PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Icaro O Voador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and FLYING KNEE (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Icaro O Voador is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

O Voador
vs
KNEE

180 cm
22
193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite 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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Icaro O Voador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, FLYING KNEE!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
KNEE is looking to clinch.
O Voador looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

KNEE gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. KNEE obliges.
KNEE lands a knee to the body.
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!
KNEE scores with a knee to the head.
KNEE comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Icaro O Voador has been cut.
KNEE lands a nice knee to the body.
KNEE lands a knee to the body.
KNEE landing knees to the head.
KNEE scores with a knee to the head.
KNEE comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Voador lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
KNEE is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
KNEE landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for KNEE.
KNEE scores with a knee to the head.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.
KNEE lands a nice knee to the body.
KNEE with a knee to the head.
KNEE lands a knee to the head.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.
KNEE working O Voador over with knees to the body.
KNEE gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from O Voador.
KNEE lands an elbow just above O Voador 's eye.
KNEE lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.
O Voador takes a knee right on the jaw!
KNEE tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
KNEE gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
KNEE crunches a lovely knee into O Voador's ribcage.
O Voador looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
KNEE lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
KNEE misses with a knee strike.
O Voador tries to work over KNEE's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
KNEE connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Voador's face.
KNEE with a knee to the head.
KNEE scores with a knee to the head.
O Voador has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. KNEE is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
O Voador is trying to work for a single leg takedown but KNEE pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Icaro O Voador. That's going to take a lot out of him.
KNEE lands a knee to the body.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.
O Voador creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
KNEE landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
KNEE using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Voador has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
KNEE managing to block the knees to the body from O Voador.
KNEE landing some nice looking knees to the body.
KNEE landing knees to the body.
KNEE with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
O Voador scores with a shot to the side of KNEE's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
KNEE is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.
O Voador displaying some good clinch control by pressing KNEE up against the cage.
KNEE lands a knee to the body.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Voador lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
O Voador is trying to work for a single leg takedown but KNEE pulls him back up using the underhooks.
KNEE lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from KNEE.
KNEE lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
KNEE landing some nice looking knees to the body.
KNEE lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
KNEE with a knee to the head.
KNEE lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on O Voador's face as he tries to break the clinch.
KNEE using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
O Voador fails to pull guard.
KNEE putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has O Voador in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
O Voador working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
KNEE blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
KNEE lands an elbow just above O Voador 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
KNEE scores with a knee to the head.
KNEE comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
O Voador has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Voador is trying to stall.
KNEE lands a nice elbow.
O Voador takes an elbow to the temple.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Voador lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
KNEE lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on O Voador's face as he tries to break the clinch.
KNEE connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Voador's face.
O Voador takes an elbow to the temple.
O Voador has had enough of the clinch but KNEE keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from KNEE.
KNEE lands an elbow inside that O Voador shrugs off.
KNEE lands a knee to the body.
O Voador tries to circle away but KNEE has him pinned against the cage.
KNEE lands an elbow just above O Voador 's eye.
O Voador takes a knee to the side of the body.
O Voador fails to pull guard.
O Voador fails to pull the fight into his guard.
KNEE landing knees to the head.
O Voador tries to stall but KNEE uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
KNEE landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
O Voador takes a knee right on the jaw!
KNEE creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Voador's defenses.
KNEE with a knee to the head.
O Voador tries to pull guard but KNEE won't allow it.
KNEE lands a good knee to the midsection. O Voador won't want to take too many of those.
KNEE with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
KNEE lands a damaging elbow.
KNEE scores a nice knee to the body.
KNEE lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
KNEE scores a nice knee to the body.
KNEE lands a knee to the head.
KNEE scores with a knee to the head.
KNEE is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
KNEE with an attempt at a knee that misses.
KNEE scores with a knee to the head.
KNEE lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
KNEE landing knees to the head.
O Voador avoiding damage as KNEE throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
KNEE lands a good knee to the midsection. O Voador won't want to take too many of those.
KNEE creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Voador's defenses.
KNEE working O Voador over with knees to the body.
O Voador is trying to stall.
KNEE with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

FLYING KNEE dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Icaro O Voador'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.

KNEE tries to close the distance and clinch but O Voador swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
KNEE is looking to clinch but O Voador is avoiding it.

O Voador fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. KNEE sprawls well initially but O Voador persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
O Voador missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
KNEE is trying to stand.
KNEE wants to stand back up but O Voador manages to pass into side control.
KNEE is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
O Voador is looking to take a break and control but KNEE is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
KNEE is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, O Voador asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Voador in side control, throwing shots but KNEE defends.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
KNEE tries to close the distance and clinch but O Voador swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
KNEE is looking to clinch but O Voador is avoiding it.
KNEE wants to clinch.
KNEE fails with an attempt to clinch.
KNEE tries to close the distance and clinch but O Voador swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

KNEE forces O Voador back against the cage and clinches.
KNEE landing some nice looking knees to the body.
KNEE lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
O Voador fails to pull the fight into his guard.
KNEE gets underhooks to prevent O Voador's takedown attempt.
KNEE is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. KNEE obliges.
KNEE landing knees to the body.
O Voador takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Voador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
KNEE prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Icaro O Voador. That's going to take a lot out of him.
KNEE landing knees to the body.
KNEE lands an elbow that stopped O Voador in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for KNEE.
O Voador tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
KNEE is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
KNEE putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has O Voador in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
KNEE misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Voador.
O Voador tries to circle away but KNEE has him pinned against the cage.
KNEE trying to land knees to the body.
O Voador is trying to stall.
O Voador working hard to break the clinch.
O Voador takes a knee to the side of the body.
KNEE lands an elbow just above O Voador 's eye.
KNEE blocks a body shot from O Voador.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
KNEE creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Voador's defenses.
KNEE tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Voador lands with a light punch inside.
KNEE crunches a lovely knee into O Voador's ribcage.
O Voador takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for KNEE.
O Voador tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. KNEE smiles and moves away.
KNEE is looking to clinch but O Voador is avoiding it.

O Voador shoots in and bounces KNEE off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
KNEE wants to get back to his feet but O Voador is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if KNEE can do anything to dispel that myth.

KNEE is working an open guard so O Voador takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
KNEE fails with an attempt to clinch.
KNEE is looking to clinch but O Voador is avoiding it.
O Voador circles away from the clinch attempt.
KNEE is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Voador buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Voador avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Voador keeps the fight on the outside.
KNEE tries to clinch up but O Voador circles away and keeps his distance.
KNEE wants to clinch.
FLYING KNEE seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Voador throws the kick towards the body but KNEE avoids it.
O Voador keeps the fight on the outside.
KNEE tries to clinch but O Voador moves out of range.
KNEE is looking to clinch.
O Voador avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Icaro O Voador dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Icaro O Voador's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

O Voador avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

KNEE closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
KNEE scores a nice knee to the body.
KNEE landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
KNEE lands a damaging elbow.
KNEE lands an elbow just above O Voador 's eye.
KNEE with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
KNEE lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Voador lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
O Voador tries to circle away but KNEE has him pinned against the cage.
KNEE landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Voador fails to pull guard.
KNEE unloads a knee to the mid-section.
KNEE missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Voador.
KNEE tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
KNEE lands an elbow inside.
O Voador landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by KNEE.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Voador creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
KNEE tries a knee to the head but O Voador blocks it.
KNEE lands a damaging elbow.
O Voador avoiding damage as KNEE throws knees to the body.
KNEE crunches a lovely knee into O Voador's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
KNEE with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. KNEE obliges.
KNEE landing knees to the body.
KNEE scores a nice knee to the body.
KNEE landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Voador is looking for a takedown up against the cage. KNEE gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
KNEE looking to throw knees to the head but O Voador is blocking nicely.
KNEE with a knee to the head.
KNEE trying to land knees to the body.
KNEE lands an elbow just above O Voador 's eye.

O Voador breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
KNEE tries to clinch but O Voador is having none of it.
KNEE takes one to the chin there.
KNEE wants to clinch up but O Voador keeps it at a distance.

KNEE rushes O Voador and presses him up against the cage.
KNEE is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
KNEE with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
O Voador has KNEE pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. KNEE manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Icaro O Voador. That's going to take a lot out of him.
KNEE is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
O Voador managing to block the knees to the body from KNEE.
KNEE with an attempt at a knee that misses.
KNEE throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Voador blocks it with crossed arms.
FLYING KNEE seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
KNEE lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
KNEE comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

O Voador is trying to trip KNEE. He has hold of a leg but KNEE is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. O Voador persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

O Voador gets to his feet. KNEE looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
KNEE moves in looking to clinch but O Voador pushes him off.
KNEE wants to clinch up but O Voador keeps it at a distance.
KNEE is looking to clinch but O Voador is avoiding it.
Icaro O Voador is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Voador tries a head kick but it misses.
KNEE wants to clinch.

O Voador gets the takedown into side control.
O Voador creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
O Voador tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
KNEE is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, O Voador asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Voador wants to control but KNEE is keeping him busy.
KNEE really doesn't want to stay on the ground with O Voador. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
KNEE is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

O Voador is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, KNEE has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
KNEE pushes O Voador away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, O Voador gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

O Voador decides to stand up, so the ref orders KNEE to his feet.
KNEE tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Voador paws at him with a jab and circles away.
KNEE is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
KNEE moves in looking to clinch but O Voador pushes him off.
KNEE wants to clinch.
O Voador avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Icaro O Voador.
I think O Voador has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!