PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stadin Kingi (ranked 2005 p4p, 249 weight class) and Thug Life (ranked 2643 p4p, 319 weight class). Life has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Stadin Kingi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Kingi
vs
Life

196 cm
29
174 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

188 cm
30
178 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Stadin Kingi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thug Life!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingi scores with a nice strike.
Nice jab there from Kingi.
Life waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kingi.
Life throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kingi throws a head kick that misses.
As Kingi backs off Life throws a huge counter combo but Kingi manages to avoid it all.
Kingi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice jab there from Life.
We've been told by Kingi's head coaches at House of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Life misses with a hook. Kingi ducked under it nicely.
Kingi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kingi checks the leg kick.
Kingi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kingi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Kingi.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Life paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
Life ducks right into an uppercut from Kingi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Life with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kingi lands a nice shot to the body.
Life slips under a jab from Kingi.
Life scores with a head kick.
Life throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Life throws a jab when Kingi was well out of range.
Kingi is looking to chop away at Life's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingi scores with a nice strike.
Life throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kingi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Life ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Life throws a hook but Kingi avoids it easily.
Kingi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kingi looks to land a right hand but Life moved out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Life.
It looked like Kingi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Life throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kingi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Life tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Life lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kingi throws a leg kick that misses.
Kingi scores with a push kick.
Sloppy strikes from Life. Those never looked like landing.
Life misses with a hook. Kingi ducked under it nicely.
Kingi misses with a wild body shot.
Kingi 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Life will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kingi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice straight punches there by Kingi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kingi.
Kingi throws a sloppy head kick and Life moves out of range easily.
Kingi checks the leg kick.
As Life backs away, Kingi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Kingi finds it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Kingi. That snapped Life's head back.
Life blocks a jab.
Life feints and then cracks Kingi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kingi down.
Kingi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Life pushes Kingi away with a front kick.
Life misses with a wild body shot.
Life takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kingi looks to score with a jab to the body but Life is just out of range.
Kingi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kingi lands the left hand.
Life throws a big shot that misses.
Life on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kingi. Kingi obviously looking to wear him down.
Life keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Life stalks Kingi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kingi's face. Kingi staggers backwards, shaken.
Life lands a jab-cross combination.
Life throws a head kick but Kingi moves out of range.
Life avoids a kick to the body.
Kingi throws a big shot that misses.
Life has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kingi.
Kingi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life misses with the combination.
Kingi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kingi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Life.
Kingi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Life throws out the jab.
Life fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Life loads up on a big right hand but Kingi slips the punch.
Life changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kingi misses with a leg kick.
Kingi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kingi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kingi motions for Life to come forward. Kingi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kingi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Life connects with a looping right hand.
Life misses with a low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kingi!
Life takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Life ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kingi moves away.
Kingi with a jab.
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!
Kingi scores with a leg kick.
Life lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Life catches Kingi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thug Life seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Life misses the target.
Life misses with a kick to the body.
Life keeps Kingi at a distance using the push kick.
Life tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kingi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kingi slips a jab from Life.
Kingi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kingi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Life looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Life misses the jab.
Life avoids a kick to the body.
Life cracks Kingi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kingi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Life at a distance.
Kingi blocks a head kick by Life.
Life will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kingi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Life loads up on a big right hand but Kingi slips the punch.
Life moves out of range of the body kick.
Life looks to land a left hand but Kingi moved out of range nicely.
Life throws out a leg kick but Kingi moves out of range and Life only half commits.
Kingi tried to score with a low kick but Life checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thug Life 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.

Kingi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
Life moves out of range as Kingi strikes.
Kingi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kingi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Life.
Life throws a solid leg kick but Kingi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Life.
Thug Life seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Life uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kingi.
Life only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kingi ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Life lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kingi's sensitive parts.
Life pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Life tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Some wild striking there from Life.
Kingi throws the left hand but Life avoids the punch easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kingi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Life misses with a hook. Kingi ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life misses with a hook. Kingi ducked under it nicely.
Jab, jab by Kingi - just one landing.
A swing and a miss from Life.
Kingi connects with a body shot that sends Life's belly button to the back.
Kingi is looking to slow Life down with leg kicks.
A swing and a miss from Life.
Life throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Life manages to avoid it.
Life throws a shot from downtown. Kingi moves away and avoids it.
Life throws a leg kick
and Kingi counters with a right hand to the body.
Kingi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Life throws a leg kick but Kingi checks it.
Life is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kingi.
A counter left hand to the body from Kingi misses its target.
Good leg kick by Kingi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Life throws out a powerful jab.
Life lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kingi's sensitive parts.
Kingi takes a swing at Life's ribcage but misses.
Kingi connects with an inside leg kick.
Life's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Life throws a wild body kick that Kingi sees coming a mile off.
Kingi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Life at a distance.
Kingi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kingi misses with a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kingi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Life pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kingi is out of range and Life settles back down.
Life tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Life missing with a left hand there. Kingi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good leg kick by Life there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Life blocks the low kick.
A swing and a miss from Life.
Kingi lands with a nice body punch.
Kingi throws a body punch but Life moves out of range.
Kingi sets himself, and Life steps forward looking for the clinch! Kingi avoids it this time.
Life shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kingi staying out of range there.
Kingi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kingi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Life.
Kingi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Life.
Life throws out a loose jab but Kingi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kingi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Life misses with an uppercut
and Kingi counters with a nice uppercut.
Kingi dodges the punch combination from Life.
Kingi misses with an uppercut.
Life throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Life lands a slapping body shot.
Life looks to land a combination. Kingi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kingi lands a jab to Life's midsection.
Kingi throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kingi.
Kingi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A jab from Life does it's job there.
Kingi throws a jab when Life was well out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kingi.
Life lands a nice looking body shot.
Kingi moves out of range of the body kick.
Life dips to his left and cracks Kingi with an uppercut!
Life throws a leg kick but Kingi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kingi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kingi scores with a sloppy right hand. Life should have avoided that one.
Life throws the left hand but Kingi avoids the punch easily.
Life looks for the body kick but Kingi saw that one coming.
Life will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Life misses with a straight right.
Life jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kingi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kingi cracks Life with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Life misses with a hook. Kingi ducked under it nicely.
Kingi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingi moves out of range of the body kick.
Kingi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Life connects with a looping right hand.
Life attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Kingi. That snapped Life's head back.
Life rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kingi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kingi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
Kingi ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Kingi moves out of range of the body kick from Life.
Kingi half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kingi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Life on the side of the head.
Kingi tries a low kick but Life avoids it.
Life throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kingi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Life.
Life appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Life throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kingi. That one must have hurt.
Life misses with a low kick as Kingi jumps back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kingi was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
Life sizes up Kingi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kingi defending well as Life loads up on a big left hand.
Life takes one to the side of the head.
Life is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kingi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Thug Life will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Kingi checks the leg kick.
Life motions for Kingi to come forward. Life throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kingi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Life.
Life thows a leg kick but Kingi checks it
and Kingi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Life explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kingi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Life cracks the inside of Kingi's front leg.
Life is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kingi.
Kingi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Life to score with a decent uppercut.
Kingi misses with a body kick.
Life steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kingi.
Kingi scores with a jab to the body.
Life fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kingi lands with a right hand.
Life throws a head kick but Kingi moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingi works Life's body with a nice hook.
Life slips a straight right by Kingi.
Life scores with a spinning back kick!
Kingi looks to score with a jab to the body but Life is just out of range.
Life misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Life misses with a hook to the body
and Kingi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kingi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kingi misses with a body kick.
Life tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Life throws a jab but it's blocked by Kingi.
A low kick from Life is predictable there
and Kingi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kingi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Kingi.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
Life finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kingi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Life just manages to avoid it.
Kingi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kingi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Life misses with a shot to the body
and Kingi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kingi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Life looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Life blocks a low kick nicely.
Kingi lands a really nice looking cross but Life seems unphased.
Kingi jabs at Life's body.
Life misses with a low kick.
Kingi checks a leg kick.
Life ducks under a wild hook from Kingi.
Life swings widly with a right hand
and Life takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stadin Kingi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingi loads up on a big right hand but Life slips the punch.
Kingi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Life has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Life avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kingi lands a head kick. Life smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kingi scores with the left hand. Life knows he should have avoided that one.
Kingi throws a jab but it's blocked by Life.
Life takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Life looks to land a combination but Kingi avoids it well.
Kingi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Life just manages to avoid it.
Kingi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kingi moves out of range of the body kick.
Kingi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Life can pounce on him.
Life scoring well with a low kick there.
Kingi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Life sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kingi tries to work over Life's front leg with a kick but Life checks it.
Life misses with a hook.
Kingi scores with a nice strike.
Life missing with a left hand there. Kingi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kingi moves away from the strike by Life.
Kingi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kingi throws a low kick but Life avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingi misses the shot to the body.
Life walks into a stiff left hand from Kingi.
Kingi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kingi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kingi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Life staying out of range there.
Kingi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Life. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingi. Life does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kingi just misses with a punch to the body.
Life unleashes a big counter combination but Kingi bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kingi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Life has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kingi.
Life scores with a hook.
Life punishes Kingi's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Life throws out a powerful jab.
Kingi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
Life drops his hands momentarily and Kingi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Life comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Life swings for the body but Kingi moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Life
and Kingi counters with a nice uppercut.
Kingi looks to throw the jab but Life is out of range.
Life walks into a straight right hand from Kingi.
Life moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kingi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Life is rocked!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Life, right into the meat.
Life is still on wobbly legs! Can Kingi finish him?
Life misses with an uppercut.
Life seems to have recovered his senses.
Kingi slips under a jab from Life.
Life lands a nice hook to Kingi's body. Kingi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingi. Life does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingi throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
Life catches Kingi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Life misses with a head kick.
Kingi scores with a jab to the body.
Life takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Life.
Life moves forwards but Kingi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kingi.
Kingi throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stadin Kingi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Life has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thug Life!
Thug Life bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.