PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michal Sykora (ranked 1024 p4p, 1777 weight class) and Paul Kings (ranked 60 p4p, 101 weight class). Michal Sykora could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Paul Kings's chin.

Sykora
vs
Kings

170 cm
24
142
9 - 5 - 0

160 cm
22
145
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michal Sykora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Kings!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kings is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kings looks to land a right hand but Sykora moved out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sykora misses with a body kick.
A big left from Kings misses.
Sykora fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kings loads up on a big right hand but Sykora slips the punch.
Kings misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sykora.
Sykora is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sykora manages to avoid it.
Sykora seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kings defending well as Sykora loads up on a big left hand.
Sykora moves out of range of the strikes.
Kings scores with a jab to the body.

Sykora has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kings tries to pull guard but Sykora forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sykora tries to land a knee to the head but Kings blocks with his arms.
Kings tries to break free but Sykora pushes him back against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Sykora has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kings is trying to pull guard but Sykora has him pressed against the cage.
Sykora with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kings tries to pull guard but Sykora holds him up against the cage and eventually Kings drops back down to his feet.
Michal Sykora has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Kings.
Kings tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sykora lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kings fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kings avoiding damage as Sykora throws knees to the body.
Sykora struggles to land a body shot inside as Kings controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykora looking to stall.
Kings tries to pull guard but Sykora won't allow it.
Kings jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sykora walks away with a smile on his face. Kings gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Sykora clinches up against the cage.

Kings breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sykora misses with a wild body shot.
Kings showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sykora.
Kings connects with a jab.
Sykora throws a jab but it's blocked by Kings.
Kings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Kings. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kings.
Kings lands a body shot.
Sykora uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kings.
Sykora goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kings moves out of range as Sykora strikes.
Kings takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Sykora uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kings.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykora thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sykora throws a sloppy head kick and Kings moves out of range easily.
Kings thuds a left hand into Sykora's body.
A jab from Kings finds it's way through Sykora's defenses.
Kings lands with a good body shot.
Sykora misses with an uppercut. Kings saw that one coming.
Kings takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A jab from Kings does it's job there.
Kings works the jab nicely.
Sykora feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kingss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kings connects with a body shot.
Kings fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kings changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Kings misses.
Kings moves out of range of the strikes.
Kings throws a shot to the body.
Kings takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kings scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sykora doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kings swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sykora.
Kings scores with a jab.
Kings ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sykora takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kings misses with a hook.
Kings scores with a jab to the body.
Kings misses with a lunging right hand
and Sykora connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kings is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sykora had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kings sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sykora is looking to clinch.
A solid body kick from Sykora.
Kings has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sykora finds it's way round the side to connect with Kings's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kings dips to his left and cracks Sykora with an uppercut!
Good standup being displayed there by Sykora as he connects with a hook.
Kings just misses with a punch to the body.
Sykora fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sykora takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kings stuns Sykora with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kings digs a good hook to Sykora's body.
Paul Kings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kings misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykora takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kings moves out of range of the body kick from Sykora.
Kings cracks Sykora with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sykora tries a head kick but it misses.
Kings throws an off balance right hand
and Sykora counters with a one-two to the body.
Sykora with a jab.
Kings is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sykora rather than just go for the knockout.
Sykora misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kings looks to throw the jab but Sykora is out of range.
Sykora walks into a jab.
Kings moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykora throws a big shot that misses.
Kings looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kings throws a jab when Sykora was well out of range.
Kings ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kings wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sykora doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sykora tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kings throws a looping overhand right but Sykora ducks down to avoid it.
Sykora thows a body kick. Kings tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Kings dominated that round.
That's time! Sykora's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kings misses with a straight left.
Sykora's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kings connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sykora scrambles back to his feet.
Sykora lands a jab to the nose.
Sykora takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kings scores with a body shot.
Sykora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sykora keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sykora ducks under a wild hook from Kings.
Kings takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sykora throws a head kick but Kings moves out of range.
Kings moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kings scores with a body shot.
Sykora pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kings swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sykora.
Sykora just misses with a punch to the body.
Kings throws a big shot that misses.
Sykora misses with a lunging right hand
and Kings counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kings thuds his right hand into Sykora's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Kings misses.
Michal Sykora is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sykora swings for the body but Kings moves out of range.
Sykora uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kings.
As Kings looks to move away, Sykora throws a big counter combo but Kings just gets out of the way.
Sykora on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sykora misses with a left hand
and Kings counters with a straight right hand.
Kings swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sykora.
Kings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sykora instigates a clinch.
Kings is trying to break the clinch but Sykora is controlling him.
Kings jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sykora walks away with a smile on his face. Kings gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sykora slips a straight right by Kings.
Sykora defending well as Kings loads up on a big left hand.
Sykora misses with a head kick.
Kings lands a jab to Sykora's midsection.
Kings misses with an uppercut.
Sykora seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kings thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kings misses with a looping left.
Kings ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sykora misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kings clobbers Sykora with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kings throws a big shot that misses.
Kings scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sykora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Sykora misses.
Paul Kings seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kings scores with a jab to the body.
Kings scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sykora in his tracks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kings crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sykora - the referee stops the clock and Kings gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sykora. Kings manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Kings lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sykora doesn't seem phased though.
Nice shot lands for Kings.
Kings misses with a looping right.
Sykora swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kings misses with a looping right.
Sykora throwing a counter right hand but Kings manages to avoid it.
Kings lands with a straight right. Sykora didn't see that one coming.

Sykora has Kings up against the cage in a clinch.
Kings blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykora with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kings is looking to break free of the clinch but Sykora has double underhooks.
Kings tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sykora smiles and moves away.
Sykora connects with an inside leg kick.
Sykora looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sykora tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kings paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sykora is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Kings lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sykora doesn't seem phased though.
A telegraphed right hand from Kings misses the target.
Sykora tries to clinch but Kings is having none of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Kings misses.
Kings looks to score with a jab to the body but Sykora is just out of range.
Kings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sykora uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kings.
Sykora misses with a series of wild punches.
Sykora blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykora steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kings.
Kings defending well as Sykora loads up on a big left hand.
Sykora shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sykora slips under a jab from Kings.
Kings scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kings throws a jab when Sykora was well out of range.
Kings slips a straight right by Sykora.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kings.
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!
Sykora wants to clinch but Kings slips to the side
letting Kings counter with a right hand.
Sykora goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sykora bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sykora just misses with a punch to the body.
Sykora tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kings paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sykora lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sykora moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kings scores with a decent looking hook.
Sykora misses with a few strikes there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Kings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Sykora's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sykora moves in looking to clinch but Kings pushes him off.
Kings misses with a right hand
and Sykora counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kings jabs Sykora right on the nose. Sykora blinks but takes it well.
Kings misses with a body shot.
Sykora throws a right and a left that Kings avoids nicely.
Sykora lands with an overhand left.
Kings lands with a good body shot.
Sykora slips under a jab.
Kings throws a lazy right hand but Sykora sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sykora tries to close the distance and clinch but Kings swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sykora misses with a wild body shot.
Kings dips to his left and cracks Sykora with an uppercut!
Sykora on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sykora connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sykora loads up on a big right hand but Kings slips the punch.
Sykora misses with an uppercut.

Sykora rushes Kings and presses him up against the cage.
Sykora lands a nice uppercut.
Kings fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykora connects with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kings pulls guard successfully.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Kings is looking for a triangle but Sykora pushes his legs off easily.

Sykora is posturing up here but Kings has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Sykora tries to roll out but it's too tight and Sykora has to tap! Slick submission there by Kings!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Paul Kings!
After winning the bout, Paul Kings thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.