PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonidas Spartacusson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spartacusson has chosen Badr Hari as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Spartacusson

178 cm
22
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bobby King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonidas Spartacusson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King moves in looking to clinch but Spartacusson pushes him off.
King stuffs the takedown.
Spartacusson tries for a takedown but King sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Spartacusson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. King tries to avoid it but Spartacusson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag King to the ground. King escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bobby King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leonidas Spartacusson.
Spartacusson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King is looking to clinch.
Spartacusson shoots in looking for a takedown but King manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Spartacusson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
King tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Spartacusson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for King!
King is trying to stand.

Spartacusson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Spartacusson working for a guillotine from mount but King is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Spartacusson looking to finish with strikes here!
Spartacusson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
BOOM! Spartacusson connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartacusson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. King looks a forlorn figure.

King is rocked!
King squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Oh King is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spartacusson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Spartacusson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt King bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Spartacusson and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonidas Spartacusson!
Our winner, Leonidas Spartacusson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.