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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drake Kinghoffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jester League Banned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kinghoffer's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Nickelback-Burn in to the ground. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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180 cm
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205 lbs
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201 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Drake Kinghoffer! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jester League Banned! The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! League Banned lands a nice looking body shot.
Jester League Banned seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Kinghoffer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by League Banned.
League Banned misses with a jab, cross combination.
League Banned misses with a looping right. League Banned lands a jab to the head.
League Banned lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kinghoffer at a distance.
Kinghoffer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Kinghoffer gets caught flat footed, as League Banned shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. League Banned thows a big elbow that misses. League Banned tries to stand but Kinghoffer is controlling from the bottom. League Banned in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kinghoffer pulls League Banned in close to his closed guard and prevents League Banned from doing any damage or advancing position. League Banned is looking to stand up but Kinghoffer won't let him. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Kinghoffer scores with a takedown into League Banned's guard. League Banned will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. League Banned uses the cage to get back to his feet.
League Banned darts in and clinches Kinghoffer up against the cage. League Banned wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. League Banned wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. League Banned pulls guard successfully.
League Banned wants to get back to his feet but Kinghoffer is in a dominant position and won't allow it. League Banned looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kinghoffer's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Kinghoffer preventing the sweep. Kinghoffer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. League Banned is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Kinghoffer dives into side control.
League Banned is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kinghoffer is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. League Banned is looking for a sweep. Kinghoffer gets to mount! League Banned was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. Kinghoffer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
League Banned is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jester League Banned dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
League Banned tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Kinghoffer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by League Banned.
A bone on bone clash there as Kinghoffer blocks the leg kick.
League Banned displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kinghoffer. Kinghoffer fails with the takedown and League Banned counters with a straight right hand. League Banned drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kinghoffer regains half guard, as League Banned was trying to land strikes. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. League Banned stands up and beckons Kinghoffer to join him on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. League Banned lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kinghoffer will feel that in the morning. Kinghoffer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. League Banned scores with a decent looking hook. League Banned throws a head kick that Kinghoffer semi-blocks.
Kinghoffer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Kinghoffer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from League Banned. League Banned feints and then cracks Kinghoffer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kinghoffer down. League Banned feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kinghoffer's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round. League Banned with a lazy takedown attempt and Kinghoffer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! League Banned preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Kinghoffer prevents League Banned from getting back to his feet. League Banned lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kinghoffer! League Banned trying to control but he's not successful this time. League Banned is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Kinghoffer could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. League Banned takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. League Banned lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. League Banned trying to control but he's not successful this time. Kinghoffer is in a horrible position here. League Banned smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
League Banned can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kinghoffer is looking to escape. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. League Banned putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jester League Banned showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
League Banned decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jester League Banned. League Banned is looking to slow Kinghoffer down with leg kicks. League Banned looks to land a combination but Kinghoffer avoids it well. Kinghoffer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Kinghoffer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kinghoffer takes a jab right on the kisser.
League Banned throws a series of punches but Kinghoffer avoids them all with ease. League Banned scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
League Banned is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Kinghoffer walks into a straight right hand from League Banned. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Kinghoffer walks into a left hand. League Banned lands a jab-cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. League Banned pushing out the jab but it's not landing. League Banned fakes the leg kick and cracks Kinghoffer in the body. League Banned fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kinghoffer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. League Banned fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kinghoffer. Kinghoffer leaves League Banned with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Kinghoffer slips a jab and a cross from League Banned.
Kinghoffer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. League Banned lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. League Banned scores with a head kick.
Kinghoffer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. League Banned shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kinghoffer sprawls well. Kinghoffer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. League Banned gets slowly back to his feet. Jester League Banned is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round. League Banned lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. League Banned turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. League Banned lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. League Banned drives through and clinches with Kinghoffer against the cage.
Still in the clinch, League Banned scores with a nice short uppercut. League Banned has had enough of the clinch but Kinghoffer keeps him there for the moment. League Banned has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. League Banned's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. League Banned tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kinghoffer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten League Banned somewhat. Drake Kinghoffer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jester League Banned. League Banned scores with a hook to the body. Kinghoffer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round. League Banned lands the left hand. League Banned scores with a jab to the head.
League Banned throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kinghoffer on the side of the head. Kinghoffer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
League Banned throws a combination. Kinghoffer tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Kinghoffer fails with the takedown. League Banned shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. League Banned not doing much here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. League Banned wants to stand but Kinghoffer has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
And that's the end of the fight! Jester League Banned comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well League Banned has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30 Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30 Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jester League Banned!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
45% |
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