PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ledley King (ranked 1207 p4p, 2209 weight class) and Jason Ebert (ranked 50 p4p, 82 weight class). This should be fireworks!

King
vs
Ebert

195 cm
30
255
10 - 4 - 0

191 cm
29
250
13 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ledley King!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Ebert!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ebert chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.

It looks like Jason Ebert has been cut.
King cracks Ebert with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jason Ebert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ebert throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

King has Ebert up against the cage in a clinch.
Ebert blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ebert goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King blocks a body shot from Ebert.
Ebert misses with a body punch.
Ebert misses with the head strike.
Ebert has a couple of punches blocked by King.
King has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ebert after a bit of a struggle.
Ebert throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Ebert tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Ebert back against the cage.
Ebert prevents the takedown attempt.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Ebert misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ebert can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Ebert works on King's body with a couple of short punches.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ebert can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
King wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ledley King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ebert lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ebert fails to land.
King can't get the takedown.
Ebert lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Nice body punch from King.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.

King is trying to trip Ebert. He has hold of a leg but Ebert is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. King persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ebert seems keen to control King's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ebert working a defensive guard but King passes into half guard.
Ebert trying to control but King postures up.
King working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ebert keeping control of the position.
King scoring with strikes to the body and head.
King lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ebert's head.
King not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebert wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ebert has his hands clasped together around King's back. He's all about the action.
King is trying to control. Ebert wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ebert avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
King throwing shots but Ebert is blocking nicely.
Ebert trying to control from the bottom.
Ebert avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
King scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ebert keeps control of the position for the meantime.
King missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ebert is trying to maintain the position but King is very close to passing his half guard.
Ebert is trying to get back to full guard.
King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ebert trying to control but King postures up.
Ebert is concentrating on defense, preventing King from advancing position.
King is pressing down on Ebert's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ebert is holding on for now.
Ebert wants to control the action here but instead King manages to pass to full mount!
Ebert tries to hold on but King pushes him away.
King lands with some strikes.

Ebert is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ledley King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Ebert's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ebert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King feinted there with a counter leg kick.
King missing with a left hand there. Ebert was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Ebert on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
King works Ebert's body with a nice hook.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ebert can do to turn this around?
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ebert moves away.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ebert manages to avoid it.
Ebert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ebert takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That has opened up Jason Ebert's cut even more.
Ebert will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice straight punches there by King. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of King.
Ebert throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ebert throws the kick towards the body but King avoids it.
Ebert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
Ebert fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. King looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ebert throws a combination that misses
and King counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King connects with a crisp jab.
Ebert lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

King drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
King throwing strikes from guard but Ebert blocks nicely.
Ledley King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ebert is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
King postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ebert looking to control.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as King accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ebert is pulling down on King's head to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as King accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
King trying to control but Ebert is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ebert has King pulled in close to control his posture.
King won't allow Ebert to sweep him here.
Ebert trying to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
King throws a body punch but Ebert moves out of range.
Ebert appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
King scores with a nice body kick.
Ebert is breathing heavily.
Ebert misses with a body shot.
Ebert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King is looking to counter with head kicks.
Ebert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.

King looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ebert!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King lands some shots froms side control.

The cut above Jason Ebert's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ebert is trying to work for a sweep but King has mounted him!
King lands a big elbow.
Ebert is still in real trouble! Can King finish him?

Jason Ebert's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jason Ebert's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ledley King!
Ledley King is the new super heavyweight champion!