PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dogo Musaga (ranked 1221 p4p, 2028 weight class) and Malcolm King (ranked 170 p4p, 253 weight class). King comes into a darkened arena with his song building. YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Malcolm King was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Musaga
vs
King

184 cm
27
187
7 - 3 - 0

185 cm
36
171
22 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dogo Musaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm King!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Musaga takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
King scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Musaga.
A little feinted left hand from Musaga on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Musaga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by King.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Musaga darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Musaga uses good head movement to avoid it.
King blocks an uppercut.
Musaga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King working aggressively here.
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!
Musaga misses with a hook from the clinch.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
Musaga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Musaga controls the action.
Musaga has a couple of punches blocked by King.
A short left from Musaga.
Musaga lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Musaga blocks an uppercut.
King working aggressively here.
Musaga blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Musaga.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King working aggressively here.
King misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King misses with a body punch.
Musaga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King is working Musaga over against the cage.
King gets through Musaga's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Musaga.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Musaga uses good head movement to avoid it.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musaga.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Musaga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Musaga throws a punch but it's blocked by King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Musaga's elbow.
A short right from Musaga.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Musaga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Musaga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Musaga fails to land.
Musaga blocking some punches.
King lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Musaga.
Still in the clinch, Musaga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Musaga scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Musaga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Musaga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
King misses with some punches.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Musaga prevents a body shot from King.
Musaga misses with a punch on the inside.
King tries to throw a body punch but Musaga avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
King misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musaga throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice left hand lands by King.
A short right from King on the inside.
King scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Musaga throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Musaga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Musaga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
Musaga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Musaga lands a left hand.
Musaga is working King over against the cage.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Musaga.
A short left from King.
Musaga lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from King on the inside.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King blocks a body shot from Musaga.
Musaga swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King tries to work over Musaga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Musaga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Musaga lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Musaga misses with a short punch on the inside.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Musaga.
Musaga misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musaga.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Musaga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Musaga misses with a punch on the inside.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Musaga backwards.
Musaga throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Musaga misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musaga.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Musaga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Musaga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Musaga backwards.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Musaga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malcolm King dominated that round.
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.

Musaga throws a hook but King blocks it.
Musaga throws out a leg kick but King moves out of range and Musaga only half commits.
Musaga avoids the body shot from King.
King dips to his left and cracks Musaga with an uppercut!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Musaga!
Malcolm King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King takes a swing at Musaga's ribcage but misses.
Malcolm King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King blocks a jab.
Musaga dips to his left and cracks King with an uppercut!
Musaga looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
King checks the leg kick nicely there.
King listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
King fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Musaga has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
King throws a series of punches but Musaga moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King ducks under a wild hook from Musaga.
King digs a good body shot into Musaga's ribs.
King smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
King tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
King moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
King blocks a low kick nicely.
King replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Musaga blocks it well.
Musaga walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. King checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
King throws a leg kick that misses.
King throws a lazy right hand but Musaga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King cracks Musaga with an open hand slap.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
King connects with a superb combination that knocks Musaga out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles King before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Musaga!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Malcolm King!
After winning the bout, Malcolm King thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.