PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blake Knight (ranked 4400 p4p, 5645 weight class) and Danny Rand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Knight might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to March Or Die. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Knight
vs
Rand

181 cm
18
178
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
175
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blake Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Rand!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Knight throws out a loose jab but Rand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rand tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Rand looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knight lands a body shot.
Knight connects with a body shot that sends Rand's belly button to the back.
Knight wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No joy there for Rand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rand will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rand walks into a stiff left hand from Knight.
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!
Nice uppercut there from Rand.

Knight lands a big right hand that sends Rand crashing to the mat! Knight stays standing though and waves Rand back to his feet!

Rand is rocked!
Knight weaves into range and cracks Rand right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Rand goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Knight is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Blake Knight!
Blake Knight decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.