PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Temby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Temby might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Welcome to the Jungle. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Temby
vs
Knight

185 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
191 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Sully's Bar & Grill

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lewis Temby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Knight!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Temby moves out of range as Knight throws a body kick.

Temby shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Temby showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Temby is working away from the top position though.

Knight looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Temby misses with a head shot. Knight uses the momentum to regain guard.

Temby got a little sloppy there for a moment and Knight has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Temby has managed to get both his arms back between Knight's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Temby lands a couple of digs.

Knight is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've been hearing that Temby has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Knight is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Temby distracts Knight with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Knight controlling Temby's posture.
Temby lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Knight avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Temby throws a big right hand that misses.
Temby stands up over Knight, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Temby throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Temby controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Knight looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Knight controls Temby momentarily but Temby frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Temby is working Knight over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Knight is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Temby is aware though and is defending well.
Knight not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Temby with a nice head shot there.

Knight is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Temby trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight is trying to keep Temby in close.
Temby throws a big elbow that misses.
Temby throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Knight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Temby is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Knight looking to control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Temby chips away with some ground and pound.
Knight is trying to keep Temby in close.
Temby postures up and lands a big shot to Knight's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Temby keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Knight's head.
Knight controls Temby momentarily but Temby frees himself.
Knight working a defensive guard but Temby manages to pass into side control anyway.
Knight manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Knight is thwarting Temby's attempts to control the position.

Knight postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Temby to stand up.

Temby has Knight up against the cage in a clinch.
Knight misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knight misses with a punch to the body.
Knight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knight gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Temby.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lewis Temby dominated that round.
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 on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Temby throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Temby with a lazy takedown attempt
and Knight counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Temby shoots in and bounces Knight off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Temby makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Knight is looking for a triangle but Temby pushes his legs off easily.
Knight is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Knight looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Temby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knight can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Temby from controlling successfully.

Knight looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Knight has Temby pulled in close to control his posture.

Knight working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Temby doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Temby manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Knight trying to keep a closed guard but Temby is proving a slippery customer.
Temby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knight is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Knight not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Temby postures up and lands a big shot to Knight's brow.

Knight has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Temby can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Temby working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Knight's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Temby's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Temby throwing strikes from guard but Knight blocks nicely.
Temby keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Knight's head.

Knight is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Temby.
Temby with a flurry of punches that miss.

Temby got a little sloppy there for a moment and Knight has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Temby has managed to get both his arms back between Knight's legs - danger averted.
Lewis Temby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Knight looking to control.
Temby lands a couple of elbows.

Knight is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Temby defends well.
Temby trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.
Temby is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Knight is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knight controlling the position.
Knight is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Temby.
Knight throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Temby closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Temby lands in his opponent's guard.
Temby has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Temby is looking to work some ground and pound but Knight has wrist control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Temby postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Knight is looking for a triangle but Temby pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lewis Temby dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Temby looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knight is fending him off so far but Temby persists. Nope, Knight circles away and we're back to standing.
A right-left combo lands from Temby.
Temby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Temby tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Temby swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knight catches Temby with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Temby throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knight makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Temby really felt that one!
Temby takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Temby closes this distance looking for a takedown but Knight circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Temby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lewis Temby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Temby misses with a combination
and Temby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Temby is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Temby ducks into an uppercut from Knight and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kenny Knight!
A less than humble Kenny Knight misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.