PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Gatherer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gatherer comes to the cage accompanied by Down In A Hole - Alice In Chains. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gatherer
vs
King

195 cm
28
274 lbs
19 - 3 - 1

200 cm
35
281 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hunter Gatherer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don King!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatherer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gatherer throws the kick towards the body but King avoids it.
Gatherer scoring well with a low kick there.
Gatherer scores with a spinning back kick!
Gatherer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
King stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gatherer.
King ducks under a wild hook from Gatherer.
Gatherer wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Gatherer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between King's hands.
King changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
King looks to land a right hand but Gatherer moved out of range.
King lands a jab to the nose.
Hunter Gatherer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gatherer misses with a straight left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King misses with a combination
and Gatherer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
Gatherer scores with a hook.
King misses with a wild combination.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gatherer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gatherer throws a low kick, looking for King's leg but King calmly moves out of range.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gatherer.
King has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
King checks a leg kick.
Gatherer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

King gets tackled into the cage by Gatherer. Gatherer maintains the clinch.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatherer lands a right hand.

It looks like Don King has been cut.
Gatherer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Gatherer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
King tries to circle away but Gatherer has him pinned against the cage.
Gatherer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
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!
A short body shot lands from Gatherer as the two fighters clinch.
King can't break the clinch.
King is trying to force a seperation but Gatherer has the dominant position.
Gatherer lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
King blocks a body shot from Gatherer.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Gatherer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King tries to break the clinch but Gatherer is controlling the position.
Gatherer lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
King misses with some punches.
King misses with the head strike.
Gatherer cracks King with a nice body shot.
King tries to break the clinch but Gatherer is controlling the position.

Gatherer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Gatherer.
Gatherer throws a shot to the body.
King looks winded!
King tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gatherer lands a nice leg kick that just misses King's sensitive parts.
Gatherer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from King does no damage.
King moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Hunter Gatherer has been cut.
King lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Gatherer. Those never looked like landing.
King misses with a hook.
King misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gatherer misses with a body shot.
Gatherer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gatherer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gatherer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
King avoids the body shot from Gatherer.
King misses with a hook. Gatherer ducked under it nicely.
Nice body kick there by Gatherer.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gatherer.
Gatherer lands a nice leg kick that just misses King's sensitive parts.
Gatherer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt King.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Gatherer dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gatherer throws out the jab.
Gatherer digs a good body shot into King's ribs.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gatherer moves away.
Gatherer lands a lovely overhand right.
Gatherer throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
King misses with the combination.
Gatherer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by King.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Gatherer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatherer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gatherer.
King misses with the combination.
Gatherer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King can do to turn this around?
Gatherer lands a nice leg kick that just misses King's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands with a nice combination. Gatherer backs away looking to recover.
Gatherer scores with a leg kick.
Gatherer is looking to score with low kicks.
Gatherer throws a lazy uppercut
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
Don King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from King.
A good leg kick by Gatherer.

Gatherer moves into the clinch.
A short left from Gatherer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King can't break the clinch.

Gatherer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gatherer tries to score with a low kick but King moves his leg out of the way.
King throws a looping overhand right but Gatherer ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gatherer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gatherer misses with a low kick.
King takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Gatherer.
You can see that King has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Gatherer throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
King misses with an uppercut. Gatherer saw that one coming.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gatherer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and King has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gatherer ducks under a wild hook from King.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King tries to bum rush Gatherer with a series of wild strikes but Gatherer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King throws a body punch but Gatherer moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Gatherer. Beautiful body shot.
King has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gatherer.
A big right from King misses.
Gatherer avoids the body shot from King.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gatherer.
King is breathing heavily.
Gatherer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gatherer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gatherer.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gatherer.
Gatherer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatherer is looking to clinch.
Gatherer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gatherer thumps King with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Gatherer misses its intended target.
Gatherer lands a nice looking body shot.
Gatherer dodges the punch combination from King.
Gatherer throws a low kick but it's checked well by King.
Gatherer misses with an attempted mid kick.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Gatherer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Gatherer dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gatherer lands a nice shot that snaps King's head back.
A punch combination from King misses.
Gatherer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gatherer throws a hook but King blocks it.
Good leg kick by Gatherer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hunter Gatherer is winning the standup battle so far.
King throws a shot to the body.
That kick from Gatherer tenderised King's leg. King is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gatherer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between King's hands.
Gatherer scores with a leg kick.
A punch combination from King misses.
King misses with a hook. Gatherer ducked under it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gatherer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatherer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Gatherer.
King doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gatherer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gatherer lets loose with a powerful body kick. King will feel that in the morning.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gatherer feints and then cracks King's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow King down.
Gatherer lands with an overhand left.
King misses with a wild combination.
Gatherer lands with a thumping leg kick.
King throws a body punch but Gatherer moves out of range.
Gatherer throws a body shot but no joy.
Gatherer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. King looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from King.
Gatherer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King scores with a jab. Gatherer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Gatherer does it's job there.
Gatherer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt King.
Gatherer cracks the inside of King's front leg.
Good leg kick by Gatherer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gatherer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gatherer throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
King steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gatherer. That one must have hurt.
A big right from Gatherer misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gatherer lands a really nice looking cross but King seems unphased.
Gatherer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That has opened up Don King's cut even more.
King on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gatherer. Gatherer obviously looking to wear him down.
Gatherer is looking to slow King down with leg kicks.
Gatherer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gatherer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
King rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Gatherer to counter with a crisp jab.
Gatherer connects with a crisp jab.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
Gatherer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gatherer.
A punch combination from King misses.
Gatherer digs a good hook to King's body.
Gatherer misses the shot to the body.
King tries to move into range but Gatherer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gatherer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gatherer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gatherer scores with a decent looking hook.
King takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gatherer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Gatherer clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gatherer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
King looks to land a right hand but Gatherer moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Gatherer.
Gatherer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gatherer.
King has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gatherer.
Gatherer jabs King right on the nose. King blinks but takes it well.
King misses with the combination.
King throws a series of punches but Gatherer avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatherer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gatherer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gatherer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gatherer drives through and clinches with King against the cage.
A short right from Gatherer.
Hunter Gatherer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gatherer digs a right hand into King's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on King's gas tank.
Gatherer pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gatherer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gatherer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatherer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King wants to break free but Gatherer has control.
Gatherer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gatherer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gatherer lands an uppercut.

King is rocked!
King has a couple of punches blocked by Gatherer.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatherer missing with knees to the body.
Gatherer lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
Gatherer lands a nice uppercut.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Gatherer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gatherer can pounce on him.
Gatherer thumps King with a low kick.
King ducks under a wild hook from Gatherer.
Gatherer throws a jab when King was well out of range.
Gatherer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gatherer moves away from the strike by King.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatherer is looking to clinch.
Gatherer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gatherer connects with a right hand. King shakes it off.
Gatherer throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
Gatherer tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Gatherer misses with the combination.
King blocks the body kick.
Gatherer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a body shot.
King falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gatherer counters with an inside leg kick.
Gatherer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
Gatherer cracks the inside of King's front leg.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gatherer.
Gatherer throws a leg kick but King checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gatherer ducks under a wild hook from King.
Gatherer tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Gatherer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Gatherer had his way with Don King in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Gatherer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gatherer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
Gatherer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
King throws a nice looking combination but Gatherer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gatherer counters with a nice kick to the body.
Gatherer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatherer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A cross from Gatherer lands.
King looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gatherer keeps King at a distance using the push kick.
King is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatherer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gatherer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
King doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gatherer misses with a body shot.
Gatherer scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gatherer connects with an inside leg kick.
King has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gatherer finds it's way round the side to connect with King's head.
Gatherer throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gatherer. That's going to slow King down.
King throws a right hand that misses
letting Gatherer counter with a right hand.
King lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gatherer circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gatherer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gatherer looks for the body kick but King saw that one coming.
Gatherer moves forwards but King connects with a nice, crisp jab.
King has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gatherer.
Hunter Gatherer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gatherer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.

Gatherer rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Gatherer prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Gatherer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is trying to break the clinch but Gatherer is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from Gatherer as the two fighters clinch.
King working aggressively here.
Gatherer lands a right hand.
Gatherer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King misses with a punch on the inside.

King breaks from the clinch.
King connects with a crisp jab.
Gatherer fakes the leg kick and cracks King in the body.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
Gatherer shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. King eats them both and turns towards Gatherer to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gatherer lands a nice looking kick to the body. King takes a step back to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gatherer connects with a body shot.
Gatherer misses with an attempted mid kick.
King throws a series of punches but Gatherer avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Gatherer misses the target.
Gatherer scores with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
Don King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gatherer pushes King up against the cage in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hunter Gatherer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gatherer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 50:45
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hunter Gatherer!
Hunter Gatherer is the new heavyweight champion!
A victorious Hunter Gatherer thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.