PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Knott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Knott's choice of entrance music: Kanye West vs. The xx - Touch The Sky (Carlos Serrano Mix) . Buster Knott will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Askren
vs
Knott

180 cm
28
180 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

188 cm
21
178 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Master Lee's One Stop

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Buster Knott!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askren misses with a takedown
and Knott counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Knott tries a low kick but Askren avoids it.

Knott drives through with a takedown into guard.
Askren looking to control.
Askren is pulling down on Knott's head to control his posture.
Askren looking for a sweep. Not yet Askren, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knott with a flurry of punches that miss.
Askren is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Knott has gone for a leg lock! Askren slips out almost immediately though and dives into Knott's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knott wants to sweep but no luck.

Knott wriggles free and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knott displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Askren.
Askren fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Askren. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Knott gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Askren to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Knott looking to control.
Knott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Askren.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Askren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knott preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Knott lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Knott working some strikes from top position.
Askren is pulling down on Knott's head. It's preventing any offense from Knott, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knott forces his way into half guard.
Askren keeping hold of Knott's head, controlling as best he can.

Knott is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Knott is working for a kimura but Askren is defending it quite comfortably.

Knott has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Askren defend it? Knott steps over the head and cranks it - Askren is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Knott!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Buster Knott!
A very excited looking Buster Knott rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.