PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kingsley's entrance music is The Power. A fine choice. Robert Kingsley has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kingsley
vs
James

210 cm
28
280 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

192 cm
22
278 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Damnfield clothing
Untouchable Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Kingsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake James!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James slaps away a takedown attempt from Kingsley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kingsley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
Kingsley misses with a takedown attempt - James sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
James connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Robert Kingsley has been cut.
James throws a leg kick but Kingsley sees it coming and moves out of range.
James lands a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James throws a good cross that connects.
Kingsley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
James throws a hook to the side of Kingsley's head but Kingsley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James throws a hook but Kingsley blocks it.

Kingsley throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. James was covering up waiting for the punch and Kingsley finishes the takedown easily into guard.
James managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley scoring with punches to the head and body.
James pulls Kingsley in to control the position.
James is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
James not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
James trying to control the position here.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jake James hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Kingsley enables James to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kingsley manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kingsley trying to keep a closed guard but James is proving a slippery customer.
James's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kingsley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Kingsley looking for submissions from the bottom but instead James passes into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James misses with the ground and pound.
Kingsley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
James taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
James landing strikes.
James throwing strikes but Kingsley manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Kingsley cracks James with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kingsley in side control, throwing shots but James defends.
James on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
James wants to control but Kingsley postures up.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
James is trying to buck Kingsley off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James struggling a bit here.
Kingsley scores with a couple of short elbows.
James is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kingsley's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ground and pound from Kingsley.
James taking some punishment here, with Kingsley in his half guard.
Kingsley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kingsley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kingsley is thwarting James's attempts to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kingsley lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kingsley is trying to control the action in half guard but James is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Kingsley's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

James scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kingsley is working to avoid the ground and pound but James connects with a decent elbow.
James wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kingsley keeps working.

James wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kingsley, who protects the arm well.
James working away.
Kingsley is trying to improve his position.
James throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kingsley is working to avoid the ground and pound but James connects with a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley parries the strikes from James easily there. James is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kingsley to escape.
You can see the frustration on Kingsley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
James advances to full mount.
James punching from mount but Kingsley doing a good job of avoiding damage.
James landing shots from mount.

Robert Kingsley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jake James!
Jake James bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.