PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lukas Gottfridsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Gottfridsson
vs
Knight

185 cm
23
190 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
27
195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent 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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lukas Gottfridsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aaron Knight!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gottfridsson is looking to clinch.
Knight has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gottfridsson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gottfridsson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gottfridsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gottfridsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gottfridsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gottfridsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gottfridsson throws a right hand that Knight ducks under and follows up with a left that Knight also avoids with ease.
Gottfridsson throws a front kick aimed at Knight's knee but Knight avoids it well.
Knight looks to land a combination but Gottfridsson avoids it well.
Knight scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Knight does no damage.
Gottfridsson throws a hook but Knight avoids it easily.
Gottfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gottfridsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Gottfridsson misses with a wild combination.
Gottfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch up
enabling Knight to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gottfridsson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gottfridsson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Knight counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gottfridsson thinking.
Knight scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Gottfridsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gottfridsson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Gottfridsson can't break the clinch.
Gottfridsson throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson misses with an elbow over the top.

Gottfridsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knight attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knight scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Knight closes the distance and clinches.
Gottfridsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Knight leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gottfridsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gottfridsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gottfridsson tries to circle away but Knight has him pinned against the cage.
Knight is trying to break free.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Knight as Gottfridsson tries to tie him up.
Gottfridsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Gottfridsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gottfridsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knight avoids the elbow strike from Gottfridsson, against the cage.
Knight blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight dodges an elbow strike from Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson taking a breather.
Gottfridsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knight blocks an elbow strike.
Gottfridsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gottfridsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knight wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gottfridsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Gottfridsson lands an elbow inside that Knight shrugs off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knight tries to circle away but Gottfridsson has him pinned against the cage.
Knight avoiding damage as Gottfridsson throws knees to the body.
Knight is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lukas Gottfridsson will probably get the nod.
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.

Knight pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gottfridsson back to the cage. Knight follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gottfridsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lukas Gottfridsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gottfridsson blocks a head kick by Knight.
Gottfridsson looks to land a combination but Knight avoids it well.
Gottfridsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Knight scores with a four punch combination!
Gottfridsson misses with a double jab.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch up.
Gottfridsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gottfridsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gottfridsson throws a combination that misses
and Knight counters with a one-two to the body.
Knight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gottfridsson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gottfridsson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knight is breathing heavily.
Gottfridsson fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Gottfridsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gottfridsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Knight.
Lukas Gottfridsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gottfridsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gottfridsson is out of range and Knight settles back down.
Gottfridsson throws an off balance right hand
and Knight counters with a two punch combo.

Gottfridsson gets tackled into the cage by Knight. Knight maintains the clinch.
Knight scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gottfridsson tries to break free but Knight pushes him back against the cage.
Gottfridsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gottfridsson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Gottfridsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee to the head.
Gottfridsson looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gottfridsson trying to land knees to the body.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gottfridsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knight's brow.

Gottfridsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gottfridsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Gottfridsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Gottfridsson wants to clinch.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gottfridsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gottfridsson tries to bum rush Knight with a series of wild strikes but Knight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gottfridsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Knight misses with a two punch combination.
Gottfridsson wants to slow Knight down by chopping away at his legs.
Gottfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knight swinging wildly here.
Knight displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Knight scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson throws a series of punches but Knight moves out of range.
Knight misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Gottfridsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gottfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gottfridsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Gottfridsson.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight throws a series of punches but Gottfridsson avoids them all with ease.
Knight tries to bum rush Gottfridsson with a series of wild strikes but Gottfridsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gottfridsson throws a series of punches but Knight moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gottfridsson has time to react.
Gottfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knight checks a leg kick.
Gottfridsson throws a series of punches but Knight avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Aaron Knight will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Gottfridsson misses with a double jab
and Knight counters with a nice body shot.
Gottfridsson tries to bum rush Knight with a series of wild strikes but Knight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body punch from Knight.
Knight goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gottfridsson is looking to clinch.
A combination from Gottfridsson does no damage.
Gottfridsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Knight stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gottfridsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knight scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Knight scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gottfridsson throws out a loose jab but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight throws a series of strikes that have Gottfridsson backpedaling.
Gottfridsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Aaron Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gottfridsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Gottfridsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
No joy there for Gottfridsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gottfridsson throws a hook but Knight avoids it easily.
Gottfridsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gottfridsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Gottfridsson wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Knight misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gottfridsson swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Gottfridsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
Gottfridsson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gottfridsson tries to bum rush Knight with a series of wild strikes but Knight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gottfridsson slips a jab and a cross from Knight.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Gottfridsson does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight dodges the punch combination from Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson is looking to clinch.
Gottfridsson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Knight.
Knight avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gottfridsson swinging wildly here.
Knight's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Knight duly obliges.
Knight is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch up.
An inside leg kick from Knight misses.
Gottfridsson throws a nice outside leg kick.

Knight forces Gottfridsson back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gottfridsson stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee to the head.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Gottfridsson is controlling him.
Gottfridsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee strike.
Gottfridsson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gottfridsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Gottfridsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gottfridsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knight's face.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gottfridsson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
Gottfridsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gottfridsson missing with knees to the body.
Gottfridsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee strike.
Gottfridsson throws an elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gottfridsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gottfridsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.

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 Lukas Gottfridsson.
I think Gottfridsson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!