PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Toshiro Hitsugaya (ranked 1523 p4p, 1608 weight class) and Jeremy King (ranked 99 p4p, 102 weight class). King has chosen Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hitsugaya
vs
King

170 cm
26
146
3 - 1 - 0

169 cm
26
135
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Primal

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Toshiro Hitsugaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeremy King!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hitsugaya lands a really nice looking cross but King seems unphased.
King tries to clinch up but Hitsugaya circles away and keeps his distance.
Hitsugaya swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
A little feinted left hand from Hitsugaya on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
King drops his hands momentarily and Hitsugaya takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hitsugaya throws a combination that misses
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
King throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hitsugaya connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hitsugaya swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from King there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hitsugaya misses with an uppercut. King saw that one coming.
King looks to land a combination but Hitsugaya avoids it well.
King throws a one two combo.

Hitsugaya is rocked!
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!
King misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands with a shot to the body.
King misses with a hook
and Hitsugaya counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hitsugaya lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King slips under a jab.
Hitsugaya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King.
King tries to clinch but Hitsugaya moves out of range.
Hitsugaya swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
Hitsugaya throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hitsugaya.
King dodges the punch combination from Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hitsugaya looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Hitsugaya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitsugaya circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King tries to clinch but Hitsugaya moves out of range.
Hitsugaya scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hitsugaya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
Hitsugaya connects with a jab.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hitsugaya is looking to counter punch.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hitsugaya moves away.
Hitsugaya dodges the punch combination from King.
Hitsugaya scores with a punch to the head.
Hitsugaya thows a left - swing and a miss!
King swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitsugaya misses the jab.
Hitsugaya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between King's hands.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

King clinches.
Hitsugaya is trying to break free.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King tries a body shot but Hitsugaya blocks it.
King misses with a punch to the body.
Hitsugaya prevents a body shot from King.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Hitsugaya controls the action.
King tries a body shot but Hitsugaya blocks it.
Hitsugaya lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
King has Hitsugaya pressed against the cage, preventing Hitsugaya from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hitsugaya can't break the clinch.
Hitsugaya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hitsugaya breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitsugaya throws a right hand that misses

and King counters by clinching up.
King misses with a body punch.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
King misses with a body punch.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hitsugaya blocks a body shot from King.
King looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hitsugaya is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the cage.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hitsugaya's elbow.

Hitsugaya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Hitsugaya throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slow jab from Hitsugaya misses its intended target.

King instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Hitsugaya controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Hitsugaya dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

King lands with a hook. Hitsugaya tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King throws a shot from downtown. Hitsugaya moves away and avoids it.
Hitsugaya throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hitsugaya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King tries to clinch but Hitsugaya is having none of it.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hitsugaya.
A slow jab from Hitsugaya misses its intended target.
King defending well as Hitsugaya loads up on a big left hand.
Hitsugaya keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hitsugaya lands the left hand.
Jeremy King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hitsugaya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
King moves away from the strike by Hitsugaya.
King steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hitsugaya.
King slips under a jab.
King tries to counter by closing the distance.
King throws a lazy right hand but Hitsugaya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hitsugaya throws a big shot that misses.
Toshiro Hitsugaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King blocks a jab.

King has Hitsugaya up against the cage in a clinch.
Hitsugaya is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
Hitsugaya is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Hitsugaya controls the action.
King misses with a body punch.
Hitsugaya 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 tries a body shot but Hitsugaya blocks it.

Hitsugaya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Hitsugaya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hitsugaya was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hitsugaya lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Jeremy King has been cut.
Hitsugaya lands with a good body shot.

King has managed to clinch.

Hitsugaya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King looks to land a combination but Hitsugaya avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hitsugaya connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! King scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King throws a push kick but Hitsugaya slaps the foot to one side.
King looks to land a left hand but Hitsugaya moved out of range nicely.
King on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hitsugaya circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hitsugaya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hitsugaya lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
King is looking to clinch but Hitsugaya is avoiding it.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
Hitsugaya avoids the body shot from King.
An attempted straight right counter from Hitsugaya misses the target.
Hitsugaya throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
Hitsugaya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King can do to turn this around?
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toshiro Hitsugaya is winning the standup battle so far.
King lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
King throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hitsugaya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a head kick that misses.
King is looking to clinch.
King connects with a right hand. Hitsugaya shakes it off.
Hitsugaya avoids a kick to the body.
A jab from King finds it's way through Hitsugaya's defenses.
Oh Hitsugaya is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hitsugaya swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
Hitsugaya seems to have got his legs back now.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
King ducks under a wild hook from Hitsugaya.
King is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hitsugaya.
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hitsugaya throws out the jab.
Hitsugaya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hitsugaya lands a two punch combo.
Hitsugaya throws a sloppy body shot
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
King wants to clinch but Hitsugaya slips to the side
and Hitsugaya counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hitsugaya moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hitsugaya ducks under a wild hook from King.
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
As King looks to move away, Hitsugaya throws a big counter combo but King just gets out of the way.
King bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
King throws a series of punches but Hitsugaya avoids them all with ease.
Hitsugaya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King moves to clinch but Hitsugaya breaks away
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hitsugaya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
Hitsugaya connects with a body shot that sends King's belly button to the back.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hitsugaya.
King jabs Hitsugaya to the body, keeping him at a distance.
King misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hitsugaya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Hitsugaya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jeremy King's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

King tries to clinch up but Hitsugaya circles away and keeps his distance.
Hitsugaya scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hitsugaya swings away with a body shot that misses
letting King counter with a right hand.

King clinches.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Hitsugaya controls the action.
Hitsugaya is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Hitsugaya.
A short right from Hitsugaya on the inside.
A short right from Hitsugaya on the inside.
King tries to throw a body punch but Hitsugaya avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Hitsugaya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King tries to throw a body punch but Hitsugaya avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Hitsugaya controls the action.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King trying to stall but Hitsugaya improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hitsugaya lands a right hand.
Hitsugaya is trying to break free.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hitsugaya's efforts to push away.
Hitsugaya lands an uppercut.
Jeremy King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
King tries to throw a body punch but Hitsugaya avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Hitsugaya controls the action.
Hitsugaya prevents a body shot from King.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hitsugaya leaning against his opponent.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hitsugaya has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hitsugaya prevents a body shot from King.

Hitsugaya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King ducks under a wild hook from Hitsugaya.
King takes one on the chin but seems OK.
King moves in looking to clinch but Hitsugaya pushes him off.
King ducks under a wild hook from Hitsugaya.
King wants to counter with a clinch but Hitsugaya pushes him away.
Hitsugaya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hitsugaya misses with a hook

and King counters by moving into the clinch.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Hitsugaya controls the action.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Hitsugaya has double underhooks.
Hitsugaya working hard to break the clinch.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hitsugaya will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.

Hitsugaya breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hitsugaya throws out the jab.
Hitsugaya throws a body shot but no joy.
Hitsugaya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hitsugaya swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Toshiro Hitsugaya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King tries to clinch there but Hitsugaya circles away.
King misses the shot to the body.
Hitsugaya throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck King on the side of the head.
Hitsugaya misses with an uppercut
and King counters with a right hand to the body.
Hitsugaya lands with a shot to the body.
Hitsugaya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King dips to his left and cracks Hitsugaya with an uppercut!
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Hitsugaya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hitsugaya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hitsugaya counters with a straight right hand.
King staying out of range there.
King tries to counter by closing the distance.
King is looking to clinch.
King has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hitsugaya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King.
King wants to counter with a clinch but Hitsugaya pushes him away.
Hitsugaya throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hitsugaya!

King rushes Hitsugaya and presses him up against the cage.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hitsugaya's elbow.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toshiro Hitsugaya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hitsugaya, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toshiro Hitsugaya!
Toshiro Hitsugaya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Jeremy King stepped up to the mic, saying 'Hail to the King, baby! Thank you to my opponent and all the fans, my coaches and I would thank my sponsor here but I don't have one.'.