PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Weak Knees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thornton has chosen Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knees
vs
Thornton

190 cm
22
183 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

182 cm
28
182 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Weak Knees!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Thornton misses.
Thornton scores with a sloppy right hand. Knees should have avoided that one.

Thornton shoots in and gets a takedown into Knees's guard.
Knees lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thornton!
Knees breaks from Thornton's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Knees throwing strikes here but Thornton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Thornton is looking to get to half guard.
Thornton tries to hold on but Knees postures up.
Thornton is looking to improve his position but Knees isn't that keen on the idea.
Thornton bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Thornton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Knees is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Thornton got a little sloppy there for a moment and Knees has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Thornton has managed to get both his arms back between Knees's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton trying to control the position from guard on top but Knees is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knees working a defensive guard here.
Thornton passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Knees tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Knees is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Thornton is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Thornton controlling the pace for now.
Thornton landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton lands a big elbow.
Knees tries to lock up and control but Thornton gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thornton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Thornton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Knees really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knees is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Thornton working Knees over with strikes here.
Thornton looking to control but Knees is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thornton controlling from mount.
Knees taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Thornton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thornton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Knees is rocked!

Thornton working for a submission but Knees is keeping him at bay.
Oh Knees is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thornton lands a big shot to the head and Knees winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Thornton!