PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kryler Crimson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kryler Crimson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ted Knight's chin.

Crimson
vs
Knight

180 cm
25
180 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

183 cm
29
177 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kryler Crimson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Knight!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crimson thows a leg kick but Knight checks it
and Knight counters with a nice uppercut.
Crimson moves out of range of the body kick.
Crimson misses with a left hand
and Knight counters with a big head kick but Crimson shrugs it off.
Crimson swinging wildly here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crimson.
A combination from Crimson does no damage.
Knight avoids the body shot from Crimson.
Knight moves away from the strike by Crimson.
Nice defenses there by Knight.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Crimson misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Knight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crimson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Crimson gets tackled into the cage by Knight. Knight maintains the clinch.
Knight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crimson is trying to push Knight away but Knight has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Crimson blocks it.
Knight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Knight just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crimson's brow.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight is trying to maintain a safe position but Crimson gets an underhook and turns Knight into the cage.
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crimson is defending well for now.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Crimson blocks with his arms.
Crimson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knight throws a knee to the head but misses.

Crimson breaks from the clinch.
Crimson tries to bum rush Knight with a series of wild strikes but Knight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crimson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crimson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Knight is out of range and Crimson settles back down.
Knight tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Crimson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crimson throws a right hand that misses
and Knight counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight wants to clinch.
Crimson looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
Knight buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crimson just misses with a punch to the body.

Knight closes the distance and clinches.
Crimson is trying to break free.
Knight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crimson blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knight.
Crimson avoiding damage as Knight throws knees to the body.
Knight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crimson avoids it.
Crimson misses with a punch on the inside.
Crimson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knight keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crimson's efforts to push away.

Crimson manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crimson scores with a jab to the head.
Crimson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knight throws a sloppy body shot
and Crimson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knight is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from Knight finds it's way through Crimson's defenses.
Knight dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crimson. That did some damage!
Crimson misses with a left hand
and Knight makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Crimson really felt that one!
Crimson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knight counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Crimson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
Crimson scores with a sloppy right hand. Knight should have avoided that one.
Crimson misses with an uppercut
and Knight counters with a big head kick but Crimson shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick
and Crimson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight slips under a jab from Crimson.
Knight swings widly with a right hand
and Crimson counters with a nice uppercut.
Crimson tries to bum rush Knight with a series of wild strikes but Knight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knight throws a poor cross that misses
letting Crimson counter with a right hand.
Crimson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crimson throws a poor cross that misses
and Knight counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Crimson thinking.
Knight throws a head kick but Crimson moves out of range.
Crimson misses with a right hand
and Knight counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crimson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
A low kick from Crimson misses
and Knight counters with a nice kick to the body.
Knight wants to clinch
and Crimson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Knight dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Crimson blocks a head kick by Knight.
Crimson throws a leg kick
and Knight counters with a head kick.
Kryler Crimson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knight pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crimson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Knight counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knight goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Knight swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Crimson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knight throws an off balance right hand
and Crimson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crimson throws a leg kick that misses.
Crimson throws a right hand that misses
and Knight counters with a thumping low kick.
Crimson misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight counters with a head kick.
Crimson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Crimson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crimson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knight throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight dodges the punch combination from Crimson.
Danga de danga de dang - Crimson scores with a four punch combination!
Knight slips under a jab.
Crimson misses the body punch

and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
Crimson tries to break free but Knight pushes him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Knight.
Crimson working hard to break the clinch.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Crimson blocks with his arms.
Knight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crimson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crimson misses with a punch to the body.
Knight landing knees to the body.

Crimson breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crimson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crimson misses the shot to the body.
Knight throws a right hand that Crimson ducks under and follows up with a left that Crimson also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crimson throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight is looking to clinch.
Ted Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crimson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knight lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Crimson backs up against the cage.
Crimson misses with a combination
and Knight counters with a head kick. That will keep Crimson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Crimson fails to land with a series of punches.

Knight takes the fight into the clinch.
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crimson is defending well for now.
Crimson tries to break free but Knight pushes him back against the cage.
Crimson is trying to break free.
Knight lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crimson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight scores a nice knee to the body.
Crimson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crimson is defending well for now.
Crimson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crimson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Crimson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knight will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Crimson up against the cage.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Crimson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knight lands a nice shot to the body.
Knight lands with an overhand left.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crimson throws a leg kick
and Knight cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Crimson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crimson thows a leg kick but Knight checks it
and Knight counters with an outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a leg kick which misses Crimson's front leg but catches the back leg as Crimson tries to avoid it.
Knight connects with a high kick.
Crimson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight throws a combination that misses
and Crimson counters with a straight right hand.
Knight tries to bum rush Crimson with a series of wild strikes but Crimson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knight throws a sloppy body shot
and Crimson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crimson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Knight.
Crimson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crimson blocks a head kick by Knight.
Knight has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Knight. Crimson shrugs it off though.
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.
That's time! Crimson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Knight fakes the leg kick and cracks Crimson in the body.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knight lands a head kick. Crimson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knight misses with a kick to the body.
Crimson blocks a head kick by Knight.
Knight getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Crimson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Crimson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
Knight misses with a two punch combination.
Crimson slips a straight right by Knight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crimson avoids the body shot from Knight.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Crimson misses with a straight right.
A low kick from Crimson misses
and Knight counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice combination there by Crimson.
Crimson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
Knight scores with a jab. Crimson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Crimson misses with a body shot
and Knight counters with a good low kick that Crimson was not able to check.
Crimson takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Crimson misses with a leg kick
and Knight counters with a head kick.
Knight looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kryler Crimson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a body punch
and Crimson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Crimson scores with a shot to the body.
Crimson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A punch combination from Crimson misses.
Crimson throws a lazy uppercut
and Knight counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crimson misses the shot to the body.
Knight lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Knight cracks Crimson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Crimson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crimson throws a hook but Knight avoids it easily.
Crimson misses with a hook
and Knight counters with a big head kick but Crimson shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crimson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knight takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crimson misses with a leg kick
letting Knight counter with a right hand.
Knight with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crimson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knight connects with a body shot.
Knight throws a leg kick which misses Crimson's front leg but catches the back leg as Crimson tries to avoid it.
A jab from Knight misses.
Crimson lands a jab.
Crimson takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crimson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Knight closes the distance and clinches.
Knight connects with a knee to the head.
Knight misses with an elbow strike.
Crimson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knight lands an elbow inside.
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crimson is defending well for now.
Knight crunches a lovely knee into Crimson's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knight with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Crimson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crimson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Knight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight lands with a kick to the temple. Crimson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crimson moves away.
Ted Knight is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knight digs a good body shot into Crimson's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Knight comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Knight!