PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ellis Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Franchel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight comes to the cage accompanied by You Know It. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knight
vs
Franchel

182 cm
27
196 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

Voodoo Nutrition
Conquer

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ellis Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vincent Franchel!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knight gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Franchel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knight cracks Franchel with a nice body shot.
Knight lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franchel backwards.
Knight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Franchel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knight's brow.
Knight lands a body punch.
Franchel looks winded!
Knight lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Knight.
Come on Knight - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knight taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Knight.
Knight lands a body shot.
Knight's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franchel backwards.
Nice body punch from Knight - that landed with a thud.
The referee is keeping an eye on Knight - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knight.

Franchel is rocked!
Come on Knight - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Franchel is still on wobbly legs! Can Knight finish him?
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Franchel seems to have recovered his senses.
Knight will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Franchel up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ellis Knight.

Knight drives through and clinches with Franchel against the cage.
Franchel wants a takedown.
Knight lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franchel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knight holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knight will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Franchel up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Knight for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Knight.
Knight presses Franchel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knight lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knight creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Franchel's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Franchel drops to his knees and Knight pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ellis Knight!
A victorious Ellis Knight thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Vincent Franchel was interviewed post fight and said 'I need to do some more work and get back into that cage. '.