PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jerrin Booth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jerrin Booth has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Booth
vs
Knight

179 cm
22
180 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

183 cm
26
177 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerrin Booth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Knight!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Booth swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Booth throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Booth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Booth circles away.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jerrin Booth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Knight rushes Booth and presses him up against the cage.
Booth tries to circle away but Knight has him pinned against the cage.
Knight throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Knight obliges.
Knight landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Booth can't break the clinch.
Knight looking to throw knees to the head but Booth is blocking nicely.
Booth is trying to force a seperation but Knight has the dominant position.
Booth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Knight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Booth blocks with his arms.
Knight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Booth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knight trying to land knees to the body.
Booth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Booth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knight lands a knee to the head.

Booth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knight slips a straight right by Booth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Booth misses.
Knight tries to move into range but Booth moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Booth takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Booth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knight was well out of range. Poor timing from Booth.
Knight throws a hook but Booth avoids it easily.
Jerrin Booth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knight tries to clinch up.
Booth misses with a body shot.
Knight lands with a kick to the temple. Booth shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Booth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Booth misses with a wild body shot.
Knight tries to clinch up.
Booth doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knight slips under a jab from Booth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Booth tries to keep at a distance but Knight has taken the fight into the clinch.

Booth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Booth.
Knight avoids the body shot from Booth.

Knight takes the fight into the clinch.
Booth can't break the clinch.
Booth wants to get back to striking at distance but Knight won't allow it.
Booth tries to circle away but Knight has him pinned against the cage.
Booth tries to circle away but Knight has him pinned against the cage.
Knight scores a nice knee to the body.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight is controlling him.
Booth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Booth is looking to break free of the clinch but Knight has double underhooks.
Knight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knight connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jerrin Booth has been cut.
Knight misses with a knee strike.
Booth takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Booth wants to break free but Knight has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Booth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Knight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Booth blocks with his arms.
Knight scores with a knee to the head.
Booth tries to break the clinch but Knight is controlling the position.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knight lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Booth is defending well for now.
Knight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Knight is trying to drag Booth to the mat but Booth just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Booth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Booth has had enough of the clinch but Knight keeps him there for the moment.
Knight stalling in the clinch.
Knight landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Booth wants to break free but Knight has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Booth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Booth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knight keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Booth's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight missing with knees to the body.
Booth takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight has him pressed against the cage.

Knight gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Booth on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Booth tries to get out of the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Booth tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Knight manages to move to mount!
Booth wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Knight dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jerrin Booth's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jab, jab by Booth - just one landing.
Knight misses with a head kick.
A big right from Booth misses.
Booth is looking to wear down Knight with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Booth.
Knight takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Booth.
Booth swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Booth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Booth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Booth ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Knight darts in and clinches Booth up against the cage.
Booth tries to break free but Knight pushes him back against the cage.
Knight missing with knees to the body.
Knight prevents Booth from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Booth blocks it.
Booth is trying to force a seperation but Knight has the dominant position.
Knight looking to throw knees to the head but Booth is blocking nicely.
Knight trying to land knees to the body.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Booth blocks with his arms.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight is controlling him.
Booth is trying to break free.
Booth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight is controlling him.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Booth blocks it.
Knight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Booth blocks it with crossed arms.
Booth working hard to break the clinch.
Knight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knight lands a nice knee to the body.
Knight lands a damaging elbow.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Booth wants to get back to striking at distance but Knight won't allow it.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Booth tries to circle away but Knight has him pinned against the cage.

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.
Booth working hard to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Knight.

Booth manages to break the clinch.
Knight defending well as Booth loads up on a big left hand.
Knight slips a jab from Booth.
Booth takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Knight scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Booth takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knight avoids the body shot from Booth.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Booth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Booth misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Booth takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Booth misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a low kick, right behind Booth 's knee.
Booth lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight swinging wildly here.
Knight throws a right and a left that Booth avoids nicely.
Booth swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Booth looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
A jab from Booth does it's job there.
Knight avoids the body shot from Booth.
A big right from Booth misses.
Booth showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knight.
Booth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight tries to clinch up.
Booth misses with a hook.
Booth throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Booth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Booth loads up on a big right hand but Knight slips the punch.
A shot to the body from Booth misses
and Knight counters with a stiff right hand.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Booth takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Knight takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Knight throws a hook but Booth avoids it easily.
Knight will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Knight defending well as Booth loads up on a big left hand.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Booth.
Knight gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Booth misses with a body shot.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Booth circles away.
Booth avoids the head kick by Knight.
Booth blocks a head kick by Knight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Knight showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jerrin Booth'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.

Nice defenses there by Knight.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Booth.
Knight takes one to the chin there.
Booth throws the left hand but Knight avoids the punch easily.
Booth throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Booth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
Booth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Knight slips a straight right by Booth.
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Booth pushes him off.
Booth connects with a body shot.
Booth lands a body shot.
Booth misses with a hook to the body
and Knight counters with a one-two to the body.
Booth swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Booth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ted Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Booth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Knight shoots for a takedown but Booth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Knight takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Booth paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Booth checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knight takes a swing at Booth's ribcage but misses.
Knight with a nice cross.
Booth loads up on a big right hand but Knight slips the punch.
Knight wants to clinch up but Booth keeps it at a distance.
Knight avoids the body shot from Booth.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ted Knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Knight is looking to clinch but Booth is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Booth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Booth pushes him off.
Knight fails to land the takedown.
Booth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Booth there.
Knight staying out of range there.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Booth misses with a hook.
Booth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knight.
Knight looks to throw the jab but Booth is out of range.
Booth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Booth throws a sloppy body shot
and Knight counters with a two punch combo.
Booth takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knight moves away from the strike by Booth.
Knight avoids the body shot from Booth.
Booth blocks a head kick by Knight.
Booth lands a jab to the nose.
Knight lands a body shot.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Booth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Booth as he avoids it easily.
Jerrin Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ted Knight.
Booth misses with a body shot.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Booth misses with a hook to the body
and Knight counters with a good, hard body kick but Booth shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knight wants to clinch.
Booth scores with a crisp jab that stopped Knight in his tracks.
Knight is looking to clinch.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Booth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knight was well out of range. Poor timing from Booth.
Booth connects with a single shot there.
Booth misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a thumping low kick.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Ted Knight just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Jerrin Booth's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice combination there by Knight.
Booth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
Booth misses the body punch
and Knight counters with a straight right hand.
Knight misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Booth stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Booth wants it to stay on the feet.
Booth scores with a sloppy right hand. Knight should have avoided that one.
Booth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knight looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice uppercut there from Booth.
Booth scores with a punch to the head.
Nice body punch from Booth.
Knight takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice shot by Booth.
Knight misses with a double jab.
Booth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knight sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Booth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Booth stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Booth misses with a wild body shot.
Booth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knight at a distance.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Booth misses with a jab to the body
and Knight makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jab by Booth.
Booth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knight doesn't seem bothered though.
Booth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Booth, as that shot connected.
Booth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Booth thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Booth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Booth. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Booth.
Booth throws a big shot that misses.
Booth lands a nice shot that snaps Knight's head back.
Booth misses with a body shot

and Knight holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Booth is trying to break free.
Booth can't break the clinch.
Booth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knight scores with a knee to the head.
Knight lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Booth blocks with his arms.
Knight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Booth manages to break the clinch.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight misses with a series of wild punches.
Booth ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth avoids the body shot from Knight.
Knight misses with a body kick.
Knight wants to clinch.
Knight throws out a loose jab but Booth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Booth looks to land a left hand but Knight moved out of range nicely.
Booth throws the left hand but Knight avoids the punch easily.
Knight tries to clinch up but Booth circles away and keeps his distance.
Booth works Knight's body with a nice hook.
Booth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knight at a distance.
Booth scores with a nice head shot.
Booth misses with a body shot

and Knight counters with a single leg into guard. Booth didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booth wants to stand but Knight is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight wants to control from the top but Booth keeps moving.
Knight trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knight postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Booth wants to get back to his feet but Knight is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight passes Booth's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Knight working over Booth with some ground and pound. Booth looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Knight dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jerrin Booth'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. This is the final round!

Booth swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Knight loads up on a big right hand but Booth slips the punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knight.
Booth displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Knight.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Booth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight needs to keep his hands up - Booth had a free shot at his head there.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Booth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Booth lands a jab to the head.
Booth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight slips a jab from Booth.
Knight misses with the combination.
Booth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth scores with a hook to the body. Knight takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Booth misses with a hook to the body
and Knight makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A swing and a miss from Knight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Knight or perhaps it was just good defense by Booth which made him look bad.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knight wants to clinch up but Booth keeps it at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Booth 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Knight tries to clinch up.
Booth is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Booth lands a nice shot to the body.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Booth. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Booth loads up on a big right hand but Knight slips the punch.
Knight lands a jab.
Knight is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Knight has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Booth finds it's way round the side to connect with Knight's head.
Booth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight tries to clinch up but Booth circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight fails with a takedown attempt.
Jerrin Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ted Knight.
Nice jab there from Booth.
Booth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Booth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth stuffs the takedown attempt from Knight. Knight gets slowly back to his feet.
Knight is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Booth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
Booth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Booth misses with a hook to the body
and Knight counters with a thumping low kick.
Booth thows a body shot but no joy.
Knight misses the body punch
and Booth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knight scores with a shot to the body.
Booth throws a looping overhand right but Knight ducks down to avoid it.
Booth misses with a body shot.
Booth throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Booth misses with a looping right.
Knight shoots for a takedown but Booth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A good leg kick by Knight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Booth counters with a left to the body.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Booth.
Knight tries to clinch up
and Booth counters with a nice uppercut.
Ted Knight is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Booth scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Booth.
Knight keeps Booth at a distance using the push kick.
Booth throws a shot from downtown. Knight moves away and avoids it.
Booth swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a head kick.
Knight walks into a stiff left hand from Booth.
Jerrin Booth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Booth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ted Knight.
Well Knight has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 45:50
Judge William Peck scores the fight 45:50
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Knight!
Ted Knight is the new welterweight champion!