PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Pudzianowski (ranked 23585 p4p, 2554 weight class) and Ledley King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pudzianowski
vs
King

200 cm
25
230
7 - 42 - 0

195 cm
27
255
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 7 - 42 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mariusz Pudzianowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ledley King!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with an uppercut.

King closes the distance and clinches.
We've been hearing reports that Pudzianowski has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Pudzianowski takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pudzianowski is breathing heavily.
A short right from King on the inside.
Pudzianowski takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by King.

Pudzianowski is rocked!
King gets through Pudzianowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Pudzianowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
King lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee calls for King to work.
Pudzianowski seems to have got his legs back now.

King lands a big left hand right to the temple and Pudzianowski goes down!
King moves nicely into side control.
King moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like King might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Pudzianowski takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The referee asks King politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. King prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
King lands a decent elbow from side control.
King landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
King is putting a hurting on Pudzianowski here, landing some big shots from side control.
King lands some shots froms side control.
King lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd goes nuts as King knocks Pudzianowski out cold with a massive hammerfist! King Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ledley King!