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
King throws a body punch but Power moves out of range.
King cracks Power with a good jab.
Power tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Power throws out the jab.
King misses with a straight left.
Power throws a body kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Power.
Power walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James King really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Irish Power's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

An inside leg kick lands from King.
King connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
King unleashes a big counter combination but Power bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Power 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.
Power lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Power is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
King moves out of range of the leg kick from Power.
Power throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Donk. Power catches King right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King cracks Power with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
King throws a head kick but Power moves out of range.
Power has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Power jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Power looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
King looks for the body kick but Power saw that one coming.
Power throws a low kick but King moves out of range easily.
King lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Power tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Power throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King scores with a sloppy right hand. Power should have avoided that one.
King avoids a kick to the body.
King with the inside leg kick.
King misses with a wild combination.
Power is looking to counter punch.
Power cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Power closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Power clinches up with King and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Power leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

King breaks from the clinch.
Power throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
King throws out a counter right but Power avoids it with no problem.
King scores with a jab to the head.
King throws a wild body kick that Power sees coming a mile off.
King dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Power. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Power.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from King! But no joy.
King fakes the leg kick and cracks Power in the body.
Power throws a predictable looking body shot
and King counters with a good low kick that Power was not able to check.
Power throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling King to counter with a crisp jab.
King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from King.
Some wild striking there from King.
King cracks Power with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Power misses with a hook.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Power was well out of range. Poor timing from King.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Power.
Power moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKing.
Power needs to keep his hands up - King had a free shot at his head there.
A good leg kick by King.
King blocks a head kick by Power.
Power throws a hook but King blocks it.
A countering left hand to the body from King misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Power throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
King misses the jab.
Power is looking to counter punch.
King goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
King misses with an uppercut.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
Power misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from King! But no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James King dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Irish Power'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Power thows a leg kick but King checks it
and King counters with a low kick, right behind Power 's knee.
Power lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
King tries a head kick but it misses.
Power is looking to counter punch.
Power will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
King lands a nice looking body kick.
King cracks Power with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Power on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A low kick lands for King.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Power tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from King.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power tries to clinch
and Power takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
Power tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
King is looking to slow Power down with leg kicks.
Power uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
Power throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Power looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Power swings away with a leg kick that misses.
King throws a head kick that half lands.
King goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Power misses with a left hand
and King counters with a right hand to the body.
James King is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Power looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Power moves to clinch but King breaks away
and King counters with a straight right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from King.
Irish Power has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
Power fakes a jab and throws a low kick but King checks it well.
A head kick misses from King.
Power steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
Power throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
And King responds with a good body kick, but Power manages to step out the way in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Power tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Power.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Power connects with a body shot.
King slips under a jab.
King plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Power is looking to land body kicks.
King throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Power.
King moves away from the strike by Power.
Power swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
Power takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
King lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Power gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Power lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
Power fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Power lands with a short shot to the head.
King landing knees to the head.
Power lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Power misses with a punch to the body.
Power looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
King blocks the elbow strike.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Power scores with a shot to the side of King's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
James King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got King 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 45:50
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 45:50
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James King!
James King is the new featherweight champion!
James King very nearly forgot to thank Vegan Gains amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.