PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Lourenco (ranked 2921 p4p, 2911 weight class) and Brian Kingman (ranked 293 p4p, 291 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Lourenco
vs
Kingman

170 cm
21
155
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
22
152
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Lourenco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Kingman!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lourenco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kingman.

Lourenco darts in and clinches Kingman up against the cage.
Lourenco manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lourenco.
Lourenco with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Kingman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Kingman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lourenco doesn't seem phased though.
Kingman has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kingman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kingman steps in with a hook that catches Lourenco right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Kingman follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Lourenco looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Kingman!
Brian Kingman was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.