PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jan Den Knieschijf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snow is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Just Like You Imagined. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Den Knieschijf
vs
Snow

176 cm
24
182 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

182 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Determined

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jan Den Knieschijf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Snow!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow misses with a combination

and Den Knieschijf holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Den Knieschijf lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Jon Snow has been cut.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Den Knieschijf won't allow it.
Snow is trying to push Den Knieschijf away but Den Knieschijf has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Den Knieschijf working Snow over with knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf lands a knee to the head.
Snow avoiding damage as Den Knieschijf throws knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Snow is defending well for now.
Den Knieschijf trying to land knees to the body.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Den Knieschijf tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Den Knieschijf is breathing heavily.
Den Knieschijf using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Den Knieschijf tries to land knees in the clinch but Snow avoids the damage to the body.
Snow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Den Knieschijf won't allow it.
Den Knieschijf crunches a lovely knee into Snow's ribcage.
Den Knieschijf lands a knee to the head.
Snow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Den Knieschijf connects with a nasty looking knee right to Snow's face.
Snow wants to stall.
Den Knieschijf tries to land knees in the clinch but Snow avoids the damage to the body.
Den Knieschijf throws an elbow but it misses.
Snow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Den Knieschijf is keeping busy.
Den Knieschijf lands a good knee to the midsection. Snow won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Den Knieschijf obliges.
Nice elbow from Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Den Knieschijf won't allow it.
Den Knieschijf struggles to land a body shot inside as Snow controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Snow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Den Knieschijf is leaning against Snow and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Den Knieschijf trying to land knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Den Knieschijf keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Snow's efforts to push away.
Den Knieschijf missing with knees to the body.
Snow takes an elbow to the forehead.
Snow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Snow takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Den Knieschijf utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Den Knieschijf lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Den Knieschijf lands an elbow just above Snow 's eye.
Den Knieschijf lands a good knee to the midsection. Snow won't want to take too many of those.
Den Knieschijf landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Snow takes a knee to the side of the body.
Snow tries to circle away but Den Knieschijf has him pinned against the cage.
A knee to the head by Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf blocking some punches.
Den Knieschijf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Den Knieschijf lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short uppercut from Den Knieschijf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snow avoiding damage as Den Knieschijf throws knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Den Knieschijf working Snow over with knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf lands an elbow just above Snow 's eye.
Snow tries to circle away but Den Knieschijf has him pinned against the cage.
Snow is trying to push Den Knieschijf away but Den Knieschijf has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A hook to the body from Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Snow is defending well for now.
Snow working hard to break the clinch.
Den Knieschijf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Snow tries to break free but Den Knieschijf pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf prevents Snow from breaking the clinch.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Den Knieschijf dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Snow's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Den Knieschijf rushes Snow and presses him up against the cage.
Den Knieschijf working Snow over with knees to the body.
Jan Den Knieschijf has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Den Knieschijf landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Den Knieschijf obliges.
Den Knieschijf lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf crunches a lovely knee into Snow's ribcage.
Den Knieschijf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Den Knieschijf lands a damaging elbow.
Den Knieschijf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Den Knieschijf crunches a lovely knee into Snow's ribcage.
Den Knieschijf lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Den Knieschijf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Snow's defenses.
Den Knieschijf is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Snow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Den Knieschijf trying to land knees to the body.
Snow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Den Knieschijf tries to land knees in the clinch but Snow avoids the damage to the body.
Snow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Snow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Den Knieschijf has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Den Knieschijf won't allow it.
Den Knieschijf is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Snow tries a body shot but Den Knieschijf blocks it.
Snow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snow tries to break free but Den Knieschijf pushes him back against the cage.
Den Knieschijf landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Den Knieschijf.
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!
Den Knieschijf tries a knee to the head but Snow blocks it.
Snow throws a head punch that misses.
Snow can't find room to land a body shot as Den Knieschijf controls the action.
Snow trying to stall but Den Knieschijf improves his position.
Den Knieschijf 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.
Snow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Den Knieschijf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Snow can do to turn this around?
Snow is looking to break free of the clinch but Den Knieschijf has double underhooks.
Den Knieschijf with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Den Knieschijf lands a nice knee to the body.
Den Knieschijf throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Snow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Den Knieschijf connects with a nasty looking knee right to Snow's face.
Den Knieschijf tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snow throws a punch but it's blocked by Den Knieschijf.
Snow is trying to push Den Knieschijf away but Den Knieschijf has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Snow.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Den Knieschijf won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Den Knieschijf throws an elbow but misses.
Den Knieschijf prevents Snow from breaking the clinch.
Den Knieschijf connects with a knee to the head.
Snow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Den Knieschijf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Snow is defending well for now.
Snow taking a breather.
Den Knieschijf tries to land knees in the clinch but Snow avoids the damage to the body.
Snow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Snow managing to block the knees to the body from Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf lands a knee to the head.
Den Knieschijf prevents a body shot from Snow.
Snow has a couple of punches blocked by Den Knieschijf.
Snow misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Den Knieschijf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snow is trying to break free.
Snow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Den Knieschijf's elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snow throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Den Knieschijf dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Snow'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!

Snow swinging wildly here.
Den Knieschijf jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Snow defending well as Den Knieschijf loads up on a big left hand.
Den Knieschijf throws out a leg kick but Snow moves out of range and Den Knieschijf only half commits.
Snow looks to land a combination but Den Knieschijf avoids it well.
Snow lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Snow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Den Knieschijf.
Snow thows a body shot but no joy.
Snow on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A nice combination there by Snow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Den Knieschijf swings away with a body shot that misses
and Snow counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jan Den Knieschijf is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A right-left combo lands from Den Knieschijf.
Snow scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Snow throws a right and a left that both miss.

Den Knieschijf forces Snow back against the cage and clinches.
Snow is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Snow managing to block the knees to the body from Den Knieschijf.
Knees to the body from Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Snow's efforts to push away.
Snow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Den Knieschijf has him pressed against the cage.
Den Knieschijf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Den Knieschijf using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf scores with a knee to the head.
Den Knieschijf doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snow struggles to land a body shot inside as Den Knieschijf controls his hands.
Den Knieschijf landing knees to the body.
Snow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Den Knieschijf has him pressed against the cage.
Snow swings wildly with an uppercut but Den Knieschijf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Den Knieschijf throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Den Knieschijf missing with knees to the body.
Den Knieschijf tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Snow avoids it.
Snow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Den Knieschijf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Den Knieschijf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Snow.
Den Knieschijf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Den Knieschijf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Snow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow is looking to break free of the clinch but Den Knieschijf has double underhooks.
Snow stalling in the clinch but Den Knieschijf improves position.
Den Knieschijf tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Snow avoids it.
Den Knieschijf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Den Knieschijf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Snow is defending well for now.
Den Knieschijf keeps control of Snow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Den Knieschijf is controlling the position.
Snow tries to break free but Den Knieschijf pushes him back against the cage.
Den Knieschijf throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Snow stalling in the clinch but Den Knieschijf improves position.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Den Knieschijf putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Snow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snow can't break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Snow.
A knee to the head by Den Knieschijf.
Den Knieschijf has Snow pressed against the cage, preventing Snow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Snow stalling in the clinch but Den Knieschijf improves position.
Den Knieschijf pushes off an throws an elbow but Snow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Den Knieschijf with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good body shot from Snow.
Jan Den Knieschijf is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Den Knieschijf has Snow pressed against the cage, preventing Snow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Snow has had enough of the clinch but Den Knieschijf keeps him there for the moment.
Snow is looking to break free of the clinch but Den Knieschijf has double underhooks.
Jon Snow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Snow managing to block the knees to the body from Den Knieschijf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Den Knieschijf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

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 Jan Den Knieschijf.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Den Knieschijf, 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Den Knieschijf!
A very excited looking Jan Den Knieschijf made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.