PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Calzattrounewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hard Knocks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Calzattrounewis
vs
Knocks

187 cm
22
193 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Extremely Crazy MMA gear
S.W.A.T.

Extremely Crazy MMA gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Calzattrounewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hard Knocks!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calzattrounewis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knocks.
Calzattrounewis tries to land a front kick but Knocks steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Knocks darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Calzattrounewis tries to roll over but Knocks keeps him under control.
Calzattrounewis missing with punches from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calzattrounewis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Calzattrounewis gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knocks is one step ahead there.
Calzattrounewis thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knocks preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Calzattrounewis throws a right hand that Knocks ducks under and follows up with a left that Knocks also avoids with ease.
Knocks misses with a series of wild punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knocks.
Hard Knocks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A right-left combo lands from Knocks.
Knocks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Calzattrounewis misses.
Calzattrounewis closes the distance and clinches up with Knocks, looking for a takedown. Calzattrounewis pushes Knocks against the cage but Knocks circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Calzattrounewis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Calzattrounewis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joe Calzattrounewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knocks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Calzattrounewis counters with a one-two to the body.
A low kick from Calzattrounewis misses
and Knocks counters with an inside leg kick.
Knocks throws a leg kick which misses Calzattrounewis's front leg but catches the back leg as Calzattrounewis tries to avoid it.
A low kick from Calzattrounewis is predictable there
and Knocks counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Knocks stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Calzattrounewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calzattrounewis is breathing heavily.
Calzattrounewis misses with a kick to the body
and Knocks counters with a left and a right that stings Calzattrounewis.
Calzattrounewis lands a nice shot to the body.
Knocks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Calzattrounewis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Knocks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Calzattrounewis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knocks counters with a good, hard body kick but Calzattrounewis shrugs it off.
Knocks goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Calzattrounewis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Calzattrounewis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knocks stuffs the takedown attempt from Calzattrounewis. Calzattrounewis gets slowly back to his feet.
Knocks cracks the inside of Calzattrounewis's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocks lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Calzattrounewis backs up against the cage.

Calzattrounewis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Calzattrounewis passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Knocks!
Calzattrounewis trying to control but Knocks is having none of it.
Knocks is bucking up trying to escape but Calzattrounewis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Calzattrounewis with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Hard Knocks has been cut.
Calzattrounewis throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Calzattrounewis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Calzattrounewis landing strikes, looking to finish!
The referee warns Knocks that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Knocks is trying to stand.
Calzattrounewis thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Calzattrounewis misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Calzattrounewis lands a big shot there that rocks Knocks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Calzattrounewis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hard Knocks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Calzattrounewis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Calzattrounewis shoots for a double leg takedown but Knocks sprawls well. He's pushed Calzattrounewis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Calzattrounewis stalks Knocks and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Knocks's face. Knocks staggers backwards, shaken.
Calzattrounewis throws out a loose jab but Knocks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knocks looks to land a combination but Calzattrounewis avoids it well.
Calzattrounewis misses with a few strikes there.
Calzattrounewis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Knocks but Knocks pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Calzattrounewis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Knocks counters with a body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Calzattrounewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calzattrounewis misses with an uppercut
and Knocks counters with a body kick that stops Calzattrounewis in his tracks momentarily.
Knocks stuffs the takedown.
Knocks throws a right hand that Calzattrounewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Calzattrounewis also avoids with ease.
Calzattrounewis misses with a shot to the body
and Knocks counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knocks takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knocks lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Knocks misses with a two punch combination.
Knocks misses with a wild combination.
Calzattrounewis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis dodges the punch combination from Knocks.
Knocks misses with a double jab.
Calzattrounewis slips a jab and a cross from Knocks.
Calzattrounewis misses with a combination
and Knocks counters with a leg kick.
Calzattrounewis throws a sloppy body shot
and Knocks counters with an outside leg kick.
Calzattrounewis dodges the punch combination from Knocks.
Calzattrounewis swings widly with a right hand
and Knocks counters with a nice body kick.
Knocks tries to bum rush Calzattrounewis with a series of wild strikes but Calzattrounewis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Calzattrounewis misses with a double jab
and Knocks counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knocks scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Calzattrounewis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Calzattrounewis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Calzattrounewis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Knocks counters with a thumping low kick.
Oooh a lovely combination from Calzattrounewis sends Knocks down but not out. Calzattrounewis dives into side control looking to finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis trying to control the position but Knocks is working away.

Calzattrounewis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Calzattrounewis tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Calzattrounewis tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Calzattrounewis prevents Knocks from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis tries to move into full mount but can't pass Knocks's legs.

Calzattrounewis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A low kick from Calzattrounewis is predictable there
and Knocks counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Knocks stuffs the takedown attempt from Calzattrounewis. Calzattrounewis gets slowly back to his feet.
Calzattrounewis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Calzattrounewis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knocks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Calzattrounewis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Calzattrounewis stops Knocks from standing up.
Calzattrounewis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Calzattrounewis wants to stand but Knocks is controlling his posture from full guard.
Calzattrounewis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Calzattrounewis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Calzattrounewis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Knocks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Calzattrounewis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Calzattrounewis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Calzattrounewis throws a big right hand that misses.
Calzattrounewis passes into half guard.
Calzattrounewis is trying to control the action in half guard but Knocks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Calzattrounewis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Calzattrounewis is pressing down on Knocks's thigh, looking to free his foot. Knocks is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Calzattrounewis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hard Knocks's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Calzattrounewis fails with the takedown.
Calzattrounewis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knocks is fending him off so far but Calzattrounewis persists. Nope, Knocks circles away and we're back to standing.
Calzattrounewis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Knocks circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Calzattrounewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calzattrounewis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knocks as he jumps to the side.
Calzattrounewis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knocks counters with a one-two to the body.
Knocks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Knocks.
Knocks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A low kick from Calzattrounewis misses
and Knocks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knocks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calzattrounewis shoots for a takedown but Knocks saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Calzattrounewis throws a right hand that misses
and Knocks counters with a one-two to the body.
Calzattrounewis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knocks counters with an inside leg kick.
Knocks sizes up Calzattrounewis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Knocks throws a right and a left that Calzattrounewis avoids nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Calzattrounewis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis lands a slapping body shot.
Calzattrounewis throws a series of punches but Knocks moves out of range.
Knocks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Calzattrounewis.
Knocks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Calzattrounewis throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knocks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Knocks avoids the body shot from Calzattrounewis.
Knocks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Calzattrounewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Calzattrounewis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Knocks swivels and escapes.
Calzattrounewis tries to bum rush Knocks with a series of wild strikes but Knocks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A low kick from Calzattrounewis misses
and Knocks counters with a one-two to the body.
Hard Knocks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Calzattrounewis misses with a double jab
enabling Knocks to counter with a crisp jab.
Calzattrounewis tries for a takedown but Knocks sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Calzattrounewis misses with a hook to the body
and Knocks counters with a one-two to the body.
Knocks misses with a double jab
and Calzattrounewis counters with a nice uppercut.
Calzattrounewis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knocks counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knocks throws a right hand that Calzattrounewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Calzattrounewis also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis shoots in but Knocks avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Knocks misses with a wild combination.
Knocks scores with a leg kick.
Knocks is working the combinations to good effect here.
Knocks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Calzattrounewis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Calzattrounewis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Calzattrounewis thows a big elbow that misses.
Calzattrounewis throws and elbow that misses. Knocks uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Calzattrounewis's guard. Nice move by Knocks!
Calzattrounewis trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Calzattrounewis is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Calzattrounewis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Knocks prevents it.

Knocks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Calzattrounewis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Calzattrounewis shoots in and bounces Knocks off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Calzattrounewis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knocks swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Calzattrounewis with a nice head shot there.
Calzattrounewis pushes down on Knocks's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Calzattrounewis is pressing down on Knocks's thigh, looking to free his foot. Knocks is holding on for now.
Calzattrounewis 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.
Calzattrounewis takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Calzattrounewis looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Knocks blocking the ground and pound attempt from Calzattrounewis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calzattrounewis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Calzattrounewis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Calzattrounewis is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Knocks doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Calzattrounewis.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Calzattrounewis not landing any meaningful shots this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Calzattrounewis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Calzattrounewis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Calzattrounewis!