PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krzysztof Zakrzewski (ranked 18808 p4p, 4421 weight class) and Jack Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 513 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zakrzewski
vs
Knight

185 cm
18
200
1 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krzysztof Zakrzewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Knight!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zakrzewski looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Zakrzewski tries to pull guard but Knight holds him up against the cage and eventually Zakrzewski drops back down to his feet.
I was talking to Zakrzewski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Zakrzewski is fighting off a takedown attempt but Knight is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Zakrzewski to the mat. Zakrzewski regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Knight controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Knight stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zakrzewski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zakrzewski looking for a sweep. Not yet Zakrzewski, not yet.
Knight controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knight stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Knight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zakrzewski.
No joy there for Knight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Knight pushes Zakrzewski up against the cage in a clinch.

Knight turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Zakrzewski prevents Knight from moving into mount.

Knight tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Knight has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Knight is staying tight to Zakrzewski's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Zakrzewski is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Zakrzewski being controlled for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries to move into full mount but can't pass Zakrzewski's legs.
You can see the frustration on Zakrzewski's face as Knight controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zakrzewski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Knight wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Knight just content to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Knight gets the takedown into side control.
The referee asks Knight politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Knight prefers to stall for the moment though.

Knight decides to stand back up.

Knight looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Zakrzewski!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knight content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Knight dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Knight gets the takedown into side control.
Knight cracks Zakrzewski with a big right hand but Zakrzewski just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Zakrzewski is rocked!

Knight has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Oh Zakrzewski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Knight clinches with his opponent.

Knight gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Knight is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jack Knight has got the better of the ground game so far.

Knight decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Zakrzewski seems to have got his legs back now.

Knight moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Knight has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Zakrzewski regains guard immediately.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Zakrzewski wants to sweep but no luck.

Knight decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Zakrzewski, up you get!

Knight looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Knight gets to his feet and stands over Zakrzewski, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Zakrzewski felt that one! Knight unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Zakrzewski from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Knight!