PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Knight (ranked 3351 p4p, 4126 weight class) and John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knight
vs
Doe

180 cm
25
165
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
160
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Xavier Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Doe!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Doe tenderised Knight's leg. Knight is trying to keep his angry face on.
Doe shoots in and drives through. Knight sprawls well.
Knight fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Doe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Knight shoots in but no luck this time.
Knight shoots in but Doe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doe fails to land the takedown.
Knight closes the distance and clinches up with Doe, looking for a takedown. Knight pushes Doe against the cage but Doe circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Doe shoots in and drives through. Knight sprawls well.
Doe scores with a jab to the body.

Doe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knight drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Doe gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Knight lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
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!
Doe is in trouble now - Knight has advanced to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Knight cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Doe is trying desperately to improve position.
Knight is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Knight sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Doe trying desperately to get to his feet.
Knight can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Doe is looking to escape.
Knight postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Doe looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Knight lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Knight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Knight scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Knight has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
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!
Doe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Knight trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Knight takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Doe is bucking up trying to escape but Knight cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Doe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Knight working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Knight controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight landing punches.
Knight looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Knight landing strikes from the mount and Doe is in trouble!
Knight controlling his opponent.
Knight lands a nice shot to the head.
Doe looks winded!
Knight has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Doe's face.

Doe is rocked!
Knight controlling from mount.
Knight landing strikes from the mount and Doe is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Knight connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight cracks Doe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Doe is still in real trouble! Can Knight finish him?
Knight cracks Doe with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Knight!