PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Skillz Kneeland (ranked 1378 p4p, 1591 weight class) and The Royal Savage (ranked 195 p4p, 219 weight class). Kneeland comes to the cage accompanied by Kung Fu FIghting. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kneeland
vs
Savage

175 cm
33
156
22 - 15 - 0

175 cm
32
162
16 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Bondi MMA 🏝️
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Skillz Kneeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Royal Savage!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kneeland counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Savage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kneeland blocks a jab.
Kneeland scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Savage throws a poor cross that misses
and Kneeland counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kneeland punishes Savage's body with a nice straight punch.
Kneeland tries to clinch up but Savage circles away and keeps his distance.
Kneeland feints a jab promting Savage to slip. Kneeland then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Savage slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kneeland throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kneeland works Savage's body with a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kneeland taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kneeland lands a nice elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kneeland - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Savage swings wildly with an uppercut but Kneeland uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeland wants to stall.
Savage throws a head punch that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kneeland.
Kneeland stalling against the cage.
Kneeland leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Skillz Kneeland.
Savage misses with a lunging right hand
and Kneeland counters with a good low kick that Savage was not able to check.

Kneeland has managed to clinch.
Kneeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeland creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Savage's defenses.
I was talking to Kneeland's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kneeland misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeland slowing the pace effectively.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kneeland avoiding damage.
Kneeland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage misses with the head strike.
Kneeland stalling.
Kneeland lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kneeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Savage swings wildly with an uppercut but Kneeland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Savage throws a head punch that misses.
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!
Savage working aggressively here.
Kneeland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeland just leaning against Savage, taking a breather.
Kneeland stalls.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kneeland for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Kneeland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kneeland throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Savage blocks it with crossed arms.
Savage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeland has Savage pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Kneeland.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Skillz Kneeland.
Savage throws a hook but Kneeland avoids it easily.
Kneeland appears to be looking for a big counter.
Savage rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kneeland counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Savage misses with a double jab.
Savage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kneeland circles away quickly and effectively.
Kneeland closes the distance looking to clinch
and Savage counters with a three punch combo that has Kneeland backing up. Kneeland nods at Savage to acknowledge the strikes.

Kneeland moves into range and clinches up with Savage.
Kneeland lands an elbow that stopped Savage in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kneeland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kneeland effectively controlling the action here.
Kneeland slows down the pace here.
Kneeland lands a left hand that snaps the head of Savage backwards.

That's four 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!
Kneeland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeland pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Savage fails to land.
Kneeland lands a left hand that snaps the head of Savage backwards.
Savage throws a head punch that misses.
Savage tries to work over Kneeland's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Savage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kneeland lands a hook to the side of the head.
Savage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kneeland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kneeland lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeland stalls.
Kneeland gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Skillz Kneeland dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kneeland misses with a body shot.
Savage throws a body shot but no joy.
Savage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice uppercut there from Kneeland.
Kneeland tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Savage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kneeland takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Skillz Kneeland has been cut.
Savage cracks Kneeland with a right hand to the side of the head.
Savage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kneeland manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Savage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Savage connects with a right that clearly hurt Kneeland. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Savage proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Kneeland collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Royal Savage!
An out of breath The Royal Savage thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.