PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Aaron Lowell (ranked 7077 p4p, 4366 weight class) and Jed Knight (ranked 694 p4p, 572 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lowell might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline . Knight has chosen Linkin Park - In The End (NPT Remix) as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jed Knight was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Lowell
vs
Knight

183 cm
25
168
11 - 6 - 0

182 cm
37
177
28 - 11 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

World class boxer
Granite chin

Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 150$

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Lowell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jed Knight!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lowell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knight.
Lowell moves out of range as Knight strikes.
Knight avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knight throws out a counter right but Lowell avoids it with no problem.
Lowell misses the shot to the body.
Lowell catches Knight with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lowell attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Knight blocks the low kick.
Lowell misses with an uppercut. Knight saw that one coming.
Lowell misses with a wild body shot.
Knight misses with a series of wild punches.
Knight throws a looping overhand right but Lowell ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knight swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lowell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knight throws a front kick aimed at Lowell's knee but Lowell avoids it well.
Lowell misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knight looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Lowell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lowell.
Knight 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.
Lowell tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Knight tries to clinch up but Lowell circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight is looking to score with low kicks.
Knight takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Aaron Lowell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Knight throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knight throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lowell is looking to slow Knight down with leg kicks.
Knight fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lowell connects with a crisp jab.
Lowell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Knight is out of range.
Lowell misses with a straight right.
Lowell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knight doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lowell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Lowell is just out of range.

Knight rushes Lowell and presses him up against the ropes.
Lowell tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lowell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lowell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lowell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
Knight scores a nice knee to the body.
Knight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lowell throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Knight misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lowell tries to throw a body punch but Knight avoids it by throwing Lowell back against the ropes.
Lowell has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Lowell swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.

Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jed Knight will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lowell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Knight unleashes a big counter combination but Lowell bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Jab by Lowell.
Knight misses with a lunging right hand
and Lowell counters with a three punch combo that has Knight backing up. Knight nods at Lowell to acknowledge the strikes.
Lowell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knight.
Knight lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lowell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lowell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight motions for Lowell to come forward. Knight throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Lowell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lowell misses with a low kick.
Lowell moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKnight.
Lowell slips a straight right by Knight.
Lowell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lowell lands a nice shot that snaps Knight's head back.
Aaron Lowell is winning the standup battle so far.
Knight with a nice calf kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lowell. Lowell obviously looking to wear him down.
Knight throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lowell sizes up Knight with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knight looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lowell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knight.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lowell.
Knight tries to counter with a clinch but Lowell shakes him off and moves away.
Lowell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lowell ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Some bone on bone action there as Lowell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Knight lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Knight closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lowell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Knight is out of range.
Knight scores with a hook to the body. Lowell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lowell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Knight.
Lowell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knight can pounce on him.
Lowell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight connects with a body shot that sends Lowell's belly button to the back.
Lowell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lowell throws a low kick but Knight avoids it.
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!
Lowell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Knight backs up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Knight 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lowell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Knight tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lowell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knight cracks Lowell with an open hand slap.

It looks like Aaron Lowell has been cut.
That kick from Knight tenderised Lowell's leg. Lowell is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lowell throws a right hand that Knight ducks under and follows up with a left that Knight also avoids with ease.
Lowell connects with a solid leg kick.
Knight blocks the body kick.
Lowell moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A big left from Knight misses.
Knight scores with the left hand. Lowell knows he should have avoided that one.
Lowell lands a high kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Lowell. That snapped Knight's head back.
Knight avoids the body shot from Lowell.
Lowell throws a leg kick which misses Knight's front leg but catches the back leg as Knight tries to avoid it.
Lowell misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Lowell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Lowell's cut.
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.

Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab, jab by Lowell - just one landing.
Lowell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knight takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Knight dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lowell. That did some damage!
Lowell is looking to chop away at Knight's legs.
Lowell checks a leg kick.
Lowell moves out of range as Knight strikes.
A jab from Knight misses.
Lowell is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Knight.
Knight displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lowell throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lowell misses with a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knight checks a leg kick.
Knight moves away from the strike by Lowell.
Knight blocks the body kick.
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!
Lowell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lowell manages to avoid it.
Lowell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice leg kick from Knight, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lowell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lowell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Knight fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lowell, pushing him back against the ropes.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lowell misses with a punch to the body.
Lowell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Lowell avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Knight just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lowell's brow.
Lowell misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Knight.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knight tries to throw a body punch but Lowell avoids it by throwing Knight back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lowell.
Knight lands an elbow just above Lowell 's eye.
Knight blocks a body shot from Lowell.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Lowell blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knight throws out a loose jab but Lowell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Lowell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lowell.
Jab, jab by Lowell - just one landing.
Lowell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lowell.
Knight misses with a body shot.
As Knight backs away, Lowell returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Knight takes a swing at Lowell's ribcage but misses.
Lowell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lowell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Knight in his tracks.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lowell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Jed Knight just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Aaron Lowell's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Knight blocks a head kick by Lowell.
Knight pushes Lowell away with a front kick.
Lowell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
Knight fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lowell.
Knight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knight on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Knight throws an overhand right that lands on Lowell's shoulder, as Lowell tries to avoid the shot.
Lowell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lowell looks to land a left hand but Knight moved out of range nicely.
Knight slips under a jab from Lowell.

Lowell takes the fight into the clinch.
Lowell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lowell tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lowell is leaning against Knight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knight throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lowell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lowell.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Lowell blocks it.
Knight scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lowell's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Lowell lands a nice shot to the body.
Lowell lands a nice shot to the body.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knight throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knight struggles to land a body shot inside as Lowell controls his hands.
Knight throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lowells head.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowell misses with a punch to the body.

Knight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lowell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A shot to the liver by Knight. Beautiful body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lowell moves away from the strike by Knight.
Lowell is looking for a counter combo.
Knight avoids the body shot from Lowell.
Lowell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Knight counter with a right hand.
Lowell misses with a looping left.
Lowell throws a push kick but Knight slaps the foot to one side.
Lowell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Knight lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lowell throws a lazy head kick
and Knight counters with a nice uppercut.
Knight moves out of range of the leg kick from Lowell.
Knight attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knight is looking to score with low kicks.
Lowell half committed to a counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Lowell does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jed Knight dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Lowell's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Knight walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lowell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Aaron Lowell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lowell ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Lowell throws a leg kick but Knight sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slow jab from Lowell misses its intended target.
Knight walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lowell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knight's hands.
Lowell slips under a jab from Knight.
Lowell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Knight tries to move into range but Lowell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lowell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Knight - that landed with a thud.
Knight with a knee to the head.
Knight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowell misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Lowell fails to land.

Knight breaks the clinch.
Lowell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight throws a leg kick but Lowell moved away.
Lowell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lowell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Knight lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lowell.
Lowell swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Lowell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lowell swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab, jab by Knight - just one landing.
Knight feints and then cracks Lowell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lowell down.
Lowell takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Lowell lands with a kick to the temple. Knight shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lowell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knight.
Knight throws a lazy right hand but Lowell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knight fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lowell.
Lowell misses with a right hand
and Knight counters with a left to the body.
Knight connects with an inside leg kick.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knight avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lowell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lowell delivers a nice body kick.
Knight staying out of range there.
Lowell moves into range and connects with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jed Knight.
I think Knight 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 49:48
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 46:49
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Aaron Lowell!
A victorious Aaron Lowell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.