PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Liam Deegan (ranked 5021 p4p, 5151 weight class) and Lyndon Knowles (ranked 473 p4p, 493 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Deegan
vs
Knowles

218 cm
18
270
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
242
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Deegan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyndon Knowles!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deegan misses with a body punch
and Knowles counters with a stiff right hand.
Knowles throws the left hand but Deegan avoids the punch easily.
Deegan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knowles misses with a left hand
and Deegan counters with a right hand to the body.
Deegan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Deegan counters with a nice uppercut.
Knowles is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Deegan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deegan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Deegan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Deegan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Deegan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knowles. Deegan does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Deegan misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowles misses with a straight right.
Knowles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Deegan throws out the jab.
Knowles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Deegan misses with a straight right.
Knowles doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Knowles slips under a jab.
Knowles lands a slapping body shot.
Knowles misses with a straight right.
Deegan misses with a straight left.
Knowles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knowles misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deegan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Deegan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knowles was well out of range. Poor timing from Deegan.
Deegan looks to score with a jab to the body but Knowles is just out of range.

Knowles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Deegan lands a shoulder strike.
Deegan misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Knowles.
Knowles misses with a punch on the inside.
Deegan misses with a body punch.
Deegan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knowles pushes Deegan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knowles.
Still in the clinch, Deegan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Deegan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Deegan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knowles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Deegan backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Deegan.
Deegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Deegan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deegan lands a hook that snaps the head of Knowles backwards.
Knowles takes a shot to the head.
Deegan misses with the head strike.
Deegan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Deegan prevents a body shot from Knowles.
Knowles struggles to land a body shot inside as Deegan controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knowles.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knowles.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deegan.
Deegan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deegan throws a head punch that misses.
Deegan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knowles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Knowles.
Knowles has a couple of punches blocked by Deegan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deegan misses with a body punch.
Deegan can't find room to land a body shot as Knowles controls the action.
Deegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Deegan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Deegan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Deegan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knowles.
Deegan struggles to land a body shot inside as Knowles controls his hands.
Deegan lands a nice shot to the body.
Knowles tries to work over Deegan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Deegan misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Knowles fails to land.
Deegan tries to work over Knowles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Deegan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knowles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Deegan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Deegan.
Deegan misses with a punch on the inside.
Knowles blocks a body shot from Deegan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Deegan 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.

Deegan missing with a left hand there. Knowles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Deegan misses with a straight left.
Knowles let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Deegan missing with a left hand there. Knowles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knowles looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Deegan misses with a right hand
and Knowles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab from Deegan.
Deegan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deegan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knowles.
Deegan misses with a body shot
and Knowles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knowles lands a slapping body shot.
Deegan just misses with a punch to the body.
Knowles throws out a counter right but Deegan avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deegan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knowles.
Knowles scores with a jab to the body.
Knowles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Deegan.
Knowles tests Deegan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knowles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Deegan ducks under a wild hook from Knowles.
Lyndon Knowles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knowles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Deegan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Deegan throws a looping overhand right but Knowles ducks down to avoid it.
Knowles ducks under a wild hook from Deegan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deegan throws a body shot but no joy.
Deegan misses with a left hand
and Knowles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Liam Deegan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deegan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Deegan looks to score with a jab to the body but Knowles is just out of range.
Knowles lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knowles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Deegan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knowles feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Deegans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Deegan misses with a hook to the body
and Knowles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Knowles staggers Deegan with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Deegan looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!

Deegan is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Knowles engages and cracks Deegan with a massive lead left hook - Deegan tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Knowles is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lyndon Knowles!